Mike Shinoda recently shared insights about Linkin Park’s return in an interview with Pollstar.
Shinoda admitted that he questioned whether anyone would still care if Linkin Park came back or if they’d already been left behind.
“We had a million questions about what Linkin Park was, about what our friendship was,” Shinoda said. “Are we going to just sail off into the sunset and let people listen to the catalog and be cool with that? It’s a great option, a huge thing to just be able to do that. We’d be lucky.”
“I remember having one of the more pivotal conversations with Joe Hahn,” he continued. “I remember sitting at this wooden table at breakfast, and I was like, ‘If we went back out there, there’s no guaranteeing we headline. Like, we can come back out and people could be like, I don’t like that, I don’t like what they’re doing, and the fanbase could be smaller.'”
“Joe didn’t even flinch. He just looked me right in the face and said, ‘Oh, I’d totally do that,'” Shinoda recalled. “I was like, OK, this band is very much alive. I wasn’t thinking about answering my own question. I was just saying it out loud, and the fact that he came back, and he wasn’t wavering in his response, I was so impressed by that. It really galvanized the effort going forward.”
This pivotal conversation has shaped a new chapter in Linkin Park’s history.
Climate Pledge Arena revealed the band’s launch of their ‘From Zero World Tour’ supporting their latest album ‘From Zero.’
The tour’s success prompted major expansion plans. Blabbermouth reported 50 new shows added for 2025. The expanded schedule now includes performances at iconic venues like Wembley Stadium and Stade de France across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
AXS TV highlighted the band’s new lineup. Returning members Mike Shinoda, Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, and Joe Hahn welcome Emily Armstrong as co-lead vocalist and Colin Brittain on drums.
The refreshed lineup maintains Linkin Park’s musical legacy while forging ahead after Chester Bennington’s passing.
