November 30, 2003

LP on the charts
Billboard.com, 11/30/03
Trapt's "Still Frame" jumps 2-1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks tally, replacing A Perfect Circle's "Weak and Powerless," which is down to No. 3. Linkin Park, meanwhile, continues to lead Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart with "Numb."

Record companies are greeting the season with special collections
Newsday, 11/30/03
Linkin Park, "Live In Texas" (Warner Bros. one CD/one DVD, $20.98). Hard to believe that Linkin Park singer (screamer?) Chester Bennington can get more impassioned than he is on record, but this live collection proves it.

November 29, 2003

Portland, Tacoma added to tour stops of Linkin Park, P.O.D.
The Oregonian, 11/29/03
Rock groups Linkin Park and P.O.D. are teaming up for a North American tour that will kick off in January and later stop in Portland. The groups announced the first 12 dates of the tour -- opening Jan. 16 in Washington, D.C., and running through Jan. 31 in Minneapolis -- and confirmed an additional 20 cities, with those dates and venues to be announced later. Portland and Tacoma were among the latter group.

Linkin Park live on Channel 5
posted by Jas, 11/29/03
Singapore fans I hope you caught the Linkin Park special on Channel 5 last night (at midnight). It's the one aired on MTV US not too long ago. I'm sorry I didn't post it yesterday, I didn't read the paper untill 10 minutes to midnight LOL! Hope there will be a repeat since the channel has been heavily promoting the Live In Texas CD/DVD. No news yet if the show will be shown on MTV Asia.

November 28, 2003

Win Live In Texas CD/DVD
posted by Jas, 11/28/03
MTV Asia is giving away copies of Linkin Parks "Live In Texas" CD/DVD combo. Just name of the first single off Meteora and you stand to win the CD/DVD

Tour Pictures: SECC, Glasgow, Scotland
posted by Jas, 11/28/03
Pictures from LP concert in Glasgow, Scotland on November 20.

November 27, 2003

Live In Texas on the charts
posted by Jas, 11/27/03
LP's Live In Texas CD/DVD package enters the Top Albums chart at #23 with 90,000 copies sold.

Stars come out for seasonal shows
IndyStar, 11/27/03
Popular crooner Clay Aiken, rock band Linkin Park and country star Martina McBride will visit Indianapolis for holiday performances before wrapping up their blockbuster 2003. Linkin Park is scheduled to headline "X-103's Not So Silent Night," sponsored by WRZX-FM (103.3). Puddle of Mudd, on the road to promote its just-released "Life on Display" album, is an added attraction. Ill Niño will open the show. Details: 7 p.m. Dec. 8, Pepsi Coliseum, $32.50.

Linkin Park books Canadian dates
JAM Showbiz, 11/27/03
Linkin Park has announced plans for the band's first headlining tour of North America, and it includes three Canadian dates. The seven-week trek, scheduled to begin in January, also includes P.O.D., Hoobastank and Story of the Year. Shows have been confirmed through the end of January, with stops in Montreal on January 23 and Toronto on January 24. A stop in Vancouver has also been booked, although no date has been confirmed. Tickets will go on sale in early December.

November 26, 2003

Clips from MTV Special
posted by Jas, 11/26/03
In the next few weeks I will be posting clips from the LIT DVD release special that was aired on MTV not too long ago (9 clips altogether). The first clip up is Phoenix playing 'Numb' techno style, just click on the play button on the right frame. To webmasters, friends and visitors please DO NOT post a direct link to the file anywhere on the net because by doing so you're eating up and stealing my bandwidth. If you want to share the clip with others just send people over to LPTimes.com so they can see it. I like sharing stuff with others but you have to know that running a website is not cheap, we have to pay for the space and bandwidth, my site was shut down twice due to excessive bandwidth usage because people are hotlinking to the video and pictures on this site. You want to use the clip, caps and pics for your site or post on a forum board? fine! go ahead! take anything you need but please upload them to your own server. I have tons of hi-res pics from Wireimage and Film Magic that I want to share, so if you want to see those and more video clips, please don't hotlink. Thanks for your understanding.

