SMS your way to Linkin Park
posted by Jas, 10/30/07
Attention all Malaysian fans, here's your chance to win a trip to Linkin Park concert in Singapore on November 13.

DiGi customers can win a trip to the Linkin Park concert in Singapore through a text-message contest. Rock band Linkin Park will be performing in Singapore on Nov 13 and two people wil get a chance tol be there, and meet the group, because of a text message. Mobile-phone operator DiGi Telecommunications and record company Wanner Music Malaysia are conducting a simple text-message contest for its Prepaid Fu-Yoh customers, with an all-expenses paid trip to the concert as the prize. Customers can take part by sending LP to 2000, answering two questions and coming up with a slogan explaining why they want to attend the concert. They then have to introduce a friend to use DiGi Prepaid Fu-Yoh, and immediately are in the running for the prize.

The Seed at Vine Short Film Festival
posted by Jas, 10/30/07
What2havefun reports that Mr. Hahn's short film, "The Seed" will be shown at the Vine Short Film Festival at the he Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica, CA on October 31 at 10 am and on November 7 at 12 pm

SOD alternate ending
posted by Jas, 10/30/07
heyosnow has posted a link to the alternate ending of the Shadow Of The Day music videos, you need Quicktime player to view the clip

Phoenix comment on California fires
posted by Jas, 10/30/07
MTV has a comment from Phoenix regarding Music for Relief aid to California fires victims

Linkin Park's outreach project, Music for Relief, has set its sights on a new challenge: helping Southern California recover from the devastating wildfires. The band has contributed $50,000 to Direct Relief International — a Santa Barbara nonprofit that has been providing medical supplies to victims — and the donation was matched by SanDisk Corporation, a flash-data-storage-card company. "The wildfires are an unfathomable tragedy," LP bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell said in a statement. "Being able to help victims of a natural disaster like the wildfires is exactly why Music for Relief was founded." The band is also encouraging its fans to make their own contributions through the Music for Relief web site.

Angst a lot: Another look at rock lyrics
posted by Jas, 10/29/07
USA Today takes a look at the current top 10's lyrical stances.

4. Bleed It Out, Linkin Park: Linkin' back to their more overtly rap-rock days, this song defies easy analysis (that deliberate vagueness philosophy Dave Grohl espoused seems to be a Linkin Park credo as well). It is tantalizing, however, to interpret the opening of Mike Shinoda's rap as a disgruntled confession of how tough it is to write a lyric these days: "Here we go for the hundredth time/Hand grenade pins in every line/Throw 'em up and let something shine/Going out of my (expletiving) mind." The title would also tie in as a description of this painful process. (Or it could be about something else entirely. All part of the fun.)

Video Download: Making of SOD
posted by Jas, 10/29/07
1xLinKinParKx1 has posted the making of the Shadow Of The Day video at Youtube, download here

Photos & Videos: Linkin Park at SanDisk event
posted by Jas, 10/28/07
Linkin Park performed at the launch of SanDisk's "Wake Up Your Phone" Campaign on Friday, some bootleg videos here. See photos of the live concert and the party.

Music For Relief Aid to California Wildfire Victims
posted by Jas, 10/28/07
From LP MySpace: Music For Relief is seeking your help to raise money to aid the victims of wildfires in Southern California that began Sunday evening and are still burning. Sixteen wildfires have consumed over 420,000 acres from Santa Barbara to San Diego initiating the largest evacuation in the state's history with over 880,000 people evacuated, and 2,000 homes destroyed or damaged. Please join Linkin Park and Music for Relief in our effort to help those in need. Click here to make a donation to help the victims of the fires. Funds raised by Music for Relief will go to Direct Relief International during the immediate crisis followed by an ongoing effort to rebuild and reforest affected areas. More details

Mike's travelling tips
posted by Jas, 10/28/07
Mike has posted some messages on FM MySpace blog, talking about the Hybrid Theory anniversary and some tips for travellers.

New Linkin Park widget
posted by Jas, 10/24/07
The new Linkin Park widget is now available for you to embed on your website, blog, etc

Australian Tour photos
posted by Jas, 10/23/07
Added some photos of LP's Australian tours in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney as well as in New Zealand

Video Download: LP on Beat TV
posted by Jas, 10/23/07
SJ reports that Beat TV has an interview with Mike and Brad hours before the broken wrist incident, download LP's part only here

Linkin Park Live Guide
posted by Jas, 10/22/07
Hahninator has created a new Linkin Park Live Guide website which contains all kinds of information on LP's live shows dated as far back at 2000, there are setlist for hundreds of shows, audio and video recording info and samples as well as show info on Fort Minor and Chester's solo appearances. This is very useful for those who keep track on LP's live gigs.

