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Linkin Park Says Snow And Shows Don't Mix

Yahoo! Music, Apr 24, 2003 12:00 pm PDT
(4/24/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Linkin Park cancelled its Projekt Revolution tour opener in Rochester, New York earlier this month (April 7) due to a snowstorm. Part of the rationale for deciding to postpone the date was the ordeal the band went through when traveling in a snowstorm during last year's Projekt Revolution tour.

Vocalist Mike Shinoda, drummer Rob Bourdon, and guitarist Brad Delson had been on a separate plane from the rest of the band trying to get to a headlining tour date in Washington D.C., last year. Bourdon said that they came close to canceling the show. "It was me Brad, and Mike that were stuck at the airport. And literally the show started," Bourdon said. "They were debating if they were going to start the show because we were stuck at the airport and there was a snowstorm coming in. That could have been a huge problem. We literally landed and got into the show probably like 15 minutes before we had to go on stage. It was really crazy. There was an arena full of people that had no idea we weren't even there yet, and we pulled it off."

Bourdon said that openers Cypress Hill had started their set before he, Shinoda, and Delson even left for Washington D.C., and all the other show openers had already finished before then.

Linkin Park recently had to postpone more dates due to singer Chester Bennington's throat ailment, but the tour is now back on track. Projekt Revolution hit Spokane, Washington on Wednesday (April 23).

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