Digital Souvenir Packages

The Digital Souvenir Package (DSP) series is a program by Linkin Park that ran from 2007 to 2012 where the band sold a majority of their live concerts for fans.

Background

Starting in 2007 on the Projekt Revolution Tour, shows were sold at the merch booth for $11, and they came with a blank CD, an insert with a code, and a white CD wrapper. The insert had a code that could be used within 10 days of the performance at live.linkinpark.com to download 320kbps mp3s of the show. At the time, these were called "live CDs."

On July 23, 2007, Mike and Phoenix were on Rockline for an interview before Projekt Revolution and talked about the band recording each show on the tour and letting fans buy the show.^[1] The band officially announced the CDs on July 26, 2007 in the LP Newsletter, saying, "No more listening to distorted, bootleg copies of LP concerts... get a clear, mixed copy of your Linkin Park show at the merchandise booth! Visit the merchandise booth at any Linkin Park tour date (starting with Projekt Revolution 2007) to purchase a limited-edition recording of the entire LIVE Linkin Park performance from that night. Only 1000 copies will be sold for each show date, so be sure to get yours before they're gone."^[2]

Brad told AOL Music, "It means we can't suck. The stuff's gonna go up on YouTube anyway, so we might as well do a real mix of it for fan rather than it have be recorded by some dude jumping up and down with a cell phone."^[3]

In 2008, starting with the UK shows, the band switched to a Digital Souvenir Pack that included a code to download the show, a digital program and pictures from the show. The code was still redeemed at the same place, and live CDs were still sold at the merch booths at shows. The Digital Souvenir Pack was $15 and the live CDs remained the same at $11.^[4]

Starting on March 2, 2010 the band started selling all the previously available shows over downloads.linkinpark.com as LP Archives: Official Tour Bootlegs for $9.99 each show. All of the previously unreleased shows from the 2007 Australia and New Zealand Tour were added for the launch of the site.^[5]

Starting with the 2011 North American Tour, fans who attended were able to download the audio of that show for up to 24 hours after the event. At the venue of each show there were callouts with an unique code and fans had to text that code to 50505 and follow the instructions to redeem their download.^[6]^[7]

The DSP program was ended after the band played two shows in South Africa in 2012.^[8]

Fans have appealed to revive the program over the years, but their efforts have not worked. LPLive wrote an open letter to the band in March 2013 and started a petition over two years later, in August 2015, to no success.^[9]^[10] In December 2015, Linkin Park completely closed their live download website.^[11]

Mike Shinoda has said it was hard recording every show, mixing it, and getting it out to fans in a reasonable amount of time. Towards the end, the crew was turning them out every few days and getting burnt out on it. At first, they had to have a shipping container where Pooch and Dylan Ely mixed the shows, but then they finally were able to cut it down to smaller gear after technology improved. At the start, Jim Digby and the band had to review the edits but the band ended up trusting Pooch and Dylan with the mixing.^[12]

Recordings from the DSPs were repurposed for the LP Underground 7, Projekt Revolution 2008 UBS Wristband, Songs From The Underground, 2011 North American Tour EP, "Live Around The World" Series, and the singles for "Shadow Of The Day", "Given Up", "Leave Out All The Rest", "The Catalyst", "Burning In The Skies" and "Castle Of Glass".

Throughout the six year history of selling shows, the band put 229 shows online for fans. Below you will find a list of all shows that Linkin Park has ever sold as a part of their live CD / Digital Souvenir Package (DSP) program.

2007 Live CDs

Projekt Revolution 2007 Tour

Wantagh, NY on August 15th was being sold and was taken down from the merch booth mid-show due to the venue wanting a large percentage of the sales. Fans with codes from that show were instructed to use them for another show as Wantagh would not be released. The one-off show in Las Vegas, NV on September 8 was not sold as well as several other one-off shows (Key Club on October 26 and KROQ AAC on December 8).

2007.07.25 Auburn, WA, White River Amphitheatre
2007.07.27 Marysville, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre
2007.07.28 San Bernardino, CA, Hyundai Pavilion
2007.07.29 Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
2007.07.31 Chula Vista, CA, Coors Amphitheatre
2007.08.01 Phoenix, AZ, Cricket Pavilion
2007.08.03 Selma, TX, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2007.08.04 Dallas, TX, Smirnoff Music Centre
2007.08.05 Woodlands, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
2007.08.07 Atlanta, GA, HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
2007.08.08 Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2007.08.10 West Palm Beach, FL, Sound Advice Amphitheatre
2007.08.11 Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre
2007.08.13 Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
2007.08.14 Virginia Beach, VA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
2007.08.17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center
2007.08.18 Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
2007.08.19 Bristow, VA, Nissan Pavilion @ Stone Ridge
2007.08.21 Toronto, ON, Molson Amphitheatre
2007.08.22 Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Centre
2007.08.24 Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center
2007.08.25 Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
2007.08.26 Hartford, CT, New England Dodge Music Center
2007.08.28 Syracuse, NY, New York State Fair
2007.08.29 Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
2007.08.31 Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center
2007.09.01 Tinley Park, IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
2007.09.03 Englewood, CO, Coors Amphitheatre

Australia and New Zealand Tour (Digital Souvenir Packages)

These nine shows were released in March 2010.

