Linkin Park Asked About the Possibility of a 2025 Tour With My Chemical Romance

Linkin Park recently shared that they had "inquired" about joining My Chemical Romance on a potential 2025 tour. Yesterday (November 13), My Chemical Romance announced their ‘Long Live The Black Parade’ 2025 North American stadium tour, celebrating the 2006 album The Black Parade. Each show will feature a different opening act, hand-picked from artists like Violent Femmes, 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Death Cab for Cutie, Thursday, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Devo, IDLES, and Evanescence.

Fans reacted with mixed feelings to the line-up, as some acts seemed to fit the tour's vibe better than others, leaving certain band choices as a surprise.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda recently shared that the band had considered touring with My Chemical Romance, but both bands already had major tours planned. In a Discord chat, Shinoda responded to a fan's comment about how a joint tour would easily sell out, saying that the band had looked into it but ultimately found that both groups had "huge tours" in the works individually. He added that he "loved those guys" and felt sure their tour would be "incredible."

The two bands previously toured together in 2007 as part of Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution tour, which was Linkin Park’s first large-scale U.S. tour supporting Minutes to Midnight. Along with My Chemical Romance, the line-up included Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, Julien-K, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles of Beyond, Madina Lake, and Art of Chaos. In an interview with Revolver Magazine, the late Chester Bennington explained that My Chemical Romance had been the band's first choice for the tour. He said he wanted acts he saw as the "total package" and that My Chemical Romance was his top pick, adding that if they were on the line-up, it didn’t matter who else joined, as he would personally "love to see My Chem and Linkin Park play."

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The Projekt Revolution tour was also where My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way met his wife, Lyn-Z of Mindless Self Indulgence, with the two getting married backstage during the tour’s final show.

Recently, fans have speculated about Linkin Park's tour plans after Wembley Stadium posted a teaser on November 12 featuring the words ‘Counting From Zero’ on its exterior screens—a nod to ‘From Zero’, Linkin Park’s upcoming album, set to release on November 15. A Wembley performance would mark Linkin Park’s third UK show since their 2023 return with new members Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain, following their 2017 hiatus after the passing of Chester Bennington. The band previously performed at The O2 in London on September 24 and November 2.

The band also gave fans a preview of an unreleased track from their upcoming album From Zero, titled ‘Casualty’. Shinoda encouraged fans by saying that if there was ever a moment to "show the biggest pit" possible at a Linkin Park show, this would be it.

The preview came shortly after the band brought out Page Hamilton from Helmet as a surprise guest, performing ‘All For Nothing’ live for the first time.

In September, Shinoda discussed the band's evolving “culture” on the From Zero podcast, describing it as the “best they’ve had.” He clarified that he didn’t mean this as a critique of the previous line-up but emphasized how much he, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, and Dave Farrell had grown. He noted that each band member was in a “really good place,” attributing part of that to a renewed sense of gratitude for being able to make music together again.

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Shinoda also reflected on his time working with Chester Bennington, explaining that collaborating with him had been a one-of-a-kind experience. With Chester, he had someone who could take ideas and transform them in ways no one else could. In those early years, he hadn’t yet realized how exceptional that connection was, as he hadn’t worked extensively with other artists and assumed it was typical to have that level of synergy—a seamless process of sharing ideas, experimenting, and celebrating their creations together.

Only later, after working with other musicians, did he come to appreciate just how rare and special that dynamic had been.

Before the band’s autumn tour, Shinoda also emphasized that the current line-up isn’t about rewriting or forgetting the past. He described the band’s return to the stage as an opportunity to open a new chapter and continue forward, reconnecting with fans and honouring their shared journey.

---Silviya.Y