Concert Review: M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England
Manchester Online, 11/26/03
Although they may not have Metallica's gravitas or Limp Bizkit's charisma, Linkin Park do retain a crossover appeal which marks them out as being far more than just another bunch of skater kids.Certainly they must be doing something right, for at the M.E.N. Arena last night they had thousands of devotees hanging not just on every word, but on every gesture from bouncy frontman Chester Bennington.

November 25, 2003

LP Tour Dates announced
posted by Jas, 11/25/03
LinkinPark.com has posted the US tour dates for 2004. The tour will kick off on Jan. 16 in Washington, DC, and dates for stops in 11 additional cities are set through Jan. 31. LPU will be offering access to pre-sale tickets online at LPunderground.com

Linkin Park to Embark on 2004 North America Tour
Business Wire, 11/25/03
Linkin Park are gearing up for a headlining North American tour in support of "Meteora" Joining Linkin Park are: P.O.D., Hoobastank (new album out December 9th), and Story of the Year. The tour kicks off on January 16th in Washington, D.C. and will continue through March 5th. Tickets go on sale beginning early December.

Vote for LP
posted by Jas, 11/25/03
Vote for LP's 'Somewhere I Belong' as Song of the Year at Yahoo Launch. Winner will be announced on Dec 19.

Bronfman's Group to buy Warner Music
Yahoo News, 11/25/03
On Monday the Bronfman-topped investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital and Providence Equity Partners, formally agreed to buy Warner Music Group and Warner/Chappell music publishing for $2.6 billion from Time Warner. While the band Linkin Park continues to be Warner Bros.' most consistent sales force --- group's second album, "Meteora," has passed 3 million sold in the U.S. --- the music group's successes have come largely from a number of acts posting decent sales figures here and abroad. WMG currently has only eight albums in the top 50; Universal has 14, and BMG has 11.

November 22, 2003

Concert Review: SECC, Glasgow
posted by Jas, 11/22/03
A negative review of Linkin Park's concert in Glasgow Scotland from The Guardian.

Linkin Park ringtones
posted by Jas, 11/22/03
Check out some of the Linkin Park ringtones and logos for your mobile phone.

LP's next single is 'Breaking The Habit'
posted by Jas, 11/21/03
In a chat with Chester at LinkinPark.com, Chester reveals that the next single is 'Breaking The Habit' and a video is in the works. Full transcript of the chat at LinkinPark.com message board. And Mike was on LPUnderground chatroom on Thursday (dang! I missed it), you can read the full transcript at the LinkinPark.com message board too.

November 20, 2003

Chat with Chester about Live In Texas
posted by Jas, 11/20/03
A Chat with Chester at LinkinPark.com chatroom tomorrow, Nov 21 at 11:45 am PST. He'll be logging on from England. Get your questions ready!

Linkin Park to embark on 2004 North America Tour
posted by Jas, 11/20/03
Press release from Business Wire: Linkin Park are gearing up for their first ever major headlining North American tour in support of their sophomore album Meteora. Joining Linkin Park are: P.O.D., Hoobastank (new album out December 9th), and Story of the Year. The tour kicks off on January 16th in Washington, DC and will continue through March 5th. Fans will be able to catch Linkin Park on tour in the following cities:

Washington, DC
Worcester, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Cleveland, OH
Montreal, QUE
Toronto, ONT
Columbus, OH
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Madison, WI
St. Paul, MN
Colorado Springs, CO
Los Angeles, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
Vancouver, BC
Portland, OR
Tacoma, WA
San Jose, CA
San Diego, CA
Sacramento, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Oklahoma City, OK
Dallas, TX
San Antonio, TX
Houston, TX
Little Rock, AK
Greensboro, NC
Atlanta, GA
Jacksonville, FL
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL
Ft. Flauderdale, FL

'Numb' still #1
Billboard, 11/20/03
On Billboard's rock airplay charts, A Perfect Circle's "Weak and Powerless" tops the Modern Rock Tracks chart for a fourth, non-consecutive week, while Linkin Park's "Numbs" is No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks tally for the second.

