Mike Shinoda Of Linkin Park Opens Up About Band’s Comeback
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has opened up about returning to the stage with the group seven years after the death of frontman, Chester Bennington.
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The band announced a comeback earlier this month with new vocalist Emily Armstrong, previously of Dead Sara. The band’s hotly anticipated comeback album, From Zero is out now.
In an upcoming interview with The Zach Sang Show alongside Armstrong, Shinoda said the band’s return has been has been “amazing,” despite his initial reticence. “Part of it is going from the band being an indefinite hiatus or whatever it was — we didn’t put names on it, it was just like, ‘We’re not doing it anymore.’ From it being that to standing on the stage doing it, there were all these weird little moments that were so surreal,” he explained. “Getting in a room and doing it was so cool.”
Shinoda went on to say, “Linkin Park is part of my DNA. Everybody’s got a core identity diagram, like, this is who I am. If you were to sit down with a piece of paper and write down the things that make you you, that’s a crazy exercise when you think about it. It’s things you love to do, your family, your kids, your spouse, whatever. The things that make you you and your beliefs, right there in the middle of it is Linkin Park for me. There are many other things too, but to have that one out was painful. To have it back in, there’s nothing like it. There never will be anything like it.”
Linkin Park recently announced a massive world tour for 2025, including a show at Wembley Stadium, London. Tickets for US shows will go on sale next Thursday (21 November) at 12pm local time, and tickets for UK and Europe dates commence on Friday (22 November) at 10am local time.
Pre-sale options are also available to members of the underground fan club from 18 November. UK tickets will be available here.