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Nothing In The World Will Ever Cheer Up Linkin Park

Brian Raftery | May 24, 2007 4:10 am
Brian Raftery | May 24, 2007 4:10 am

Clearly, Chester Bennington’s frowny-face reputation can’t be erased, no matter how hard he tries; why else would the Hollywood Reporter’s photo editor pair the happy news with that picture in which the LP singer looks like an apoplectic five-year-old wailing for a juicebox? More »


Who Charted?: Linkin Park May Actually Be Happy About Something This Week

noah | May 23, 2007 3:05 am
noah | May 23, 2007 3:05 am

linkin.jpgLinkin Park’s Minutes To Midnight sold 623,000 copies this week, breaking the record for the highest first-week total of 2007 and entering the Billboard chart at No. 1. The album also moved 84,000 digital copies; that total set a record for the highest single-week digital albums tally, according to Billboard.biz. (See? Linkin Park fans aren’t just harassing Chester Bennington online!)

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Predicting The Madness For Linkin Park’s “Midnight”

noah | May 22, 2007 1:14 am
noah | May 22, 2007 1:14 am

The first-week sales figures for Linkin Park’s Minutes To Midnight will be revealed tomorrow, and despite middling reviews, there’s wide speculation that it’ll shatter the 2007 first-week-sales record set by Norah Jones’ Not Too Late, which moved 418,000 copies back in February. More »



Cyberstalker Gives Linkin Park Frontman Legitimate Reason To Complain About His Life

noah | May 16, 2007 5:35 am
noah | May 16, 2007 5:35 am

chesterrrr.jpgThe latest issue of Wired has a lengthy, utterly creeptastic story about Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, who was cyberstalked by an employee of Sandia National Laboratories–a federal nuclear-research facility–for more than a year, and how the woman who did it–changing passwords and sending out spoofed e-mails all along–found out how to access his personal information:

The stalking started after she saw Chester’s email address inadvertently CC’d in a mass mailing to promote a tattoo parlor he owned in Tempe. Using Chester’s birthday and zip code to access his Mac.com account, she started guessing passwords until she found the right one: his middle name, Charlie.

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Videodrone: Linkin Park Hasn’t Lost Its Ability To Leave Us Numb

Brian Raftery | May 14, 2007 11:20 am
Brian Raftery | May 14, 2007 11:20 am

Pay close attention to this Saturday Night Live performance by Linkin Park, because around the 50-second mark, you can actually witness the last sad death-moan of rap-rock: As the rest of the band members try to pretend that they’re not playing a fourth-tier 3 Doors Down song, the DJ throws in a… More »


Tomorrow’s New Releases Revealed Today

noah | May 14, 2007 5:15 am
noah | May 14, 2007 5:15 am

linkin.jpgWelcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at new releases hitting store shelves on Tuesday. Like it or not, the big album coming out tomorrow is Linkin Park’s 98% rap-free effort, Minutes to Midnight; after the jump, we give that album a once-over, along with new efforts from Wilco, Megadeth, Gretchen Wilson, and Rufus Wainwright.

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Liner Notes: Kelly Clarkson Will Not Remain Idle

Brian Raftery | May 8, 2007 2:05 am
Brian Raftery | May 8, 2007 2:05 am

– Despite vicious Internet rumors to the contrary, Kelly Clarkson’s new album will be out in July. [Billboard] – George Michael pleaded guilty today to charges of driving while on drugs. He also pleaded no contest to long-standing charges of reckless whispering. More »


Leak Of The Day, Part II: Linkin Park Is Done

Brian Raftery | April 2, 2007 1:52 am
Brian Raftery | April 2, 2007 1:52 am

Kevipod Music has an MP3 of “What I’ve Done,” the first single from Linkin Park’s forthcoming Minutes to Midnight. More »


When Slow News Days Turn Into Terrifying News Days

noah | November 15, 2006 5:20 am
noah | November 15, 2006 5:20 am

From Billboard. Yeah, we’re thinking it’s about time to call it an evening. Linkin Park Inspired By Prog Rock On New Album [Billboard] Earlier: The Ugliest Album Cover Of The Year: We May Have A… More »



Liner Notes: Jewel Continues Her Hoe-Down

noah | September 28, 2006 2:39 am
noah | September 28, 2006 2:39 am

– Jewel’s efforts to rebrand herself as a country singer keep going as she signs on to host the next season of Nashville Star. Try all you want, honey, but we’ll never get “Intuition” out of our head when we’re in Rite Aid’s razorblade aisle. More »


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