Due to the Chinese government's censorship laws, the band was forced to censor "Given Up", "Remember The Name", "Welcome", and "Bleed It Out". On "Given Up", Chester just skipped "fuck". On "Remember The Name", Mike changed "motherfuckers" to "other fellas". On "Welcome", Mike just skipped the "fuckers" part of "motherfuckers". On "Bleed It Out", Mike didn't rap the entire line of "going out of my fucking mind" and let the crowd sing it instead.
On the transition outro of "Runaway", Mike rapped verse one of "Wastelands". Chester sang the first line of the bridge over the outro transition.
Chester mixed the up the ending of the "Final Masquerade" verses. He sang "to what we left behind" at the end of verse 1, and "to something we won't find" at the end of verse 2.
Mike dedicated "Welcome" to the Chinese fans who had waited for a very long time to see Linkin Park perform live.
Mike played guitar on the bridge and ending of "In The End", a rare move he started doing off-and-on in May 2014.
Crawling was completely absent from this setlist. It opened the encore at both Mexico City shows for the first two performances of this setlist, and it was listed to open the encore in Nanjing but not played. On this setlist, it was removed entirely, and the setlist name changed to "China (Full)" instead of "US Festival (Full)".
During the bridge of "Bleed It Out", Chester conducted a sing-a-long with the crowd.
Other Notes
This was Linkin Park's first show in Shenzhen.
The band had to submit a list of songs to the Chinese communist government to be "pre-approved" for the setlist. Included were all songs played on the world tour for The Hunting Party up to this point, even those not in the current setlist. 42 songs total were listed, including "A Place For My Head", "Somewhere I Belong", "A Light That Never Comes", "With You" and "Blackout". "Keys To The Kingdom", which has not received its live debut yet, was also on the list.
There was no LPU Meet & Greet at this show. The Chinese Tour did not have the customary M&Gs, which made it the first tour in LP's band history to not have them since the inception of the LPU. Mercedes Benz (tour sponsor), however, held M&Gs before the shows for their own car buyers, etc to meet the band. Instead, two LPU Meetups events were held in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Despite the band not being confirmed to attend, they showed up and fans were allowed to take a group picture with Linkin Park but not get any autographs. Even at these LPU Meetups events, the Mercedes Benz people went first to meet the band.
There was no opening band for the China Tour.
Sources:
Location: VIP2, front row, left side in front of speakers
Taper: ExtremeCode
Time: 153:28 mins
Format: FLAC / 652 MB
Comments: Includes about 14 minutes before the show. Taper sings audibly throughout the whole show...not great quality. Obtained from the taper by Vorist and released on LPLive on July 21, 2015.
Location: Very front row of seats in the back, left side.
Taper: BillyWen1
Time: 98:25 mins
Format: .mkv (1080p) / 1.60 GB
Comments: Exact camera model unknown, but taped on a tripod from the back. Great zoom and quality. Taper unwilling to share master files (.MTS / 16.9 GB), so his Youku upload of the show was recorded and shared by Vorist on LPLive on July 21, 2015. Youku logo and taper's name are watermarked on the video.
Location: VIP 4, row 10
Taper: SpicyFire
Time: 97:17 mins
Format: AIFF / 491 MB
Comments: Has a few loud noises during the start of the show and "Papercut", along with a couple talking loudly throughout the show. On "Waiting For The End", some fans tried to dismantle the barricade near the taper so there is a scuffle with security caught on tape. Released on July 24, 2015.