Maroc - HAURAKI.CO.NZ - A La Une - 06/Sep 02:44

Linkin Park announce a new lead singer, tour and album!

It has been a big day for Linkin Park as they announced a new lineup, album, tour and collective outlook. The band announced Sept. 5 that Emily Armstrong, the veteran leader of power-rock hell-raisers Dead Sara, would be Mike Shinoda’s new co-vocalist, while studio polymath Colin Brittain (Sueco, All Time Low) would sign on as drummer and co-producer. Seven years after Linkin Park pressed pause following the death of singer Chester Bennington, one of the biggest rock  groups of the 21st century is roaring back.. Billboard.com wrote... Linkin Park planned this new era — including the arena shows that will kick off Sept. 11 with a hometown show at the Kia Forum in L.A. — in total secrecy, with abstract rumors swirling across the Linkin Park fan sphere as the band once again became active, hammered out new songs and rehearsed. Months of outside speculation was followed by a week-and-a-half of band-sanctioned teasers — all leading to this week, when Linkin Park announced Armstrong and Brittain as new additions, launched a global performance livestream and released the hard-charging anthem “The Emptiness Machine” as From Zero’s lead single. The fans reaction all over the globe is seemingly positive as quotes such as "Linkin Park is back... the world is healing" and "Linkin Park is so FKN back" circulated around the twittersphere today. No one will ever replace Chester Bennington, but it seems the direction of Emily Armstrong is a positive one for the band and fans of Linkin Park. Will they make it to NZ?!?!