An early version of "Forgotten" or "Rhinestone" was used in a Canadian television series The Crowd: Stairway To Heaven. The show ran from September 25, 1998 to May 22, 1999 lasting only 22 episodes, before being canceled in 1999. This version was recorded before Chester was in the band and is different than the one on the 1997 Xero Demo Tape. You can listen to it below at about 16:18.
Activition announced today that two Linkin Park tracks off of their 2010 number one selling album A Thousand Suns have received the exclusive DJ Hero remix treatment as downloadable content for DJ Hero 2, including "The Catalyst (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)" and a mashup of "When They Come For Me" by legendary turntablist, producer and DJ Hero alumni, Diplo. Available beginning today, and rounding out the three track Linkin Park Mix Pack, is a mashup of "Pts.OF.Athrty" from the band's 2002 remix album, Reanimation.
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The new LPTV episode is about the international LPU Summit in London, a special version of “A Thousand Suns” has been released on iTunes UK featuring 6 live tracks from our MTV World Stage performance in Madrid, “New Divide”, “Waiting for the End. “Breaking the Habit”, “The Catalyst”, “In the End” and “What I’ve Done”
01. Unfortunate (2002 Demo)
02. What We Don't Know (2007 Demo)
03. Oh No (Points of Authority Demo)
04. Have I Not Begun (2009 Demo)
05. Pale (2006 Demo)
06. Pretend To Be (2008 Demo)
07. Divided (2005 Demo)
08. What I've Done (Mike Shinoda Remix)
09. Coal (1997 Demo)
10. Halo (2002 Demo)
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From the LPA:
Chester recently spoke to Australian website Access All Areas to discuss their upcoming tour to Australia, as well as the possibility of Jay Z joining them on stage and the prospects of a live DVD from the current tour, whilst hinting at a possible 2011 release for the next studio album:
"AccessAllAreas: Looking ahead to 2011, what is on the horizon for Linkin Park? Will there be a possible live DVD from this world tour?"
"Chester Bennington: I don’t know. We haven’t really discussed anything like that, we’re really more focused on performing these shows and putting on a great live show and really focused on working on our next album. We tend to be pretty spontaneous with what we do, so if there is a live dvd or something to give something to our fans, something that they’ll like… I think we’re always trying to do something for our fans and give them more than just a record and a chance to see use live.You never know. But I think what we’re really looking forward to most in the coming year is putting out another record."
http://www.accessallareas.net.au/blogs/ ... lrAxjH.php
Jul 08, 2010 15:33 ET
Linkin Park Announces September 14th Release for New Album A Thousand Suns
Lead Single "The Catalyst" to Impact Radio August 2nd; Band Partners With MySpace Music to Feature Fan Performance on New Album
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - July 8, 2010) - Through their official website (www.linkinpark.com), LINKIN PARK has announced a September 14th release date for their new album A THOUSAND SUNS (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros.). The album is co-produced by Rick Rubin (U2, Johnny Cash) and Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda, who last joined forces to produce Linkin Park's 2007 release, Minutes To Midnight.
The band also announced that the first single from the new album will be "The Catalyst," which debuts on radio worldwide on August 2 and will also be featured on the band's MySpace Music profile (http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark). Prior to the song's release, the band and MySpace are teaming up for "Linkin Park, Featuring You," a unique promotion that gives fans a first-of-its-kind opportunity to collaborate with Linkin Park to produce their own song based on some of the tracks from the forthcoming single.
A winner will be chosen by Linkin Park and their submission will either be included on the band's new album or the winner will be invited to perform with the band on a song on the upcoming record.
Beginning tomorrow, July 9th, fans can go to myspace.com/linkinpark to download audio stems from "The Catalyst." Fans will be encouraged to adjust the stems and also record and produce their own additional tracks. Fans can use their own music production software to create their song and then upload it to the band via their MySpace page. Once each new version is submitted, the track will be shared in an embeddable player, which anyone can access to rate and comment, as well as click through to record their own tracks. The contest is live as of tomorrow.
The "Linkin Park, Featuring You" promotion is the start of a multi-phase global partnership between the band and MySpace Music. Throughout the next four months, Linkin Park fans worldwide will have access to live shows, exclusive content and special chances to interact with the band like never before through the MySpace Music platform.
"Our albums are the foundation of who we are as a band, and reserving a spot for a fan to play on one of our songs felt like a way to show our dedication to them," says Shinoda. "There are a lot of unknowns about what might get submitted for this contest, but that's what makes it fun. Our fans continually energize us with their creativity and dedication, so I think they're going to come up with something great."
The band (Shinoda, vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, DJ Joe Hahn and bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell) also recently announced that they'll be touring Europe this fall, beginning Wednesday, October 20th at the O2 World, Berlin and wrapping Thursday, November 11th at the 02 Arena, London. Ticket info can be found at www.linkinpark.com.
A celebration of sound and vision, each of these live performances is designed to be a transformative multi-media experience, complete with a unique blending of music and art and featuring never-before-seen visual technology. In addition, this tour's setlist, which will be packed with a plethora of the band's biggest hits, will be the first to showcase material from A THOUSAND SUNS.
European tour dates for Linkin Park are as follows (additional shows to be announced):
DATE VENUE CITY/COUNTRY
9-Oct Maquinaria Festival Santiago, Chile
11-Oct SWY Music & Arts Festival Sao Paulo, Brazil
20-Oct O2 Arena Berlin, Germany
22-Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
23-Oct Tips Arena Linz, Austria
25-Oct Bercy Paris, France
27-Oct Lanxess Arena Koln, Germany
29-Oct O2 Arena Hamburg, Germany
30-Oct MCH Arena Herning, Denmark
1-Nov Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
2-Nov Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany
4-Nov MEN Arena Manchester, UK
9-Nov LG Arena Birmingham, UK
10-Nov O2 Arena London, UK
11-Nov O2 Arena London, UK
www.linkinpark.com
When you're a super huge band like Linkin Park and you go out on huge arena tours, very often, you secure insurance in case something goes awry and the band is forced to cancel a spate of shows. The insurance provides the band with a safety blanket, if you will, enabling them to recover profits lost as a result of the gig cancellations. Millions of dollars. Now, Linkin Park is taking legal action against well-known insurance house Lloyd's of London, claiming the company owes them big.
According to TMZ.com, the suit seeks profits they would have made from the six shows they were forced to cancel back in 2008, when frontman Chester Bennington hurt his back assembling a toy for his kid. The band had filed a claim with the insurance company, but the firm denied it, claiming that Bennington's back ailment was a pre-existing condition, one he'd had well before the band opened its policy.
While details of the suit are scant, Linkin Park are said to be suing for millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, they continue to plug away on their forth record, which should surface before year's end. In various interviews, members of the group have suggested the new disc will be unlike anything they've taken on before, with some proclaiming it could spawn a new genre.
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Mike has uploaded nine of his ten scores he made for the 2005 VMAs. You can listen to them here or download them here.
Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, was hit with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday. The quake destroyed much of the nation's infrastructure, as well as a massive number of buildings. The Red Cross estimates that the death toll is between 100,000 - 200,000 and as many as 3 million people may be homeless or injured. So far, there have been five aftershocks — two were 5.9 and
5.2 magnitude — and more are expected.
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