NEW YORK — Linkin Park is back with a new lineup and debuting its first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington.
On Thursday, the band kicked off a livestream that introduced new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who joined returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn. Shinoda and Armstrong will share vocal duties. The new lineup released a single, “The Emptiness Machine,” and announced a new album, “From Zero.” It’s due out Nov. 15.
The rap-rock band was one of the most commercially successful acts of the 2000s, helped along by Bennington’s vocals. At age 41, he committed suicide shortly after the release of the group’s final album, “One More Light.” In the years since, Linkin Park has released a number of reissues, including 20th anniversary editions of “Hybrid Theory,” “Meteora” and, this year, the career-long greatest-hits collection, “Papercuts.”
“Before Linkin Park, our band’s first name was Xero. The title of this album references both this humble beginning and the journey we are currently on,” Shinoda said in a statement announcing the upcoming release.
Armstrong hails from the alternative rock band Dead Sara and Brittain is a songwriter and producer who has worked with Papa Roach, One OK Rock and All Time Low, among others. He replaces original drummer Rob Bourdon, who “has decided to step away,” a representative for the band told The Associated Press.
“The more we work with Emily and Colin, the more we enjoy their world-class talent, their company, and the things we create,” Shinoda said. “We feel truly empowered by this new lineup and the vibrant, energetic new music we’ve created together. We’re weaving together the sonic touchpoints we’re known for and continuing to explore new ones.”
The band also announced the “From Zero World Tour,” which includes five stadium shows in Los Angeles, New York, Hamburg, Germany, London and Seoul this month, and a sixth in November in Bogotá, Colombia.
1. From scratch
2. The vacuum machine
3. Cut the bridge
4. Heavy is the crown
5. One on top of the other
6. Accident
7. Overflow
8. Two faces
9. Spotted
10. RECOGNITION
11. Good things happen
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