Linkin Park are reportedly planning a 2025 tour and doubtlessly seeking to recruit a feminine vocalist to succeed late frontman Chester Bennington.
The band have been on hiatus ever since the dying of Bennington in 2017, who took his personal life aged 41.
Nonetheless, in line with studies from Billboard, the band’s reserving company WME at the moment are taking provides for concert events and festivals that includes Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Dave Farrell. Although it’s unclear who will succeed Bennington, a supply has apparently instructed Billboard that the band are searching for a feminine vocalist for his or her reunion.
The information follows a hearsay sparked by Orgy’s Jay Gordon, who stated he “heard” that Linkin Park “had a lady singer now” again in March. He later issued a press release clarifying his feedback, writing: “On the subject of this Linkin Park singer factor,” he wrote. “I do know nothing about any of that. Individuals positive do like to take my phrases out of context. I really like these guys and need them the very best.”
NME have approached Linkin Park’s representatives for remark.
Responding to the rumours, she stated: “That’s an unbelievable praise. I’ve not heard that. No, I’ve not been contacted or something like that. However [I’m a] large fan really feel like our worlds, our fanbases are quite a lot of the identical folks.”
Linkin Park launched the twentieth anniversary version of ‘Meteora’ final 12 months, the place Shinoda and Delson spoke with NME in April in regards to the potential for releasing new unheard materials.
“It’s about honouring every inventive alternative because it comes alongside,” stated Delson. “It was an embarrassingly haphazard accident that we discovered ‘Misplaced’ and it’s like doing in addition to it’s doing. There was not quite a lot of premeditation past, ‘This feels good within the second, let’s honour that’. It was natural and that’s at all times actually served us. We’ve at all times accomplished our greatest work when the inventive alternative feels proper.”
Talking to NME individually in November, Shinoda commented on the way forward for Linkin Park, confirming that there was “nothing deliberate proper now”.
“I at all times simply inform folks like when there’s information I’ll provide the information. We’ve been doing it for some time and I feel our expectation for what’s a correct reissue is sort of excessive.
“I don’t love placing out Best Hits stuff or placing out re-masters of issues we’ve accomplished, [so] if we have been to do a re-reissue of one among our Linkin Park albums, we wish it to be a giant deal. If we are able to’t make it that high quality then we received’t do it. If it’s not nice then I don’t assume we should always do it.”