2007.10.11 Auckland City, AUK, New Zealand, Vector Arena
2007.10.12 Auckland City, AUK, New Zealand, Vector Arena
2007.10.14 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Rod Laver Arena
2007.10.15 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Rod Laver Arena
2007.10.16 Hindmarsh, SA, Australia, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2007.10.18 Burswood, WA, Australia, Burswood Dome
2007.10.20 Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia, Sydney Entertainment Centre
2007.10.21 Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia, Sydney Entertainment Centre
2007.10.22 Boondall, QLD, Australia, Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Asia Tour

2007.11.11 Bangkok, Thailand, Aktive Square
2007.11.13 Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Indoor Stadium
2007.11.16 Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei County Stadium
2007.11.18 Shanghai, China, Hong Kou Stadium
2007.11.20 Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Asia-World Arena
2007.11.23 Saitama, Japan, Saitama Super Arena Chou-ku
2007.11.24 Saitama, Japan, Saitama Super Arena Chou-ku
2007.11.26 Nagoya, Japan, Nippon Gaisha Hall
2007.11.27 Osaka, Japan, Prefectural Gymnasium Naniwa
2007.11.30 Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium

2008 Live CDs

European Tour

The first six shows of this tour had just the live CDs sold. The UK leg (last five shows of the tour) debuted the DSPs online and also had the live CDs at the merch booth. This continued for the rest of 2008 and 2009.

2008.01.16 Hannover, NI, Germany, TUI Arena
2008.01.17 Amnéville, France, Galaxie
2008.01.18 Basel, Switzerland, St. Jakobshalle
2008.01.20 Frankfurt, HE, Germany, Festhall
2008.01.21 Köln, NW, Germany, Kölnarena
2008.01.22 Paris, France, Bercy

2008 Digital Souvenir Packages and Live CDs

Nottingham, England on January 24th, the first "DSP" (after the live CDs), was released in 160kbps. The support staff never returned emails about it. This is also the first show with pictures

2008.01.24 Nottingham, ENG, United Kingdom, Nottingham Arena
2008.01.25 Sheffield, ENG, United Kingdom, Sheffield Arena
2008.01.27 Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom, MEN Arena
2008.01.28 London, ENG, United Kingdom, O2 Arena
2008.01.29 London, ENG, United Kingdom, O2 Arena

North American Tour

Some of the NYC pics were released with Lexington. The Lexington pics are watermarked by Jason LeMiere (Joe's old DJ tech).

2008.02.12 Omaha, NE, Qwest Center
2008.02.13 St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center
2008.02.15 Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
2008.02.16 Detroit, MI, Joe Louis Arena
2008.02.18 Manchester, NH, Verizon Wireless Arena
2008.02.19 Baltimore, MD, 1st Mariner Arena
2008.02.21 New York City, NY, Madison Square Garden
2008.02.22 Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
2008.02.23 London, ON, John Labatt Centre
2008.02.25 Lexington, KY, Rupp Arena
2008.02.26 Nashville, TN, Sommet Center
2008.02.29 Oklahoma City, OK, Ford Center
2008.03.04 Los Angeles, CA, Staples Center
2008.03.06 Las Vegas, NV, The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel
2008.03.07 Las Vegas, NV, The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel
2008.03.08 West Valley City, UT, E Center
2008.03.10 Sacramento, CA, ARCO Arena

European Tour

The only show of this tour that was sold was the Milton Keynes, UK show, which was the last show of the tour.

Fifteen of the sixteen shows on this 2008 Summer European Tour are unreleased.

