LINKIN PARK releases new single 'Heavy Is The Crown', announces more shows
25-09-2024
LINKIN PARK — Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain — continue their triumphant drive with a hard-hitting new single titled “Heavy Is The Crown”, out now.
Watch “Heavy Is The Crown” below.
The song serves as the 2024 League Of Legends World Championship anthem, marking the band’s first collaboration with Riot Games. The track kicks into high gear as an anthem equally appropriate for the high-octane multi-dimensional competition of League Of Legends and music festival grounds worldwide. Of course, “Heavy Is The Crown” also paves the way for LINKIN PARK‘s first album since 2017, “From Zero”, due on November 15.
LINKIN PARK are in the midst of their six-date arena run for the “From Zero” world tour, which sold out in mere minutes. Due to heavy demand, today they announce three additional stadium shows for 2024 in Paris, Dallas, and São Paulo. LP Underground fan club exclusive presales start September 25 and general on-sales start September 27.
“Heavy Is The Crown” lands in the wake of the band’s first new music in seven years “The Emptiness Machine”. Right out of the gate, “The Emptiness Machine” surged as a global smash with a seismic impact. It vaulted into the Top 5 of the Spotify Global chart, clinched No. 1 at both Alternative and Rock Radio, catapulted to No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative and Rock Airplay chart, and infiltrated the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 21. The single has tallied unprecedented numbers for a modern rock song at DSPs, generating north of 95 million Spotify streams and 28 million YouTube views on the music video. Not to mention, LINKIN PARK just reached another benchmark, exceeding over 54 million monthly listeners on Spotify and becoming “the top-streamed rock band on the platform” and one of the “40 top-streamed artists globally on the platform.”
Taking over popular culture, they just gave “The Emptiness Machine” its late-night television debut with a powerhouse performance on NBC‘s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
Earning acclaim, The New York Times hailed “The Emptiness Machine” as a “bombastic new track,” going on to assert, “the band is now ready to carry on as closely as possible the way it was before.” Of their return to the stage, The Los Angeles Times professed, “LINKIN PARK comes roaring back with more than an echo of its past.” As part of an in-depth cover story, Billboard attested, “‘From Zero’ pulsates with renewed energy, a dynamic extension of LINKIN PARK‘s multifaceted aesthetic,” applauding how, “Across the board, they carry a sense of pace and urgency — as if the band members refused to let up or phone in one moment of their grand return.”
Ultimately, with “From Zero”, the band is looking to harness the purest energy of their past, present, and future. The new era has officially begun.
“From Zero” world tour 2024:
Sep. 24 – The O2 – London, UK
Sep. 28 – INSPIRE Arena – Seoul, South Korea
Nov. 3 – La Defense Arena – Paris, France
Nov. 8 – Globe Life Field – Dallas, TX
Nov. 11 – Coliseo Medplus – Bogota, Colombia
Nov. 15 – Allianz Park – São Paulo, Brazil
LINKIN PARK also released a new single earlier this month, “The Emptiness Machine”, and announced an upcoming album “From Zero”, which will arrive on November 15 via Warner. It will mark LINKIN PARK‘s first full-length effort since 2017’s “One More Light”, which was the last LINKIN PARK album before the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington.
Watch “The Emptiness Machine” below.
LINKIN PARK‘s global livestream featured performances of “The Emptiness Machine” as well as the LP hits “Somewhere I Belong”, “Numb”, “Faint”, “Bleed It Out”, “One Step Closer”, “What I’ve Done” and “In The End”.
In an interview with Billboard about LINKIN PARK‘s comeback, Shinoda explained that drummer Rob Bourdon — who had founded the band with Mike and Brad — had decided to exit LP.
“Rob had said to us at a point, I guess it was a few years ago now, that he wanted to put some distance between himself and the band,” Shinoda said. “And we understood that — it was already apparent. He was starting to just show up less, be in less contact, and I know the fans noticed it too. The ‘Hybrid Theory’ re-release (in 2020) and ‘Papercuts’ release this April, he didn’t show up for anything. So for me, as a friend, that was sad, but at the same time, I want him to do whatever makes him happy, and obviously everybody wishes him the best.”
According to a press release, Shinoda, Delson, Farrell and Hahn “quietly began meeting up again in recent years” and “rather than ‘trying to restart the band,'” they worked with numerous musicians and “found a special kinship with Armstong and Brittain.”
Regarding the band’s new lineup and future plans, Shinoda said in a statement: “Before LINKIN PARK, our first band name was XERO. This album title refers to both this humble beginning and the journey we’re currently undertaking. Sonically and emotionally, it is about past, present, and future — embracing our signature sound, but new and full of life. It was made with a deep appreciation for our new and longtime bandmates, our friends, our family, and our fans. We are proud of what LINKIN PARK has become over the years, and excited about the journey ahead.”
“The Emptiness Machine” is said to “channel the DNA of LINKIN PARK.” Shinoda said the band feels “really empowered with this new lineup and the vibrant and energized new music we’ve made together,” adding that they are “weaving together the sonic touchpoints we’ve been known for and still exploring new ones.”
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