Audio Download: Mike on Nova FM
posted by Jas, 10/21/07
MarissaE has captured an audio interview with Mike on Nova FM where he explained why he joked recently about wanting to be arrested, download here

SOD CD artwork
posted by Jas, 10/21/07
Hybrid Soldier sent pics of the Shadow Of The Day promo single CD, the front and the back

Linkin Park – Absolutely Awesome!
posted by Jas, 10/19/07
Reviews of Linkin Park's concert in Melbourne and Perth. MarissaE reports that Music Australia Guide magazine has a picture of an ad about LP's Australian tour, print copies are available from JB hi-fi retail store's around Australia.

Interview with Rob
posted by Jas, 10/19/07
Sydney Morning Herald has an interview with Rob and Chris Cornell before their concert in Sydney this weekend.

For Linkin Park, who emerged in the postgrunge wave of "nu metal" and have sold 40 million albums, the group dynamic prevails. Drummer Rob Bourdon says the band members' interaction helped them stretch their abilities while making their latest album, Minutes to Midnight. "Especially in the beginning, we were all just experimenting with different sounds and each other's instruments ... That forced us to really grow as musicians," he says. Minutes branches out from Linkin's rock-rap beginnings and resulted from the band wanting songs that moved on from their two previous albums.

"We knew at the beginning that we wanted to do something different and create a new sound," Bourdon says. On tour, the band have mixed things up by changing the set list each night and adding improvised sections. "Sometimes it can get close to a trainwreck in our minds, but it definitely makes it more exciting for us," Bourdon says. "It gets pretty monotonous if you're playing 30 shows and they're all pretty much the same show. Eventually you just sort of shift onto autopilot and I don't think that's good because the tour flies by, and the shows fly by, and to keep changing it keeps it a lot more exciting."

For 28-year-old Bourdon, as with many rock fans of his generation, Cornell has been a big influence. "I've been listening to him back from Soundgarden, when I was still in high school."

Chester's fall caught on camera
posted by Jas, 10/19/07
Kayla was at the Melbourne concert and she has a recording of Chester's fall and broke his wrist at the start of Papercut, watch here

MTV Europe Awards on Much Music
posted by Jas, 10/19/07
Canadian fans can watch the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 on MuchMusic, Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. ET or live on MTV.ca to see the show direct from Munich's OlympiaHalle at 4 p.m. ET. Linkin Park is nominated for three awards, Best Rock Out, Band Of 2007 and Album of the Year.

Shadow Of The Day video premiere and new LP widget
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
From LP Newsletter: The Shadow Of The Day video will premiere at LinkinPark.com today and will also air on TV on MTV - Big 10 (airs Monday - Friday, 9:00am EST), MTV2 - Elite 8 and Rock Show, mtvU, MTV Hits and FUSE TV - Oven Fresh (airs Monday - Thursday, 2:00PM EST). Also tune into LinkinPark.com for the launch of the new LP widget on Thursday, October 18th!

Mike's message on Chester's broken wrist
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
Mike has posted a message on LP board about the incident, you can watch a video clip of Chester getting an arm sling on stage, his trip to the hospital and him and Mike talking about incident at LP.com, download here

yes, it's true--chester broke his arm at the melbourne show. it was crazy--he broke it like 4 songs in, and played the whole rest of the show with it swelling up and looking terrible! there may be more details later; all you need to know right now is that he's planning to still do the shows and the meet and greets. thanks for your "get well" wishes, i'll pass them on. thanks,

-m

Chester Bennington, Adelaide salutes you
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
A review of Linkin Park's Adelaide show, Chester broke his wrist in Melbourne show the night before and now will perform with arm in cast, so Australasia tour is still on, we salute you indeed!

Live Earth CD & DVD
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
Linkin Park's 'Bleed It Out' is on the list of tracks on Live Earth 1-CD/2-DVD package to be released on November 20 via Warner Bros.. 'Bleed It Out' will be the first single to be released from the CD, proceeds from the CD/DVD will benefit the Alliance for Climate Protection

Audio Download: Interview with Mike & Brad
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
The Edge has an audio interview with Mike & Brad before their Auckland concert, download here

Interview with Brad
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
SJ sent in a scan of an interview with Brad in Thursday's issue of Xpress magazine, thanks SJ

Linkin Park Asia tour contest
posted by Jas, 10/16/07
MTV Asia is giving away 5 pairs of tickets to Linkin Park's concert in Singapore (Nov 13) and Hong Kong (Nov 20), just answer a simple question and you can win tickets. More details here

