By Drew Carrano

Could Linkin Park be making a comeback? Perhaps, according to bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell. Just last month Farrell revealed the band is working on new material. But unfortunately, due to COVID-19, that work has been put on hold. It will be interesting to hear new music from Linkin Park, minus singer Chester Bennington, who tragically took his own life in 2017.

Today we look back at Linkin Park’s last show in Connecticut, which was on the Honda Civic Tour with Mutemath.

Linkin Park

Honda Civic Tour

Special Guests: Mutemath

Sunday August 12, 2012

Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville

About The Tour:

The 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour featured co-headliners Linkin Park and Incubus, plus special guest Mutemath. The tour had only 17 dates, making it the shortest Honda Civic Tour ever. Incubus didn’t join in on the tour until the third scheduled date in Boston.

The 2012 Honda Civic Tour kicked off in Bristow, Virginia on August 11th and wrapped up in Chula Visita, California almost exactly one month later. Mohegan Sun was just the second stop on the tour, which meant Incubus was not on the bill.

Interesting note: this would be Linkin Park’s last performance in Connecticut as their 2015 show, also at Mohegan Sun, was cancelled due to Chester Bennington’s ankle injury.

Setlist*

1. With You
2. Faint
3. Given Up
4. Victimized
5. Lying From You / Papercut
6. Somewhere I Belong
7. New Divide
8. In My Remains
9. When They Come for Me
10. Waiting for the End
11. Breaking the Habit
12. Leave Out All the Rest / Shadow of the Day / Iridescent
13. The Catalyst
14. Burn It Down
15. In The End
16. Numb
17. Bleed It Out
18. Lost in the Echo (encore)
19. What I’ve Done (encore)
20. One Step Closer (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

Watch: Linkin Park Live

By Drew Carrano

2020 was supposed to be a big year for The Foo Fighters. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the band and Dave Grohl and company had big plans. Among those plans was a 25th anniversary ‘Van Tour’ and headline festivals like Boston Calling, Osheaga and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Unfortunately due to COVID-19, those plans have been put on hold.

Today we look back at when the Foos played a rare show in Connecticut and brought Weezer with them for a co-headlining tour.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

Foo Fighters & Weezer

Foozer Tour

Special Guest: Hot Hot Heat

Tuesday October 11, 2005

Arena at Harbor Yard – Bridgeport (now Webster Bank Arena)

About The Tour:

In July 2005 Foo Fighters and Weezer announced a joint U.S. Tour that would start after Labor Day. The two-month tour, called The Foozer Tour, kicked off on September 8th in Duluth, Georgia and would visit 25 cities across the United States, including Bridgeport.

Over the years Weezer has played quite a few times in Connecticut. After all, singer Rivers Cuomo grew up in the Nutmeg State. But the Foo Fighters? Not so much. Their 2005 appearance at The Arena at Harbor Yard was a rare one for us. You’d have to go back to July 2000 for their only other show here (Hartford’s XFINITY Theatre).

Weezer took the stage after opener Hot Hot Heat and didn’t waste time in getting the sold out crowd into a frenzy with their opening song, “Hash Pipe.” Because this was a co-headlining tour, Weezer played a full set. They played all their hits plus a couple covers, including one by the Foo Fighters (Big Me). During the course of their set Cuomo makes reference to his Connecticut ties, pointing out that he attended E.O. Smith High School in Storrs. During Weezer’s encore, the band brought up a kid from the crowd to play the acoustic guitar to “Undone – The Sweater Song,” which the audience gladly sang to.

Foo Fighters came on next and kept the energy in the building going. The crowd had fun rockin’ out to songs like “My Hero,” “Best of You” and “Times Like These.” They ended their hour plus set with a bang playing “Breakout” and “Monkey Wrench.”