Were you of thousands who saw this latest tour from Linkin Park? Review posted

August 29, 2008

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With 50 million albums sold worldwide, there shouldn’t be any doubts as to why Linkin Park is the biggest band of the decade.

When they took the stage at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Aug. 9 in front of over 20,000 people, they proved exactly why thousands of screaming fans ranging from 13-year-old teenyboppers decked out in Linkin Park gear to 50-year-old metalheads keep showing up to their shows, especially on this year’s Projekt Revolution Tour.

After almost an entire day of terrible to mediocre music that plagued the Revolution stage of this year’s festival, it was solely up to Linkin Park to make up for the bad choice of opening bands such as Hawthorne Heights, 10 Years and Armor for Sleep.

As headliners of the tour, they had to prove themselves as a worthy headlining act over legendary grunge icon Chris Cornell, who served as the frontman for Soundgarden and Audioslave respectively. On this tour, however, Cornell’s job was simple. He was to warm up the crowd and get them pumped up for Linkin Park.

Shortly after Cornell’s set, as the lights dimmed, the entire seating level of the amphitheatre got on their feet and erupted in cheers eagerly awaiting the arrival of the six-piece Grammy winning band from Southern California.

As the last North American tour supporting their latest album Minutes to Midnight, their 19-song set comprised mostly of songs off that album, which sees Chester Bennington taking on a larger vocal role than band emcee Mike Shinoda, which in turn allows Shinoda to focus more on other instruments, such as guitar and keyboards during the show.

Before the band took the stage, the fans were greeted with a pounding climatic intro from percussion group Street Drum Corps, which led right into Linkin Park’s opening song, their breakout hit “One Step Closer,” which on previous tours, was used as a staple closer to their live shows.

Although it was a bit odd hearing “One Step Closer” so early in the set, it is enough to get fans energized for the set that was about to dominate their lives for the next 90 minutes.

They then launched into an old classic off their sophomore album Meteora with “Lying From You,” which got huge pop from the crowd with its angst-driven lyrics and monstrous screams from Bennington.

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