Linkin Park & Korn to Headline Projekt Revolution Summer Tour

Linkin Park, one of the most innovative and influential forces in modern music, have taken a giant step forward in bringing great live entertainment directly to the fans with Projekt Revolution, a gala festival featuring a stellar line-up of artists who together with their tour partners have positioned the day’s festivities as an all-around fantastic fan experience. The festival, which announced its headlining performers earlier this year at a press conference in Hollywood CA, will launch July 23 in Cincinnati and storm across North America throughout the summer.

The announcement of the second stage performers, and participating event partners, achieves the goal of enlightening fans of all ages musically, while engaging them in a day of fun. “For us, Projekt Revolution is the idea of not only bringing different kinds of bands together, but all types of music and music fans,”‘ Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington says. “It’s really a festival that’s open to anything that’s good.”

“‘When we had the opportunity to develop our own tour, we wanted it to reflect our eclectic taste. We wanted to surround ourselves with groups that represent the facets we’re into creatively,” guitarist Brad Delson adds. Projekt Revolution isn’t simply a tour; it’s a state of mind. Like its organizers, Linkin Park, Projekt Revolution is about annihilating the boundaries of genres. “We chose the name because we wanted the tour itself to be revolutionary and we wanted to tap acts that we thought were leaders on the cutting edge or breaking ground musically,” Delson says.

There’s a music business rule of thumb that defines the third album as the make or break album. In its third go-round, Projekt Revolution has definitely “made it.” In past years Linkin has shared the stage with Xzibit, Cypress Hill, Adema, and more. But this year’s incarnation is a smorgasbord of multi-platinum acts, including the previously announced hard rock heroes Korn, rap icon Snoop Dogg, who Delson calls “one of the most important hip-hop artists of all-time,” up and comers The Used, and punk rockers Less Than Jake. “This year’s tour is pretty exciting because we feel like we have a show with at least three headlining acts,” Linkin Park rapper/producer Mike Shinoda says. According to Delson, the one common thread uniting all of these acts is their willingness to defy categorization. As a result, he says of the tour, “It attracts open-minded music fans with eclectic tastes. Projekt Revolution has become one of the most relevant tours for people who don’t only listen to one style of music.”