Linkin Park China Tour Cancelled

Update: It's official, Linkin Park have announced that they've cancelled all five dates of their Asia tour. This includes the concert that was to have taken place in Beijing on Oct 19.

Rumors are spreading that Linkin Park are going to be the next big international act to cancel their Beijing show in a year already chock-full of high profile no shows. A call to the Emma ticketing office was met with the ominous response that "ticket sales have been temporarily suspended" and a refusal to give any more details. A note on the band's official site also mentions the cancellation of a show on Oct 6 "as lead vocalist Chester Bennington has sustained a back injury and is under doctor's orders to rest."

Linkin Park were lined up to play at Gongti on Oct 19 and to perform in Shanghai on Oct 12. The two concerts were being presented as fundraisers for Linkin Park's Music For Relief charity with part of the proceeds being used, as the ticketing website notes, to "raise international and domestic awareness of the needs of the post-earthquake Sichuan area and to contribute financial and social support to people affected there."

The concert would've seen Linkin Park perform along with Taiwanese rockers Mayday (五月天 Wǔ Yuè Tiān) with both bands playing sets of at least 90 minutes each.

Links and Sources

Linkin Park: Linkin Park Cancels Asia Tour
Linkin Park: Linkin Park Cancels October 6th Show In Vegas
Linkin Park: Linkin Park Returns to China
EmmaTicketmaster: PUMA Presents Music for Relief Concert
EmmaTicketmaster: Music For Relief — 2008 China Concert
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CRI: Mayday and Linkin Park Join Hands in Benefit Concert
The Beijnger: Linkin Park set to perform in Beijing this year