Original photo credit: @radnomadvisuals on Instagram Oregon hasn't had many visits from Linkin Park, they haven't even had any shows that weren't in Portland. Only four shows so far has taken place in the state in the band's live career, and the last stop the band made was all the way back in 2004! As for the first two shows, we have no setlist, but the first one taking place in 2000, part of the 'Ridin' High Tour', presumably had the same setlist consisting of all the songs from Hybrid Theory except for 'Pushing Me Away', 'Crawling', and 'Cure for the Itch'. As for the second show, at the start of 2001, while we do not have the setlist for that specific show, it did take place immediately after the show in Seattle, Washington, which we do have a setlist for. At the Seattle show, 'Pushing Me Away' and 'High Voltage'[/B] were both played live for the first time, so it's safe to assume that they were part of the set in Portland as well. We don't have any recording of either of these shows, but we do have a proshot recording from just two shows later in 2001, when the band performed in San Fransisco at The Fillmore. Later in the year Portland got show number three. Towards the end of 2001 the 'Family Values' tour made its second to last stop in Portland, Oregon. At this show Linkin Park played their normal setlist for this tour, most of Hybrid Theory except for 'Forgotten' and 'Cure for the Itch', 'Step Up' was added, and they threw in a short cover of Guns N' Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. At this show the band also pulled up some audience members on stage to have fun with the band. We don't have video of this, but there is a full audio recording of the full show you can listen to here below. Linkin Park also played in Portland in 2004 and for twenty one years it was their final show in the city, but that will now finally change. The band finally took the Meteora touring cycle to Portland when they stopped by on their Meteora World Tour about halfway through the tours run. With it being the Meteora World Tour, there are some great live versions of Meteora songs in the set that have been long lost. Songs like 'Don't Stay' and 'Nobody's Listening', and don't forget non-album songs like 'It's Goin' Down', "P5hng Me A*wy", and 'My December'. It sure seems like a good show to attend at that time. While there is a bad audio only non-complete recording of the Portland show, if that doesn't fulfill your 2004 era Linkin Park live lust, you can check out the recording from Long Beach, California, recorded just 8 days earlier. Last time, on the From Zero World Tour. Sacramento hosted the band for a show, and the band were their goofy selves as always. For the start of 'In the End' the band was goofing around about who should play the intro, and I gotta just say, they did not nail it . Emily took it on and seemed to get lost halfway through, abandoning it and leaving Mike to have to count the band in for the start. This was also a rare occurrence of Mike playing guitar for the bridge and end of the song, he used to do it more on previous album cycles, but has only done it at the September 5 comeback show, and at this show. In terms of what got played and what didn't, 'Up From the Bottom' was moved to in between 'Lying From You' and 'New Divide', much earlier than its established spot in the setlist, with 'Stained' now taking that spot. 'LIES GREED MISERY' was played again after being absent for a few shows, rotating out 'CASTLE OF GLASS' like always, while it really should be rotating with 'BURN IT DOWN' instead. For his random verse over the solo medley, Mike did the second verse of 'When They Come for Me'. 'Casualty' took the heavy rotation spot before 'One Step Closer'. 'Over Each Other' was played in the spot that 'Unshatter' had occupied for the two shows before, between 'Lost' and 'What I've Done'. 'A Place for My Head' took the last rotating spot, a slot it occupies and rotates with 'Keys to the Kingdom', 'From the Inside', and 'Let You Fade'. 'Heavy Is the Crown' and 'Bleed it Out' closed the main set, with verse one of 'There They Go' being rapped by Mike over the bridge of 'Bleed It Out', which means that the encore consisted of 'Papercut', 'In the End' and 'Faint'. So here we are, 6 albums and twenty one years later, Portland finally gets a new show. After all this time, what do we think will happen? The band has been playing with the setlists a lot more at the recent shows than earlier in the tour, throwing in songs from other sets, the rotation of 'CASTLE OF GLASS' and 'LIES GREED MISERY', whether 'Heavy Is the Crown' and 'Bleed It Out' will close the main set or the encore, and who will play the intro to 'In the End'. 'Unshatter' also got its live debut a few shows ago, and it's currently being rotated in and out. This is the third to last show on the second US leg of the second year of the From Zero World Tour, do we expect the band to pull out any surprises? Or is the band too exhausted at this point and just want to get through the show? They have been touring pretty hard this entire year and are probably looking forward to some off time at this point. With livestreaming becoming more accessible than ever, fans at home have been able to watch shows on social media via YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram livestreams from attendees. While we are not asking our readers to livestream the show, if anyone reading this finds a stream or is streaming it themselves, let us know so we can watch along with you! Will you be attending this show tonight? Visit our official LPA Meetup Thread if so and let others know! 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Upcoming Shows: September 21: Vancouver, BC September 24: Seattle, WA -------------------------------------- SETLIST: - ACT 1 (Inception Intro B) - 01: Somewhere I Belong 02: Points of Authority 03: Up from the Bottom 04: Crawling 05: The Emptiness Machine - with From Zero (Intro) - ACT 2 (Creation Intro B) - 06: The Catalyst - Shortened (no third chorus; no breakdown) 07: BURN IT DOWN 08: Unshatter 09: Where'd You Go - Shortened (intro, first verse, and first chorus only) 10: Waiting for the End - 2024 intro 11: CASTLE OF GLASS 12: Two Faced 13: Joe Solo - with Colin 14: Mike Solo Medley - "When They Come for Me", "Wastelands" verse 1, & "Remember the Name" mashup; with Colin 15: Keys to the Kingdom 16: One Step Closer - 2024 intro & outro - ACT 3 (Collapse Transition) - 17: Lost - Hybrid version 18: Stained 19: What I've Done - ACT 4 (Kintsugi Transition) - 20: Overflow 21: Numb - "Numb / Encore" intro 22: Let You Fade 23: In the End 24: Faint - Extended outro - ACT 5 - Encore (Resolution Intro B) - 25: Papercut - Extended intro 26: Heavy Is the Crown 27: Bleed It Out - Extended bridge with 'A Place for My Head' verse 1; extended outro
The fact that KTTK stays around even if infrequently does give me hope for the future and for the possible debut of the remaining outliers! I would go crazy for "Mark the Graves" live!
I definitely can see an outlier or two appear in 2026. Mark The Grave would be awesome, but if they're to debut a new old song, I'd put my bets on Powerless, for whatever random reason That said, Emily would nail the highs and finale of MTG so damn much.