Linkin Park returns with new singer after Chester Bennington loss of life

Linkin Park is again.

The rock band, whose lead singer Chester Bennington died by suicide in 2017, has a brand new lineup and plans for a brand new album and tour.

On Thursday, the group introduced that Emily Armstrong, of Useless Sara, will sing for them — she’ll share vocals with veteran singer Mike Shinoda — whereas Colin Brittain, a producer and songwriter who has labored with Papa Roach, has joined the band as a drummer. He replaces former drummer Rob Bourdon. Nevertheless, members Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, and Phoenix, in addition to Shinoda, are all returning.

“Rob had stated to us at some extent, I assume it was a number of years in the past now, that he wished to place a long way between himself and the band,” Shinoda, who based the band alongside Bourdon and Delson, defined to Billboard. “We understood that — it was already obvious. He was beginning to simply present up much less, be in much less contact, and I do know the followers observed it too. … As a buddy, that was unhappy, however on the identical time, I need him to do no matter makes him glad, and clearly everyone needs him the most effective.”

Whereas they’ve already launched a brand new single, “The Vacancy Machine,” Linkin Park shared plans to launch a full album on Nov. 15. Titled From Zero, it is near their authentic band identify, Xero.

“This album title refers to each this humble starting and the journey we’re at present enterprise,” Shinoda stated in a press release.

The ensemble plans to carry out their new materials on the From Zero World Tour, which is scheduled to cease in Los Angeles, New York, London, Seoul, and Hamburg, Germany, this month. They’re going to be in Bogotá, Colombia, in November.

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Linkin Park final launched an album of recent materials in 2017, with One Extra Mild. Bennington died two months later. They’ve since caught to rereleases and a biggest hits assortment, with hits corresponding to “Within the Finish” and “What I’ve Carried out.”

4 months after Bennington’s loss of life, his fellow rockers honored him with a tribute live performance on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, earlier than happening hiatus.

Together with different honors, the hitmakers have gained two Grammys.

The web site for the Recording Academy credit Bennington with having stated, “We might prefer to suppose that our music will at all times be greater than any considered one of our particular person personalities.”

Watch the video for Linkin Park’s new tune, “The Vacancy Machine,” above.