After their explosive show at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal on May 30th, Linkin Park return to Russia for two back to back standalone shows in promotion of "The Hunting Party", both shows being opened by "Animal ДжаZ". The first show happens June 1st in Saint Petersburg at the Petrovsky Stadium with Moscow following the very next day on June 2nd. Russia are no strangers to Linkin Park shows of course, with this being the 4th show in just Saint Petersburg, their last being at the SKK Arena on June 14th, 2012. This is their 7th show in Russia all together. Linkin Park first played in Saint Petersburg on June 5th, 2007 as part of their Minutes To Midnight European tour. Not only was that the first show in Saint Petersburg, but in Russia as a whole. With this being the first standalone show on this short European tour, a new setlist is possible, but most likely it will be the same set as in Tuscon, Arizona and Lisbon, Portugal. Not that that setlist is anything to complain about, with some fan favorites and 3 new songs, the Lisbon broadcast showed that the band still has the energy to pull off an aggressive set. If you missed the broadcast of Rock in Rio, check out the start of the show with Guilty All The Same here below. [video=youtube;LadBSCYSLHc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LadBSCYSLHc[/video] A fun moment during the show was right before Linkin Park launched into "Wastelands" for the second time ever, Mike tossed out a number of CDs containing the studio version of The Hunting Party track into the audience. Thankfully, the fans that got hold of a CD was kind enough to put it up for our enjoyment. Check it out here. After this show, Linkin Park play their second of the two Russia dates, this one being in Moscow on June 2nd, a city with not as many shows, but with some history. Following that the band head to Wroclaw, Poland for a show on June 5th. View all upcoming tour dates on the LPA Tour Page. Are you going to the show in Saint Petersburg? Are you not but still excited? Come and discuss the show in our forums.
Most I can do is hope for a new song to premiere. The chances of that, I don't know. But whether it happens or not, it's okay, because if not, there's a bigger surprise on June 17.
Now i´m cool with these european shows... I´m excited with the CD (which will leak in 8 days probably) aaaaaaaaand DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL!!!
Please no more new songs before the full album release. I want to enjoy these three songs that we have now, and I want to be suprised this June 17!
I understand people who have the opinion. For me personally, I love music so much that I prefer more songs sooner! The sooner the better so bring on these new songs! Also, to stay more on topic, looking fowards to seeing if they change the set a bit or not! The last two shows were festivals, so maybe we could get something different this time. Who knows!
Lol actually I am torn apart. Part of me want new songs, another half want to be suprised with a blow from the whole album.
Hate to say this but Chester's vocals seem Autotuned in the verses, especially when he says "what you think we should be" etc. Like they forgot to put that note into the plugin.
I really hope that they change the set at least a little bit. The show in Wroclaw will be my first LP concert and I don't want to see the same thing I already saw. 2 times. I'm really hoping to hear APFMH and WTCFM, but there is almost no chance. MY opinion is that Runaway and ALTNC are superfluous. The perfect (modified) set for me will be: Mike Piano / Catalyst / Requiem Intro 1. Guilty All the Same (Mike raps Rakim's verse) 2. ??? 3. Points of Authority 4. One Step Closer (Extended Outro) 5. Papercut (Extended Blackout Instrumental Intro) - full song 6. With You (Scratch Intro) - full 7. ??? 8. Wastelands 9. Castle of Glass (original) 10. Leave Out All the Rest / Shadow of the Day / Iridescent (Medley) - Robot Boy Instrumental, Hahn interlude 11. Burn It Down 12. Waiting for the End (Until It Breaks Intro, Wall of Noise outro) 13. Wretches and Kings (with Speech Intro) / Remember the Name / Skin to Bone (Nick Catchdubs Remix) (Medley) 14. Numb (Numb / Encore Intro / Outro) 15. In the End 16. Faint 17. Until It's Gone 18. ??? 19. Lost In the Echo 20. Crawling (KRWLNG) 21. ??? 22. What I've Done 23. Bleed It Out (The Catalyst "Lift me up, let me go" or APFMH with drum solo bridge) I want some of the following songs to take the place of the ??? marks: APFMH, No More Sorrow (extended intro), In My Remains or Victimized/Qwerty mash-up, The Catalyst, Blackout (full), TLTGYA... I know that this is almost impossible, but if it happens I will be sooooo happy...