Look out for Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” in the Transformers movie which hits theatres July 3rd. The song is also featured in the soundtrack which is out the same day.
LINKIN PARK – Thank You from Brad May 26, 2007
I can only hope to convey the gratitude we feel. The dedication of our entire fanbase has given us the confidence to take risks and continually challenge ourselves as musicians throughout our career.
Minutes to Midnight was just that: a huge risk. In making this album, we strived as a band to rediscover the reasons for starting up in the first place: experimentation, imagination, and fun. We went on an incredible journey and wound up in an incredibly exciting place.
Thank you all for your tremendous support. I hope that you connect with this album as deeply as we do.
BBB
PROJEKT REVOLUTION ANNOUNCED May 9, 2007
Linkin Park confirmed today the fourth installment of Projekt Revolution beginning July 25th and culminating on September 3 in Denver at the Coors Amphitheatre.
Fans can expect to see Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K on the Main Stage and Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles of Beyond and Madina Lake on the Revolution Stage. Tickets go on sale nationwide on May 19th. The few dates not announced due to radio shows will be announced shortly. Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com.
“I couldn’t be happier with the group of artists joining us on Projekt Revolution this summer…” says co-vocalist Chester Bennington, “Linkin Park is thrilled to be joined by this amazing group of artists and I know the audience will share in our excitement.” Previous Projekt Revolution alumni include Korn, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Mudvayne, Adema, Blindside and DJ Z-Trip.
Projekt Revolution and Music For Relief have been working hard to make this an environmentally conscious event. Besides making Projekt Revolution a “green” tour, $1 from each ticket will be donated to American Forests’ Global ReLeaf program to plant trees to help reduce global temperatures.
Projekt Revolution Tour Dates
Fri Jul 27 Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 28 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion
Sun Jul 29 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
Wed Aug 01 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Fri Aug 03 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sat Aug 04 Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun Aug 05 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
Tue Aug 07 Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 08 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
Fri Aug 10 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Mon Aug 13 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 14 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Wed Aug 15 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Fri Aug 17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Sat Aug 18 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Sun Aug 19 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion Tue Aug 21 Toronto, ON Molson
Amphitheatre Wed Aug 22 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Fri Aug 24 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Sat Aug 25 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Sun Aug 26 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Tue Aug 28 Syracuse, NY NY State Fair
Wed Aug 29 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Fri Aug 31 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sat Sep 01 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Mon Sep 03 Englewood, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Main Stage Artists
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Taking Back Sunday
HIM
Placebo
Julien-K
Revolution Stage Artists
Mindless Self Indulgence
Saosin
The Bled
Styles of Beyond
Madina Lake
LINKIN PARK : MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ALBUM COVER REVEALED April 4, 2007
Kalo pengin dengerin WHAT I’VE DONE bisa langsung buka website-nya Linkin Park.
Pertama kali dengerin kayak mirip2… apa gitu.
Dan yang jelas ini lagu video-nya dibikin ma Mr. Hahn !!!!
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MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ALBUM COVER REVEALED
In anticipation for Minutes to Midnight, in stores May 15, the new album cover has been revealed….
“WHAT I’VE DONE” OUT TODAY
Linkin Park’s new single “What I’ve Done” has been released TODAY! The full stream of the song can be heard on LinkinPark.com and will be also airing on your favorite radio station starting today. In addition, the track is now available for purchase on iTunes. Be sure to buy it today!
ITUNES VIDEO PREMIERE AND SEASON PASS
Beginning on Tuesday, April 3, the video for “What I’ve Done”, directed by Mr. Hahn, will be available for purchase in the iTunes Music Store and all digital retailers.
Also beginning Tuesday, April 3, you will be able to pre-order the album, and buy the video for “What I’ve Done.” The pre-order offer includes a deluxe digital album with bonus tracks and a “Season Pass” including all 15 FULL LENGTH episodes of LPTV, the behind-the-scenes series documenting the last four years of the band. This offer is available in the U.S. only. Be sure to look out for more info.
Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album March 8, 2007
On May 15, Linkin Park will unleash Minutes To Midnight, their much-anticipated follow-up to 2003’s Meteora. And though the album has been in the works for nearly four years now, it’s actually based on a concept that’s much, much older — and much, much creepier than you might expect.
“The title is a reference to the Doomsday Clock, which was created by these scientists at the University of Chicago after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II,” Linkin Park co-frontman Chester Bennington explained. “Given the idea that mankind now had this ultimate destructive power, they were contemplating what the repercussions of this would be and the idea that the end of the world could be imminent.
“After WWII, when the Soviet Union tested their first bomb, the Doomsday Clock was set. It basically has hands from the 45-minute mark until midnight … and at 45 past the hour, it means the world is relatively stable, but since we have this [nuclear] power, we’re always just 15 minutes away from the end of the world,” he continued. “And when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were involved in their nuclear standoff in the 1960s, the clock was set at three minutes to midnight. And it’s moved back and forth about 18 times since its inception. Right now we’re at [five] minutes until midnight.”
And while Bennington insists that the new Linkin Park album — co-produced by Mike Shinoda and Grammy winner Rick Rubin — isn’t going to be a complete rumination on the perilous state of the world, he does acknowledge the fact that for the first time, the band is writing about “things they wouldn’t have touched” a few years back. Which sort of makes the Midnight metaphor all the more apt.
“When we wrote Hybrid Theory, I was the oldest one in the band and I think I was 23 or something. And things that weren’t important to us then are definitely important to us now. And while we don’t write too specifically about most things, there’s definitely a political hint to some of the songs,” Bennington said. “So I thought of the Midnight concept, not just in relation to the world, but in relation to the band. What people have known Linkin Park as, and how they will know them as when they first hear the album … that’s going to change. The way we’ve been classified, and how people think they know us, that’s all going to die.”
