Projekt Revolution

Projekt Revolution
Location(s) United States 2002–2008, Europe 2008,2011
Years active 2002–2011
Genre Alternative rock
Alternative metal
Hip hop
Post-hardcore
Nu metal
Metalcore
Website http://www.projektrevolution.com/

Projekt Revolution is a music festival hosted by Linkin Park, bringing artists of various genres of music together. Linkin Park started Projekt Revolution in the year 2002 with just one stage. Then, in 2004, Linkin Park announced the Revolution Stage (Second Stage) where the smaller bands/artists would perform.

Contents

2002

Projekt Revolution 2002
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date January 29, 2002
End date February 24, 2002
Shows 19

2002 brought Linkin Park the idea to plan the Projekt Revolution Tour series, and the series began in that year. They thought it was Part Festival Tour, Part Concert Tour, Part National Tour. It is the first of the Projekt Revolution Tour Series. For this edition, Linkin Park was supporting their debut album, Hybrid Theory. It was also one of the shortest of the PR Series.

Setlist

2003

Projekt Revolution 2003
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date April 9, 2003
End date April 26, 2003
Shows 16

The 2003 Projekt Revolution Tour, was the shortest of the PR tour series until the 2011 edition. This marked the first of two Projekt Revolutions in support of Linkin Park's second album, Meteora.

Setlist

2004

Projekt Revolution 2004
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date July 23, 2004
End date September 5, 2004
Shows 32

The Projekt Revolution 2004 Tour's Stage has a big bit change. It was divided into the Main Stage and Revolution stages, while its set stays connected. The 2004 PR Tour was the longest of the Projekt Revolution Tour series. This was also Korn's last tour with original guitarist Brian Head Welch.

Setlist

2007

Projekt Revolution 2007
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date July 25, 2007
End date September 3, 2007
Shows 29

For 2007, Linkin Park decided to make the tour ostensibly "green" by donating $1 of every ticket to American Forests through their charity Music for Relief and using biodiesel on a majority of their buses, eliminating an estimated 350 tons of carbon emissions.[1] There were also informative booths that showed concert goers how to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.[2]

It was revealed in Revolver magazine that Muse was in the list of bands Linkin Park had picked but couldn't join Projekt Revolution as they had other commitments to deal with.

On August 22, 2007, MySpace.com streamed the concert live, allowing MySpace users to watch the concert for free from their performance at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. The event was hosted by Matt Pinfield.

Linkin Park sold their performance from the 2007 PR tour at the merchandise booth. Each CD came with a blank disc and a special code that allowed fans to download and burn that specific Linkin Park performance from the venue it was purchased at. The price of purchase for the CD was $11.00. It was sold at every venue except for Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY due to disagreements with the venue wanting a portion of the CD sales.

Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance was married backstage to LynZ, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence, after the final show on the tour

Setlist

2008

This was the first time the tour was also outside of North America. Their performance in Milton Keynes was announced months beforehand, which made it highly anticipated amongst fans waiting to attend. Jay-Z came out and performed a modified "Numb/Encore" and "Jigga What/Faint" with the band.[3] This show turned out to be the biggest capacity Projekt Revolution to date. Camera operators obtaining interviews revealed intentions for a DVD, which has been confirmed by Mike Shinoda to be a CD/DVD set on November 25, 2008. Shinoda posted on the band's online forum that anyone 18 or older can submit a title for the live CD/DVD which will later be turned into a poll for fans to vote for their favorite. Concerning the release date, Shinoda stated "we will be releasing it in a DVD/CD combo pack as soon as we can get it done".

Europe:

Projekt Revolution 2008 Europe
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date June 21, 2008
End date June 29, 2008
Shows 4

Setlist

Setlist

US:

Projekt Revolution 2008 North America
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date July 16, 2008
End date August 24, 2008
Shows 24

Linkin Park changed the set-lists up a little bit, giving new intros and outros to a few songs and playing "We Made It" every show, until Busta Rhymes left the tour. Chris Cornell also collaborated with the band by singing on "Crawling". Also Chester Bennington performed "Hunger Strike" with Cornell. Street Drum Corps also performed a few songs with the band. On the two dates in Ohio, local band State Your Cause was asked to open the Revolution Stage.

Controversy during 2008 Tour

During the Projekt Revolution Tour of 2008, Busta Rhymes was announced to have left the tour after only eleven days due to "complicated business matters", amidst rumors he had been removed from the lineup after an alleged backstage confronation with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda.[6] Shinoda later posted on his blog that he and the rest of his band were disappointed to see Rhymes leave, implying that the rumour was false.[7] Busta actually left the tour due to an argument with his now former label Interscope Records. Since he left the label, he no longer had support to be on the tour.

2011

Projekt Revolution 2011
Tour by Linkin Park
Start date June 16, 2011
End date June 25, 2011
Shows 4

This was the shortest Projekt Revolution to date, with only four shows in Europe.

See also

References

  1. ^ variety.com, Music: Linkin Park's hybrid theories, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
  2. ^ phoenixnewtimes.com, Rock Politics, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
  3. ^ Zfat, Natalie. "Jay-Z Joins Linkin Park On Stage for Encore Jam". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/02/22/jay-z-joins-linkin-park-on-stage-for-encore-jam/. Retrieved February 22, 2008. 
  4. ^ Article
  5. ^ a b Billboard.com Article
  6. ^ http://www.lpassociation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28223
  7. ^ http://www.mikeshinoda.com/blog/Linkin_Park/busta_leaving_projekt_revolution

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/linkin-park-chester-2117810-bennington-projekt.

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