With just weeks to go until LINKIN PARK touch down in Australia and Aotearoa, the band’s From Zero World Tour is snapping into sharper focus. Today’s confirmation of final special guests doesn’t just complete the bill, it clarifies the tone: this is a tour built on lineage, momentum and the present tense, not nostalgia alone.
Fronted by Mike Shinoda alongside Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain, LINKIN PARK arrive with a catalogue that has shaped two decades of heavy music and a new era that insists they’re not finished writing the future. The tour will move through Brisbane Entertainment Centre (March 3 and 5), Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (March 8 and 10), Adelaide’s AEC Arena (March 12), Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena (March 14 and 15), before closing at Auckland’s Spark Arena on March 18.
Joining them across the Australian dates is Sydney heavy mainstay Polaris, freshly confirmed for Adelaide and now locked in nationally. Over three albums, Polaris have carved a reputation for turning personal despair into communal release, pairing explosive arrangements with an emotional directness that has made them one of the most vital forces in modern Australian heavy music. From The Mortal Coil through The Death Of Me to Fatalism, their rise has been steady, earned and loud.
Auckland will see US-born, New Zealand-based artist Vana step in as special guest. Vana’s industrial alt-metal fuses brutal riffs, electronic tension and trap-influenced production, all built independently before signing to Sumerian Records in 2025. It’s a pairing that makes sense: an artist still in the process of defining her sound opening for a band who have spent decades redefining theirs.
Onstage, LINKIN PARK are set to bridge eras. New material like “The Emptiness Machine” and “Heavy Is The Crown” sits alongside the anthems that made them one of the defining rock bands of the 21st century. The latter, unveiled as the official League of Legends World Championship Anthem in collaboration with Riot Games, channels a renewed urgency that has carried through the From Zero era, reaffirming their relevance to a generation that grew up with them and one discovering them anew.
The numbers underline the moment. “The Emptiness Machine” surged to #1 on both Billboard Alternative and Mainstream Rock charts, marking yet another milestone in a career already stacked with them. With tens of millions of monthly listeners and a catalogue that stretches from Hybrid Theory to From Zero, LINKIN PARK’s return hasn’t been tentative. It’s been decisive.
What makes this tour compelling isn’t just scale, though the arenas will sell that easily. It’s the sense of continuity. From Polaris’ cathartic ferocity to Vana’s forward-leaning industrial edge, the supports mirror LINKIN PARK’s own history of evolution. This isn’t a victory lap. It’s a band in motion, inviting others along for the ride.
Australian tickets HERE. NZ tickets HERE.
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