Linkin Park – Rest their Case

Shockingly loud from start to finish Linkin Park strode through their repertoire with a defiant magnificence. We had a great view of the spectacle despite the large man in front, who turned out to be a lady wearing a 'Drop Dead' T shirt!

How the lead singer, Chester Bennington is able to sing a lullaby with the melodies of an angel and then move swiftly to crashing out vigorous anthems with pining primeval screams for 2 hours is a daunting spectacle that requires respect.  He is a vessel of driven energy on stage, bouncing menacingly about and even at rest is like a Velociraptor waiting to strike from one of the on stage speaker boxes. Mike Shindoa operates as guitarist and rapper with equal aplomb and together with the maniacal drumming machine of Rob Bourdon they ensured there was simply no let up to the output.

Linkin Park drove there way thru the albums - like an unstoppable tank - Hybrid Theory,  Living Things,  A Thousand Suns,  Minutes to Midnight and Hunting Party. The only disappointing element was that many of the songs were cut short, especially the more haunting numbers like Robot Boy  & Iridescent - but that is the price you pay for having such a huge back catalogue!

 

Linkin Park Setlist at O2 Arena, London, Nov 24th 2014

Mashup Intro
Guilty All the Same
Given Up
Points of Authority
One Step Closer
Blackout
Papercut
Rebellion
Runaway
Wastelands
Castle of Glass
Leave Out All the Rest / Shadow of the Day / Iridescent
Robot Boy
Joe Hahn Solo
Burn It Down
Waiting for the End
Final Masquerade
Wretches and Kings / Remember the Name / Skin to Bone
Numb
In the End
Faint

Encore
Lost in the Echo
New Divide
Crawling
Until It's Gone
What I've Done
Bleed It Out