Linkin Park to rock Bucharest tomorrow night

Newsroom 05/06/2012 | 12:08

American band LinkinPark, a hybrid rock, hip hop, electronic music band fromCalifornia, will be performing for the first time inRomaniaon June 6 at Romexpo, in Bucharest.

The band, which has spawned hits such as Numb, One Step Closer, The Catalyst, New Divide, is made up of Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Brad Delson, Phoenix, Joe Hahn, Rob Bourdon.

Linkin Park’s first album, Hybrid Theory, sold in 10 million copies and went platinum in various countries while their seconf album, A Thousand Suns, went straight to 1st place in the Billboard Top 200 Chart.

The six-piece is currently working on a new studio album called Living Things that will be launched this summer, on June 26, and which will see a return to their initial sound. ”It will be a lot more familiar to people than A Thousand Suns, said vocalist Chester Bennington. Burn It Down, the first single off the album, has already been launched.

“Linkin Park are not just playing for the first time in Romania, but also in the Balkans, which makes us believe we will have numerous fans from neighboring countries,” said Sorina Burlacu, general manager of promoter Events.

Linkin Park will go on stage at 20.15. The opening acts are: PhenomenOn, starting 17.50, Coma, from 18.25 and Zdob si Zdub, at 19.00.

Tickets can still be purchased online at www.eventim.ro or in the Eventim network which comprises Germanos, Vodafone, Orange, Domo stores, Humanitas and Carturesti book stores.

Ticket prices will be RON 130 (lawn B), RON 200 (lawn A), RON 270 (Golden Ring) and RON 360 (VIP Tribune). Due to the number of requests for Golden Ring tickets, the organizers are giving an extra 200 tickets in this zone.