Take, for example, Minutes To Midnight’s first single, “What I’ve Done.” Written by Bennington and Shinoda after the band had decided on the whole Midnight concept, it’s Linkin Park dropping the bomb on their rap-rock roots and embracing a new, more stripped-down sound.
“Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and I and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes To Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be,” Bennington said. “The lyrics in the first verse are ‘In this farewell, there is no blood, there is no alibi,’ and right away, you’ll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren’t tripled. It’s just us out there … and that’s how Rick wanted it. Basically he told us, ‘If it sounds like it could’ve been on the first two records, then we’re not going to work on it.’”
The band will take that new attitude on the road this summer on its rejuvenated Projekt Revolution Tour, which LP originated in 2002. While details are scarce, Bennington did let MTV News in on a few select details.
“I can’t say much about it, but Projekt Revolution is going to be happening this summer,” he laughed. “It’s looking like it’ll start around July 24 and run through around Labor Day, and it is going to be a tour that no one will miss. And in my opinion — as a music fan — it’s the most exciting tour that I’ve seen in a very long time.”
Currently, Linkin Park are whittling down a list of 17 songs to make the final Midnight track list, and while there are no sure bets about just what will make the cut, Bennington is hoping that one song in particular — “The Little Things Give You Away” — will be there.
Bennington calls the track “the pinnacle of what we can achieve as a band,” underscoring its expanse and sonic grandeur. It is — in short — the audio equivalent of the detonation of an atomic bomb, which you’d think would make it a mortal lock for an album about blowing things up and starting all over again.
“It’s an epic song, but it’s also kind of delicate in a lot of ways. There’s a great guitar riff that comes in acoustically, and the words really say a lot. And I think that they’ll touch people in a way Linkin Park haven’t touched people before,” he enthused. “And there’s a breakdown that’s my favorite moment on the record. It’s beautiful and timeless-sounding, with this great synth sound … and Brad [Delson] breaks into this beautiful solo and it just builds and builds and builds until it breaks down into this a cappella section. It’s a huge explosion of sound, over six minutes long, and it’s truly, completely amazing. And I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
Linkin Park photo journal December 6, 2006
Follow the band behind the scenes — on the road and in the studio as they work hard on what’s next.
LINKIN PARK FEATURED IN ROLLING STONE November 9, 2006
Check out the November 16th issue of Rolling Stone Magazine to read an exclusive “In the Studio” article on Linkin Park. The band discusses what the recording process has been like this time around, as well as what it’s like working with producer Rick Rubin. Read what they guys have to say about how this album differs from others, how the songs have evolved, and how much fun they’ve had recording the new material. The issue has Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the cover and is on newsstands now. Be sure not to miss this story in the new issue of Rolling Stone!
Linkin Park no longer Nu-metal September 29, 2006
We’re going for the music that inspired us, rather than the nü-metal type of sound,” frontman Chester Bennington said of the band’s third studio album, due next year. “We’re ripping that out. It’s completely gone.” In its place is a mix of punk and classic-rock elements with vintage hip-hop beats, the singer said.”We’ve always been known for mixing a lot of different genres of music and not pigeonholing ourselves in one particular sound, but by doing so, we’ve kind of pigeonholed ourselves into our sound,” Bennington said backstage at Saturday’s Inland Invasion. “It sounds strange, but there’s a common thread that people are going to expect, and we’re trying to pull that out of the new music.”
Linkin Park’s reinvention is being guided by Rick Rubin, who is co-producing with Mike Shinoda. “We’re straying away from a lot of the predictable sounds we’ve had in the past, but there’s no question in your mind when you hear it that it’s Linkin Park,” Bennington said. “We’ve always said we write the music we write so that we can spread our wings as far as we want and try new things and go anywhere. I think we’re really going to prove that with this new record.”
Linkin Park wrote more than 100 songs, which they have since narrowed down to the cream of the crop. Bennington refused to elaborate on how many tracks will be recorded, but he shot down the idea of a double album. “The whole double-album thing is like the kiss of death,” he said. “Not that it’s not a great idea in theory, but when you put it out, it’s just not.”
The band has more or less decided on a title, but Bennington kept it under wraps. “It’s a title I think is good and fitting for the world and also some of our own personal situations over the last couple of years,” he said. While recording with Linkin Park, Bennington has set aside his solo album, but the singer said it’s basically good to go.
“It’s gonna come out as soon as we’re winding down the LP cycle,” he said. “If you want a taste, you can go online and find some stuff. It’s bringing the rock back a little bit.”
CHESTER TO CAMEO IN UPCOMING FILM “CRANK” August 30, 2006
The film “Crank,” opening this Friday, September 1st in the US, features a cameo from Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington! Check your local theatre listings for showtimes, and be sure to keep an eye out for Chester on the big screen! This film is Rated R. For more information on the movie, “Crank”, please visit the Official Site http://www.crankfilm.com.
New LP album in 2007 August 19, 2006
Jonathon reports that according to LP Fuse the new Linkin Park album will be released early 2007, this was revealed in an interview with Mike and Anna Shinoda on KROQ, details here, make sure you ask Mike for more details during the LPU chat next Tuesday. I kinda expected it, with Mike working non-stop and being the perfectionist that the guys are I knew there is no way they’re gonna rush it. I say we bug the guys and demand the release of Chester’s solo album while we wait, what say you? Update: you can listen to a streaming audio and download the file here, thanks to HybridMinor for the link.
