| Moscow, Russia, Red Square, Transformers 3 Premiere 23.06.2011 © 2011 Warner Bros. Records Inc., A Warner Music Group Company. Show Notes: This is the first time that Linkin Park has used pyro since 2004. At the beginning of the show, fireworks went off before 'New Divide' kicked in. Joe messed up a sample on the 'New Divide' intro. The band performed a new intro to 'New Divide' for the first time, which was an extended, sampled instrumental piece from the song. This was just the third time 'New Divide' opened a show - once before at the "A Thousand Suns" release show in New York City in 2010 and once in Detroit, MI in 2011. Russian fans participated in a flash mob during the show. Fans made signs saying "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Love" and held them up first during 'The Radiance' and then during 'Wisdom, Justice, & Love'. Linkin Park posted a picture on their Instagram after the show. 'One Step Closer' was on the setlist after 'Crawling' but was dropped for an unknown reason. Linkin Park posted a picture of the setlist on Instagram before the show that included the song. For the first time, LP played the remix version of 'Iridescent' live and labeled it the "Energy Up Version" on their setlist. During the bridge of 'Bleed It Out' Mike rapped verse 1 of 'A Place For My Head' followed by Chester singing the bridge. The band worked with Michael Bay to design a Transformers-themed stage. The show at the Red Square was free to anyone that wanted to attend. LP did several ... |
