Chester Bennington’s mom ‘repelled’ by Linkin Park performing with new singer

Chester Bennington’s mom ‘repelled’ by Linkin Park performing with new singer Show Caption Hide Caption Linkin Park recruits Emily Armstrong as new co-lead singer During a livestream, band members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and Joe Hahn announced they were reuniting after seven years. Cover Media Susan Eubanks, the mother of the late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, is speaking out against the band. In an interview with Rolling Stone published Thursday, Eubanks claimed the nu-metal band — specifically co-founder Mike Shinoda and DJ Joe Hahn — didn’t warn her they’d be recording and touring with a new performer, Emily Armstrong, who is filling in for Bennington’s vocals. “I found out about Emily Armstrong joining the band on Google,” Eubanks told the outlet. They didn’t let me know, and they probably knew that I (wasn’t) going to be very happy. Linkin Park has been performing with Shinoda and Armstrong’s joint vocal powers on the band’s From Zero World Tour, which kicked off at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on Sept. 11. Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and new drummer Colin Brittain round out the California-born group, which took a break after Bennington’s death in 2017. Emily Armstrong singing Chester Bennington’s songs ‘is hurtful,’ his mom says Armstrong, whose hiring was announced Sept. 5, was “owning every inch of the stage” during the two-hour, 27-song show, USA TODAY’s Bryan Alexander wrote in his review of the LA show. Armstrong led the vocals in Linkin Park classics “Crawling” and “Lying from You,” and in “Burn It Down,” she “smiled as if she had been performing the 2012 song forever.” They’re performing songs that Chester sang,” Eubanks told Rolling Stone. During the first show of the tour, Shinoda told the crowd that performing again is “not about erasing the past. Tour kickoff review, setlist: Emily Armstrong explodes in Los Angeles concert Chester Bennington’s mom says she felt ‘so repelled’ by Linkin Park revival Eubanks said she’d suspected Linkin Park might tour again, but she’d expected Shinoda to lead the vocals. “I thought Mike would go out and sing the songs, and they just wouldn’t sound the same,” she said. She described the negative reaction she had to their Sept. 5 livestreamed performance that introduced Armstrong: “It was her, I’m just going to say it, screeching her way through a very high note. Eubanks’ grandson, Jaime Bennington, has also spoken out against Linkin Park’s new direction on social media. It’s like making him go away, erasing the past.” For her part, Armstrong opened up about her mindset when it comes to singing Bennington’s music in an interview with Billboard published Sept. 5. “Going into these (older) songs, by a singular voice that’s beloved by so many people — it’s like, ‘How do I be myself in this, but also carry on the emotion and what he brought in this band?’ “It’s Chester’s voice, and it’s mine, but I want it to still feel the way I feel when I listen to the song because that’s what the fans love. This is the band’s first tour since 2017’s One More Light World Tour, which was cut short when Bennington died by suicide that July. Their first album since Bennington’s death, “From Zero,” releases Nov. 15. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/09/19/chester-bennington-mom-linkin-park-emily-armstrong/75282487007/