They are back with a Linkin Park setlist and they mean business. This time Emily Armstrong will be stepping into be the lead singer since the death of former frontman Chester Bennington on Wednesday night at L.A.’s Kia Forum.
Linkin Park Show at the Forum
This will be a very short international tour they will be embarking on with a Linkin Park setlist for fans. They did announce the setlist last week and it is set with a list of 27 songs they will be performing.
The Forum show includes all the hits the band performed as part of their 50mi livestream which was webcasted to a small live audience. There were also 10 songs that they did not perform. Some of these songs include “Keys to the Kingdom” and “Friendly Fire,” that was never played before without Bennington.
There has also been a small controversy among the Linkin Park fans in hiring Armstrong and fans feel like they are replacing Bennington. However, around 17,000 fans were expressing their approval of her joining the band with roars.
The tour will be a short one and they will continue with one more U.S show at New York’s Barclays Center on the September 16th. Their tours will also be followed by more in Germany, the U.K, South Korea and Columbia in the month of September through to November. The band is said to have a full tour In 2025 so fans can consider these short tours as merely warm-up sessions for the big thing.
A Full Linkin Park setlist for the Wednesday Show
- Somewhere I Belong
- Crawling
- Lying From You
- Points of Authority
- New Divide
- The Emptiness Machine
- The Catalyst
- Burn It Down
- Waiting for the End
- Castle of Glass
- Joe Hahn Solo
- When They Come for Me/Remember the Name
- Lost in the Echo
- Given Up
- One Step Closer
- Lost
- Breaking the Habit
- What I’ve Done
- Leave Out All the Rest
- My December
- Friendly Fire
- Numb
- In the End
- Faint
- Papercut
- Keys to the Kingdom
- Bleed It Out
Conclusion
The fan base can expect to enjoy a Linkin Park setlist due to be performed and consider this to be a short tour awaiting the real thing in 2025. Although controversies around replacing Bennington, there is still a large set of fans cheering this change on.
Key Points
- Emily Armstrong will step in as the lead singer for Linkin Park, following Chester Bennington’s death, for a short international tour.
- The band will perform a 27-song setlist, including hits like “Numb” and “In the End,” with some songs never performed without Bennington.
- The tour includes U.S. shows and international dates in Germany, the U.K., South Korea, and Colombia, leading up to a full tour in 2025.