November 19, 2003

LP played 'Breaking The Habit' at Smoke Out festival
posted by Jas, 11/18/03
A review of the Smoke Out festival show from Redlands Daily Facts: Without further ado came multiselling artists Linkin Park. Forget that a steady flow of rain was falling by now. It seemed those attending the SmokeOut would brave anything just to watch these guys perform. And rightfully so, because Linkin Park performed its heart out, playing hits from the band's debut "Hybrid Theory," including "Paper Cut," "Runaway," "Crawling," "In The End" and more, before moving on to hits from the latest release "Meteora," including "Numb," "Breaking the Habit" and "Somewhere I Belong." The hour-and-a-half set came to a climatic end when Cypress Hill's B-Real and Body Count's Ice-T joined Linkin Park to finish with "One Step Closer."

Kinesis to support LP on UK tour
posted by Jas, 11/18/03
NME reports that Bolton punk band Kinesis will support Linkin Park on their arena dates at the end of the month.

Smoke Out Festival pictures
posted by Jas, 11/18/03
Wireimage has posted pictures from the Smoke Out Festival, and more pics from the American Music Awards

Review of Live In Texas
posted by Jas, 11/18/03
A brief review of Live In Texas from Chart Attack: This has to be one of the most incredibly produced efforts to date. Sometimes the sound quality is so impressive, you almost wonder if we have some pseudo-metallic lip-synching going on, but those fears subside while watching the full-blown, zillion-camera footage. It's almost enough to sucker in a jaded rock journalist. Sadly, there aren't any "surprises" on this package but it's put together so well, even moderate fans will feel they're getting the rock star treatment.

November 17, 2003

Watch Live In Texas concert online
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
AOL Announces Special, Live BroadBAND Rocks! Event with star-studded fall lineup of concerts features top artists including U2, Coldplay, Linkin Park and more. AOL for Broadband members can watch the Live In Texas concert on November 27. More details from Business Wires

Live In Texas in UK theatres
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
LinkinPark.com has posted a list of theatres in UK that will screen Live In Texas DVD starting this Saturday, Nov 22. Don't miss it!

Smoke Out festival review
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
A review of the Smoke Out festival from MTV.com: "I know it's wet out there," Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda said to 21,000 soaked tokers waiting for X, "but bounce with us!" Led by the Jell-O-fingered beats of DJ Joseph Hahn, audience members, many wearing black hoodies and plastic marijuana leis, slammed their bodies to nü-metal anthems "Faint" and "Crawling" before joining the singer on a melodic, bloodthirsty "In the End." Linkin Park stirred up the crowed even more by inviting Ice-T of Body Count and surprise 4:20 artist Xzibit — who was greeted with a sea of pumping fists and X-crossed arms — onstage for some rap-metal ecstasy. It was the peak performance of a genre-smashing night that included appearances by Body Count, Obie Trice, Hatebreed, Papa Roach and Pennywise, among others.

Chester & Phoenix at the AMA
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
Video clip of Chester & Phoenix at last night's American Music Award is up on the right. LP won their first AMA for Favourite Artist-Alternative Music. Here are the Screencaps and Pictures. Update: More pics added.

Live In Texas premieres in theatres tonight
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
Linkin Park Live in Texas, a DVD/CD combo, hits the shelves Tuesday, but the concert film premieres at 7:30 p.m. tonight in selected Regal Entertainment Group theaters across the US

Live In Texas CD/DVD out today
posted by Jas, 11/17/03
Linkin Park's Live In Texas CD/DVD is out worldwide today except Europe (Nov 24) and US tomorrow. Go grab a copy! hey it's the festive season why not buy several copies and send them as Christmas present :-)

November 16, 2003

31st Annual American Music Award
posted by Jas, 11/16/03
Be sure to catch the American Music Award tonight live on ABC, 8 pm - Linkin Park is nominated for Favorite Artist - Alternative Music. Chester & Phoenix will present. Asian fans, if you have cable you can watch it live on Star World channel on Monday morning. Check local listing for time. Update: LP has won their first American Music Award, Chester and Phoenix accepted the award. I will post a clip later today. Congratulations guys! Here are pictures 1 and 2 from AP and set 1 and 2 from Wireimage. Will post more when they are available. BTW, Chester and Phoenix presented Metallica.