Video Download: LP in New Zealand - Interview with Chester & Joe
posted by Jas, 10/15/07
TV3 has an interview with Chester and Joe before Linkin Park's concert in New Zealand, their next project is to do a musical porn theater LOL!, download here

Video Download: Shadow Of The Day
posted by Jas, 10/15/07
Linkin Park's new music video, Shadow Of The Day is now online at Z100, there's also an introduction clip from Chester, download here

LP in New Zealand review
posted by Jas, 10/14/07
Reviews of Linkin Park and Chris Cornell concert at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday from Stuff and New Zealand Herald. Read fans reviews of the show and watch some bootleg videos at Youtube

SOD video premiere
posted by Jas, 10/14/07
danielpsoad-09 reports that Linkin Park's new video, 'Shadow Of The Day' will premiere on MTV Germany on October 17 at 11:05 pm

Busta Rhymes teams up with Linkin Park
posted by Jas, 10/14/07
Busta Rhymes reveals that he has worked with Linkin Park on a new song called "It Looks Like We Made It" that will appear on his next album, Back On My BS, due December 4.

Busta Rhymes tells Rock Daily he's got something special cooking for his December 4th album Back on My BS: a song with Linkin Park called "It Looks Like We Made It" that's produced by Cool and Dre. "It feels like Rocky won the fight or something," he says of the triumphant track. "It reminds the people who are successful to go and help those that haven't been so successful, and represent the unity between people. This song speaks volumes to the globe — it ain't just about the 'hood, it ain't just about the suburbs, it's about everybody. This is one of those songs that can't be described better than touching the souls of the common people."

Video Download: PR Tour wrap up
posted by Jas, 10/14/07
A new PR Tour wrap up video is up at ProjektRevolution.com, download here

LP nominated for AMA
posted by Jas, 10/10/07
Nominees for the 35th annual American Music Awards were announced on Tuesday and Linkin Park has been nominated in three categories, Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Favourite Pop/Rock Album for Minutes To Midnight and Favourite Artist in the Alternative Rock Music category. The event will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A on Sunday, November 18 at 8pm ET/PT. For the first time in the AMA history, the winners will be voted by the general public at ABC.com (registration required). Voting is now open and will close on Nov. 2 at 3 am ET. Start voting for Linkin Park now!

Photos: Declare Yourself 2007
posted by Jas, 10/04/07
Added some photos of Camp Freddy at Declare Yourself 2007 and also Chester and Talinda on the red carpet, also added are three more photos from the VMA

Linkin Park Combine Innovative, Dynamic, Explosive And Inspiring Music
posted by Jas, 10/04/07
Pubs & Clubs has an article on Linkin Park

Shadow Of The Day video update
posted by Jas, 10/02/07
Joe has posted an update on his blog about the Shadow Of The Day video, see on the set photo here. Update: More set photos and video clip of the making of the video, download here

Request for LPU Meet & Greet for Australasia
posted by Jas, 10/01/07
Sorry for no updates the past few days, I'd just bought a new computer and reinstalled everything, anyway, requests for the LPU Meet & Greet passes for upcoming shows in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia are now open. Log on to LPUnderground.com for more details.

Video & Audio Download: Chester and Camp Freddy at Declare Yourself event
posted by Jas, 10/01/07
Chester performed with Camp Freddy at the Declare Yourself event in Beverly Hills last week, they performed three songs including Alice Cooper's classic "I'm Eighteen" which you can hear streaming at DeclareYourself.com or download here, watch the video highlights too for there's a clip of Camp Freddy's performance at the end of the video, download here. Youtube has a short clip of Chester's arrival at the event, download here

Linkin Park's 'Minutes to Midnight' won't disappoint longtime fans
posted by Jas, 10/01/07
A review of Minutes to Midnight

One of the most anticipated albums of 2007, Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" doesn't disappoint. Proving once again that they're hard rockin' softies, the band offers more than its customary rock/rap fusion. There's a great mix of adrenaline pumping, scream-at-the-top-of-your lungs, fist-thrusting anthems on "Minutes," with "Bleed It Out," "Given Up," and "No More Sorrow" among the standouts. But once again, they show fans a softer side on radio-friendly hits like "Leave Out All the Rest" and "Shadow of the Day."

Although this could be my favorite Linkin Park album to date, be warned. If you weren't a fan before, "Minutes" will do nothing to change your mind. It's more of the same, but with a little extra depth. Above all, Linkin Park isn't afraid to show its heart. Listen to the lyrics on "Valentine's Day." And while a few annoying political statements also pepper the work, there isn't much to complain about. Even with songs that tend to drag a bit, "Minutes" won't disappoint longtime fans.