Projekt Revolution
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| Projekt Revolution | |
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| Location(s) | United States, Europe |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| 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 different 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.
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[edit] History
[edit] Projekt Revolution 2002
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| 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 PR Tour, Linkin Park was supporting their debut album, Hybrid Theory. It was also one of the shortest of the PR Series.
- Main Stage
[edit] 2003
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| Tour by Linkin Park | ||
| Start date | April 9, 2003 | |
| End date | April 26, 2003 | |
| Shows | 16 | |
The 2003 Project Revolution Tour, was the Shortest of the Project Revolution Tour Series.
- Main Stage
[edit] 2004
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| Tour by Linkin Park | ||
| Start date | July 23, 2004 | |
| End date | September 5, 2004 | |
| Shows | 32 | |
The Project Revolution 2004 Tour's Stage has a big bit change. It was divided into the Main, and Revolution stages, While it's set stays connected. The 2004 PR Tour was the longest of the Project Revolution Tour series.
- Main Stage
- Revolution Stage
[edit] 2007
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| 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.
- Revolution Stage
[edit] 2008
This will be the first time the tour will also be 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. 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".
[edit] Europe
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| Tour by Linkin Park | ||
| Start date | June 21, 2008 | |
| End date | June 29, 2008 | |
| Shows | 4 | |
- June 21, 2008 - Reitstadion Riem, Munich, Germany
- June 28, 2008 - LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
- June 29, 2008 - National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
[edit] US
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| Start date | July 16, 2008 | |
| End date | August 24, 2008 | |
| Shows | 24 | |
- Main Stage[4]:
- Linkin Park
- Chris Cornell
- The Bravery
- Ashes Divide
- Street Drum Corps
- Busta Rhymes (left the tour - see controversy)
- Revolution Stage[4]:
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.
[edit] Controversy
In 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 altercation with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda.[5] 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.[6] 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ variety.com, Music: Linkin Park's hybrid theories, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
- ^ phoenixnewtimes.com, Rock Politics, Retrieved on July 26, 2007
- ^ Article
- ^ a b Billboard.com Article
- ^ http://www.lpassociation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28223
- ^ 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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