Kamis, 22 September 2011

Linkin Park Mengguncang Jakarta


JAKARTA, — Linkin Park, kelompok Nu metal asal California, Amerika Serikat, menggoyang ribuan penggemarnya dengan menggelar konser di Stadion Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Rabu (21/9/2011) malam.


Konser tersebut merupakan rangkaian A Thousand Suns World Tour 2011.
Personel Linkin Park tiba di Jakarta pada Rabu petang, setelah sebelumnya menggelar konser di Taiwan.
Dari Bandara Halim Perdana Kusuma, mereka langsung menuju ke Stadion Gelora Bung Karno.
Mike Shinoda, salah satu personel Linkin Park, dalam wawancara sebelum pentas, merasa senang dapat kembali konser di Jakarta, setelah tahun 2004 lalu.
Sebelum melakukan konser, Rob Bourdon sempat diinterview oleh Jakarta Globe. Berikut adalah kutipan interviewnya :


In an interview before the show, drummer Rob Bourdon said the band always tried to pick songs that they thought would do justice to each album in its live shows. He added that the band took note of fan reactions and concert reviews after each show and tour. 


“We have a few different set lists that we alternate each night, so each night we will play something different,” he said. “There are certain songs that we’ve been playing for over 10 years, but on a certain night, you can just be in the moment and really enjoy the song.” 


If they ever start to feel bored playing certain hits, Bourdon said all they needed to do was look out at the audience and feed off the fans’ enthusiasm for the music. 


“When you see them, it’s really hard not to be excited about it,” he said. Bourdon said the band always looked forward to playing in places like Jakarta, where audiences do not get to see a lot of international performers. 


He said touring was always about finding a balance between performing and mixing music in the studio. The band is already working on new material for its fifth album. Bourdon added that the band was always writing something to keep the creative juices flowing. 


He said the process of recording 2006’s “Minutes to Midnight” had brought the band to a new creative level, one that involved all of the members writing and sharing ideas and material. 


“ ‘Minutes to Midnight’ is the first time we kinda broke down the box, the walls and the rules, but we had a lot of struggle to do that,” Bourdon said. 


He said the band’s latest album, “A Thousand Suns,” captured this newfound synergy between the members. Bourdon also thanked producer Mike Rubin for his input on the new album. 


By trying to balance the expectations of both old and new fans, Bourdon said Linkin Park was experiencing an artistic revolution as they challenged themselves to create something new. “[But] we are still the same band that made ‘Hybrid Theory’ and ‘Meteora,’ ” he said. 


After heading home from the lengthy world tour, the members of Linkin Park will have a few weeks to relax before their next show in Florida in October. After that, the band plans to get back into the studio to work on the new album.




Meski konser tunggal ini baru dimulai pukul 20.30, tetapi lebih dari 10.000 fans Linkin Park terpuaskan oleh penampilan Chester Benington dan kawan-kawan yang membawakan nomor-nomor hits, seperti "Crawling", "In The End", dan "Numb".
Malam kemarin sekitar pukul 20.30 WIB, Linkin Park tampil di Stadion Utama GBK. Berikut adalah setlistnya :

01. The Requiem/The Radiance (ending with Savio speech)
02. Papercut
03. Given Up
04. New Divide
05. Faint
06. Empty Spaces
07. When They Come for Me
08. No More Sorrow
09. Jornada Del Muerto
10. Waiting for the End
11. Wisdom, Justice, and Love
12. Iridescent
13. Numb (with Oppenheimer outro)
14. Breaking the Habit
15. Shadow of the Day
16. Crawling
17. One Step Closer
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18. Fallout
19. The Catalyst
20. Blackout
21. In the End
22. What I've Done
23. Bleed it Out (with A Place for my Head and Rob drum solo over bridge)




Sebelum konser Linkin Park melakukan LPU Meet & Greet, berikut adalah foto-fotonya :





















Seusai konser di Jakarta, personel Linkin Park langsung terbang ke Bangkok, Thailand. 




Laporan  : Frans "TheFallenangel" Guevara & Nicholas "Smart" Vescera

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