Linkin Park won’t hit the stage in Adelaide tonight (March 12) as planned, after a bandmate was struck down with an unidentified illness.
The nu-metal favorites had just one show booked for South Australia on their current tour Down Under. Fans will have to wait, however, with the date at Adelaide Entertainment Centre now scrapped. And a make-up show won’t be added to the itinerary.
“We have made the extremely difficult decision to cancel tonight’s show due to an illness in the band,” reads a statement posted to Instagram Stories.
“The Australian tour has been incredible so far and we are devastated that we’re unable to perform for our fans in Adelaide. Unfortunately, the show will not be rescheduled. Please know that cancelling a show is not a decision we take lightly. We are sorry to those fans who were planning to attend.”
Linkin Park’s eight-date Australasian tour is scheduled to continue Saturday, March 14 with the first of two nights at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena. Live Nation is producing the trek, which halts next Wednesday, March 18 at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.
The last time Linkin Park toured these parts was 13 years ago, for their spot on the now-defunct 2013 Soundwave Festival.
Having visited the country in support of every album up to 2012’s Living Things, the band did not include Australia in their plans for 2014’s The Hunting Party tour, and no Aussie dates were scheduled for their One More Light world tour at the time of vocalist Chester Bennington‘s passing in July 2017.
The current Australia dates are part of the band’s From Zero World Tour, which launched in September 2024, featuring new vocalist Emily Armstrong. The touring lineup is Mike Shinoda, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Colin Brittain and Armstrong.
Sydney-based rock band POLARIS is the support on all Australia shows, while Anaheim, California-raised, NZ-based artist VANA will open in Auckland.
