After a four-year wait and by popular demand, Linkin Park will make a spectacular return to Hong Kong in September as part of their 'A Thousand Suns World Tour', which will be staged live at AsiaWorld-Arena.
Grammy-award-winning Linkin Park have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide since the release of their debut album, Hybrid Theory, in 1996. Their latest and fourth release, A Thousand Suns, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard album charts and has produced two No 1 singles, The Catalyst and Waiting for the End. Their third single, Iridescent, off the same album, will feature as the end title song of Paramount Pictures' Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a formula that works for Linkin Park, as their previous hits, What I've Done and New Divide, were end songs in two previous Transformer movies.
This latest album was a labour of love, according to Linkin Park and producer Rick Rubin. It was two years in the making as the band explored new musical directions and perspectives in order to bring something fresh and new to their fans.
'A Thousand Suns World Tour' took to the road soon after the album was released late last year and has already ventured to South America, Australia, North America and the Middle East. It is now in Europe, where Linkin Park will headline this summer at several prominent music festivals, such as the Download and The iTunes Festivals in Britain, before heading to Asia in September. The tour has received critical acclaim and was voted 'Best Live Act' at the 2010 MTV European Music Awards last November. Fans would hardly be surprised at this award, as Linkin Park are known for their incredible live shows, and this tour is even bigger and better than ever.
'A Thousand Suns World Tour' is a multimedia event that uses visual technology befitting the power of the music and, as one writer described after experiencing the latest Linkin Park offering, it is 'elaborate, intricate and brilliant displays of light meets sound that allows the music to flow seamlessly between dark and light, past and present'. The stage is designed to eliminate the barrier between the audience and the band, allowing for better visuals. Lead vocalists Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington are said to have a great connection with their fans during their concerts, and have been known to venture off stage into the audience for a few high-fives.
Fans can expect an exceptional music experience with a set list of 23 songs, pulled from Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns album, and some of their greatest hits that include Crawling, Bleed It Out, and In the End. According to critics, the performances are 'gut-wrenching, emotional, passionate, breathing new life and new meaning into the music of their past'.