Linkin Park: Live announcement tonight
THE Linkin Park are set to make an announcement in front of a live audience later today, September 5, at 3 p.m. Pacific time (-9 hours compared to Italy). This was confirmed this morning Mike Shinoda on his X profile. The event will be broadcast on their website.
The fan event comes after the band caused some confusion and hype last week by sharing a mysterious countdown on their social media accounts.
Mike Shinoda and co shared a video of a clock counting down from 100 hours and 59 minutes. The post’s caption included a link to Linkin Park’s official website, which led to a real-time countdown along with an email sign-up box and a link to a My Community phone chat.
Then, when August 28th ended, fans were shocked because, once it hit zero, it immediately started counting down again. The band shared a clock again with the caption: “It’s only a matter of time…”
Time subsequently froze after nine hours and five minutes, leading fans to speculate that the music would be released on September 5 (09:05).
THE Linkin Park They later confirmed the news, revealing that the timer was resetting to 100 hours and that an announcement would be made in front of a live audience on September 5.
Now, ahead of the event this afternoon (it will be midnight in Italy), it has emerged that the select group of fans invited to the announcement were made to sign a release form in advance, ensuring that the details were kept secret.
A screenshot of the document was shared on Reddit, giving fans a better idea of what to expect.
While it doesn’t necessarily say what kind of announcement will be shared at the event, it does ask guests to keep the location of the event a secret.
In the release, participants also grant permission to be included in footage that will be recorded at the venue and are barred from “obtaining any form of injunctive or equitable relief that would interfere with, hinder, stop or impede the production, distribution or any other exploitation of the event.”
Many fans have speculated that the band is preparing to share thenews of a new singerafter the death of Chester Bennington in 2017 and the subsequent hiatus of Linkin Park, also hypothesizing a future tour.
Earlier this year, there were rumors that the “Numb” band was planning a 2025 tour and was looking for a female singer to replace the late frontman, but nothing has been officially confirmed.
Initially fans had speculated that Deryck Whibley of the Sum 41 has reportedly been announced as the new frontman, after the Canadian band had also floated an announcement earlier this week. In recent days, Whibley himself has set the record straight, denying the rumors in a post on Instagram, stating that he “is not joining Oasis…. or Linkin Park, or any other band.”
As for possible Linkin Park anthology releases, Mike Shinoda spoke to NME last year. “There’s nothing planned right now. I always tell people when there’s news I’ll give you. We’ve been doing that for a while now and I think our expectations for a proper reissue are pretty high.” He continued: “I don’t like putting out greatest hits or remastering stuff that we’ve done, so if we were to reissue one of our Linkin Park albums, we want it to be a big deal. If we can’t get the same quality, then we won’t do it. If it’s not great, then I don’t think we should do it.”
But after these statements Linkin Park released the unreleased “Friendly Fire” featuring Bennington on vocals, originally recorded for the band’s 2017 sessions for “One More Light.” On April 12, they also released “Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)“, a 20-song overview of the band’s best-selling tracks from the past two decades (and which also included February’s unreleased track).
