Ex-Soccer Star Calls Out UEFA for Booking Linkin Park, Calls the Show “Garbage”
Over the weekend, soccer (or football as the rest of the world calls it) fans were treated to a Linkin Park concert ahead of this past Saturday’s UEFA Champions League finals in Munich, Germany. It was supposed to be a moment of excitement and I guess triumph for the insanely influential soccer league, but some folks weren’t too thrilled with the arrangement.
Speaking after the fact, apparent soccer star and former Netherlands player Marco van Basten chimed in while chatting with Dutch broadcaster Ziggo Sport by calling the whole engagement “garbage.”
“The Linkin Park performance was garbage, absolutely garbage. It’s a disgrace that UEFA allows this. I find it absolutely idiotic… Worthless, totally worthless.”
Even though the crash out sounds like he guy just doesn’t like the Mike Shinoda or Emily Armstrong band, he clarified in the broadcast that it was more about the show’s potential impact on that game itself. Having sucha huge act perform before a game and not during a halftime of some sorts or at the end could serve as a distraction for the players on the field, he complained.
But I don’t tink you call a show garbage just on those merits. “Garbage” implies it’s something that should be discarded and tossed away and I think there’s a bit of truth in that for van Basten. He’s definitely a ride or die Chester Bennington fan and that’s just going to exist in my newly formed soccer head canon.
If you’d like to make a determination of their live show, you can catch Linkin Park at any of the shows listed below.
Linkin Park Tour Dates
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
