Linkin Park

System of a Down’s drummer — who’s releasing a covers album including Talking Heads & Bowie songs with Serj on vocals — also (sort of) gave an update on new SOAD material.

”We had heard that Mike liked our record from an interview he did, so one night on tour, I said ‘fuck it’ and dm-ed him on Instagram asking if he’d be interesting in remixing,” Foxing’s Eric Hudson says. It’s the first remix released from a series of ‘Nearer My God’ remixes that Foxing have planned and comes with a video created by a member of Code Orange…

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Jay-Z played his first shows since releasing 4:44 at England’s V Festival over the weekend. He headlined the festival’s Weston Park stage on Saturday (8/19) and the Hylands Park stage on Sunday (8/20). The shows included the live debuts of several 4:44 songs…

In addition to the cancellation of Linkin Park’s tour following Chester Bennington’s tragic death, their “Blinkin Park” shows with blink-182 and Wu-Tang Clan have now been cancelled as well.

The tour included shows with blink-182, whose Travis Barker posted a tribute to Chester with a video of them performing together.

After taking his own life, several musicians have paid tribute to Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. The latest is Stone Temple Pilots, for whom Chester sang lead from 2013-2015…

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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda says “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”