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LP and Jay-Z won their Grammy and performed Numb/Encore with surprise guest, Paul McCartney(!), who performed the song, "Yesterday" with them.

Fort Minor is on tour so go to http://fortminor.com to check out the upcoming dates and to buy tickets. Fort Minor is also nominated for the MTV Asia Awards and you can watch live performances of Fort Minor at http://mtv.com.

FYI:

Linkin Park (and Jay-Z) have been nominated for their song Numb/Encore for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards which air Wednesday February 8th in Los Angeles. This award show will be broadcast on 2/8/06 on CBS from 8pm - 11:30pm (ET/PT).
Fort Minor will also be touring. Check it out along with other news at http://linkinpark.com.

Fort Minor's Album Dropped!!!

Today, November 22, 2005, "The Rising Tied"-duh, the new album by Fort Minor, a.k.a. Mike Shinoda & Friends-- is in stores NOW. This is a must have to all the Mike Shinoda/real hip-hop fans! We beg you to purchase "The Rising Tied" today. Let's see if we can get Mike at the top of the Billboard charts!!

LPU5 Launched

The new LP Underground 5, the fifth year of Linkin Park's official fan club, has launched!

Now is time to give you all the info you have been waiting for: what will be in the brand new LPU5 membership package?!

LP Underground is proud to bring you a brand new membership package featuring some new items many of you have been asking for. The new LPU5 CD will feature 6 tracks from the Live 8 performance on July 2nd 2005 in Philadelphia. Below is the brand new LPU5 package!
- LPU5 CD with Live LP Tracks from their Live 8 performance
- New LPU5 T-shirt
- Linkin Park Sticker Sheet featuring 8 collectible stickers with artwork from past LP albums, such as Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, Live in Texas, Meteora, Collision Course and more
- Keychain
- Cell Phone Sticker
- Pin
- Guitar Pick
- Letter from Phoenix

Join now and be apart of the Linkin Park in a whole new way!

"Fort Minor Makes an Album" on MTV2

On October 12th, 2005, "Fort Minor Makes an Album" aired on MTV2. In the special, MTV2 took a look at the making of "The Rising Tied" with Mike. Mike narrated most the show and told everyone about making the tracks and coming up with the artwork for the album. The special also showed Jay-Z, Brad Delson, and Mike listening to the songs that would (possibly) be on the album; they were deciding which tracks would or wouldn't be featured on "The Rising Tied" and where they should be placed on the album. They also showed a little of the making of the "Petrified" video. And to wrap the show up, they played the entire "Petrified" vid.

FYI

Fort Minor came out with a new media player with Special Editon DVD clips on November 4th.
Check it out on FortMinor.com. You can also vote for their video, "Petrified", on mtv.com to air on TRL.

Fort Minor on the Web...

Fort Minor has now recently released two, seperate music videos: first there was "Petrified", and even more recently, "Remember the Name". But, they haven't stopped there. Fort Minor's very own website is up and running! Visit www.fortminor.com to see 'what's up'!

"Remember The Name" Video Launched

Fort Minor's "Remember The Name" video has now also been released, along with "Petrified. "Remember The Name" can be viewed on Fort Minor's MySpace page. Check it out and tell us what you think of both of the videos.

http://myspace.com/fortminor

Linkin Park Ringtone Store

Check out the brand new official Linkin Park Ringtone Store featuring all new Linkin Park cell phone ringtones.
You'll find new ringtones such as "From the Inside", "Nobody's Listening", "A Place For My Head", and "My December", as well as "Breaking the Habit", "Faint", "Crawling", "Numb", and many more. Get them now and be one of the first Linkin Park fans with the new LP ringtones on your cell phones.

http://msf.m-qube.com/linkinpark/

FUSE Cares!!

On October 12th, 2005, the channel FUSE, during a Live episod of "Daily Download", they aired the "Petrified" video. During the show you were able to download "Petrified" for FREE. "Daily Download" is a countdown (hosted by 2 of their VJs) that counts down the top 10 most downloaded songs, with the occasional celebrity guest. FUSE is a great channel for music covering pop, hip-hop, rock/punk/indie, and heavy metal music genres. Unfortunately, FUSE is only available through DISH Network, Direct TV, and a few cable deals. (Note to all LP fans: Get dish!) Thanks for caring, FUSE!

Fort Minor's Video Released

You can now watch Fort Minor's "Petrified" music video at linkinpark.com, mtv.com (if you do a search for "Fort Minor"), but VH1 isn't up with the times yet... Or Fort Minor and Mike aren't a big enough priority. Well, whatever- VH1 isn't even that great of a channel anyway.You can also see "Petrified" on Yahoo!. Click on the links below to WATCH IT.

http://linkinpark.com

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/fort_minor/artist.jhtml

http://yahoo.com

You can also listen to the track "Believe Me" at linkinpark.com and learn more about how Fort Minor will be appearing LIVE in Los Angeles.

09.20.05 :

The Remix Shoe is back!

Back by popular demand, The DC/Mike Shinoda shoe in brown is now available for pre-order at the Official Linkin Park Online Store! The shoes will begin shipping in mid-December, so pre-order your pair today to ensure you get them in time for the holidays. We're only bringing in a LIMITED QUANTITY, so act fast!

