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LINKIN PARK Singer Puts Solo Plans On Hold

June 19, 2007

Launch Radio Networks reports: LINKIN PARK vocalist Chester Bennington has put his solo plans aside for the moment to focus on his main band. Reports that Bennington was working on an album of his own first surfaced nearly two years ago, with the singer later telling MTV.com that he had up to three separate projects on tap. But Bennington told Launch that while he did start work on at least one side venture, he's put it on the back burner for now. "I was actually pretty deep into recording my other project, called DEAD BY SUNRISE, and we were really far into the record," he said. "And then, you know, LP got together and we all decided that we wanted to make a record and start as soon as possible. So LINKIN PARK takes the lead, you know what I mean? So I stopped working on the record and I'll be finishing it up while we're touring over these next couple of years, and it'll be ready to go out."

LINKIN PARK's other frontman, Mike Shinoda, debuted a hip-hop side project in November of 2005 called FORT MINOR.

LINKIN PARK will headline the Tokyo installment of the global Live Earth concerts, scheduled for July 7, before taking out its fourth Projekt Revolution tour, beginning on July 25 in Seattle. The lineup for that includes MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, H.I.M., PLACEBO, SAOSIN, rappers STYLES OF BEYOND and others.

LINKIN PARK's new album, "Minutes to Midnight", debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart last month and has sold just over a million copies in four weeks of release.

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