Linkin Park reunite 7 years after Chester Bennington’s death with new music

Linkin Park is back with a new lineup and debuting their first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington.
On Thursday, the band kicked off a livestream showcasing new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who will join returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn in Linkin Park’s new lineup. Shinoda and Armstrong share vocal duties.
The new lineup launched into a new single, The Emptiness Machine, at the top of the stream. Armstrong’s performance style comfortably continues the band’s legacy: Her full-throated vocals recall Bennington without attempting parody, immediately evidenced on the second song of the set: Somewhere I Belong.
“This is a very special day for us,” Shinoda said as he led introductions, mentioning that guitarist Alex Feder was filling in Delson for the night.
“In the role of Chester Bennington this afternoon is each of you,” Shinoda addressed the crowd.
The new Linkin Park also announced a new album, From Zero. It releases November 15.
The rock-rap band is one of the most commercially successful acts of the 2000s, aided by Bennington’s vocals.
At 41, he died by suicide shortly after the release of the group’s last album, One More Light. In the years since, Linkin Park has dropped a number of re-releases, including 20th anniversary editions of Hybrid Theory, Meteora and this year, the career-spanning greatest hits collection, Papercuts. (PTI)