Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

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Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington was a tribute concert by American rock band Linkin Park. The concert was held with the purpose to honor their frontman, Chester Bennington, who commited suicide by hanging on July 20, 2017. The concert took place on October 27, 2017, at the Hollywood Bowl. This was Linkin Park's first performance following Bennington's death. The concert featured various artists, including Blink-182, members of System of a Down, Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Sum 41, Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Yellowcard, and Kiiara.

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Background

Chester Bennington was found dead on July 20, 2017 right after the first leg of Linkin Park's One More Light World Tour to promote their seventh studio album, One More Light. In response, the band canceled their entire tour.

On August 22, Linkin Park announced plans to host a tribute concert in Los Angeles to honor Bennington. Later, the band confirmed that the concert would take place on October 27 at the Hollywood Bowl, and would feature a number of bands and musicians. On September 23, the band announced that the concert had officially sold out.

On October 20, it was announced Linkin Park would livestream the concert on their YouTube channel.

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Performers

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Set list

Linkin Park

1. Medley: "Robot Boy" / "The Messenger" / "Iridescent"
2. "Roads Untraveled" (live debut)
3. "Numb" (instrumental/vocals by audience)
4. "Shadow of the Day" / "With or Without You" (U2 cover) (performed with Ryan Key of Yellowcard)
5. "Leave Out All the Rest" (performed with Gavin Rossdale of Bush)
6. "Somewhere I Belong" (performed with Takahiro Moriuchi of One Ok Rock)
7. "Castle of Glass" (performed with Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Adrian Young of No Doubt and Alanis Morissette)
8. "Rest" (new song, performed by Alanis Morissette without Linkin Park)
9. "Nobody Can Save Me" (performed with Steven McKellar of Civil Twilight and Jonathan Green)
10. "Battle Symphony" (performed with Jonathan Green)
11. "Sharp Edges" (performed with Ilsey Juber)
12. "Talking to Myself" (extended bridge with snippet of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan; performed with Ilsey Juber)
13. "Heavy" (performed with Julia Michaels and Kiiara)
14. "One More Light"
15. "Looking for an Answer" (new song, live debut)
16. "Waiting for the End" (extended intro with snippet of "Until It Breaks" by Linkin Park; extended outro; performed with Steven McKellar of Civil Twilight and Sydney Sierota of Echosmith)
17. "Crawling" (performed with Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon and Zedd)
18. "Papercut" (performed with Machine Gun Kelly)
19. "One Step Closer" (performed with Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh of Dead By Sunrise/Julien-K and Jonathan Davis of Korn)
20. "A Place for My Head" (performed with Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to Remember)
21. "Rebellion" (performed with Daron Malakian and Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down and Frank Zummo of Sum 41)
22. "The Catalyst" (third chorus and bridge omitted; performed with Deryck Whibley and Frank Zummo of Sum 41)
23. "I Miss You" (performed by Blink-182 without Linkin Park)
24. "What I've Done" (performed with Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Matt Skiba of Blink-182)
25. "In the End" (performed with the live audience)

Encore

1. "Iridescent" (reprise; bridge and outro only)
2. "New Divide" (2014 shortened version; performed with pre-recorded live vocals of Chester Bennington)
3. "A Light That Never Comes" (performed with Steve Aoki, Frank Zummo of Sum 41, and Bebe Rexha)
4. "Burn It Down" (performed with M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold)
5. "Faint" (extended outro; performed with M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold)
6. Medley: "Bleed It Out" / "The Messenger" (first half of "Bleed It Out" seguing into the outro of "The Messenger"; performed with all special guests; includes studio voice-over of Chester Bennington on his part of "Bleed It Out".)

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References

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External links

• Official website
• The Concert on Linkin Park's YouTube channel

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