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From a press release today:

LINKIN PARK TO BRING DOWN THE HOUSE AT BLIZZCON® 2015

Grammy Award–winning alt-rock band to close out Blizzard Entertainment’s sold-out gaming convention November 7

Watch the concert LIVE online with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket

IRVINE, Calif . – October 20 , 2015 – Whether you’re geeking out on the show floor at BlizzCon® or tuning in from home, this is a performance you won’t want to miss. Blizzard Entertainment today announced that Linkin Park will be taking the stage on Saturday, November 7, to provide an epic send-off for everyone attending this year’s BlizzCon or watching from home. While tickets to Blizzard’s two-day gaming convention are sold out, players and Linkin Park fans around the world can still watch the show live with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket.

Over the course of Linkin Park’s genre-defying career, the Grammy Award–winning band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and is the biggest band on Facebook with over 63 million fans and counting. They also made Internet history by becoming the first rock band to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. This week, Linkin Park is celebrating the 15th anniversary of their smash debut album, Hybrid Theory. They’re currently in the studio working on their seventh studio album.

“We’re beyond excited to welcome SoCal natives Linkin Park to close out BlizzCon with a bang on Saturday night,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We can’t think of a better way to bring two full days of gaming and action-packed eSports matches to an epic conclusion than with a band that’ll carry the weekend’s electricity through to the very end.”

“Playing BlizzCon will be one hell of a first for us,” said Chester Bennington, lead vocalist of Linkin Park. “We’re looking forward to giving all the gamers out there a killer rock show.”

BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities that bring Blizzard’s games to life. Taking over the Anaheim Convention Center November 6 and 7, this year’s show is brimming with discussion panels of all sorts, eSports tournaments, contests, hands-on play time with the latest Blizzard Entertainment games, and much more.

Though tickets to the convention sold out rapidly, viewers at home can still join the excitement by ordering the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket ($39.99 USD), which offers comprehensive live online coverage of both days of the event—including the community contests hosted by Wil Wheaton on Friday evening and Linkin Park’s performance on Saturday night.

In addition to the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, DIRECTV customers in the United States have the option to watch the show from home by ordering the BlizzCon 2015 Pay Per View event, priced at $39.99 USD (includes access to the Virtual Ticket online stream). Ordering information will be available in the near future.

As the countdown to BlizzCon continues, further details about the show will be announced at www.blizzcon.com.

Source: http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/blog/19928359/linkin-park-live-at-blizzcon®-2015-10-20-2015

Previous artists/bands to perform at BlizzCon:

2005: The Offspring
2007: Video Games Live
2008: Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain
2009: Ozzy Osbourne
2010: Tenacious D
2011: Foo Fighters
2013: Blink 182
2014: Metallica

 

[RipperGrim]

Saw it on Twitter, thought it was cool.

https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/656516478859014144

 

[Blablurn]

FUCK YES

I was hoping for that

YES

 

[Nirolak]

Timely as always.

 

[Yoshichan]

I can live with this, but in the end it doesn't even matter.

I put my trust, in you the creator of the Blizzcon OT, hopefully he can push the thread as far as it can go.

 

[Dead Prince]

inb4 meme picture.

 

[strafer]

Good album

 

[Toa TAK]

I can live with this, but in the end it doesn't even matter.

I put my trust, in you (the creator of the Blizzcon OT), hopefully he can push the thread as far as it can go.

Just stop.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Blizzcon will be crawling in my skin soon.

 

[RedAssedApe]

was hoping for nickleback

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

12, 13 years ago that'd have been exciting.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

oh god lmao

 

[BaronMonstro]

If my mother was an attendee she'd be overjoyed.

 

[SRTtoZ]

Haven't heard them live since I went to Bamboozle back in like 07 or some shit.

 

[5taquitos]

This announcement has me numb.

 

[hawk2025]

Yeesh.

 

[Syf]

Indifferent to this, and I'm attending. How do they even sound these days? Could be good, could be meh.

 

[sturgboski]

Limp Bizkit for 2016.

/s

 

[Warxard]

This news has me crawling in my skin

 

[Akai__]

Cool. Linkin Park is still pretty good.

 

[Nokterian]

Meh never really cared about them just going to watch the panels and such that's it.

 

[kamineko]

Wonder if there will be some limited-run color vinyl for sale

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Man I remember I was so hyped for Meteora back in the days =D Didn't really like most of their stuff after that, but the first two transformer songs were pretty catchy.

Just stop.

Would you say it puts you one step closer to the edge?

 

[Dog Problems]

Indifferent to this, and I'm attending. How do they even sound these days? Could be good, could be meh.

The last time I heard them it sounded like generic radio rock. It seemed like they got rid of a lot of the rap elements. I'm basing this on random songs I've heard while in a store or something.

 

[NoKisum]

Fort Minor composing the soundtrack for Overwatch confirmed?

 

[5taquitos]

I'm about to break my keyboard in excitement.

 

[Interfectum]

Limp Bizkit for 2016.

/s

Top picks for 2016:

- Godsmack
- KoRn
- Staind

 

[Aaron D.]

No Methods of Mayhem?

Boo.

 

[red731]

IT'S GOIN DOWN!

 

[Haruko]

A Thousand Suns > The Hunting Party > Hybrid Theory = Living Things > Meteora > Minutes To Midnight

come at me

Spoiler

i enjoy them all

 

[labx]

I will feel like this after knowing that there is not going to be a D3 expansion.

 

[Kysen]

what year is it?

 

[meanspartan]

If you were a middle schooler in the early 2000s, chances are you fucking loved Linkin Park. I know I did.

Meteora is still one of my favorite albums of all time even though I know it is not on the quality level of the actual greatest albums of all time haha.

 

[PAULINK]

they're pretty good live.

 

[Sealtest]

I'm happy, expected them eventually. Will be alot better then Blink 182.

Let's hope they try Given up, Love that scream.

 

[The Last One]

HOLY SHIT!!!!

My favorite band.

 

[L Thammy]

System of a Down coming to PAX

 

[Interfectum]

System of a Down coming to PAX

Powerman 5000 hitting up PAX East.

 

[RipperGrim]

Tenacious D were headliners for Blizzcon? Wow that's really odd.

Indifferent to this, and I'm attending. How do they even sound these days? Could be good, could be meh.

They are pretty awesome live, they know how to entertain a crowd.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Man I remember I was so hyped for Meteora back in the days =D Didn't really like most of their stuff after that, but the first two transformer songs were pretty catchy.

I remember loving meteora, hated pretty much everything since, especially that shitty Trasnformers 3 song. Hybrid Theory was better though.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Hey Jimmy Eat World are awesome thank you.

 

[GusZamboni]

Good album

you misspelled "the only good album"

 

[mrtoaster]

They are quite meh nowadays.

Hybrid Theory and Meteora were great albums.

The last time I heard them it sounded like generic radio rock. It seemed like they got rid of a lot of the rap elements. I'm basing this on random songs I've heard while in a store or something.

 

[Kezen]

The first album wasn't that bad.

 

[Strakt]

Linkin Park's new stuff is pretty awesome and different. I like how a lot of people still think they make songs like "In the End" or "Numb".

 

[Toa TAK]

Would you say it puts you one step closer to the edge?

I've become so numb to this crap.

 

[Manu]

I love it when people pretend Linkin Park is not relevant anymore.

 

[Nokterian]

People have spoken Wu Tang Clan needs to be there.

 

[Whompa02]

Why does Blizzard always bounce between relevant and embarrassing 90s aesthetic/sensibilities?

 

[Crayolan]

No Jonas Brothers option in the poll? Come on mods.