Linkin Park Rocks Malaysia

10/17/2003 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(10/17/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Linkin Park played to a sold-out crowd of 50,000 in Kuala Lumpur, the capitol city of Malaysia, on Wednesday night (October 15). According to emedia.com, the band performed in front of a simple blue backdrop bearing their name and had no problem sticking to the government's "artist performance ethics" code. The boys in the band were covered from shoulders to knees, refrained from swearing, did not indulge in any violent or erotic behavior, and did not jump around during their 16-song set.

Police presence at the venue, Stadium Merdeka, was heavy, both for traffic control and in case of any potential protests of the show. Several religious groups in the predominantly Muslim nation had asked the government to ban the concert, concerned that it would corrupt the morals of Malaysian youths.

Linkin Park has set Live In Texas as the name of their upcoming CD and DVD, due out in November. The discs were filmed and recorded at an August 2 show in Houston, Texas, and an August 3 performance in Irving, Texas. The disks will feature tracks from both Linkin Park albums, 2000's Hybrid Theory and 2003's Meteora.

The band will perform at this year's Smokeout Festival on November 15 in San Bernardino, California. Cypress Hill and Pennywise are also confirmed to appear. Linkin Park will announce their own headlining tour soon.

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