“Heavy Is the Crown” by Linkin Park, Thursday, October 10, 2024
There were a few big rock stories that I’ve failed to cover in the last month or so. Oasis needs money, so brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher put aside their differences to do a world tour. Dave Grohl has been canceled for fathering a child outside of his marriage putting the Foo Fighters on indefinite hiatus following the backlash, and Jane’s Addiction will go on hiatus after lead singer Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro in the middle of a song on stage. Linkin Park announced a new lead singer, a new album, and a world tour, and the reactions are divided. Seven years after the suicide of lead singer Chester Bennington , Linkin Park live-streamed an announcement that they had chosen Emily Armstrong , of the band Dead Sara as their new lead singer. The band’s defacto leader Mike Shinoda told BBC1 One : “ This is intended to be a new chapter of Linkin Park.” The band hoped to celebrate the band’s hits and move forward in a new direction. THIS IS WHAT YOU ASKED FOR…