Linkin Park confirm official announcement date and fan event: “Be part of something”

30 August, 2024

Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park perform in 2015

Following Linkin Park teasing fans with an upcoming announcement, the band have confirmed when the new update will drop.

It comes as the band teased some kind of activity earlier this week by sharing a mysterious countdown on their social media accounts.

Taking to X/Twitter, they piqued fans’ interest by sharing a video counting down 100 hours and 59 minutes. The caption of the post was a link to the official Linkin Park website, which led to a live countdown along with an email subscription box and a link to a My Community phone chat.

It came to an end on Wednesday (August 28), but left viewers baffled as once it hit zero, it immediately began counting up again. The band then re-shared the countdown alongside the caption: “It’s only a matter of time…”

The clock then glitched nine hours and five minutes in, leading to fan speculation that music would be released on September 5.

Now, while the timer is still working its way back up to 100 hours, the band have confirmed to fans that something will be happening on September 5. “Be part of something,” the caption read, alongside the date. A link to the band’s website was also shown. Check it out below.

While it remains uncertain what the announcement will be, Kerrang! has reported that some Linkin Park Underground fans have been emailed about an event in Los Angeles that will be happening on the same day as this announcement.

According to the outlet, the event is only open to the Underground and tickets will be randomly assigned.

Other speculation about the band is that the announcement could be sharing news of a new singer, following the death of Chester Bennington in 2017, and the band’s subsequent hiatus.

Earlier this year, it was reported that the ‘Numb’ hitmakers were planning a 2025 tour and potentially looking to recruit a female vocalist to succeed the late frontman.

Fans initially speculated that Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley would be announced as the new frontman, after the Canadian band also teased an announcement earlier this week. However, Whibley set the record straight yesterday (August 27), telling fans on Instagram that he’s “not joining Oasis…. or Linkin Park. or any other band for that matter.”

He went on to say that he has his own “tour and book” announcement that he will now be moving to the end of the week, adding: “I do look forward to seeing whatever both these amazing bands do in the future.”

According to reports from Billboard, Linkin Park’s booking agency WME is now taking offers for concerts and festivals featuring Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Dave Farrell. Though it’s unclear who will succeed Bennington, a source has apparently told Billboard that the band are looking for a female vocalist for their reunion.

Shinoda then went on to speak to NME last year and open up about potential plans for some Linkin Park reissues. “Nothing planned right now. I always just tell people like when there’s news I’ll give you the news. We’ve been doing it for a while and I think our expectation for what’s a proper reissue is kind of high,” he told us.

He continued: “I don’t love putting out Greatest Hits stuff or putting out re-masters of things we’ve done, [so] if we were to do a re-reissue of one of our Linkin Park albums, we want it to be a big deal. If we can’t make it that quality then we won’t do it. If it’s not great then I don’t think we should do it.”

Since then, Linkin Park have released the previously unheard ‘Friendly Fire’ with Bennington on vocals, which was originally recorded for the band’s 2017 sessions for ‘One More Light’. They also went on to release ‘Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)’ in April, a 20-song overview of the band’s best-selling tracks over the past two decades.

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