Linkin Park News Roundup

Over the last few days a couple of new Linkin Park related news tidbits have surfaced online. Check them out below:

New live EP on iTunes:

iTunes has put up an EP, consisting of live recordings of 6 songs performed last year in Madrid. Named, A Thousand Suns: Puerta de Alcalá (Live), you can check out the artwork and tracklist below.

New Divide (Live In Madrid)
Waiting for the End (Live In Madrid)
Breaking the Habit (Live In Madrid)
The Catalyst (Live In Madrid)
]In the End (Live In Madrid)
What I've Done (Live In Madrid)


Linkin Park's Soundcheck At Sunrise:

MTV.com has posted a video of the band doing soundcheck for their Sunrise, FL show. Click HERE to watch the video.


Chester Talks About Playing Stadiums Compared to Smaller Venues:

"Playing in an arena is probably the best possible scenario for a band," suggests the 34-year-old vocalist. "You get everything in that kind of environment. There's an intimacy that you can still have with fans -- there's the sides, so a lot of people can be there -- as well as the way that the sound and everything works. The lights, the production -- you really get engrossed in the performance of a band, and that, to me, is the ideal scenario.

"When you get down to the smaller venues, you run into a lot of problems ... especially when you have six guys in the band and all the crap we have to carry around. There's an intimacy to that, too, but you definitely have to work ... But we all love playing smaller places and having people right up in your face. There's nothing quite like that experience, too."

"So I think they're both really, really great, but you can have a better show in an arena, even if it's a bad band. It's just kind of a better experience."