Shinoda – who started the set sporting a red Mohawk wig, in tribute to the hairstyle co-frontman Chester Bennington had when the album was first released in 2000 – told the crowd “This is a special night for us, we’ve never done this before.”Īfter the band worked through ‘Hybrid Theory’, they then played a second set that drew from across their career and included three tracks from new album ‘The Hunting Party’, including new single ‘Guilty All The Same’.
Linkin Park performed their debut album ‘Hybrid Theory’ in full as they closed out the second day (June 14) of Download Festival.īefore the band made their fourth appearance as headliners of the festival, a video played explaining why they had decided to honour the album, something that co-frontman Mike Shinoda made clear onstage would be a rarity.