Linkin Park to play show at Auckland!!

Linkin Park have announced one Auckland show, in the first of what could be a wave of bands tagging New Zealand shows onto appearances at Australia's Soundwave Festival.

The multi-award winning band will play at Vector Arena on February 21 next year as part of their Living Things world tour.  

It will be the American band's first trip to New Zealand since they played to a sold-out Vector Arena in 2007.

Since their 2000 debut Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park and their blend of rap and rock has seen them produce some of the most commercially successful radio hits this side of the millennium.

With a back catalogue including Somewhere I Belong', Numb and the collaborative mash up hits from their team-up with Jay-Z on Collision Course, it will be a jam-packed set list.

Now onto their fifth studio album, Living Things debuted at the top of the Kiwi charts and remained in the top five for four consecutive weeks.

Led by singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park has won more than 40 international awards, receiving close to 130 nominations around the world.

Free concert tickets offered to Olympians by Linkin Park

With U.S team is busy collecting medals in several sports and Olympics are in full swing in London.Linkin Park has come into action by offering a free concert tickets to the the U.S. Olympic team and has invited them to attend one of their upcoming gigs for free.

Mike Shinoda posted an invitation on their Facebook page: “Thanks for your hard work and dedication in representing the U.S. at the London Olympics. When you return home, my bandmates and I cordially invite each and every one of you to be our guest at a Linkin Park concert of your choice on the upcoming Honda Civic Tour in the U.S., with Incubus and Mutemath. Show dates are here. We have already reached out to the USOC; they’ll put us in touch. We hope to meet you soon. Until then, we’ll be rooting for you here at home.”

Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington says, ““Obviously we’re bringing our fans together and turning some fans on to Incubus, and they can turn some fans onto Linkin Park.”

Linkin Park smash Bieber from top spot!!!

Bieber with his much popular “Believe” disc seems to have crushed the competition last week,but this week the pop heartbreaker was pushed out of the top spot by a bunch of California rap rockers.

“Living Things,” the fifth studio released by Linkin Park, approx around 20,000 copies have been sold, according to Nielsen Soundscan data. This is the band’s third-straight No. 1 album in Canada.

It seems that Bieber couldn't able to secure his place for the long period despite a much-hyped appearance at the MuchMusic Video Awards last month and oodles of press.

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington emergency surgery on his shoulder

Linkin Park band's current world tour has pulled the plug on the last show as frontman Chester Bennington emergency surgery on his shoulder to pass.

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The band was perform on October 16 at the DeLuna Festival in Pensacola, Florida - but broke the news on the official LP website.

The post said, "We regret that we must withdraw from our October 16 performance at DeLuna Fest in Pensacola, FL. As much as we were looking forward to rocking our final date of the year with our Florida fans, Chester has been advised to have immediate shoulder surgery as a result of an injury he sustained during our recent tour in Asia".

And though they have had to cut the tour short, that band members also confirmed that A Thousand Suns process that will take some time before.

The band announced earlier this year, "We're in the studio and we're well on our way to making our next record. I can tell you that we have a lot of good music, a lot of quality songs" .

Linkin Park - to raise awareness about the schools they have visited Japan

Rockers Linkin Park, after the earthquake and tsunami (March 2011) recovery efforts continue to raise awareness about the schools they have visited Japan.

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The band is supporting the campaign and strong supporters earlier this year helped raise funds (11) by designing a T-shirt for its Music For Relief organisation.

With the authorities to take children for their good work has got to save, they double recently jetted to Japan to meet with children affected by disaster.

Bandmembers Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda and Dave Farrell visited Taizen Elementary School and youth from falling debris during the earthquake to provide protection to the donor safety hoods.

They also knocked on the Ishinomaki Kita High School students joined in with a music workshop.

Shinoda says, "It was incredible to see firsthand the happiness in the students' faces, despite the hardships they have endured for the past six months.

"It was an honour to represent Music for Relief and our supporters worldwide on this visit, bringing their good wishes to the young people still recovering."

Linkin Park currently working on a new album

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington confirmed that the band are currently working on a new album, although it is still very early days, they are happy with how things are going.

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Chester also revealed that producer Rick Rubin who once again is working with the band to record.

Bennington explained, "We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time. We don't know when the next record is going to be done. We are in the beginning phases of that. We're still winding down A Thousand Suns and touring for that, so I can tell you we are working and we're excited, and we like the direction that we're going in."

He then added, "[Rick's] involved all the way, all the time, from the very beginning. You know, we ask him, 'What do you think of these ideas?' And we're kind of getting the wheels rolling. It's so hard to talk about something that hasn't been created yet, but, like I said, we definitely like the way things are going already."

Linkin Park guitarist rap metal band concert in the Philippines during

Linkin Park guitarist rap metal band concert in the Philippines during 2004, his fondest memory shared.

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Brad Delson told The STAR in an exclusive phone interview, “I tasted the best chicken (barbeque) in the Philippines. It was served during the concert. We could not forget that”.

Formula 1 Grand Prix on 25 Spetember 2011 Linkin Park headlining the day's races.

They are not coming to the Philippines but the Linkin Park fan, inviting them to Singapore to see Pinoy.

Late last year, the band's latest work "A Thousand Suns" was issued and the date has produced two No. 1 singles.