Win tickets to Projekt Revolution tour
posted by Jas, 06/30/07
Linkin Park is giving away tickets to the upcoming Projekt Revolution tour, contest details here

Kick The Bass music video
posted by Jas, 06/30/07
Many have written in about a clip of Julien-K music video that has Chester in it from MySpace, this video has been on the official Julien-K site for quite some time, I thought everybody knew that already, I did download it when it was first posted but just didn't have the time to edit and convert it, didn't want to post the full video because it's too big. Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet go here or to go Julien-K.com and click media, it's under video.

MTM songs in Wimbledon commercial
posted by Jas, 06/30/07
This is not big news but I keep getting emails about it *pulls hair*, Australian TV has been airing commercial for the ongoing Wimbeldon tennis tournament with MTM songs being played in the background. Thanks to everyone who wrote in, *sigh* I miss my Agassi.

Audio Download: Projekt Revolution phone conference
posted by Jas, 06/29/07
Pegasus News has a full phone conference with Chester and the bands touring the Projekt Revolution tour this year, they talked about what to expect in the upcoming tour among other things, download clip here (right click and save)

Video Download: LP at Tranformers premiere
posted by Jas, 06/29/07
MTV has a report on the premiere of Transformers in Los Angeles last night and Linkin Park were at the event. Chester gushes about the action figures. "I think I was probably 5 or 6 when I got my first Transformer. It was the coolest toy," he said. "It still is!", will have the video clip up for download and photos later. Update: Download red carpet clip and interview here and see photos here

Video shoot for Bleed It Out
posted by Jas, 06/29/07
According to Videostatic, Linkin Park's next video is Bleed It Out and will be directed by Mr. Hahn. Thanks to everyone who wrote in.

ISM community project
posted by Jas, 06/29/07
Siby reports that Joe is one the 12 panel of judges to help judge a contest for ISM: A community project which is a non-profit arts organization

ISM: a community project, a non-profit arts organization based in Long Beach but heard worldwide, is again proving that art is a democratic institution for all by launching the "Space Available Cover Contest". Jumping off with its Summer Issue (out now at select retailers, galleries, finer boutiques and online at www.ISMcommunity.org, this contest is giving all artists, both emerging and established alike, equal chance to be the cover artist for the Autumn 2007 Issue.

To help judge the entries, ISM: a community project has assembled a group of some of the most definitive voices in the arts world. Representing every facet of the arts, this panel of 12 judges known as the ISM Luminaries, is made up of RZA, Anthony Mandler, Kat Von D, Jeff Staple, Rickey Kim, Andrew Hosner, Joe Hahn, Jonathan Levine, Amber Tamblyn, Alix Sloan, Mark Murphy and Derrick Brown. The details for your entry are after the jump. You can check out more progress at Joe Hahn's blog at Slam X Blogs.

Various updates
posted by Jas, 06/26/07
Hey everyone, long time no post :-) sorry about that but the promo for Harry Potter Movie 5 has started and it will go into full swing the next couple of weeks so I'm shifting my focus and attention to my HP site, there's not much to report from the Linkin Park camp anyway so don't be alarmed if there's not much updates. Don't worry, I'll be back for the Live Earth concert, speaking of which, fans in India can catch the live telecast on VH1 India. In Dubai, live broadcast of the concert will air on Dubai 92 radio station. There are couple of mixed reviews of Midnutes To Midnight here and here. Read press release about the Tranformers soundtrack which will be released on July 3. I also have a video of Linkin Park: Story So Far which aired on MTV Asia last Sunday, I will post them when I have the time, too busy at the moment :-). If you haven't seen it yet, you can still catch it at these times.

Projekt Revolution Bands Promise Pyro, All The Hits
posted by Jas, 06/26/07
Read a preview of PR tour at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre on July 27. In a teleconference today, Chester told Billboard that there will be cool light shows and pyros at this year's Projekt Revolution tour. He also said that LP will play "a lot" of songs from MTM and "all of the singles" from Hybrid Theory and Meteora.

