August 5 & 6, 2025 - Montreal, QC: From Zero World Tour

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After a four-show run on the northeast coast of the United States, Linkin Park continues their packed North American tour leg with two back-to-back shows in Montréal. These will mark their sixth and seventh appearances in Montréal, as well as the first time they've ever played back-to-back nights in the city. This will also mark the band's return to Canada for the first time since their performance at Amnesia Rockfest in 2015. While there have been some local listening party events, as well as shows close to their border, Canadian fans have been waiting patiently for these shows and the band's return to their country!

These two shows also mark the band's first return to Montréal itself in 11 years, having last performed there during the touring cycle for The Hunting Party in 2014. They will be playing at Bell Centre (Centre Bell en français), where they have played several of their past shows in Québec's largest city. While Linkin Park's history in the city isn't too extensive, it does include several memorable performances.

Linkin Park's first show in Montréal was in July 2003, during Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour, alongside fellow support acts Limp Bizkit, Deftones, and Mudvayne. That summer performance featured a setlist packed with a mix of the band's most energetic tracks from their recorded material at the time, and they played most of both Hybrid Theory and Meteora. One particular highlight of this touring era also brought to Montréal was the Reanimation track "P5hng Me A*wy," performed in full.

P5hng Me A*wy live at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montréal.​

One other rarity from this era that was heard at that Montréal show was "Figure.09," the Meteora deep cut now known (thanks to Meteora|20) to be written as a spiritual successor to "One Step Closer." "Figure.09" brought additional heavy energy for the pit at this show and was a standout among the heavier tracks featured in their Summer Sanitarium sets.

The band launches into "Figure.09" during Summer Sanitarium in Montréal. Beware of poor visuals due to dust and people passing the camera.​

The band took no time returning to Montréal, returning just five months later in January 2004 for a headlining date. While "Figure.09" was not performed, "P5hng Me A*wy" remained, and with a full headlining set the band brought additional songs such as "My December," "It's Goin' Down," and even "Breaking the Habit"—which had just debuted semi-recently in November 2003.

Full audio of the band's performance in Montréal in 2004, uploaded by LPLive.​

During "Faint" at this show, the band attempted to bring an audience member up to play guitar for the song. After their planned guest couldn't perform, longtime fan Sal (known for the incredible number of shows he has attended since 2000 and featured on a 2024 LPTV), yelled to Chester that he could sing the song, and the band brought him on stage.

A portion of the "Faint" performance in Montréal. Sal can be seen on the right with Chester.​

With the Minutes to Midnight cycle, Linkin Park brought their North America tour to Montréal in February 2008. One standout moment from this show came when Chester performed the full 17-second scream on "Given Up," something he only did a handful of times throughout his career. Mike also performed a short piano cover of the Cure's "Just like Heaven," a tradition he began at the start of the year, for the final time that night. He also included the first verse of "There They Go" as part of an extended outro to "Points of Authority"—the first time the Fort Minor song had been featured during a Linkin Park show.

An edited video of several recordings of "Given Up" with the full scream, overlaid with soundboard audio.​

Linkin Park's 2011 performance in Montréal brought the A Thousand Suns world tour in full force, complete with the era-classic openers of "The Requiem" and "The Radiance" opening the night before heading into "Faint." The setlist balanced live staples from previous albums such as "No More Sorrow" alongside the band's newest material, incorporating songs such as "Blackout" and "Iridescent" from A Thousand Suns. The night's encore opened with "When They Come for Me," setting the encore's tone with a percussive hip-hop swing that transitioned well into "Papercut," continuing into "New Divide," "Crawling," and finishing out the night with "One Step Closer."

Linkin Park performs "Blackout" in Montréal on the A Thousand Suns world tour.​

The band returned in 2014 for the Carnivores Tour, bringing their intricate new production to Montréal, with shortened songs, mashups, and custom transitions to represent the band's catalog as much as possible. That night opened with "Guilty All the Same," and included both staples of The Hunting Party like "Rebellion" as well as deep-cut nods to the band's early work such as "With You" or "Runaway"—though the latter was shortened to lead into "Wastelands."

"Somewhere I Belong," currently serving as the band's opening song on the From Zero world tour, as performed in Montréal in 2014.​

Now, with Montréal's double-header, the band will return to bring their newest material to the City of Saints. Notably, "Faint" and "In the End" have returned to close the encore again, after the band tested switching the main set and encore closers during their second show in Frankfurt. Three of the four past shows have featured this new encore structure, moving "Bleed It Out," "Heavy Is the Crown," and the encore rotation slot to the end of the main set instead.

"Faint" closes the encore during Linkin Park's recent performance in Brooklyn.​

In Newark, the band continued on with their surprise addition debuted at the second night in Boston: "LIES GREED MISERY" with the new band lineup. This had followed long-standing fan speculation after a tease from Mike about Emily Armstrong's affinity for the song on Discord earlier this year, later followed by a statement that the band didn't intend to perform it. Whether it was intentional misdirection or a change of plans, Boston night two featured the first performance of "LIES GREED MISERY" in over a decade, and the band seems intent on keeping it around by playing it in Newark. It was last seen briefly at the beginning of 2014 in Las Vegas.

The band performs "LIES GREED MISERY" in Newark, New Jersey.​

With the return of "LIES GREED MISERY," some hope has surfaced for the other song mentioned in that Discord exchange—"Blackout"—coming to the band's setlist. Colin Brittain has also mentioned some deeper cuts he would like to play, such as "QWERTY," "With You," or even "Robot Boy," but the return of "LIES GREED MISERY" has been the first time any of these offhand comments have been substantiated.

It remains to be seen whether "CASTLE OF GLASS" will return after losing its spot to "LIES GREED MISERY." Either way, the band is still continuing to deliver great performances for fans, and Montréal can expect to have two amazing nights of live music!

As livestreaming becomes 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 band's show in Montréal? Visit our official LPA Meetup Thread if so and let others know! We'd love for you to send any pictures or videos from the show our way as well @LPAssociation on Instagram and X (Twitter).

Come join the discussion on our forums as 2025's second North American tour leg continues! We will see what surprises Linkin Park has in store!

Upcoming Shows:
Aug. 08, 2025: Toronto, ON
Aug. 11, 2025: Chicago, IL
Aug. 14, 2025: Detroit, MI
Aug. 16, 2025: Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 19, 2025: Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 21, 2025: Nashville, TN

 

I didn't realize Sal from 2024 LPTV had actually been on stage back then, cool one

Diggin' the 2 nights in a row thing, they give the best chances at funky setlists occurences.

You know, the kind of that brings back freaking LGM from the darkness.

Aka...QWERTY QWERTY QWERTY

 

I think you might be confusing with "Figure.09"

 

Montréal must be the screaming destination because Emily apparently also did the full scream on "Heavy Is the Crown"

 

Heavy is the crown.