Linkin Park have shared the details for their upcoming livestream ahead of their huge announcement later today (September 5).
The nu-metal icons – comprised of surviving members Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Dave Farrell and Joe Hahn – are set to unveil some major news tonight in front of a live audience in Los Angeles which will also be livestreamed.
Shinoda recently took to his X/Twitter account to tweet: “Don’t be late. Livestream tomorrow: 3pm PT at LinkinPark.com.” The link directs fans to the band’s official website where the landing page has a live stream video embedded which will go live at 11pm BST tonight (September 5).
Don’t be late. Livestream tomorrow: 3pm PT at https://t.co/3kLB2tPOAx
— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) September 4, 2024
The fan event comes in light of the band teasing some kind of activity last week – sharing a mysterious countdown on their social media accounts.
Linkin Park got fans talking when they shared a video of a clock counting down from 100 hours and 59 minutes. The caption of the post was a link to the official Linkin Park website, which led to the live countdown along with an email subscription box and a link to a My Community phone chat.
Then, when it came to an end on August 28, viewers were left baffled as once it hit zero, it immediately began counting up again. The band then re-shared the countdown alongside the caption: “It’s only a matter of time…” The clock then glitched nine hours and five minutes in, leading to fan speculation that music would be released on September 5.
It was revealed that fans who were invited to attend the event were made to sign a waiver beforehand as a way to ensure that the details shared are kept to themselves for now. A screenshot of the document was shared on Reddit, providing fans with a bit more of an idea of what to expect.
Fans have been speculating that the news may be related to the preparation of potential new live shows with a new singer following the passing of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017, and Linkin Park’s subsequent hiatus.
Back in May, it was reported that the ‘Numb’ hitmakers were planning a tour for next year and were potentially looking to recruit a female vocalist to replace the late singer but at the time of writing, nothing has been confirmed.
It was also speculated that Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley would be announced as the new frontman, after the Canadian band also teased an announcement last week.
However, the ‘Fat Lip’ singer set the record straight on August 27, telling fans on Instagram that he’s “not joining Oasis…. or Linkin Park. or any other band for that matter.”
Last year, Shinoda spoke to NME and opened up about potential plans for some Linkin Park reissues.
“Nothing planned right now. I always just tell people like when there’s news I’ll give you the news. We’ve been doing it for a while and I think our expectation for what’s a proper reissue is kind of high,” he told us.
He continued: “I don’t love putting out Greatest Hits stuff or putting out re-masters of things we’ve done, [so] if we were to do a re-reissue of one of our Linkin Park albums, we want it to be a big deal. If we can’t make it that quality then we won’t do it. If it’s not great then I don’t think we should do it.”
Since then, Linkin Park have released the previously unheard ‘Friendly Fire’ with Bennington on vocals, which was originally recorded for the band’s 2017 sessions for ‘One More Light’. They also went on to release ‘Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)’ in April, a 20-song overview of the band’s best-selling tracks over the past two decades.
