New Linkin Park vocalist Emily Armstrong has shared a new tweak to an existing tattoo – now incorporating a classic song title by the band.
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In an Instagram Story earlier this week (December 18), Armstrong showed off the newly-updated tattoo on her upper left arm.
Per Loudwire, it previously read as “THE END” but is now accompanied by “IN”, forming the title to the band’s 2000 smash-hit single ‘In The End’. Fans have since circulated the snap on social media.
Armstrong was unveiled in September as the band’s new vocalist, taking over the role previously occupied by the late Chester Bennington, who died in 2017.
Their surprise return saw them perform a new song, ‘The Emptiness Machine’, a few Linkin Park classics, and announce a new album ‘From Zero’ along with a short supporting world tour with six shows across the globe. ‘From Zero’ was released on November 15.
Last month, band co-founder Mike Shinoda opened up about the band’s decision to bring on Armstrong (formerly of Dead Sara) in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Alt 98.7, acknowledging how some fans were upset that the ‘Numb’ hitmakers didn’t find a singer with a similar voice to the late frontman Chester Bennington.
Linkin Park with new members Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain. Credit: James Minchin III
“We just want Emily to be Emily,” Shinoda said. “The songs are the songs. Emily is Emily… There was a time early on, like 2020-ish, 2019, whatever — like, I remembered I was watching videos… I think a video of a cover band, a Linkin Park cover band, showed up in my feed. Fans were loving it. They were all like, ‘Oh my God, this person’s so good. They sound so much like Chester.’”
Shinoda previously opened up about how it feels to be part of the band in 2024, as well as the “culture” between the members.
“The dynamic of everybody in the band, but especially those of us that have the most history together, the dynamic is so good. It’s really good. To me, it’s easily the best culture we’ve had,” he began on the From Zero podcast, going on to clarify how that wasn’t a jab at any former members.
The band recently released their eighth studio album ‘From Zero’. The LP was given a three-star review by NME, who described the record as having “an intriguing mix of sensational, knockout stadium rock and some perplexingly tired songwriting”.
In other news, Linkin Park recently announced details of a massive world tour for 2025, which includes a stop at London’s Wembley Stadium.
The shows come as an extension of the ongoing ‘From Zero’ tour and will commence at the beginning of next year, hitting stadiums and arenas across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Just one UK show is lined up, taking place at London’s Wembley Stadium on June 28, and other European dates include stops in Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Hannover, Arnhem and more.
Special guests for the extensive run of shows will be Queens of the Stone Age, Spiritbox, AFI, Architects, Grandson, Jean Dawson, JPEGMAFIA, and PVRIS. Visit here to buy UK tickets, and here for international tickets.
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