“Rap Rockers” Linkin Park will hit the Marcus Amphitheater stage for Summerfest 2015 on June 30. They are the second headline show
announced for Summerfest’s ten day run. The band may not be known very well
outside their tight knit community, but that community does number in the
millions. Linkin Park is touring in support of their sixth album to date.
Warner Brothers records took a shot on Linkin Park, back in
1996. Their first album, titled Hybrid Theory didn’t come out until four years
after the band got together. They made
one (huge) lineup change before hitting it big.
Their first singer was replaced by Chester Bennington. That change seemed to be the final piece of the
puzzle. Hybrid Theory sold over 10 million copies, their second best effort to
date.
In 2003, the band released Meteora, and that cemented these “Nu
Metal/Rap Rock” performers into history. In 16 years, disk sales for that album
have surpassed 20 million. Helping that effort
along were songs like “Numb” and “From the Inside.” The band also has a loyal
YouTube following. Their videos are well produced, and the band’s sound carries
over to the visual medium very well.
Linkin Park takes their time when it comes to producing new
material. As mentioned, the band has released just six albums, in sixteen
years. Each album seems to stand on its own
, with the band making a serious
effort to explore new styles, but maintaining a devotion to their first efforts
way back when. The 2014 release of The Hunting Party was mostly the work of
Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson. The Linkin Park tour 2015 starts in January, with
dates running through mid-February. The summer leg of the tour starts in May,
with a show at the “Rock In Reo” venue in Las Vegas. More tour dates will be announced as the year
comes to an end. 
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