The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala recirculated a sharp criticism of Linkin Park’s new vocalist, Emily Armstrong, over her ties to the Church of Scientology and alleged support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson. “Do your fans know about your friend Danny Masterson? Your rapist friend,” Bixler-Zavala wrote in a comment posted …
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A new chapter in the story of Linkin Park is among us. On Thursday, the band announced plans to embark on a headlining tour beginning kicking off Sept. 11 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, marking their first run of live performances since the death of frontman Chester Bennington …
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Linkin Park‘s legal battle with former bassist Kyle Christner has ended. In a statement Friday, the band shared that it had reached “an amicable resolution” with the bass guitarist who claimed in a November lawsuit that he contributed to several demos and tracks that the group released on a reissue …
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Five months after one of Linkin Park’s former bassists sued the band over unpaid royalties connected to their Hybrid Theory reissue, the group’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. In the motion filed Tuesday, Linkin Park’s legal team cited a number of “defects” with Kyle Christner’s lawsuit, most …
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Linkin Park will released their first career-spanning greatest hits album, Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023), on April 12 via Warner Records. The band previewed the released with a previously-unheard single, “Friendly Fire,” recorded during the 2017 sessions for their seventh LP, One More Light. “Friendly Fire” features vocals from Chester Bennington, …
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A bass player who claims he recorded numerous songs with Linkin Park back in 1999 has filed a lawsuit against the Grammy-winning group, seeking credit and unpaid royalties. Kyle Christner says he never received “a penny” for his work, so he’s asking a federal judge to step in and sort …
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Draven Bennington, the son of late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, has released his debut single under the name RVRND. The track, titled “F w/ Me,” features in the new Paramount+ docuseries Family Legacy, which recounts some of the TRL era’s most famous artists and iconic moments through the eyes …
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The surviving members of Linkin Park reflect on their late singer Chester Bennington and their 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora in an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. In the interview, airing Wednesday, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Dave Farrell talked about how it was Bennington who pushed back against …
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Linkin Park have shared another unreleased track, “Fighting Myself,” form the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of their second album, Meteora, out April 7. “Fighting Myself” is vintage Linkin Park, with Mike Shinoda spitting angst-ridden bars over simmering production, before late singer Chester Bennington bursts in with a monster chorus, paired …
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After everything, Demi Lovato‘s still standing. On Friday, the singer released “Still Alive,” the lead single off the Scream VI soundtrack, which they co-wrote with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. “I couldn’t think of a more perfect home for ‘Still Alive’ than within the Scream universe,” Lovato said in a …
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