Introduction
The European Tour in May and June 2012 was twelve shows long and took Linkin Park back to some of the largest European festivals during their promotional run for Living Things.
Before the tour
Before this tour kicked off, the band performed a series of shows across Los Angeles, plus the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
On May 16th, Linkin Park invited 100 KROQ winners to Third Encore for a six song rehearsal, where they debuted Burn It Down for the first time. A highlight at this show was the debut of the new "Apaches" intro to Waiting For The End, which featured Mike rapping the second verse from Until It Breaks over a Waiting For The End beat. This intro would go on to remain in the band's setlists for the next two and a half years. The song had an outro rehearsed but at this show it was not played (hence 'No ext. outro' on the setlist). The outro made its debut at the following show in West Hollywood.
A performance at Third Encore on May 17th, the next day, was broadcasted to the Rio+Social event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 19, 2012. The stage design at Third Encore was set up for the next day's LP Underground / Music For Relief (Power The World) show in West Hollywood.
After these warmup performances, the first real show of the year was a special one - an intimate show for LP Underground members only (the first since 2003). Tickets were $99 and sold out within minutes. Proceeds from each ticket were given to "Power The World" by Music For Relief and Linkin Park. A brand new, headlining setlist of 21 songs was debuted at the show. With You was performed for the first time since August 2006, Runaway was performed for the first time since May 2007, Somewhere I Belong and Points Of Authority were performed for the first time since August 2009, and Waiting For The End featured its new outro.
On May 20th, the band performed Burn It Down at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Summary
Memorable Moments
After the tour
Crew
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jim Digby | Production Manager |
| Ken "Pooch" Van Druten | FOH Engineer |
| Kevin "Tater" McCarthy | Monitor Engineer |
| Sean Paden | Guitar Technician (Brad) |
| Mark Fiore | Videographer |
Credentials
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Tour Laminate
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LPU Meet & Greet
