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....