Linkin Park’s Having Trouble Selling Tickets, L.A. Show Changes Venues and QOTSA Drops Off
Things were at one time looking up for the revitalized Linkin Park. I’d say that time was from the moment they announced the reunion/tribute effort and the realization that their new vocalist Emily Armstrong had ties to Scientology and a convicted rapist. Ever since then, they’ve dropped a very “meh” album in From Zero and played a long list of shows all over the world.
sith their new single “Up From the Bottom” out now and their North American tour coming up soon, it seems interest in seeing the Chester Bennington-less version of the band has begun to wane. Things have apparently fallen off so much that the band is having a hard time getting asses in seats.
Things have been hard enough that they have begun offering a limited number of discounted tickets to all their dates, which shows not a single show is sold out just yet. Dubbed the “Up From the Bottom” tickets, a random selection of seats at any seating level each show are on offer for $39.50 plus any additional taxes or fees. Not exactly a great step you want to have to make in order to get people to come see your show.
Then there’s the fact that their previously announced show at Dodger Stadium this coming September, which also featured Queens of the Stone Age, is now no longer at the baseball field. Due to poor ticket sales, that show in particular is being downgraded to the Intuit Dome. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, QOTSA have pulled themselves out of that show.
Ticketholders for the Dodger Stadium show were told they’ll be refunded and given first access to the Intuit Dome tickets in a pre-sale that started today at 12 p.m. PST. As for the “Up From The Bottom” tickets, those will only be available until April 2, 11:59 p.m. The general sale for tickets will take place on Thursday, April 3 at 10 a.m. PST.
Other ticket problems have hit the band’s shows in Rio De Janeiro and Porto Allegre, though those shows were scrapped altogether and not rescheduled.
Linkin Park Tour Dates
4/26 Moody Center Austin, TX (+ grandson)
4/28 BOK Center Tulsa, OK (+ grandson)
5/1 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI (+ grandson)
5/3 CFG Bank Arena Baltimore, MD (+ grandson)
5/6 Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC (+ grandson)
5/8 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC (+ grandson)
5/10 Sonic Temple Columbus, OH
5/17 Welcome to Rockville Daytona, FL
6/12 Novarock Festival -Nickelsdorf, AT
6/14 Rock for People Festival Hradec Kralove, CZ
6/16 Heinz-Von-Heiden Arena Hannover, DE (+ Architects)
6/18 Olympiastadion Berlin, DE (+ Architects)
6/20 Bernexpo Bern, CH
6/24 I-DAYS Festival Milan, IT
6/26 Gelredome Arnhem, NL (+ Spiritbox)
6/28 Wembley Stadium London, UK (+ Spiritbox & JPEGMAFIA)
7/1 Merkur Spiel Arena Dusseldorf, DE (+ Architects & JPEGMAFIA)
7/3 Rock Werchter Festival Werchter, BE
7/5 Open’er Festival Gdynia, PL
7/8 Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt, DE (+ Architects & JPEGMAFIA)
7/11 Stade de France Paris, FR
7/29 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY (+ PVRIS)
8/1 TD Garden Boston, MA (+ PVRIS)
8/3 Prudential Center Newark, NJ (+ PVRIS)
8/6 Bell Centre Montreal, QC (+ PVRIS)
8/8 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, ON (+ PVRIS)
8/11 United Center Chicago, IL (+ PVRIS)
8/14 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI (+ PVRIS)
8/16 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA (+ Jean Dawson)
8/19 PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA (+ Jean Dawson)
8/21 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN (+ Jean Dawson)
8/23 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO (+ Jean Dawson)
8/25 Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI (+ Jean Dawson)
8/27 Target Center Minneapolis, MN (+ Jean Dawson)
8/29 CHI Health Center Omaha, NE (+ Jean Dawson)
8/31 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO (+ Jean Dawson)
9/3 Ball Arena Denver, CO (+ Jean Dawson)
9/6 Footprint Center Phoenix, AZ (+ Jean Dawson)
9/13 Venued TBA Los Angeles, CA (+ JPEGMAFIA)
9/15 SAP Center San Jose, CA (+ JPEGMAFIA)
9/17 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, CA (+ JPEGMAFIA)
9/19 Moda Center Portland, OR (+ JPEGMAFIA)
9/21 Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC (+ JPEGMAFIA)
9/24 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA (+ JPEGMAFIA)
10/26 Venue TBA Bogota, CO
10/29 Venue TBA Lima, PE
11/1 Venue TBA Buenos Aires, AR
11/5 Venue TBA Santiago, CL
11/10 Venue TBA São Paulo, BR
11/13 Venue TBA Brasilia, BR
