During the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards tonight (August 27), Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds to Mars) gave a speech to honor the late Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) and the late Chris Cornell (Soundgarden). You can watch that below: Leto said the following [transcribed by Loudwire]: “MTV asked me to come here today to say a…
Unfortunately, some drama has surfaced regarding the late Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) due to his ex-wife Samantha Bennington, who has issued a new statement claiming that his widow Talinda Bennington was not being fair to her and her and Chester’s son Draven in regards to Chester’s funeral, etc. You can read what she had to…
Linkin Park have confirmed that they are putting together a special public event in Los Angeles, CA in honor of the late Chester Bennington. Details for that are expected to be revealed soon. Dave “Phoenix” Farrell said the following:: “Just wanted to say thank you to all our fans around the world for the tremendous…
Jay-Z, who collaborated with Linkin Park on the 2004 release “Collision Course,“ decided to pay tribute to the late Chester Bennington at the V Festival in England. Check out footage of him performing “Numb/Encore“ below: [via Stereogum]
Godsmack paid tribute to both Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell during their August 9 show at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. You can see footage of them performing Linkin Park’s “Crawling” and Temple Of The Dog’s “Hunger Strike” below: In other news, Sully Erna and Shannon Larkin were recently interviewed by WFMZ-TV, and talked a bit…
Staind’s Aaron Lewis recently hosted his sixth annual “Aaron Lewis Invitational Charity Golf Tournament” and “Aaron Lewis And Friends” benefit concert in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was joined by numerous guests including Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Sully Erna (Godsmack) and more. Among the various performances, there was a couple tributes that took place including Lewis,…
Rolling Stone have shared a new article focusing on the final conversations Chester Bennington’s (Linkin Park) friends, former bandmates, etc. had with him. You can head HERE to read their comments. On another note, the article also mentions that Bennington did have a drinking relapse last year. This may be significant, due to the fact…
Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni Cornell joined OneRepublic on “Good Morning America” for a performance of Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah” in honor of her father and Chester Bennington, who both tragically took their own lives. You can watch official footage HERE, and an unofficial upload below: https://youtu.be/oS35FrLzKr8
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