Linkin Park members Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong will be holding a private event at the Helpful Honda Music Lounge, an intimate space in Los Angeles that has played host to many iHeartRadio events in the past. Details on what the event will entail are currently unknown, but it's coming up very soon, on November 21. Alternative radio station ALT 98.7 is offering not just passes to that exclusive event, but also tickets to the Linkin Park show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, scheduled for September 2025 as part of the From Zero world tour. Outside of this event, the next public appearance for Linkin Park that we know of will be their headline slot at Soundstorm Festival next month. Source: ALT 98.7 on Instagram
@minuteforce do you think (maybe it's already known) if they considered Kiiara to be the singer at some point? Or was it only a collab?
They asked Kiiara to sing on "Heavy" because Julia Michaels didn't want to be on the final track. If you're asking if they ever thought about inviting her in into the band, then, no, I'm very certain that was never the case.
There is no way Kiiara has the vocal range for LP no disrespect .. Besides since the reform happened during a series of sessions/jams I'm not sure there's any record of her ever being at any of those.
Yep, those two I saw. I wonder if they performed something live (as they announced it like an 'event' and not an 'interview')
One interesting aspect : Two Faced was written after Casualty, with the intent to emulate a 2024 version of Xero. And we know IGYEIH was the last song completed, written by Mike and Brad. Stretching this, it seems all the heavier material was written AFTER Brad joined, and we also know Brad was the one to suggest the idea (mentioned in the podcast). I'd say : thank you Brad. I think the heavier stuff brings balance to the record. One issue I had with OML is how the whole thing kinda sounds like a 35 min long mid-tempo session. Historically, I think LP/Mike is drawn to write more mid-tempo stuff anyway., whether heavy or not. It's nice when they spice it up, either as more slow (Overflow) or more fast (Casualty)
Funny that Delson demanded heavy songs when Mike had to fucking pull teeth to get Delson to attempt to write guitar solos in THP. Oh how times have changed.
I mean, Brad's solo in ALITS is good. He even sweep picks based on the live proshots of the song. TLTGYA and In Pieces are also pretty decent and fit both songs. War, Keys to the Kingdom and GATS, however...