"Out Of Ashes" iTunes pre-order
posted by Jas, 07/31/09 | share
Dead By Sunrise's debut CD, "Out Of Ashes" is now available for pre-order on iTunes UK. Read Ryan's message regarding DBS show in Stuttgart, Germany.

Video: New LPU TV episode
posted by Jas, 07/31/09 | share
LPU has posted a new clip of Mike's amazement at the transforming toilet

Video: LP in Turkey, Joe backstage playing backgammon
posted by Jas, 07/30/09 | share
Spin Earth has posted a clip of Joe playing backgammon backstage before Linkin Park's concert in Turkey, download here.

Video: Dead By Sunrise sneak peek 2
posted by Jas, 07/30/09 | share
DBS MySpace page has another sneak peek at the making of "Out Of Ashes" with the first single, 'Crawl Back In' playing in the background, download here. "Out Of Ashes" will be released on October 13, 2009.

Sonisphere sneek preview
posted by Jas, 07/30/09 | share
Times 24 have photos of Sonisphere festival stages at Knebworth for this weekend's concert. Headliner Linkin Park will play on the Apollo main stage on Saturday at 9 pm right after Heaven And Hell (aka Black Sabbath without Ozzy), tough act to follow there. Metallica will close the festival on Sunday night. Those with ipod/itunes can listen to the podcast here

Glorious Excess Dies update
posted by Jas, 07/30/09 | share
Mike has updated his blog with an update on his Glorious Excess Dies art show which will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, from August 29 to October 4.

As you guys now know, the Glorious Excess Dies show is coming to the Japanese American National Museum on August 29th. I'll be there once again, at the opening, to say "hi" and sign stuff. This week, I've been putting the final touches on a New Book that covers the entire Glorious Excess (Born and Dies) experience, from beginning to end. I'm really excited about it

There will be images of all the artwork, including some sketches and photos of the pieces unfinished. Shepard Fairey wrote the foreword. I wrote five different texts describing the thoughts behind the show. I think this is the first time the real ideas behind Glorious Excess have truly come into focus, and I hope you all get to check it out.

and speaking to Shockhound he said, "On one hand, this show is about obsession with celebrity culture, consumer addiction, and fascination with excess. On the other, this is about me growing up painting, and finally feeling like I've found a stylistic voice that expresses the ideas I want to get across in a gallery show."

LP Tour: Stuttgart, Germany
posted by Jas, 07/30/09 | share
Linkin Park played in Stuttgart, Germany this evening, show info and setlist here, the three songs that Dead By Sunrise played are titled 'Fire', 'Crawl Back In' and 'My Suffering', watch fans' recording at Youtube, DBS set here.

Video: Interview with Chester on A1TV
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
A1TV has an interview with Chester when Linkin Park were in Russia last week, download here. See concert photos here

LP Tour: Zurich, Switzerland
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
Linkin Park played in Zurich, Switzerland Tuesday night, show info and setlist here, watch fans' recording at Youtube, some photos here

Chester to preview DBS in LP show
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
Chester talks to Noisecreep about Linkin Park's upcoming show at Epicenter '09 adding that he and Dead By Sunrise will perform a three-song show.

Dead By Sunrise live recording download
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
Kerrang is giving away a free download EP featuring tracks by Mastodon, Avenged Sevenfold, The Used, Taking Back Sunday and Dead By Sunrise. As a special bonus, on Aug 14th fans will also receive an exclusive Sonisphere live recording of Dead By Sunrise, full details here, please note that download is for UK residents only. Fanshake is also giving away tickets to the festival. Still on the Sonisphere subject, Benji Webb from Skindred talks to Metal Hammer about his admiration for Linkin Park

Linkin Park have written some amazing songs and I think they're going to be a great ending to a fantastic day," Webbe told the official Sonisphere guide. "It's going to be like a mass karaoke; some of those songs, I don't even have the records, but I know every word, they're that kind of band."

Dead By Sunrise set in Germany
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
Dead By Sunrise will be playing a special three song set as part of the Linkin Park concert in Stuttgart, Germany on Thursday and they are giving away a pair of tickets to two lucky people to the show, all details here.

