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LINKIN PARK'S "" DEBUTS #1

BAND'S SIXTH #1 ON

NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF ONE MORE LIGHT WORLD TOUR KICKS OFF JULY 27TH

Photo credit: James Minchin

May 30, 2017 (Burbank, CA) - One More Light, the seventh studio album from rock outliers , debuts at #1, their sixth album with a #1 debut and the band's 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200. The album launched with 111,000 equivalent units in the week ending May 25th.

"Topping the chart for the sixth time, Linkin Park joins a small group of rock bands that have done the same. Just nine bands in total have scored at least six No.1 : (with 19), (nine), and (both with seven), and , , Eagles, Linkin Park and (all with six each)." - Billboard

"Linkin Park are always pushing themselves and pushing us to break new fresh creative ground, and this album is certainly no exception," said Dan McCarroll, President, Warner Bros. Records.

Linkin Park was everywhere during their album release week with a slew of buzz-worthy events. They kicked off the week with a pop-up performance in a New York subway on Good Morning America, then headed to LA to play the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where fans were treated to a seven-song set of new material and LP classics. The band then hit Vegas and hosted a One More Light worldwide listening party through all their social platforms, then headlined the sold-out opening night of CBS Radio's "SPF 2017." The week commenced with an Album Listening Party and a live performance at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank.

See Linkin Park live this summer on the One More Light World Tour, with special guests Machine Gun Kelly, , and . And don't miss their "Welcome to Blinkin Park" co- headline dates with Blink-182 (see itinerary for dates).

Every single full-priced ticket purchased for the tour includes a choice of a standard CD or standard digital copy of the One More Light album (a $10.99 value). Purchase the album here.

$1.00 from every full-priced ticket sold on the tour will benefit , the charity foundation Linkin Park founded in 2005 to aid survivors of natural disasters and environmental protection. For further info visit http://musicforrelief.org.

LINKIN PARK ONE MORE LIGHT WORLD TOUR

w/ special guest MACHINE GUN KELLY: July 27 Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center * Aug 1 , PA @ BB&T Pavilion * Aug 2 Bristow, VA @ * Aug 5 Uncasville, CT @ * Aug 7 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre Aug 8 Toronto, ONT @ Aug 10 , QC @ Bell Centre Aug 12 Cincinnati, OH @ (w/o Machine Gun Kelly) Aug 14 , IL @ Casino Amphitheatre Aug 15 St. Paul, MN @ Aug 17 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion Aug 19 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Aug 20 West Palm Beach, FL @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre Aug 22 Houston, TX @ Aug 23 , TX @ AT&T Center Aug 25 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion Aug 26 Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena Aug 28 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center Arena Aug 30 Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena Sept 1 Lake Tahoe, NW @ Lake Tahoe Harvey's Outdoor Arena Sept 2 , NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena * Dates also with ONE OK ROCK

WITH SPECIAL GUEST SNOOP DOGG: Oct 14 Seattle, WA @ KeyArena Oct 15 , BC @ Pepsi Live at Oct 17 Fresno, CA @ at Fresno State Oct 18 San Jose, CA @ SAP Center Oct 20 San Diego, CA @Mattress Firm Amphitheatre Oct 22 , CA @

"WELCOME TO BLINKIN PARK" w/ BLINK-182 July 28 Flushing, NY @ Citi Field July 30 Hershey, PA @ w/ special guest Machine Gun Kelly

http://linkinpark.com

Linkin Park is the biggest band on Facebook, and command a massive YouTube channel of over 3 billion plays and 7 million subscribers. Their first album, is the best-selling debut of this century, certified diamond (10 million) in the US. They have won 2 Grammy Awards, 5 , 4 MTV VMA Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and 3 . They have sold out stadiums around the world, headlining some of the biggest music festivals including Download, Reading and Leeds in the UK, in and Summer Sonic in Japan, as well as the distinction of being the first and only western rock band to play a 5 stadium tour in China. Their most recent tour was the band's most successful World Tour to date - playing to over 1.5 million fans in 16 countries. In 2005, the band founded Music For Relief, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since its inception, MFR has raised over 9 million dollars for multiple victims across 4 continents, including , China's Wenchuan earthquake, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan in 2010, and in the Philippines.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Liz Morentin Warner Bros. Records [email protected] 818-953-3722

Kymm Britton [email protected]