To get THE SHOES go to linkinpark.com and there will be a link on the homepage, or you can go to MERCH and get more than just the shoes. (FYI: The shoes are $89.95, so if you're loaded and LOVE LP,then DO IT!) I bought the shoes last year, but now they are basically the same design, but are in a different color pattern.

Mike and Fort Minor

Mike & Fort Minor's album to be named, "The Rising Tied", and will hit stores November 22."I would have never done this record if I didn't have the blessing of the rest of the guys," Shinoda said. "We're not, like, on hiatus. We're working. We're very serious about our records, and I know the guys are at home right now writing. Hopefully we are looking at next year for a record."

-Mike Shinoda

Fort Minor, Mike Shinoda's hip-hop side project, will release two tracks, "Petrified" and "Remember the Name," to various online stores on October 4. A 12-inch single is being shipped to club and radio DJs. ...

Chester Performed for ReAct Now Concert

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park (duh) performed not too long ago in the ReAct Now Concert to help aid those fallen victim to Hurricane Katrina. (And I heard there's another hurricane on the way!)

Chester performed with Motley Crue in his first performance, where they performed the song, "Home Sweet Home." (Sweet is right.) Later in the evening, Chester performed solo and sang "Let Down", which is to be on his upcoming solo album. The album is supposed to drop early 2006. (Can't wait!!!) A few songs for the album are already done.-The album is also not supposed to be Linkin Park-ish, but it will be good nonetheless.

Mike is also going to have a solo album, probably next year (2006). Mike has said that if/when he has guest appearances on the album that they will be people that he likes and is friends with, instead of people that are 'hot' right then.

Gossip

As we all know, Chester Bennington is divorced from his former wife, Samantha. And last we heard they were in a custody battle for their son, Draven. Well, it's been about a year since then and Chester has seemingly moved on. He now has a NEW girlfriend, Talinda Bentley, who is PREGNANT and is allegedly Chester's fiancee. Chester recently shoved a bouncer at a club/party for "pushing" the pregnant Talinda. And by the way, Talinda is a former Playboy "model".

When I went to purchase "The Rising Tied" (a.k.a. Fort Minor's album), I was searching all over the store for it, but the CD wasn't in it's proper place. So, I asked one of the employees ( I was at Sam Goody's by the way) if they had Fort Minor's new album, the man said "yes" and asked one of his girl co-workers to help me. This particular co-worker happened to be the biggest Linkin Park fan I had ever met, and showed me where they had placed Fort Minor's album. As I was about to pick it up to go buy it, she informed me of a SPECIAL version of "The Rising Tied". I was thinking, "What? How did I not know about this?" as she had someone go find it for me. She then told me about what the special version was: It had 3 bonus tracks that Mike had wanted to put on the album, but Jay-Z and Brad Delson didn't think needed to be. It also included a DVD called "The Making of The Rising Tied", which includes the making of the album and art, interviews with Mike Shinoda, some of the making of the video "Petrified", and footage of Mike in the studio. When they brought it out to me, I was in shock, I couldn't believe it, I knew I had to have it. So, I did end up buying the special edition, and I am really happy with it.

The 3 bonus songs are called "Be Somebody", "There They Go", and "The Hard Way". If you haven't already bought the "Rising Tied", I hope you try to scrape a few more dollars together and purchase the special edition. If you're a real fan, you won't be disappointed! Also, don't forget about Fort Minor's fan club, the Fort Minor Militia, which you can join at: http://fortminormilitia.com

Thanx.

Well...We think that this is total bullsh*t, but...we did hear a rumor that Chester was bisexual. *rolls eyes* whatever...

Speaking of bi...No,no, I'm just kidding. This is a joke. Go buy yourself some sense of humor!

Here's a quote we think you must read if you are a TRUE Linkin Park fan:

Chester: "There was another time when Mike was in a really foul mood and we had to make a pit stop so he could use the porta potty.
Mike: "CHESTER?"
Joe: "I remember this one!"
Chester: "Anyways, Mike went to use the porta Potty and we were in the RV, It was Joe's Idea, But we all got out and started to rock the thing back and forth. We didn't mean to, but we ended up tipping the porta potty over while Mike was still in it".
Mike: "That's not funny!'
Joe: "Yeah it was. You should have seen the look on his face when you got outta there!"
Rob: "Mike was covered in crap, he had to strip down before we let him back on the bus because he smelled so bad!"
Chester: "Then we attacked him with air freshener."
Brad: "Lysol!"

Bios for the band members are HERE. (Click on Bios! on the Navigation Bar-- which is over on the side of every page.)

Metal-is: "With all the metal that you wear about your person, do you have problems when you go through airports?"
Mike: "You have no idea! Brad's pants are down around his ankles, 'cause his pants are too big and his belt's all made of metal, Chester has to take off 50 things it's a joke! And the best thing is, he's obsessive compulsive. Tell her about how you arrange your bracelets when you take them off!"
Chester: "No."
Mike: "I'll tell her about it! Chester takes off his bracelets when he's going through the metal detector at the airport and he has this bag with those of those handles that pulls up, so there's a long hanger and he arranges them on that. He takes them off in the same order every time and puts them in the same places and arranges them perfectly."