Linkin Park News

Linkin Park, Nickelback top decade's rock charts

Dec 18, 2009 3:00 pm PST

Linkin Park's trademark anthemic hooks came to represent a core sound in rock music in the 2000s, so it's no surprise that the band ranks as the top act of the decade on Billboard's Rock Songs and Alternative Songs decade-end t...

Linkin Park frontman resurfaces with side project

Oct 4, 2009 3:00 pm PDT

As the lead singer of the multimillion-selling band Linkin Park, Chester Bennington helped define the rap-metal sound of the early '90s. But as his career was ascending, his life was falling apart: Bennington was heavily involved in dr...

Linkin Park crosses "New Divide" for "Transformers"

May 22, 2009 4:00 pm PDT

Hard at work on its fourth album, rock band Linkin Park has kept busy on a number of other fronts as well, among them its first movie soundtrack. In addition to the group's contributions to the new "Transformers" film, some of its mem...

Linkin Park cancels China tour over back injury

Oct 8, 2008 6:00 am PDT

Linkin Park is canceling its China tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has suffered a back injury. The band didn't say Tuesday how Bennington suffered the injury. A statement posted on Linkin Park's official Web site said the ban...

Rock titles drive revolution in games

Jul 25, 2008 2:00 pm PDT

Record first-half sales of video and computer games got a big boost from Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto IV" and Activision's "Guitar Hero III." Previewed at the E3 game industry conference July 16-18 in Los Angeles, music g...