Video Download: Video messages for Japanese fans
posted by Jas, 06/23/07
I have two videos for Japanese fans, one is a video message from Chester for the Minutes to Midnight listening party hosted by Gecki Rock and the other is an intro message from Brad and Mike for the What I've Done video for Oricon Style

Video Download: Download Festival
posted by Jas, 06/23/07
Felipe reports that Linkin Inside has proshots of Linkin Park performing Bleed It Out, Numb and What I've Done at the Download Festival. I will convert them to wmv later for those with slow connection.

Video Download: Mike and Phoenix on Artisan News - Part 4
posted by Jas, 06/23/07
Another clip of an interview with Mike and Phoenix where they talked about how they paired up to write songs for MTM, download here

Linkin Park on Go TV
posted by Jas, 06/23/07
Corina reports that Linkin Park will be on Austrian music station, Go TV in a show called Hosted by.. on July 1 at 11 am, the band will be presenting their favourite videos.

Mr. Hahn remix
posted by Jas, 06/21/07
Siby reports taht Mr. Hahn has remixed a song by Lady Tigra used in Helio's street marketing campaign, watch the video or download the song here (right click and save)

Live Earth live on Prosieben
posted by Jas, 06/21/07
Ana reports that German fans can catch the live telecast of Live Earth concert on Prosieben channel on July 7 from 7pm to 8.15 pm and from 11:15pm to 3am.

Photos: Nova Rock Festival
posted by Jas, 06/21/07
Here are some photos from Nova Rock Festival and there are some bootleg videos at YouTube, thanks to Marcel for the tip

MTM has gone platinum
posted by Jas, 06/20/07
Kaching!! Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight album has has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales exceeding 1 million copies in the U.S. in just 4 weeks. MTM has also shipped over 3.3 million copies worldwide.

Video Download: Channel 4 Interview & Given Up
posted by Jas, 06/19/07
I downloaded the whole Channel 4 show from Linkin Photo before I went on my vacation, I wanted the interview so I've edited it and you can download part 1 here and part 2 here. I've also uploaded Given Up in wmv format here, Geovanie sent in another link where you can download it in divx format.

Video Download: Dimebag Darrell Tribute
posted by Jas, 06/19/07
Update: Dimebag Darrell Tribute Interview, download Chester's part only here or here

Photos: Zurich and Prague concerts
posted by Jas, 06/19/07
Photos of Linkin Park concert in Zurich and Prague (thanks Chester93). Update: Aakashaa has posted her meet and greet photos from Prague concert.

Complete live coverage of Live Earth on XM radio
posted by Jas, 06/19/07
XM Radio today announced that they will broadcast 27-hours of continuous, live coverage from all nine Live Earth concerts. Linkin Park will play in Tokyo at the Makuhari Messe.

The Live Earth concert series will begin in Sydney, Australia and continue across all seven continents with official concerts in Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before concluding at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

XM's live coverage will begin at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, July 6, on XM's main Live Earth channel, "Live Earth All Access" (XM channel 40). "Live Earth All Access" will feature around-the-clock coverage with highlights of the most memorable performances, backstage interviews and more, throughout the day. In addition, each city's concert will be broadcast live in its entirety.

XM Live Earth Broadcast Schedule CITY BROADCAST START TIME CHANNEL

Sydney 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT XM Channel 41 (Friday, July 6)

Tokyo 1 a.m. ET/ 11 p.m. PT XM Channel 42

Shanghai 4 a.m. ET/ 1 a.m. PT XM Channel 42

Istanbul 7 a.m. ET/ 4 a.m. PT XM Channel 44

Johannesburg 8 a.m. ET/ 5 a.m. PT XM Channel 41

Hamburg 8 a.m. ET/ 5 a.m. PT XM Channel 45

London 8:30 a.m. ET/ 5:30 a.m. PT XM Channel 46

Rio de Janeiro 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT XM Channel 41

New York 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT XM Channel 42 (Giants Stadium)

Live Earth coverage also will be available through XM Radio Online (http://xmro.xmradio.com), XM's Internet streaming service, included as part of XM's basic service. In addition, non-subscribers across the country will be able to hear XM's complete broadcast of Live Earth and its performances, as well as the entire XM Radio Online channel lineup at no cost by registering for a free three-day trial of XM's service. More information about XM's Live Earth coverage is available at http://www.xmradio.com/liveearth.

