Linkin Park tease activity with mysterious countdown

24 August, 2024

Mike Shinoda performs live on stage during day two of Reading Festival at Richfield Avenue on August 25, 2018 in Reading, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Linkin Park have teased some kind of activity by sharing a mysterious countdown on their social media accounts.

The band took to their official X/Twitter and shared a video counting down 100 hours and 59 minutes. The caption of the post is a link to the official Linkin Park website. When clicked, the link takes fans to a webpage with a live countdown along with an email subscription box and a link to a My Community phone chat.

Fans have taken to the comment section to share their reaction to the mysterious video. “New album on the way??” wrote one user while another shared: “Minutes to midnight. Wait, those aint minutes. What´s goin on.” Check out more fan reactions below:

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 late frontman Chester Bennington.

The band have been on hiatus ever since the death of Bennington in 2017, who took his own life aged 41.

According to reports from Billboard, the band’s booking agency WME are 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.

Speaking to NME last year, Shinoda opened up about any 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 that interview, 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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