The rock world held its breath after Linkin Park announced their grand comeback. However, Rob Bourdon will not be playing drums in the band. Why?
It’s certain – Linkin Park is back! On the night from Thursday to Friday it was announced that the band will release a new album this yearand will also go on tour. The name of the new vocalist was also announced (she was Emily Armstrong).
Among the flood of announcements there was also information that in Linkin Park there was a change in the drummer position – instead of Dress Bourdona will be performing Colin Brittain. Why this decision? Answers Mike Shinoda:
Rob told us at some point, I think it was a few years ago, that he wanted to keep some distance from the band. We understood that, and there were some hints of that before. He started to be less present, less in touch, and I know the fans noticed that too. He didn’t participate in the Hybrid Theory reissue and the Papercuts release. As a friend, it was sad, but at the same time I want him to do whatever makes him happy. Of course, we all wish him the best.
– said the leader Linkin Park in an interview with Billboard.
New album Linkin Park titled „From Zero” will have its premiere November 15th. The song heralds it „The Emptiness Machine”:
Linkin Park hits the road
The six-date “From Zero” tour kicks off on September 11 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and includes September stops in Brooklyn, New York; Hamburg, Germany; London, England; and Seoul, South Korea, as well as a November 11 show in Bogota, Colombia.
In addition Shinoda he said in the same interview that the band will be touring “intensely” in 2025.