2008.06.29 Milton Keynes, ENG, United Kingdom, National Bowl, Projekt Revolution Tour: Europe

Canadian Festivals

2008.07.12 Toronto, ON, Canada, Downsview Park, Edgefest
2008.07.13 Québec, City, QC, Canada, Bell Stage @ Plains Of Abraham, Festival d'été de Québec

Projekt Revolution 2008 Tour

2008.07.16 Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center
2008.07.18 Burgettstown, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion
2008.07.19 Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
2008.07.20 Hartford, CT, New England Dodge Music Center
2008.07.22 Wantagh, NY, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
2008.07.23 Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
2008.07.25 Raleigh, NC, Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
2008.07.26 Virginia Beach, VA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
2008.07.27 Bristow, VA, Nissan Pavilion
2008.07.30 Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2008.08.01 West Palm Beach, FL, Cruzan Amphitheatre
2008.08.02 Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre
2008.08.03 Atlanta, GA, Lakewood Amphitheatre
2008.08.06 Albuquerque, NM, Journal Pavilion (Non PR08 Show)
2008.08.07 Phoenix, AZ, Cricket Wireless Pavilion
2008.08.09 Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
2008.08.10 Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2008.08.12 Greenwood Village, CO, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
2008.08.13 Bonner Springs, KS, Sandstone Amphitheatre (Non PR08 Show)
2008.08.15 Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
2008.08.16 East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley Music Theatre
2008.08.17 Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center
2008.08.19 Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center
2008.08.21 Maryland Heights, MO, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2008.08.23 Dallas, TX, Superpages.com Center
2008.08.24 Woodlands, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

2009 Digital Souvenir Packages and Live CDs

Summer Tour

Pomona, CA on August 22 was sold at the merch booth the day of the show, but due to a power outage during the show, the recording was lost and nothing ended up being released except the pictures of the show.

2009.07.21 Athens, Greece, Terra Vibe Park
2009.07.23 Graz, Austria, Stadthalle
2009.07.28 Zürich, Switzerland, Hallenstadion
2009.07.30 Stuttgart, BW, Germany, Cannstatter Wasen
2009.08.02 Gräfenhainichen, ST, Germany, Ferropolis 'Stadt aus Eisen'
2009.08.08 Chiba, Japan, Chiba Marine Stadium, Summer Sonic Festival
2009.08.09 Osaka, Japan, Maishima, Summer Sonic Festival
2009.08.11 Okinawa, Japan, Mihama Athletic Field
2009.08.13 Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei County Stadium, 2009 Summer Rock Summit
2009.08.15 Shanghai, China, Shanghai Stadium
2009.08.16 Macao, China, Cotai Arena @ The Venetian Resort

2010 Digital Souvenir Packages and Live CDs

South American Tour

2010.10.07 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Estadio José Amalfitani
2010.10.09 Santiago, Chile, Club Hípico
2010.10.11 Itú, Brazil, Fazenda Maeda

European Tour

2010.10.20 Berlin, BE, Germany, O2 World
2010.10.22 Stuttgart, BW, Germany, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
2010.10.23 Linz, Austria, TipsArena
2010.10.25 Paris, France, Bercy
2010.10.26 Dortmund, NW, Germany, Westfalenhalle 1
2010.10.27 Köln, NW, Germany, LANXESS Arena
2010.10.29 Hamburg, HH, Germany, O2 World
2010.10.30 Herning, Denmark, Jyske Bank BOXEN
2010.11.01 Zürich, Switzerland, Hallenstadion
2010.11.02 Frankfurt, HE, Germany, Festhalle
2010.11.04 Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom, MEN Arena
2010.11.05 Newcastle, ENG, United Kingdom, Metro Radio Arena
2010.11.09 Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom, ENG, LG Arena
2010.11.10 London, ENG, United Kingdom, O2 Arena
2010.11.11 London, ENG, United Kingdom, O2 Arena

Middle Eastern Tour

2010.11.13 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Yas Marina Circuit
2010.11.15 Tel Aviv, Israel, Yarkon Park

Australian Tour

Canberra, ACT on December 16th had changes made afterward to the files online. "New Divide" and "Crawling" were edited later to fix Chester's vocals.

2010.12.03 Boondall, QLD, Austrialia, Brisbane Entertainment Centre
2010.12.04 Newcastle, NSW, Austrialia, Newcastle Entertainment Center
2010.12.07 Burswood, WA, Austrialia, Burswood Dome
2010.12.09 Hindmarsh, SA, Austrialia, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2010.12.11 Homebush, NSW, Austrialia, Acer Arena
2010.12.12 Melbourne, VIC, Austrialia, Rod Laver Arena
2010.12.13 Melbourne, VIC, Austrialia, Rod Laver Arena
2010.12.15 Homebush, NSW, Austrialia, Acer Arena
2010.12.16 Canberra, ACT, Austrialia, AIS Arena

2011 Digital Souvenir Packages and Live CDs

North American Tour

Starting with Atlanta, GA on January 23, "Wisdom, Justice, And Love" was edited out of all recordings due to licensing issues with the MLK family. Sunrise and Tampa (the two shows before Atlanta) were edited to remove the song and reuploaded, but the song was originally released for those two shows (and exists online).

