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Mike Shinoda on Thinking ‘You Can’t Play Shows as Linkin Park Anymore’

Mike Shinoda is opening up about returning to the stage with Linkin Park seven years after the untimely death of frontman, Chester Bennington.

Linkin Park is heading back on tour with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong, and the band’s co-founder Mike Shinoda is opening up about returning to the stage with the group seven years after the untimely death of frontman, Chester Bennington. In an upcoming interview with The Zach Sang Show alongside Armstrong, Shinoda shared that getting back in the swing of Linkin Park has been “amazing,” despite his initial nervousness. He added that there were moments that were “stressful,” because he wanted to “set aside enough time for us to get this right,” continuing that with Armstong’s vocal talent, “We were changing keys on songs we played for 20 years.

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