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LINKIN PARK

WHY LINKIN PARK STILL MATTER

The countdown, the comeback, the controversy – how nu metal’s biggest band pulled off 2024’s most unexpected reunion WORDS: MERLIN ALDERSLADE ● PICTURES: JAMES MINCHIN III
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“It's good to see you again.”

With those six, softly spoken words, shared in front of a couple of thousand elated people at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California on September 5, Mike Shinoda confirmed that “It’s 2024’s most unrelenting rumour was true. Seven years after they split following the death of talismanic frontman Chester Bennington, Linkin Park, the biggest, most storied, most influential rock band of the 21st century, were back. Back with a single, The Emptiness Machine, and a forthcoming album, From Zero. Back with new live dates. And, most newsworthy of all, back with a brand new singer.

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