2011.01.20 Sunrise, FL, BankAtlantic Center
2011.01.22 Tampa, FL, St. Pete Times Forum
2011.01.23 Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
2011.01.25 Detroit, MI, Joe Louis Arena
2011.01.26 Chicago, IL, United Center
2011.01.28 St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center
2011.01.29 Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
2011.01.31 Philadelphia, PA, The Wells Fargo Center
2011.02.01 Boston, MA, TD Garden
2011.02.04 New York City, NY, Madison Square Garden
2011.02.07 Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
2011.02.08 Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
2011.02.19 Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand - Garden Arena
2011.02.20 San Diego, CA, Viejas Arena
2011.02.22 San Jose, CA, HP Pavillion
2011.02.23 Los Angeles, CA, Staples Center
2011.02.25 Salt Lake City, UT, EnergySolutions Arena
2011.02.26 Denver, CO, Pepsi Center
2011.02.28 Phoenix, AZ, US Airways Center
2011.03.02 Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
2011.03.03 Houston, TX, Toyota Center

Summer Tour

Moscow, Russia on June 23 was never listed on the DSP website but was later instead released as prize for the "Iridescent" online trading cards. Contrary to the usual DSP releases for sale, it doesn't include pictures or artwork and includes "Wisdom, Justice, And Love".

2011.06.04 Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2011.06.05 Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
2011.06.11 Nickelsdorf, Austria, Pannonia Fields II
2011.06.12 Castle Donington, ENG, United Kingdom, Donington Park
2011.06.14 Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson Globe Arena
2011.06.16 Helsinki, Finland, Kaisaniemi Park
2011.06.18 Leipzig, SN, Germany, Festwiese
2011.06.19 Oberursel, HE, Germany, Hessentagsarena
2011.06.21 Hamburg, HH, Germany, O2 World
2011.06.23 Moscow, Russia, Red Square
2011.06.25 München, BY, Germany, Messegelände München Riem
2011.06.26 Imola, Italy, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
2011.06.28 Ardenal, Norway, Tromøya
2011.06.30 Werchter, Belgium, Festivalpark
2011.07.01 Arras, France, La Citadelle
2011.07.02 St. Gallen, Switzerland, Sittertobel

2011.08.30 Las Vegas, NV, The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel
2011.08.31 Los Angeles, CA, Mayan Theatre

Asian Tour

2011.09.06 Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Arena
2011.09.08 Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Park Gymnastics Gymnasium
2011.09.10 Chiba, Japan, Makuhari Messe
2011.09.11 Chiba, Japan, Makuhari Messe
2011.09.13 Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama Arena
2011.09.14 Nagoya, Japan, Nippon Gaishi Hall
2011.09.16 Osaka, Japan, Intex Osaka
2011.09.19 Taipei, Taiwan, Nanagang Exhibition Hall
2011.09.21 Jakarta, Indonesia, Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno
2011.09.23 Bangkok, Thailand, Aktive Square
2011.09.25 Singapore, Singapore, The Padang

2012 Digital Souvenir Packages

European Summer Tour

Berlin, Germany on June 5 was originally listed on the DSP website but was later removed, likely due to the show being shown in theaters worldwide. Fans who bought the show were able to use their codes to download another show.

2012.05.26 Lisbon, Portugal, Parque Da Bela Vista
2012.05.27 Landgraaf, Netherlands, Megaland
2012.05.30 Skive, Denmark, Strandtangen v/Skive Lystbådehavn
2012.06.01 Adenau, RP, Germany, Nürburgring
2012.06.03 Nürnberg, BY, Germany, Volkspark Dutzendteich
2012.06.06 Bucharest, Romania, Romexpo
2012.06.08 Nickelsdorf, Austria, Pannonia Fields II
2012.06.09 Warsaw, Poland, Pepsi Arena
2012.06.10 Moscow, Russia, Tushino Airfield
2012.06.12 Odesa, Ukraine, Stadion Chornomorets
2012.06.14 St. Petersburg, Russia, Petersburg Sports And Concert Complex

Honda Civic Tour

Uncasville, CT on August 12th had "Given Up" edited later to put vocals back in the track (it was released as an instrumental at first). Wantagh, NY on August 15th, Tinley Park, IL on August 24, Mountain View, CA on September 7, and Carson, CA on September 8 were not sold on the DSP website. Several days after the show, Noblesville, IN on August 25 was put online after NOT being originally listed for sale. Monterrey, Mexico on September 12 was not sold (presumably because this was a MTV World Stage show), but the Mexico City, Mexico show on September 14 was sold.