Linkin Park World Tour 2025

Well it finally happened, after decades I got to see probably one of my all time top bands live with Linkin Park on there From Zero World Tour. I was never fortunate enough to see LP when Chester the original lead vocalist was alive. So I wasn't going to make the same mistake with the new LP now that Emily Armstrong has taken on that role. The purists will say that it is no longer LP without Chester, but to be honest I am just pleased they are still making music (and very good music) and that they have taken the band in a new direction. That being said Emily does an amazing job with Chesters lyrics in some of the original material.

I got to share this whole experience with Brandon who is also fanatical about LP and Amy who probably knows more about this genre of music than both me and B put together. The tour was a sell out at Wembley Stadium with some 70,000+ people and we had floor standing tickets which I thought might have been a mistake given it was one of the hottest days of the year t nearly 30 degrees. However we were in the shade most of the time and during the evening it actually wasn't too hot in the end.

Once we had got through security we queued up for our merchandise as Brandon wanted a T-shirt and I wanted a bandana to put up in my home gym. After this we settled down with a beer whilst cunningly avoiding one of the support performers, a rapper called JPEGMAFIA. Once he was finished we made our way down to the floor with a very excited Brandon as the next support band was Spirit Box. I had only listened to a little bit of their music in the couple of weeks before the concert so it was quite unknown for me, but I have to say they were bloody amazing live. What a sound.

Linkin Park were just next level. The whole show from the music, stage presence, laser show, lighting effects, smoke was worth every single penny. I never appreciated how much Mike Shinoda puts in to the performances and how much he absolutely loves what he does, the passion that comes through in his stage presence is just incredible. After a 25+ track list at nearly 100dB our ears were certainly ringing towards the end, but in a very, very good way.

We approach the magnificent Wembley Stadium for a sell out Linkin Park From Zero World Tour

Me reaching up to put my arm around Brandon outside the stadium.

Metal heads Brandon and Amy.

Once the rapper was done we made our way down on to the floor area.

We owe this main hugely for not only continuing the LP band but for his passion and vision and for not being afraid to go in a slightly new direction with Emily replacing Chester.

This woman is amazing, unfortunately she will always be compared to Chester. But she is not Chester and is not trying to be Chester. She is Emily and she can sing and she can scream!

All 3 of us enjoying a drink and waiting for the show to start. Amy pulls off the LP bandana a lot better than me!

A night to remember, thank you Linkin Park and Wembley.