Can you feel it
posted by Jas, 11/16/03
Yahoo News reports that Linkin Park's "Numb" moves to No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart, giving Warner Bros. Records its fifth chart-topper of 2003. The label matches the record for most No. 1s on the chart in a calendar year, which it set in 1989. Linkin Park becomes the first act to post three No. 1 songs in a year on the Modern Rock chart, as "Numb" follows "Somewhere I Belong" and "Faint" to the top. All three tracks are from the band's album "Meteora." Only one other act in the history of the chart has had three consecutive No. 1s from the same album. In 1991 and 1992, U2 hit the top with "The Fly," "Mysterious Ways" and "One" from "Achtung Baby."

Big sniff of SmokeOut
San Bernadino County Sun, 11/16/03
Music was everywhere at the National Orange Show Events Center on Saturday. And for 12 hours straight. It was loud, too, and standing near the speakers of the main stage made your body vibrate. Bad Acid Trip, Body Count, DMX, Linkin Park, Cypress Hill and nine other rap bands jammed at the annual SmokeOut concert to an expected 20,000 people wearing everything from baggy jeans dropped way below the waistline to miniskirts to baseball caps tilted to the side to almost nothing at all.

MTV Asia Awards
posted by Jas, 11/16/03
You can now vote for Linkin Park for 2004 MTV Asia Awards. The guys are currently leading in both categories nominated, Favourite Rock Act and Favourite Video, lets keep it that way, go vote! The event will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on February 14, 2004.

Win concert ticket and LP platinum disc
posted by Jas, 11/16/03
Kerrang.com is giving away an exclusive personalised platinum album of Meteora and and a pair of concert tickets to the UK shows

November 14, 2003

Caps of 'Numb' from Live In Texas
posted by Jas, 11/14/03
I've made some screencaps of 'Numb' video from Live In Texas that was shown on MTV, please note that this is not the clip that is on the actual DVD.

LPU 3 is almost here
posted by Jas, 11/14/03
LPUnderground.com has posted details on what members can expect in the LPU 3 package. Among the cool stuff is a CD featuring the live tracks left off of the Live In Texas DVD which is also enhanced with features including many exclusive videos, and bonus multimedia. Members should check their 'MY LPU' section on the site for the renewal links beginning Nov 20. Not a member yet? Click here to join

'Numb' video from LIT is now online
posted by Jas, 11/14/03
You can watch the live version of 'Numb' from the Live In Texas DVD at MTV.com. Asian fans can catch it on MTV Asia in the Non-Stop Hits segment, I just saw it this evening, they might show it in the 'Brand New' program. Check local listings for time.

November 13, 2003

Linkin Park gigs come to small screen
posted by Jas, 11/13/03
BBC reports: Linkin Park have been meeting their fans at a screening of their new DVD in LA. It's called 'Live in Texas' and it'll be premiered simultaneously on big screens across the US on Monday night. Singers Chester and Mike reckon it's the complete package: "We never expected to take it this far, but since we've gotten here it's been a lot of fun to put this together and present it in a way that is unique and something different for people to see us in a new light." "We like the little venues, because you have the intimacy with your fans, and the big ones are great because you have the energy and volume of the big shows, and that's what you'll see in 'Live in Texas'" The DVD is out in the UK at the end of November.

Smokeout festival update
posted by Jas, 11/13/03
Billboard.com reports that a portion of the proceeds of Saturday's (Nov. 15) sixth annual Cypress Hill Smoke Out festival will benefit California's Inland Empire chapter of the Red Cross. The event will take place at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, an area hard hit by recent wildfires.

Numb is #1
posted by Jas, 11/13/03
On Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, Staind's "So Far Away" is displaced by Linkin Park's "Numb" which jumps 3 to 1. "Faint" is still on the chart at #9.

November 12, 2003

Linkin Park do surgery on their songs, not their singer, in 'Texas'
MTV, 11/12/03
Linkin Park's upcoming DVD offers an up close and personal look at the band's live show, but not as personal as it could've been. Still, "Live in Texas" does have some close-up camerawork that Linkin Park promise will impress fans.

