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WHAT: Linkin Park Live VENUE: 2011 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, Padang stage ATTENDANCE: 50,000 WHEN: Sunday night Hate to say it, but Linkin Park might do well with a reboot in the concert department. Honestly, Sunday's show made one feel as though the American rock band could put on a full show in their sleep - and this isn't necessarily a good thing. Since they first gained international success in 2000 with debut album Hybrid Theory, the Grammy-winning sextet have toured heavily, most recently in support of their album A Thousand Suns (2010)....
In an exclusive phone interview with the Philippine Star, Brad Delson talked about Linkin Park's latest album "A Thousand Suns", their benefit show for Japan, the tour in Asia and what holds the band together after 15 years. The interview is really interesting, so check it out:
MANILA, Philippines - If Linkin Park sounds nothing like the rock/rap-metal band of a decade ago in its latest record A Thousand Suns, the departure from the earlier sounds that earmarked the band to fans worldwide has been intentional. In an exclusive phone interview with Brad Delson, one of Linkin Park’s founding members, he expressed his gratefulness at the support generated for the group’s new direction. “I’m very proud of the album A Thousand Sounds. It was really a labor of love. And I’m appreciative of all the amazing support we received because it definitely was a departure from our earlier records,” the 33-year-old lead guitarist said of the fourth record of the Los Angeles-based, Grammy-winning band....