Linkin Park singer puts solo plans on hold
posted by Jas, 06/19/07
Chester talks about Dead By Sunrise in an interview with Launch Radio Networks

Launch Radio Networks reports: Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington has put his solo plans aside for the moment to focus on his main band. Reports that Bennington was working on an album of his own first surfaced nearly two years ago, with the singer later telling MTV.com that he had up to three separate projects on tap. But Bennington told Launch that while he did start work on at least one side venture, he's put it on the back burner for now. "I was actually pretty deep into recording my other project, called Dead By Sunrise, and we were really far into the record," he said. "And then, you know, LP got together and we all decided that we wanted to make a record and start as soon as possible. So Linkin Park takes the lead, you know what I mean? So I stopped working on the record and I'll be finishing it up while we're touring over these next couple of years, and it'll be ready to go out."

Video Download: Dimebag Darrell Tribute
posted by Jas, 06/18/07
CharlieBond has captured an interview with Chester at the Dimebag Darrell Tribute concert, watch part 1 and part 2, I'm not having a good connection at the moment I will upload Chester's part only later.

Revolver mag scans
posted by Jas, 06/18/07
Jnudda has the scans of Mike and Chester talking about the Projekt Revolution tour from the August issue of Revolver magazine

Where's the Melody? It's Everywhere You Look
posted by Jas, 06/17/07
Ne-yo talks about Linkin Park in an interview with NY Times.

It takes talent to yell at the top of your lungs like Chester Bennington. He does that raspy thing. It's amazing he does that night after night on tour and doesn't lose his voice. On "Minutes to Midnight" (Warner Brothers) they mix hip-hop with rock without sacrificing the integrity of either. The rock sounds like rock, and the hip-hop sounds like hip-hop. It's a guy rapping over an electric guitar, and it's beautiful. A bunch of groups have tried the rock-hip-hop thing, and they don't sound natural. It doesn't sound like Linkin Park sat around and said, "Hey let's be a rock group with a rapper." Their music doesn't sound contrived. They tend to tackle serious issues. Their lyrics make you think. There's nothing I hate more than a stupid song, or a song that makes you stupider.

Fans injured in accident at Italian festival
posted by Jas, 06/17/07
Sorry for the late update, had a family event to take care of. Linkin Park had to cancel their Italy concert on Friday when the lighting and sound system at the Heineken Jammin' Festival collapsed due to strong winds and heavy rain. The band issued the following statement: "We are saddened by the events that happened in Venice today and our hearts are with the injured fans and their families. The Linkin Park family wishes them a speedy recovery and hope to see them the next time we visit Italy."

LA Battle Projekt
posted by Jas, 06/17/07
From LP MySpace: MTV2 and Time Warner Cable are giving a chance for local, unsigned LA area bands to open for Projekt Revolution 2007 on July 28 in San Bernardino, CA, alongside some of today's greatest bands such as Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday. Full details

Chester on KROQ
posted by Jas, 06/14/07
According to LP MySpace: Attention Los Angeles fans! Chester will be calling into the Kevin and Bean Show on KROQ at 7:00am tomorrow! Be sure to tune in to KROQ 106.7 FM or listen live at www.KROQ.com. Speaking of KROQ, they are giving away tickets to the Projekt Revolution concert in Virginia Beach, details at the site. Update: Jnudda has the interview up for download here

Linkin Park in Zurich
posted by Jas, 06/15/07
Some bootlegs clips of Linkin Park in MTV2 and Time Warner Cable are giving a chance for local, unsigned LA area bands to open for Projekt Revolution 2007 on July 28 in San Bernardino, CA, alongside some of today's greatest bands such as Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday. Zurich, Prague and Poland at YouTube

Vote for Linkin Park
posted by Jas, 06/14/07
Giselle reports that New Zealands's C4 is asking fans to choose the 21st century anthems from their U Choose 40 list, Linkin Park's One Step Closer and Fort Minor's Where'd You Go are on the list, vote here

Concert photos
posted by Jas, 06/14/07
Photos from the Download, Alive and Rock am Ring festivals as well as the Russian concert are now up. Also added are pics of Chester in Japan from Babu and Chester's appearance on Julien-K's Kick The Bass video. Update: Added more pics from Moscow concert and interview, I only saved a few, there are more here

