Linkin Park delivered a four-song set forward of the UEFA Champions League ultimate in Munich on Saturday evening (June 1), persevering with their return to the dwell stage with performances of “The Vacancy Machine,” “In the Finish,” “Numb,” and “Heavy Is the Crown.”
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Taking the stage at Munich Soccer Enviornment simply earlier than kickoff between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan, the band’s look served as a high-profile preview of their upcoming world tour, which helps their newest album, From Zero, launched final yr.
The set marked one other main step in the band’s evolution following the addition of vocalist Emily Armstrong, who formally joined the lineup final September. Armstrong’s debut sparked dialog on-line, together with public commentary from the late Chester Bennington’s household and dialogue round her previous skilled affiliations.
From Zero is Linkin Park’s first studio album since 2017’s One Extra Gentle, launched simply months earlier than Bennington’s dying.
At the band’s first present with their new lineup final yr, co-founder Mike Shinoda addressed the crowd, saying, “We’re thrilled to be again out right here. It’s not about erasing the previous. It’s about beginning this new chapter into the future and popping out right here for every considered one of you.”
Shinoda expanded on that sentiment throughout a visitor look on The Tonight Present, explaining, “I feel the essential factor for us is that we by no means got down to, like, ‘Let’s convey the band again’ or ‘Let’s discover a singer.’ That was by no means our intention or our aim.”
The album debuted at No. 1 on all of the above charts final November, apart from the Billboard 200 and High Album Gross sales, the place it arrived at No. 2. Following its deluxe reissue with extra tracks on Could 16, From Zero just lately returned to High Album Gross sales (at No. 5), High Laborious Rock Albums (No. 4), Vinyl Albums (No. 8), High Different Albums (No. 9), High Rock Albums (No. 15), High Rock & Different Albums (No. 17), Indie Retailer Album Gross sales (No. 17) and the Billboard 200 (No. 71) charts dated Could 31.
The North American leg of Linkin Park’s upcoming tour is about to kick off July 29 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Heart. The run will embody stops throughout the U.S. by August and September, together with a significant date at Dodger Stadium with Queens of the Stone Age, earlier than it wraps Sept. 24 in Seattle.
