Yesterday in Chiba, Japan Linkin Park performed for the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2012 and the full video is now available online thanks to YouKu user FULINEXT. Linkin Park played LIES GREED MISERY, Numb and finally BURN IT DOWN for the live audience. You can watch the performance below by skipping to the 3:00 minute mark. Thanks to MSC for the heads up. [VIDEO] Linkin Park Perform at MTV VMAJ 2012 Skip to 3:00 minute mark for Linkin Park Source: YouKu via MSC
It looks like he had a hard time singing all of it. If I were to wager a guess, I'd say he was out of breath for some reason. It could very well be that he was at an unusual altitude and that this show was a rush job so they didn't give him time to prep. I've experienced similar problems with traveling like that. He could be falling ill, or any number of things. I'm basing my shortness of breath guess on the way he artificially cut off a lot of the words so he could draw his next breath. I should qualify though: I think the entire performance seemed a bit of a rush job, right down to the artificial shortening of the songs.
It must not be easy to travel from the USA to Japan and play within a short span of time, he must've not warmed up properly or he wasn't feeling 100% well. It happens.
Chester seems to be in some sort of American Idol audition... Everyday people got little notes on the way he sings...dear lord!!!
oh my....what happened to Chester...not only having note problems but it looked like he was having troubles as far as his voice levels go....like using a ton of strength just for high notes