Video Download: Alive Festival
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
Jnudda has the complete rip of the entire Alive Festival concert in mpg and mp3, you can download the show in parts or separate tracks, download here. You can also download the show at LP Brazil

How to share your faith using Linkin Park's What I've Done
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
The Christian Post looks at Linkin Park's 'What I've Done' from a religious point of view

What I've Done, Linkin Park's new lead single from their Minutes to Midnight album, recently hit the Number 1 slot on Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. What I've Done is a thought-provoking, reflective music video, drawing attention to a wide range of social issues that we'll be confronting for decades to come. The music video dramatizes issues ranging from war and terrorism to famine and pollution. Add in the clips of racism, addiction, obesity and environmental concerns, and you have a catalogue of many of the key areas in which society has 'missed the mark' and failed to do the right thing.

Sound depressing? Actually, the song's lyrics present a very different picture from the haunting images that make up much of this music video. The lyrics focus on acknowledging the mistakes, facing the problems, 'fessing up, seeking forgiveness, letting go and moving on. What I've Done provides a natural bridge for bringing God's mercy and forgiveness up in your conversations. So let mercy come, and wash away, what I've done... Full article

LP articles in Japanese mags
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
Babu sent in a bunch of scans of Linkin Park articles and photos from various Japanese magazines. Thanks Babu.

Joe's Vader helmet
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
Remember the Vader Project I posted last month? here's a picture of the Vader helmet created by Mr. Hahn. Thanks to 1stp_klosr for the tip.

Video Download: Inteview with Chester and Joe on Entertainment Now
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
There's an interview with Chester and Joe on Entertainment Now where they talked about the What I've Done video, I don't really like the show, their remarks are always sarcastic so I edit it a little bit, download here. Update: Breakdown Conspiracy has ripped a similar interview aired on New Zealand's TV3, watch here, thanks to Linkin Park Extreme for the clip

Review of Minutes To Midnight
posted by Jas, 06/13/07
Detroit Metro Times reviews Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight

In 1982, Rolling Stone devoted a cover story to the popular emergence of faceless bands such as REO Speedwagon, Journey, Styx and Foreigner. The piece implied that the sales dominance of bands with no perceptible charisma was a signal that rock was in seriously bad health. A full generation later, Linkin Park wields its facelessness like a knight's armor. The group's utter lack of personality has worked to its benefit, creating the perception that it's beyond glamour and celebrity. To Linkin Park fans, the band represents undiluted musical substance.

At a time when the music industry is staggering and sales are plummeting faster than George W. Bush's approval ratings, Linkin Park stands above the pack as the biggest band in America. Trying to figure out how they've done it is harder than trying to figure out how Carson Daly has managed to find sustained employment. To be sure, the rap-rock bandwagon the group rode in on is now a mere historical artifact. And while the band has reduced its hip-hop quotient by limiting the superfluous interjections from MC Mike Shinoda, that move has only served to expose the generic, polite roar of LP's brand of hard-rock.

On Minutes to Midnight, Rick Rubin's production is sharp and focused, particularly on such driving tracks as "What I've Done," but Chester Bennington is a seriously wimpy vocalist and his apocalyptic gloominess hasn't become any less hokey with time. And if Bono and Co. didn't have such fat bank accounts, Bennington would probably be looking at a plagiarism suit for the slow-burning "Shadow of the Day," which shamelessly rewrites U2's "With Or Without You."

In the end, Linkin Park is deserving of only the most backhanded compliments. While not exactly tuneful, LP is more tuneful than most of its big-riffing competition. And while they're not exactly enlightened, the band is much more enlightened than the nu-rock lunkheads (such as Fred Durst) with whom it once shared chart space. Finally, the group seems to be at peace with its own facelessness, and doesn't have any illusions about its star power. But the same thing could have been said 25 years ago about REO Speedwagon.

Interview with Brad on Guitar World
posted by Jas, 06/12/07
Jnudda has posted scans of an interview with Brad on this month's issue of Guitar World magazine

Video Download: Mike & Chester at Pinkpop
posted by Jas, 06/12/07
Ellen reports that Jared-Leto.org has a video report on the Pinkpop Festival from Dutch TV station, TMF, I can't edit the clip due to audio error so go here to download the video. There's an interview with Mike and Chester singing Kumbaya My Lord towards the end of the clip.

