Linkin Park, with new singer Emily Armstrong, shown in this undated photo by James Minchin III. The band announced a surprise performance at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Sept. 11, 2024.

From left to right, Linkin Park’s Phoenix, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong, Colin Brittain and Mike Shinoda will perform at the Kia Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 11. (Photo by James Minchin III) ...

Emily Armstrong and Linkin Park perform during a global livestream at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on Sept. 5 ahead of the launch of their new tour at Kia Forum on Wednesday.

Los Angeles County's Linkin Park announced their first new album since 2017 and a world tour that will start at the storied Kia Forum during an unexpected live stream on the band's website.

At Linkin Park's Forum show, their first in seven years and first with a new female singer, the band made the case for carrying on, and then some.