Dead By Sunrise Performance Dates
posted by Jas, 07/29/09 | share
From DBS MySpace: Dead By Sunrise will be performing a special three song set as part of Linkin Park's show on the following dates:

7/30 – Stuttgart, Germany
8/1 – Knebworth, UK
8/2 – Graefenhainichen, Germany
8/8 – Chiba City, Japan
8/9 – Osaka, Japan
8/22 – Pomona, CA

Interview with Mike and Chester in Grindhouse
posted by Jas, 07/27/09 | share
August issue of Japanese magazine, Grindhouse, will have an interview with Mike and Chester about Linkin Park and Dead By Sunrise. Chester, looking super hot and cool graces the cover.

Video: Interview with Chester on Dream TV
posted by Jas, 07/26/09 | share
Utkan has captured an interview with Chester on Dream TV when Linkin Park were in Turkey recently, download here, thanks to Chestington.net for the Youtube upload.

Linkin Park to join Portugal's Rock One Festival
posted by Jas, 07/26/09 | share
From LP.com: Linkin Park will be headed to Portimão, Portugal on August 5th to perform at the Rock One Festival, a four day music experience at the Algarve International Motor Park. Tickets are on sale now

LP Tour: Austria, Finland, Russia
posted by Jas, 07/26/09 | share
LP live has the show info and setlist of Linkin Park concert in Austria, Finland and Russia. Fans recording of the show can be viewed here, here and here.

Interview with Chester and making of 'Let Down' video
posted by Jas, 07/24/09 | share
Take 40 has an interview with Chester about Dead By Sunrise and they also have a couple of video clips from the set of 'Let Down' music video, videos are not playing for me at the moment, maybe you'll have a better luck, watch here. If any Aussie out there managed to grab the vids and the full interview on the radio please send it to me.

Photos update
posted by Jas, 07/23/09 | share
Uploaded photos from Celeritas Riders For Health Benefit event here, stragglers from Club Tattoo grand opening in Las Vegas here, stragglers from Transformers 2 premiere here and Linkin Park live in Turkey here, sorry for the delay.

Video: Chester's message to Chinese fans
posted by Jas, 07/22/09 | share
Found it! Chester's video message to the Chinese fans, download here. Linkin Park will play in Shanghai, China on August 15.

LP Tour: Istanbul, Turkey Update
posted by Jas, 07/22/09 | share
Watch fans' recording at Spin Earth and Youtube. Utkan has an audio recording of the show here, his photos here and here's a photo of Joe checking out a bellydancer.

LP Tour: Athens, Greece
posted by Jas, 07/22/09 | share
Linkin Park played in Athens, Greece last night, show info and setlist here, watch fans' recording at Youtube.

Video: Dead By Sunrise sneak peek
posted by Jas, 07/22/09 | share
DBS MySpace page has a sneak peek at the making of "Out Of Ashes", download here, LPU members will have exclusive DBS content soon, join now. Warner Music Japan has the tracklisting of the album.

LP Tour review: Istanbul, Turkey
posted by Jas, 07/20/09 | share
A review of Linkin Park's concert in Istanbul, Turkey from Today's Zaman. Show info and setlist here

Linkin Park closed this year's Rock'n Coke festival in Istanbul Sunday night, wrapping up two days of reveling under the sun and the stars at the vast greenery of the Istanbul Park Formula 1 race track area. Linkin Park was the highlight of the fest's final night, staying on the main stage for almost two hours, blaring such modern rock anthems as "In The End," "New Divide" and "One Step Closer" to a cheering crowd of tens of thousands, which the band saluted by waving a Turkish flag onstage.

Win tickets to Sonisphere
posted by Jas, 07/20/09 | share
Gibson is giving away a pair of tickets to the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth on August 1 and 2, details here.

Summer RockSummit site and ad
posted by Jas, 07/19/09 | share
Kevin reports that Summer RockSummit's sponsor, Heineken, has set up a site for the festival in Taiwan to be held at the Taipei Soccer Stadium on August 13 where Linkin Park is the headliner. You can watch the ad here.

Video: Interview with Chester on MTV and Noisecreep
posted by Jas, 07/19/09 | share
MTV was on the set of Dead By Sunrise's music video for 'Crawl Back In' recently and talked to Chester about his side project which he described as being "really dark ... like post-apocalyptic 'Blade Runner' meets LSD," download video here. Chester also opened up to Noisecreep about his past addictions.

