Linkin Park returns to the Czech Republic with new band members and a new album, to play a show at a new festival in a new city. 2003 saw the first ever Linkin Park performance in the Czech Republic, with initial date of June 16th having to be rescheduled along with the bands entire June scheduled with European shows, due to Chester suffering from medical issues. Instead some of those June shows were rescheduled and played later in the year, with the show in Prague taking place on September 3rd. While the band was in Prague they took some time to film the music video for 'From the Inside'. The band returned in 2007 for another show in Prague, bringing out some of the songs from the recently released Minutes to Midnight. 2008 got a performance in Brno for the first and so far only time, and the city was lucky enough to get a very rare performance of 'Reading My Eyes'. It took another nine years before the band headed back to the Czech Republic and Prague, with a performance at that years Aerodrome festival. At the show Mike dedicated the song 'One More Light' to his uncle Kenji who had recently passed away. Mike also played a show in the country in 2019, another performance in Prague. Before he played a piano version of Numb, he talked about how the band had filmed the music videos for both it and From the Inside in the country. So the most recent show the band played was their return to Austria at the Nova Rock festival. In terms of the setlist, the band mostly stuck with the typical festival set that we saw them use at Sonic Temple and Rockville. For the second show in a row, 'Waiting for the End' was cut, and oh boy, has the internet shown that they are not okay with this. 'Let You Fade' was kept in the set and played only for the second time, being played third to last in the setlist. We don't know for sure if there will be rotating songs on this setlist or what songs would be rotated; we'll see what happens as the tour progresses. Mini review of the show at Nova Rock from forum user @ZERØ: For the band's return to the Czech Republic, they are heading to a new city to play a new festival. Rock for People is a festival that started in 1995, so this makes it the 30th anniversary! Hey, congratulations! Despite the festival being around for Linkin Park's entire career, this is the first time the band is playing it, headlining the five-day festival along with Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Sex Pistols, and Guns N' Roses. For this show, the band has a 100-minute spot; that's all of 10 extra minutes from the usual festival headline slot like the previous show, so this provides an opportunity to add an extra song or two to the set. Mike took to Twitter and asked what song they shouldn't play at the show, with all of the options being regular rotation slot songs. Vote for 'Cut the Bridge' dammit 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 Rock for People and catching Linkin Park there? 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 16, 2025: Hannover, Germany June 18, 2025: Berlin, Germany June 20, 2025: Bern, Switzerland June 22, 2025: Clisson, France - Hellfest Festival 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: 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: Let You Fade 19: Heavy Is the Crown 20: Bleed It Out - Extended Bridge with 'There They Go' v1; Extended Outro
Good side of European festivals, we should (hopefully) get more proshots and maybe livestreams at some point. Less good side, the sets are shorter, so probably not many surprises to look into this next night.
Interesting set ACT 1 (Inception Intro A) 01: Somewhere I Belong 02: Lying From You 03: From the Inside 04: The Emptiness Machine[/B] 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: Let You Fade 19: Heavy Is the Crown 20: Bleed It Out - Extended Bridge with 'There They Go' v1; Extended Outro Two Faced was moved down a few songs, New Divide was dropped, From the Inside instead of Crawling, Waiting for the End returned, and Emily shaved a fans head before Bleed It Out
No "New Divide" is something they can keep doing through the next North American leg too! I've never been particularly fond of it personally.
After watching both and some other songs, they are performing really really nicely. LYF is so intimate. Very beautiful. And FTI never fails. Awesome. I love LP.