With six members, it's easy for Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon to sometimes get lost in the shuffle. But on the band's new "Road To Revolution" CD/DVD, the musician gets his chance to shine. During the set closing "Bleed It Out," Bourdon shows his skills during a drum solo. The modest musician says, quote, "On this tour cycle, my bandmates forced me to do a drum solo. I was never really into doing drum solos, never planned them, never really practiced doing them and one night.....Brad [guitarist Delson] just looked at me and kind of set it up then wouldn't continue playing a song until I did a drum solo." The drummer says the solo falls in line with the consistent theme of their recent shows to keep things spontaneous and just going for it. Mike Shinoda says he's thrilled to have Bourdon break out on drums, and that it takes him back to the pre-Linkin Park days when he would just go watch the drummer perform because he liked his style. Shinoda says, quote, "I've always loved the way he plays and it was in the back of my head that I would love to see Rob do drum solos and I think we all felt the same way." Bourdon and his Linkin Park bandmates shine on the "Road To Revolution" package, due November 25th.

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Billboard:

Linkin Park is planning what singer Chester Bennington calls "a concept record" for its fourth album, which the group will start recording in early November and be ensconced in making by the time its new live album, "Road to Revolution," rolls out Nov. 25.

Bennington is mum on details -- "I'm not sure I'm allowed to say what the big plan is," he notes -- but tells Billboard.com that Linkin Park "never envisioned ourselves doing a concept record, but we see an opportunity to do something really cool so we jumped on it, and we'll see how it comes out. I think it's a challenge and we'll see if we can rise to the occasion."

The singer says Linkin Park has already started writing music for the follow-up to last year's "Minutes to Midnight," which has been a different process as well. "If we're writing a song with a specific purpose you're allowed to step out of the realms of commercialism a little bit," he explains. "You don't want to dilute that purpose with something that doesn't have anything to do with it, which is really interesting."

While Linkin Park is starting the new album, Bennington will be putting the finishing touches on his first solo album, which he's been recording with producer Howard Benson and hopes to have out next spring or summer. "I'll probably be finished in the next couple months," reports Bennington, who describes the set as "a lot more straightforward rock, with a little bit of an electronic element to it, lots of keys and snyths and stuff like that. And there are a few elements where I think you'll be able to see what my influence on (Linkin Park) is."

Bennington also hopes "to do as much touring as possible" to promote the solo album but adds that he's wary of "putting myself in a situation where I can't finish the Linkin Park record because I'm supposed to be on a tour. It's a really delicate kind of balancing act I'm gonna try to pull off here."

Linkin Park's "Road to Revolution," meanwhile, is an 18-track CD/DVD package recorded at a June concert in England. Jay-Z appears on two tracks ("Jigga What/Faint" and "Numb/Encore"); the set also includes Linkin Park's current single, "Leave Out All the Rest," which has been adapted for an episode of CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" that will air on Nov. 6.

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Linkin Park will be releasing their new live CD/DVD, Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes, on November 25th. You can check out "Leave Out All The Rest" from the DVD now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac50sxRaTZM!

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The winning title of the DVD/CD package, due out November 25th, is "ROAD TO REVOLUTION." Thanks to all the fans who submitted names and voted, and a special thanks to LPASIANOTTER who submitted the title. Below is the track-listing of the CD/DVD filmed and recorded live at Milton Keynes, UK. Keep checking back here and LinkinPark.com for more details and secret info.

Track listing:

One Step Closer
From The Inside
No More Sorrow
Given Up
Lying From You
Hands Held High
Leave Out All the Rest
Numb
The Little Things Give You Away
Breaking the Habit
Shadow of the Day
Crawling
In the End
Pushing Me Away
What I've Done
Numb/Encore (featuring Jay-Z)
Jigga What/Faint (featuring Jay-Z)
Bleed It Out

-LP Myspace

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Found these pictures from an old photo shoot.

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Linkin Park needs your help to pick the name of their new live CD/DVD! After reading through all the suggestions from fans, the band has narrowed it down to their five favorite titles! Head over to LinkinPark.com right now to vote on your favorite!

The final five are:
Linkin Park: Midnight In Milton Keynes
Sunset Revolution: Linkin Park Live In The UK
Road To Revolution: Linkin Park Live
Revolution In The Iron City: Linkin Park Live
Revolution in the UK: Linkin Park Live

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Linkin Park has been forced to cancel their upcoming Music For Relief Concerts in Mainland China, Macau and Taipei as lead vocalist Chester Bennington has sustained a back injury and is under doctor's orders to refrain from traveling or any physical activities. Linkin Park sincerely regrets this unavoidable cancellation and apologizes to fans for any disappointment caused. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.

The concerts were organized as fundraisers to benefit Sichuan, an area ravaged by a devastating earthquake this past May. However, thanks to generous donations from concert promoter Emma Ticketmaster and Linkin Park, funds will still be contributed to the band's nonprofit organization, Music for Relief, and matched by the World Bank. These funds will benefit post-earthquake reconstruction projects in the Sichuan Province initiated by Chinese Civil Society Organizations.

The cancelled shows are as follows:
Oct. 12 - Shanghai, China - Shanghai Stadium
Oct. 15 - Wuhan, China - Xinhua Stadium
Oct. 17 - Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei Soccer Stadium
Oct. 19 - Beijing, China - Beijing Workers Stadium
Oct. 21 - Macau, China Cotai Arena - The Venetian



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Mike posted on the Linkin Park boards about a new live dvd/cd with the Milton Keynes show from PR UK. He is asking that us fans name it. So go over and check it out!

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Linkin Park has been forced to cancel tonight's concert at the The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, as lead vocalist Chester Bennington has sustained a back injury and is under doctor's orders to rest. Linkin Park sincerely regrets this unavoidable cancellation and apologizes to fans for any disappointment caused.

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Here's the full track list for the "Twilight" soundtrack, according to Chop Shop/ Atlantic:

Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole"
Paramore - "Decode"
The Black Ghosts - "Full Moon"
Linkin Park - "Leave Out All the Rest"
MuteMath - "Spotlight" ("Twilight" mix)
Perry Farrell - "Going All the Way (Into the Twilight)"
Collective Soul - "Tremble for My Beloved"
Paramore - "I Caught Myself "
Blue Foundation - "Eyes on Fire"
Rob Pattinson - "Never Think"
Iron & Wine - "Flightless Bird, American

Twilight comes to theaters in the US November 21, and the soundtrack November 4.

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You can vote for Hybrid Theory to be best Rock album of 2,000 to present here. They don't have many votes so head over and give them some!

YOU can help Linkin Park win their EMA's! Vote now for Headliner and Rock Out!!

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