Lumino caught up with Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington, singers for the rock group Linkin Park, for a two hour teleconference, in anticipation of the band’s new A Thousand Sun’s tour.
The band will kick off their tour today, January 20 in Sunrise, Florida. When asked what to expect, visually, for this tour, Shinoda answered that it’s going to have a lot to do with the look of a thousand suns. Their art team has developed technology specifically for this tour. They will not play the same set list every single night, so the visuals will have to vary. This band loves to improvise, so they want the visuals to ebb and flow along with the music.
This will be Linkin Park’s first tour where they are basically, giving a free “souvenirs” away with the price of each ticket. They’ve been offering mp3 music for awhile, but have now decided to do it for no additional price. There will be a special mix of their music available online for all fans who have attended a show.
Linkin Park is constantly reinventing their music. It has completely evolved from “Hybrid Theory” to “A Thousand Suns.” This is not an accident. They have set out to do this. As they were working on their newest album, they didn’t even know if they should bring in a new producer to “muck” it all up. Rick Rubin was brought in, though, and it ended up being a good match. He loved the stuff they were making, and didn’t intend to change that. He wanted to try and help to get them there in the best way possible. Have they changed since the beginning? Yes. They have learned new things. They are playing new instruments. They are changing by inspirations, and growing as people.
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