Linkin Park's first U.S. arena tour of 2025 is coming to its thrilling conclusion tonight in Greenville, South Carolina. The band will be bringing their high-energy headline show to the 15,000-capacity Bon Secours Wellness Arena, with special guest grandson in tow. Most of the other cities the band has set foot in during this tour leg are places that haven't seen Linkin Park live shows since 2008, if not earlier. However, in this case, Linkin Park has actually never performed in Greenville. The last time the band performed a show in the state of South Carolina - the only time, before tonight - was back in November of 2000, as part of P.O.D.'s Kings of the Game U.S. tour. This show was less than a month after Hybrid Theory's October 2000 release, and shortly after Phoenix rejoined the line-up. There have been 5 arena headline shows so far leading up to tonight's Greenville show, and a lot has happened in terms of setlist switch-ups and deep cut surprises. The most recent show, at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 6, was no breather moment either. Towards the end of the main set, the band and audience shared a special wholesome moment celebrating Emily Armstrong's birthday, complete with some tasteful fashion accessories ... ... before Linkin Park turned the festivities way up, surprising the crowd with the debut live performance of the From Zero rager "IGYEIH"! After the second chorus, Armstrong went in close and personal with fans on the floor - really a first since she began performing in Linkin Park - and performed the final section of the song while deep in the mosh pit, the audience members singing along with her. There are some sticklers here and there who will point out that Linkin Park hasn't truly brought From Zero's intro track to a live setting yet, but, for most fans, this means that every song off the new album has now been performed live, and all during its tour cycle as well. Many have pointed out that this hasn't been happened with any Linkin Park album since 2007's Minutes to Midnight cycle, making it all the more special. That wasn't all that happened: the band performed "One Step Closer" immediately after debuting "IGYEIH", and were joined on-stage by their special grandson, just as he did at the Baltimore show on May 3. Once again, the New Jersey vocalist traded lines with Mike Shinoda throughout the choruses, and took the lead on the second verse before joining Armstrong for that iconic bridge. Additional highlights from the Raleigh set include: beloved rotation classics like "Lying From You" and "From the Inside" new staples for this tour leg such as "Up From the Bottom" and "Where'd You Go" From Zero deep cut "Stained" being performed again, fresh off its live debut in Baltimore Shinoda teasing a melody from the Metallica song "One" during the extended "Overflow" intro - just the latest in a line of unexpected song teases here Shinoda delivering a verse from his solo cut "Lift Off" during his "When They Come for Me / Remember the Name" segment - actually from a demo version of the song, no less Linkin Park using the "A Place for My Head" bridge during "Bleed It Out" The pressure is on, but fans attending tonight's Greenville show can likely expect Linkin Park to be marking the end of this first arena leg with something truly special. Right after this date, the band will be kicking off a run of festival dates in the U.S. and abroad. First up will be Sonic Temple in Ohio on May 10, followed by Welcome to Rockville in Florida, on May 17, before the band heads to Europe for some more festival dates there all throughout June. If you're going to tonight's show, or are otherwise excited to find out what happens, come and let us know on our message board!
I've read multiple accounts of Raleigh being one of the best shows LP has performed since they came back, with really insane high-energy pits. And Baltimore was apparently not far behind. Between Linkin Shark, pitmaster Emily, and FZ now being the first album fully performed live since MTM, this tour leg has proven to be a legendary run already. Sad to see this headlining section coming to an end, but if anything, anticipation for this summer is now even higher!
What a fucking liar. Every song from ATS has been performed live. Also From Zero (Intro) has not been performed live, so FZ hasn't been fully performed live.
Technically. Robot Boy is the one up for debate. LP only performed part of it for the Chester memorial show, and Mike performed it at his solo shows, but that doesn't count for LP.
"First Linkin Park post-MTM album where every full song, excluding less than 30 sec intro, got entirely performed live with its current lead-singer", accuracy first
I'm fairly certain people would dispute "Robot Boy" as having been performed live due to a large portion of the song not being included in any performances. If "Robot Boy" counts in the format it was played, then I suppose we can also argue that "UNTIL IT BREAKS" and "Plc.4 Mie Hæd" have also had live debuts. And that "Cut the Bridge" actually debuted in Mexico City, rather than in Tulsa. Get it together, Minus.