Scheduled for tomorrow.

From LP's twitter:

"@joehahnLP will be video chatting exclusively with LPU members tomorrow, January 27th. Join now to take part. lpunderground.com"

Discuss!

Update:

"Due to unforeseen cirumstances, the LPU chat with Joe has been postponed. However, Rob Bourdon will be video chatting with LPU members Monday, January 30 at around 3:30pm PST. This time is subject to change, and might be earlier or later. Please arrive a little early just in case. Joe's chat will be rescheduled at a later date."

From HitFix exclusive interview @ Sundance 2012:
Linkin Park is about to announce 2012 tour dates, and Shinoda says fans can expect the active rock band's fifth full-length album "mid-year." LP's last LP was 2010's critically praised "A Thousand Suns."
There's also a video of this interview (link below).

Source.


Mike talking about tour dates and new album at 4:05

Mike just posted an update on The Raid and his experience at Sundance on his blog.

"Had a great time at Sundance this past weekend. This was the premiere of the film with the new score. All the award-winning showings of the movie up to this point have been with the previous score, and the reviews have been amazing…so I was a bit nervous to see how critics reacted to it with the new music. Needless to say, I was relieved to see that people still liked it, some saying they even liked it more with the new music."



Read more by Mike here.
For info on The Raid, click here.

Are you excited for his score in the movie?

Julien-K played at The Roxy in LA last night for their album release show for the new CD "We're Here With You". As expected, Chester joined them for a few songs!

SETLIST:
01. We're Here With You
02. Futura
03. Surrounded By Cowards
04. Fail With Grace
05. I'll Try Not To Destroy You (feat. Chester)
06. Palm Springs Reset (feat. Chester)
07. Kick The Bass
08. Close Continuance
09. Breakfast In Berlin
10. Someday Soon (Headcleanr Remix)
11. Maestro (Koma + Bones Remix)
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12. Cruel Daze Of Summer

This is the second time that Chester has been featured on 'I'll Try Not To Destroy You' and 'Palm Springs Reset' - the first being the Dead By Sunrise show at the end of last year. Usually he joins Julien-K for 'Technical Difficulties' but it looks like we have two new ones for him to sing on! Did anyone from LPLive make it to the show?

Check out the videos below:





Thoughts?

LPLive user Frank has posted that LP is rumored to play Pinkpop this year.

"A dutch radio station has confirmed that the contract between linkin park and the pinkpop festival are almost signed. Which would make sense, the 2 confirmed headliners of pinkpop attract a lot of older people(springsteen and the cure), so linkin park would be a big name for 'more younger people'. If this is true, they will be (maybe co) headlining the same day soundgarden is playing..maybe chester will perform hunger strike with them? would be awesome."

Festileaks, a popular website that posts "insider" information from the music industry (including strong rumors and semi-confirmations), has actually picked up on this and posted about LP at Pinkpop in 2012. The festival occurs from May 26-28, 2012.

Of course nothing is confirmed and this is only a rumor. Many rumors don't end up happening - see the Pinkpop rumor for last year and the rumor LP was playing a Parc des Princes show in France, but some do occur! Linkin Park last played Pinkpop in May 2007, their only appearance at the festival so far (show page here). A 2003 headlining show by LP there was part of the canceled 2003 summer tour.

Thoughts?

EDIT: LPL member anvanoppens posted about another update to this rumor here.

"During the radio show, MetMichiel, he once again reveals the arrival of Linkin Park and Ben Howard.

I think Jan Smith, Mr. Pinkpop, will go insane. After this week, The Cure (whispers) Linkin Park, I also dare to say that Ben Howard will be on the lovely festival.""

Source.

Skylar Grey has just put out a new digital-EP today, The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey. It's a 3-track release, containing her full-length solo versions of several songs that she's written - "Love The Way You Lie" (Eminem and Rihanna), "Coming Home" (Diddy-Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey), and "Words I Never Said" (Lupe Fiasco feat. Skylar Grey). As you all know, Skylar (formerly Holly Brook) was signed to LP's Machine Shop Recordings label years ago and released her debut album "Like Blood, Like Honey" on it. She went on to be featured on Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go" and "Be Somebody" and now is pursuing a solo career under her new name.

"Love The Way You Lie, Pt. III (Original Demo)" has risen 40+ places on the iTunes Top Songs chart since its midnight release last night on the 17th, so far having risen to #101 as of this posting. Click the artwork below to grab your copy of the EP for $3!



We wish Skylar the best of luck in the future!

As you know by our recent news post, a DVD of Fort Minor rehearsing in 2005 for their AOL Sessions performance has surfaced. Both the actual AOL Sessions performance and this raw footage is included on one DVD, which is now available to download here.

Major credit for the DVD goes to forum user ---Woco21---; without him this wouldn't be possible. The original AOL Sessions performance by FM included six songs (available on iTunes in audio format), but they also used the time to practice 'Where'd You Go' with Holly Brook (now Skylar Grey) a few times. 'Where'd You Go', as you know, wasn't included in the release by AOL. An interview with Mike is also included, as well as him giving shoutouts for AOL for press purposes. Only a few of these questions/shoutouts ended up being released. There were a few playback issues with the DVD but LPL staff member [AndOne] edited it to fix those only to make it more enjoyable for the viewer.

We're actually still a little unsure of exactly where this performance occurred, so if you'd like to help us out with it, feel free to leave a comment. The DVD has a date of November 11, 2005, so it looks like the show date has finally been discovered. Check out a video of the 'Believe Me' performance below.



This a good piece of Fort Minor live history that both FM and LP fans are sure to enjoy! Let us know what you think!