LINKIN PARK’S “ONE MORE LIGHT” DEBUTS #1
BAND’S SIXTH #1 ALBUM ON BILLBOARD 200
NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF ONE MORE LIGHT WORLD TOUR
KICKS OFF JULY 27TH
Photo credit: James Minchin
May 30, 2017 (Burbank, CA) – One More Light, the seventh studio album from rock outliers Linkin Park, debuts at #1, their sixth album with a #1 debut and the band’s 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200. The album launched with 111,000 equivalent units in the week ending May 25th.
“Topping the chart for the sixth time, Linkin Park joins a small group of rock bands that have done the same. Just nine bands in total have scored at least six No.1 albums: The Beatles (with 19), The Rolling Stones (nine), Led Zeppelin and U2 (both with seven), and Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Eagles, Linkin Park and Metallica (all with six each).” – Billboard
“Linkin Park are always pushing themselves and pushing us to break new fresh creative ground, and this album is certainly no exception,” said Dan McCarroll, President, Warner Bros. Records.
Linkin Park was everywhere during their album release week with a slew of buzz-worthy events. They kicked off the week with a pop-up performance in a New York subway on Good Morning America, then headed to LA to play the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where fans were treated to a seven-song set of new material and LP classics. The band then hit Vegas and hosted a One More Light worldwide listening party through all their social platforms, then headlined the sold-out opening night of CBS Radio’s “SPF 2017.” The week commenced with an Album Listening Party and a live performance at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank.
See Linkin Park live this summer on the One More Light World Tour, with special guests Machine Gun Kelly, Snoop Dogg, and ONE OK ROCK. And don’t miss their “Welcome to Blinkin Park” co-headline dates with Blink-182 (see itinerary for dates).
Every single full-priced ticket purchased for the tour includes a choice of a standard CD or standard digital copy of the One More Light album (a $10.99 value). Purchase the album here.
$1.00 from every full-priced ticket sold on the tour will benefit Music For Relief, the charity foundation Linkin Park founded in 2005 to aid survivors of natural disasters and environmental protection. For further info visit http://musicforrelief.org.
LINKIN PARK ONE MORE LIGHT WORLD TOUR
w/ special guest MACHINE GUN KELLY:
July 27 Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center *
Aug 1 Philadelphia, PA @ BB&T Pavilion *
Aug 2 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live *
Aug 5 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena *
Aug 7 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug 8 Toronto, ONT @ Budweiser Stage
Aug 10 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Aug 12 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center (w/o Machine Gun Kelly)
Aug 14 Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Aug 15 St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Aug 17 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
Aug 19 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Aug 20 West Palm Beach, FL @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre
Aug 22 Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Aug 23 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
Aug 25 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion
Aug 26 Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
Aug 28 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center Arena
Aug 30 Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Sept 1 Lake Tahoe, NW @ Lake Tahoe Harvey’s Outdoor Arena
Sept 2 Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
* Dates also with ONE OK ROCK
WITH SPECIAL GUEST SNOOP DOGG:
Oct 14 Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
Oct 15 Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Oct 17 Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center at Fresno State
Oct 18 San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
Oct 20 San Diego, CA @Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
Oct 22 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
“WELCOME TO BLINKIN PARK” w/ BLINK-182
July 28 Flushing, NY @ Citi Field
July 30 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
w/ special guest Machine Gun Kelly
Linkin Park is the biggest band on Facebook, and command a massive YouTube channel of over 3 billion plays and 7 million subscribers. Their first album, Hybrid Theory is the best-selling debut of this century, certified diamond (10 million) in the US. They have won 2 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 MTV VMA Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and 3 World Music Awards. They have sold out stadiums around the world, headlining some of the biggest music festivals including Download, Reading and Leeds in the UK, Rock in Rio in Portugal and Summer Sonic in Japan, as well as the distinction of being the first and only western rock band to play a 5 stadium tour in China. Their most recent tour was the band’s most successful World Tour to date – playing to over 1.5 million fans in 16 countries. In 2005, the band founded Music For Relief, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since its inception, MFR has raised over 9 million dollars for multiple victims across 4 continents, including Hurricane Katrina, China’s Wenchuan earthquake, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan in 2010, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