Linkin Park 2009 Downloads
posted by Jas, 07/19/09 | share
From LP MySpace: Back by popular demand, fans attending select shows this summer will be able to purchase limited edition digital souvenir packs which include a code to download the live recording from that night's show, a collectible CDR to burn the recording to, as well as exclusive photographs taken by the Linkin Park crew. The digital souvenir packs are ONLY available at merch booths at the following shows. Please be aware we may have to substitute one show for another if we can't deliver a specific show due to circumstances beyond our control.

Ask Rob / New LPU video
posted by Jas, 07/19/09 | share
From LPU Newsletter: LPU are going to select the ONE LPU Member that posts the best 10 questions and have Rob sit down and address them one by one to publish in the LPU 8 Newsletter! For more information and to submit your questions, head over to the LPU messageboard, click on "The Band," then click on "ASK ROB." Reply in the thread with all of your questions! This is NOT a contest. ALL active LPU'ers can participate - from anywhere on the planet! Please make sure to reply by JULY 20th. Also check out the new episode of LPUTV and watch as Chester launches a sneak attack on Mike!

Win tickets to Epicenter and Sonisphere
posted by Jas, 07/19/09 | share
Metromix Los Angeles is giving away a pair of tickets to Epicenter '09 where Linkin Park will play their only North American performance in 2009 at Pomona Fairplex on August 22. The Mirror is giving away ten pairs of two-day weekend camping tickets to the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth on August 1 and 2, details here.

Chester says hi to Chinese fans
posted by Jas, 07/16/09 | share
Taking a quick break from Harry Potter 6 which opens worldwide today! woo!! hoo!! to say that Chester has recorded a greeting video for Chinese fans who are eagerly awaiting Linkin Park's second Shanghai show, scheduled for August 15. According to CCTV, Chester, sitting in what appears to be a recording studio, told fans that "we're super, super excited and we can't wait to come back." "I apologize for making you wait so long," he said in the video, "See you there!" Haven't found or seen it yet so be on the look out for it. Speaking of Chester, head over to Dead By Sunrise MySpage page to listen to a track called 'Morning After'. Now back to the wizard.

Video: Interview with Joe on Rockerrazzi
posted by Jas, 07/15/09 | share
Rockerrazzi has an interview with Joe about Linkin Park's upcoming tour starting Sunday in Turkey, pre-gig rituals and LP's legacy, download here.

DBS to perform at Sonisphere / debut album cover art
posted by Jas, 07/14/09 | share
Dead By Sunrise have been added to the list of performers to play at the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth on August 1, they will play on the Apollo stage on Saturday night as part of Linkin Park's encore. Speaking of DBS, Noisecreep has Chester talking about the cover art of their debut album, "Out Of Ashes" due out this fall.

Dead By Sunrise's "Out Of Ashes" out this fall
posted by Jas, 07/09/09 | share
Chester has posted an official press release about Dead By Sunrise debut album, "Out Of Ashes" which is set to be released by Warner Bros. Records this fall. He said the music on the album is darker, sexier and more personal. Dead By Sunrise are Chester on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from Julien-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic (see new pic). "Out Of Ashes" is produced by Howard Benson.

Video: Linkin Park in the studio with SocialVibe
posted by Jas, 07/08/09 | share
SocialVibe have posted a clip of MFR contest winners who got to hang out with Linkin Park in the studio, here.

DBS song in Tajomaru trailer
posted by Jas, 07/08/09 | share
From CB.com: Japanese film called Tajomaru features a few seconds of a Dead By Sunrise song called "Fire" in the theatrical trailer! You can hear the song near the middle of the trailer. The film is due out in mid-September.

Glorious Excess press release / DBS on MySpace
posted by Jas, 07/08/09 | share
Mike has posted the official press release about his Glorious Excess (Dies) art show at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, CA. Opening reception will be on Saturday, August 29, 2009 from 8-10pm, the artworks will be on dispaly from August 29 - October 14, 2009. Chester has set up a page for Dead By Sunrise on MySpace.

Interview with Chester
posted by Jas, 07/07/09 | share
Chester confirms that Rick Rubin is the producer of Linkin Park's new album in an interview with Taipei Times where he also talks about his early days with Linkin Park and his solo project, Dead By Sunrise.