Linkin Park does it all: Live, on DVD, in a theater
posted by Jas, 11/12/03
Chester talks about the shooting of 'Live In Texas'. "I kind of sparked the idea because I wanted to do something animated in the future and release it in the theater," he says. "We went from that conversation to someone coming back and saying, 'Let's do it with the DVD.' Obviously, I'm biased but I think it's really one of the coolest-looking concert films I've ever seen. I don't think I've seen a live DVD shot like this. We used real film (instead of video) and a lot of different cameras. We gave them full run to shoot whatever they wanted . . . it really captures what we try to do onstage, the amazing things we were seeing and feeling during that tour. Our goals are to be writing good records and bringing our live shows to higher theatrical and more entertaining levels," he says. Complete article at the AZ Central

Live in Texas delay for Europe only
posted by Jas, 11/12/03
According to LinkinPark.com, the Live In Texas CD/DVD will be delayed 1 week in Europe only, due to manufacturing delay. The new release date for Europe is November 24. No change for US (Nov 18) and rest of the world (Nov 17).

New interview with Joe and Phoenix
posted by Jas, 11/12/03
A Korean website, Daum.net has posted Part 1 of an interview with Joe and Phoenix during the band's visit to Korea. Site is in Korean, just click on the 300k or 500k connection speed to see the video clip

"Live In Texas" screening
MTV, 11/12/03
Linkin Park celebrated the upcoming release of their Live in Texas CD/DVD with a special screening at Los Angeles' Regent Showcase Theatre on Monday for fans and friends, including members of Taproot. "Welcome to our big Hollywood premiere!" singer Chester Bennington said, greeting family at the door

Clips of 'Faint' and 'Numb' from Live in Texas CD
posted by Jas, 11/12/03
WEA Records Germany has posted clips of 'Faint' and 'Numb' tracks from the Live In Texas CD. Real player required.

Review of Meteora
posted by Jas, 11/12/03
A review of Meteora from Egypt Today magazine.

November 11, 2003

Reminder: LP on Loveline and MTV2
posted by Jas, 11/11/03
Linkin Park on KROQ's Loveline tonight at 10 pm. And LP CD/DVD release special on MTV2 at 7:30 pm.

More places to download 'From The Inside' single
posted by Jas, 11/11/03
You can now download the 'From The Inside' single at NME and Soundgenerator.com

Deck the Hall Ball lineup announced
Tribnet.com, 11/11/03
Deck the Hall Ball - the annual holiday rock gala organized by KNDD-FM (107.7, "The End") - promises to be a hot ticket. On Friday, the station announced that Linkin Park, Rancid, AFI and Chevelle will perform on Dec. 11 at the Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle. Deck the Hall Ball tickets are $40 and will go on sale Friday. But fans need a password, available only through the station's e-mail newsletter, Endmail (see www.1077theend.com) before they can buy tickets through Ticketmaster. (Disc jockeys have incorrectly announced that Ticketmaster would not be involved.) Fans can also win tickets, through Friday, by tuning in and being the 107th caller any time the station plays Linkin Park's "Numb."

Life goes on after Linkin Park
The Korea Herald, 11/11/03
Hailed as "totally awesome" by Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington, the Korean hard rock band Pia-meaning "you and I" in Chinese characters-was handpicked by the Grammy-winning American band to open their first ever concert in Korea Oct. 29. "Linkin Park's tour manager watched us play during one of our rehearsals and really thought we were good. So he brought our CD to the Linkin Park members, and they all wanted us to open for them," said Sim Z. Bennington has since become Pia's fan and asked the Pia members if they would consider touring with Linkin Park in the near future. "They really supported our performance. Chester asked us if we would be interested in future touring opportunities with them, and of course, our reply was yes," said Ok.

November 10, 2003

Download 'From The Inside' single now
posted by Jas, 11/10/03
'From The Inside' is now available as a download only single. Go to fromtheinside.co.uk to download the single for £1.99 which also include the tracks From The Inside (album version), Runaway (Live), From The Inside (Live). All with exclusive downloadable artwork and watch videos of From The Inside (video), Numb (live) and a Live In Texas trailer. Plus your chance to win one of 10 exclusive Linkin Park fan packs.

LP Holiday radio shows
posted by Jas, 11/10/03
LinkinPark.com has officially announced that the band is set to play some radio shows next month. The are