With Linkin Park coming back to France in a few weeks and some uncertainty about this show even happening, we'll keep the post for today on the shorter side. Linkin Park previously played at Hellfest in 2017, and that show is remembered as not a good one for the Linkin Park community. The crowd was not happy with the bands setlist consisting of many songs not fitting with the theme of the festival, resulting in various disrespectful interactions from the crowd. This was the most obvious when someone almost hit Chester with a water jug during 'Heavy'. Unlike these days when crowd members throw something on stage for fun, and Mike or Emily have fun with it, this was done with much more malice. With that properly mentioned, the set itself was pretty good. It was a festival set so it was cut down a bit, even more than usual, removing 'Waiting for the End' (uh-oh) and 'One More Light' for time reasons. 'From the Inside' made its debut on the One More Light cycle, filling the rotation spot that had previously been occupied by 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Points of Authority', and 'A Place for My Head'. So while A Place for My Head wasn't performed in full for the Hellfest crowd, Mike did rap the first verse of the song over the ending for the 'CASTLE OF GLASS Experience Version'. And looking at the video from the show, a damn good performance of 'Good Goodbye' (come at me!). So, despite a shitty crowd being shitty, the band put in a good performance. Well... unfortunately the band had to cancel the previous show that they were set to play in Bern, Switzerland, so I don't really have a previous show to recap here. As it stands right now, we're actually not entirely sure if the band will play this show. After the show in Bern, Switzerland unfortunately had to be cancelled due to a "medical issue" there has been no word if the tour will go on with just that one unfortunate cancellation, or if more shows will have to be cancelled. We'll just have to wait and see I guess. While many other bands have livestreams scheduled for their sets at Hellfest, there isn't one scheduled currently for Linkin Parks set. But, the band didn't have their set livestreamed in 2017 either, so it could just be a rights issue. After this show the band is scheduled to head over to Milan, Italy for a performance at the I-DAYS festival, where they'll play with Spiritbox, Jimmy Eat World, and JPEGMafia. With livestreaming becoming more accessible than ever, fans at home have been able to watch shows on social media via YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram livestreams from attendees. While we are not asking our readers to livestream the show, if anyone reading this finds a stream or is streaming it themselves, let us know so we can watch along with you! Will you be attending the show? Are you attending any shows this year? If so, have you let people know in the meet-up thread? Come discuss in our forums. Upcoming Shows: June 24, 2025: Milan, Italy - I-DAYS Festival June 26, 2025: Arnhem, Netherlands June 28, 2025: London, UK July 01, 2025: Düsseldorf, Germany July 03, 2025: Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival July 05, 2025: Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival July 08, 2025: Frankfurt, Germany July 09, 2025: Frankfurt, Germany July 11, 2025: Paris, France SETLIST: thank you @Christøffer ACT 1 (Inception Intro A) 01: Somewhere I Belong 02: Lying From You 03: From the Inside 04: The Emptiness Machine ACT 2 (Creation Intro A) 05: The Catalyst - Shortened (No third chorus; no breakdown) 06: BURN IT DOWN 07: Two Faced 08: Waiting for the End - 2024 Intro 09: Up From the Bottom 10: One Step Closer - 2024 Intro & Outro ACT 3 (Collapse Transition) 11: Lost - Hybrid Version 12: Overflow 13: What I've Done 14: Numb - "Numb/Encore" Intro 15: In the End 16: Faint - Extended Outro ACT 4: Encore (Resolution Intro A) 17: Papercut - Extended Intro 18: A Place for My Head 19: Heavy Is the Crown 20: Bleed It Out - Extended Bridge with "Reading My Eyes" v1; Extended Outro
Setlist! First time they've switched out "Let You Fade" since it debuted ACT 1 (Inception Intro A) 01: Somewhere I Belong 02: Lying From You 03: From the Inside 04: The Emptiness Machine ACT 2 (Creation Intro A) 05: The Catalyst - Shortened (No third chorus; no breakdown) 06: BURN IT DOWN 07: Two Faced 08: Waiting for the End - 2024 Intro 09: Up From the Bottom 10: One Step Closer - 2024 Intro & Outro ACT 3 (Collapse Transition) 11: Lost - Hybrid Version 12: Overflow 13: What I've Done 14: Numb - "Numb/Encore" Intro 15: In the End 16: Faint - Extended Outro ACT 4: Encore (Resolution Intro A) 17: Papercut - Extended Intro 18: A Place for My Head 19: Heavy Is the Crown 20: Bleed It Out - Extended Bridge with "Reading My Eyes" v1; Extended Outro
Watched a couple of videos. After Hanover and Berlin - which fair enough, were headline shows - crowd here seems quite ...hum, tame? Well, I suppose it means the bar has been put really high
Fairly heavier set without changing the structure and the core songs of the show too much, I think they did what they could with this.