Video: Interview with Mike and Joe on MySpace
posted by Jas, 07/06/09 | share
LP MySpace has posted an interview with Mike and Joe on the MySpace Music Feed, download here. Fans' recording of Dead By Sunrise acoustic set in Las Vegas have surfaced on YouTube.

Dead By Sunrise concert review
posted by Jas, 07/06/09 | share
First, added few more pics from the grand opening of Club Tattoo in Las Vegas including Dead By Sunrise acoustic performance, LP Live has the setlist and show info. Read a review of the show from Las Vegas Examiner. As we've heard from Talinda yesterday the magic show before the concert went wrong and although Chester and magician Steve Wyrick were okay, a stunt double got hurt, below is a video report from Las Vegas KTNV (Adriana found another video of the incident at Youtube). Okay guys promo for Harry Potter 6 is in full swing now, UK premiere on Tuesday, NY premiere on Thursday, lots of press junket, interviews, tv appearances to cover, so please forgive me for the next few weeks as I switch my loyalty and commitment to the wizard. Linkin Park's summer tour will start in Turkey on July 19 so until then news will be posted a little bit later than usual.

Photos: Dead By Sunrise at grand opening of Club Tattoo in Las Vegas
posted by Jas, 07/05/09 | share
Talinda reports on her Twitter account saying that the magic show which involves Chester at the opening of Club Tattoo in Las Vegas last night went wrong, Chester and the magician were both okay but the stunt double was severely burnt. Talinda has also posted a picture of Dead By Sunrise's acoustic performance and her and Chester after the show, will post more report and photos if any. Update: Here are some photos of Dead By Sunrise's autograph session at the grand opening of Club Tattoo in Las Vegas.

Inner View with Mike Shinoda
posted by Jas, 07/04/09 | share
Waves talked to Mike about Waves tool used in recording Linkin Park's album. Thanks to MusicalDisplay over at LPUMB for the tip.

Mike's new piece for a new art show
posted by Jas, 07/04/09 | share
Mike has a sneak-peek at part of his art piece for the upcoming Godfather: Follow The Leader art show, curated by Ron English. The event will be held on Sunday, July 19th at De La Barracuda Gallery in Los Angeles.

Mike's response part 2
posted by Jas, 07/03/09 | share
Mike has updated his blog with new response to some of the fans' questions including the unheard track 'She Couldn't' from Hybrid Theory 9-track demo CD

M: Many of you have asked about an old demo that is floating around. The song is called "She Couldn't." We recorded it in 1999 during the making of Hybrid Theory, but it never made an album and was never released by us. For legal reasons, that's all I can say about the song, but I hope this clears things up!

Linkin Park adds new show in Shanghai
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
From LP MySpace: Linkin Park will play at Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China on August 15. Tickets are on sale NOW at Ticketmaster. LP Underground members have tickets set aside, and also have a chance for Meet & Greets with members of Linkin Park! Join LPU today!

New 'New Divide' video
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
iTunes has a different version of Linkin Park's 'New Divide' music video, just the band performing without movie footage, non US fans can watch it here. Thanks to heyosnow over at LPMB for the tip. I think there maybe another version of this music video which includes the part where the band are being yanked around as seen on the making of the video, I mean why put the guys through all the pain and not use it in the end? and Joe didn't really answer the question during his LPU chat. I think we will probably see the third version in the Transformers 2 DVD, yeah, a reason to make the fans buy the DVD and I won't be surprised if the video will be on the Blu-ray version instead [rolls eyes].

Video: Two new LPTV episodes
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
Linkin Park have posted on LPTV two new episodes, one is Mike's message regarding the ticket sales for Linkin Park's only US concert this year at the Epicenter '09, download here. The other video shows Mike and Chester in the studio working really hard on the next LP album, download here.

Audio: Hybrid Theory Promo (8-Track CD)
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
Mark reports that he has the exclusive Hybrid Theory Promo (8-Track CD) up for download at LP Live. It's an early version of the 9-track demo CD that was put together in early 2000 which contains previously unheard track 'She Couldn't.'

Interview with Chester on LA Times
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
LA Times talked to Chester about Dead By Sunrise's debut performance at Club Tattoo Las Vegas this coming Saturday.

Use SearchMFR.com to Support Music For Relief!
posted by Jas, 07/01/09 | share
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