Fan-filmed footage of LINKIN PARK‘s September 28 performance in South Korea seems to reveal the use of a backing vocal track, over which Emily Armstrong is singing with notable intensity.
Twice, Armstrong pulled the microphone away from her face, yet a faint lead vocal could still be heard. The tracks in question were the new releases “The Emptiness Machine” and “Heavy Is the Crown.”
During the final chorus of “Heavy Is the Crown,” Armstrong is seen holding her mic out to the crowd, yet her voice continues to be heard singing the chorus.
Likewise, in the closing moments of “The Emptiness Machine,” Armstrong seems to struggle with a line and briefly stops singing, while the vocal track continues without her.
LINKIN PARK is currently in the middle of their six-date arena run for the “From Zero” world tour, which sold out within minutes. Due to overwhelming demand, the band has just announced three additional stadium shows for 2024 in Paris, Dallas, and São Paulo. Exclusive presales for LP Underground fan club members begin on September 25, with general tickets available starting September 27.
In a recent interview with Brian Haddad and Kenzie Roman from Chicago’s Q101 radio station, LINKIN PARK‘s Mike Shinoda discussed the band’s decision to reform with a new lineup, now including singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, alongside returning members Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, and Joe Hahn.
Shinoda said: “In the middle of the process, we were open to, like, maybe the lineup is like a moving lineup, maybe there’s multiple vocalists, maybe it’s a different name, stuff like that. And then as the music came into focus, we were, like, ‘This is as LINKIN PARK an album as we could make. It’s so LINKIN PARK that if we call it something else, then we are idiots.’ Because it would be like misrepresentation. It’d be silly. And when people hear more of the album, they will understand that.”
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