LINKIN PARK — Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain — proceed their triumphant drive with a hard-hitting new single titled “Heavy Is The Crown”, out now. Watch the music video under.
The track serves as the 2024 League Of Legends World Championship anthem, marking the band's first collaboration with Riot Games. The monitor kicks into excessive gear as an anthem equally applicable for the high-octane multi-dimensional competitors of League Of Legends and music pageant grounds worldwide. Of course, “Heavy Is The Crown” additionally paves the means for LINKIN PARK‘s first album since 2017, “From Zero”, due on November 15.
LINKIN PARK are in the midst of their six-date area run for the “From Zero” world tour, which bought out in mere minutes. Due to heavy demand, in the present day they announce three extra stadium exhibits for 2024 in Paris, Dallas, and São Paulo. LP Underground fan membership unique presales begin September 25 and basic on-sales begin September 27.
“Heavy Is The Crown” lands in the wake of the band's first new music in seven years “The Emptiness Machine”. Right out of the gate, “The Emptiness Machine” surged as a worldwide smash with a seismic affect. It vaulted into the Top 5 of the Spotify Global chart, clinched No. 1 at each Alternative and Rock Radio, catapulted to No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative and Rock Airplay chart, and infiltrated the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 21. The single has tallied unprecedented numbers for a contemporary rock track at DSPs, producing north of 95 million Spotify streams and 28 million YouTube views on the music video. Not to say, LINKIN PARK simply reached one other benchmark, exceeding over 54 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify and changing into “the top-streamed rock band on the platform” and one in all the “40 top-streamed artists globally on the platform.”
Taking over standard tradition, they only gave “The Emptiness Machine” its late-night tv debut with a powerhouse efficiency on NBC‘s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
Earning acclaim, The New York Times hailed “The Emptiness Machine” as a “bombastic new track,” happening to claim, “the band is now ready to carry on as closely as possible the way it was before.” Of their return to the stage, The Los Angeles Times professed, “LINKIN PARK comes roaring back with more than an echo of its past.” As a part of an in-depth cowl story, Billboard attested, “‘From Zero' pulsates with renewed energy, a dynamic extension of LINKIN PARK‘s multifaceted aesthetic,” applauding how, “Across the board, they carry a sense of pace and urgency — as if the band members refused to let up or phone in one moment of their grand return.”
Ultimately, with “From Zero”, the band is seeking to harness the purest vitality of their previous, current, and future. The new period has formally begun.
“From Zero” world tour 2024:
Sep. 24 – The O2 – London, UK
Sep. 28 – INSPIRE Arena – Seoul, South Korea
Nov. 3 – La Defense Arena – Paris, France
Nov. 8 – Globe Life Field – Dallas, TX
Nov. 11 – Coliseo Medplus – Bogota, Colombia
Nov. 15 – Allianz Park – São Paulo, Brazil
Photo credit score: James Minchin III