Video Download: Alive Festival
posted by Jas, 06/12/07
Felipe has uploaded pro-shot of the full Linkin Park's concert at the Alive Festival last week, download here

Audio Download: Chester on Hit 40 / Aussie mag scans
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
SJ sent in audio clip of an interview with Chester on UK's Hit 40, download here, she also sent scans of Linkin Park article from Australia's JB Hi-Fi (scans 1 and 2) and Drum Media (scans 1, 2 and 3) magazines.

Audio Download: MTM instrumentals
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Felipe has the instrumentals of What I've Done, No More Sorrow and Given Up, download here

LP is MTV Artist of the Month
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
I'm back! safe and sound, I actually arrived home on Friday but my mind decided to take an extended break over the weekend :-) Japan was awesome! wish I could stay longer, 7 days is not enough to explore Tokyo alone. Me and family went to Hakone, Lake Ashi and Kawaguchi, then in Tokyo we went to Akasuka, Shinjuku, Ginza, Akihabara, Shibuya, Harajuku and of course Tokyo Disneyland. I didn't feel like I was in Japan until I saw Mt. Fuji with my own eyes (pic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), you always see it on post cards and paintings but to actually see it in front of you is so surreal! Of course every where I go Linkin Park is always with me :-) I even picked up a free mag at HMV in Shibuya where LP is on the cover. I also bumped into these rockers when I was at the Tokyo Dome city. Anyway, enough of my trip, back to work.

South-East Asian fans take note that Linkin Park is MTV Asia's Artist of the Month in June. They will be featured in the Making The Video as well as a special called The Story So Far Linkin Park which will air at these times, please check local station for confirmation

Making The Video: Linkin Park "What I've Done"
Sat 16 June, 1pm
Mon 18 June, 9pm
Tue 19 June, 7.30pm
Wed 20 June, 6pm
Thu 21 June, 4.30pm
Fri 22 June, 3pm

The Story So Far Linkin Park
Sat 23 June, 7.30pm
Mon 25 June, 9pm
Tue 26 June, 7.30pm
Wed 27 June, 6pm
Thu 28 June, 4.30pm
Fri 29 June, 3pm

Download Festival review
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
A brief review of Linkin Park's concert at the Download festival over the weekend.

Linkin Park gave a shout out to Motley Crueduring their headlining set at Download Festival tonight (June 9). The comeback kings, who recently scored a Number One album with 'Minutes To Midnight' said they were sad to miss the Vince Neil led rockers who were playing on the Dimebag Darrell stage. Before playing'Somewhere I Belong' co-lead singer Chester Bennington said: "The only thing that I'm bummed out about is that I'm missing Motley Crue's set."

The group raced through their hits but also played a number of songs from their current album including 'What I've Done' and 'Bleed It Out'. Bennington told the crowd prior to 'Crawling': "We'd like to thank you guys for making 'Minutes To Midnight' Number One across the f**king world."And we just want to dedicate this show to all of you who've been Linkin Park fans since day one - I can see a lot of 'LP' flags out there."

Linkin Park played: 'One Step Closer', 'Lying From You', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'No More Sorrow', 'Papercut', 'Points', 'Given Up', 'Don't Stay', 'From The Inside', 'Leave Out All The Rest', 'Numb', 'Pushing Me Away', 'Breaking The Habit', 'In The End', 'Crawling', 'What I've Done', 'Little Things', 'Bleed It Out', 'Faint'

Watching the Linkin Park set was bass guitar god Steve Harris (Iron Maidern) who brought his children along to watch Linkin Park, also rumoured to be in the crowd was lead singer Bruce Dickinson. Watch a video interview with Steve backstage while LP was playing.

LP News recap
posted by Jas, 06/11/07
Here's a summary of LP news while I was on vacation, loads of concert photos will be posted later.

Transformers soundtrack - 'What I've Done' is one of the tracks featured on the Transformers soundtrack which will be released on July 3. CD is now available for pre-order