Exclusive: Linkin Park Announce Huge World Tour & Fan Contest! (April Fools’ Day Post)

Linkin Park's newest single "Burn it Down" will hit radios on April 16 with the new album following this summer and, as always, the guys are stepping up their game for the new album cycle. Responding to numerous fan requests, an extensive world tour is planned, with much requested stops in Lusaka (Zambia), Hazaribagh (India), Peapack-Gladstone (USA) and Bourscheid (Luxembourg). The tour is set to start in Los Angeles and will take the band into record-breaking 5,937 cities all over the world! Mike Shinoda:

"We got so many requests throughout the years and were never really able to fulfil them, but this year we decided, that we wanted to play every city with LP fans, even if we play in front of 3 people! We will probably start recording the next album as soon as we finish this tour in 2016."

Their gig in the Taklamakan Desert will be even broadcasted by the Disney Channel and released on DVD in late 2013. A full list of all cities can be viewed here. The upcoming world tour will also get a brand new look. According to tour manager Jim Digby, the band will perform on six stages, one for every member, and for the first time ever, there will be dancers and circus performers supporting the band. Brad Delson, who will be supervising the acrobats' training, told us: ...