chester charles bennington died as the singer of linkin park.
chester charles bennington died as the singer of linkin park.
when did the singer of linkin park die?
chester charles bennington
on may 2, 2017, it was announced that one ok rock would open linkin park's "one more light tour" in north america for 4 dates and in japan for 3 shows. later on july 21, 2017, it was announced that their north american tour got cancelled because of linkin park frontman chester bennington's death on july 20, 2017, a week before their shows; while linkin park's final leg in japan was cancelled on october 3, 2017. one ok rock paid tribute to chester bennington by covering linkin park's song "one more light" on their live performances.
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in may 2009, linkin park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. mike shinoda told ign that the new album would be 'genre-busting', while building off of elements in "minutes to midnight". he also mentioned that the album would be more experimental and "hopefully more cutting-edge." chester bennington also addressed the media to confirm rick rubin would return to produce the new album. the band later revealed the album would be called, "a thousand suns". while working on the new album, linkin park worked with successful film composer, hans zimmer to produce the score for "". the band released a single for the movie entitled, "new divide". joe hahn created a music video for the song, featuring clips from the film. on june 22, linkin park played a short set in westwood village after the premier of the movie. after completing work for "transformers: revenge of the fallen", the band returned to the studio to finalize their album. the album featured four singles, "the catalyst", "waiting for the end", "burning in the skies" and "iridescent". for the next album, the band again started recording in 2011 and the album, "living things" was released in june 2012. the album sold over 220,000 copies during its debut week, ranking no. 1 on the us album charts. linkin park's single, "castle of glass" was nominated for 'best song in a game' at the 2012 spike video game awards. the band also performed at the award ceremony on december 7, but lost the award to "cities" by beck. the album featured four singles, "burn it down", "lost in the echo", "powerless" and "castle of glass". on august 10, 2013, the band collaborated with american musician steve aoki to record the song, "a light that never comes" for linkin park's online puzzle-action game, "lp recharge" (short for "linkin park recharge"), which was launched on facebook and the official "lp recharge" website on september 12, 2013. on the day of the game's release, linkin park made a post on their facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album entitled, "recharged". the band also worked on the soundtrack for the film "mall", which was directed by joe hahn.
list of songs recorded by linkin park