17. September 2015
Returning to the UK after a ten year hiatus, Fort Minor’s sole member and Linkin Park creative force Mike Shinoda was quick to make up for lost time as he burst into Petrified and In Stereo. In an age where bands break up and reform in months, it’s no surprise that the Minor faithful had sold out the show when this intimate return was announced. From the off its clear many had been waiting a long time for this night, singing along and shouting out to their hero, it was hard to tell who was...
15. September 2015
Laptop screens facing the crowd, there are no secrets about tonight’s gig. Returning to the UK for the first time in 10 years, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has brought his Fort Minor side project to London’s Scala for an intimate one-off show and it feels as special as advertised. Taking to the stage via juddering rumbles and enthusiastic chants of his name – sadly not to the tune of The Knack’s ‘My Sharona’ – Mike is an effortless host from the off. The shotgun openers of...
10. September 2015
“People forget what it was like in 2000 to come out with this band,” reflects Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park’s origins. “Back then people listened to a style but now, you cant even pull one genre from another. Everything’s so mixed and that’s exciting,” he exclaims. “The most exciting music out right now is stuff that’s above genre.“ Linkin Park are currently winding down the album cycle for ‘The Hunting Party‘ before disappearing into the studio to work on album seven....
24. August 2015
Summer is almost over to give way to autumn and in these days of absence appeared much news and I wanted to enclose them all in this post below. Brad created a video tutorial which teaches how to play the solo of "A Line In The Sand", the last track of The Hunting Party.
28. July 2015
Less than a month for the return of Linkin Park in Europe, but sorprises never ends. To Fort Minor's european fans, Mike decided to export his "one man show" also on the old continent. There will be 2 dates: 26 August 2015 at Pumpehuset, Copenaghen 2 September 2015 at Kesselhaus & Maschinenhaus (Kulturbrauerei), Berlin A full eight years after the last performance of Linkin Park (which dates back to 2007), Copenhagen finally sees the return of Mike Shinoda on the stage, the same stage on...
27. July 2015
After a long break Fort Minor COME BACK,in this time Mike was concentrated with Linkin Park which has produced three albums: "A Thousands Suns", "Living Things" and "The Hunting Party" and a lots of music videos, has decided to return to his side project. As evidence of this fact "Welcome", the new single recently released, is the proof. Mike commented the song in this way: "Welcome" is an underdog song, an outsider's song. Fort Minor has Always Been my outside outlets only as a musician and...