Mike Talks Music For Relief with CNN

Mike Shinoda recently spoke with CNN about the relief effort in Japan and what Music For Relief is doing to help. Check out the piece below:

Fuse Tv's Battle of the Fans

You can now vote for Linkin Park in Fuse.tv's Battle of the Fans. Linkin Park are up against Skillet in Round One. If you think Linkin Park have the best fans vote here!

New LPTV Episode: Making of the "Burning in the Skies" Video

Check out a new LPTV episode from behind the scenes of the new "Burning in the Skies" music video.

MTV's Musical March Madness Round Three

Linkin Park have reached round 3 of MTV's Musical March Madness and are now up against Paramore. Head over to the MTV Newsroom to vote for Linkin Park!

MTV's Musical March Madness: Linkin Park Vs. R.E.M.

Round two of MTV's Musical March Madness is going on now. Linkin Park vs. R.E.M.. Vote here!

DOWNLOAD TO DONATE: JAPAN TSUNAMI RELIEF

Download to Donate: Japan Tsunami Relief is now available. For a $10 (or more) donation you get access to a growing track list of music from various artists. 100% of your donation goes to Save the Children's emergency response efforts in Japan.

Press release:

New, unreleased songs by leading artists, Angels & Airwaves, Sara Bareilles, B'z, Counting Crows, Flyleaf, Hoobastank, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Plain White T's, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Staind, Slash, Elliott Yamin and more have been compiled by the nonprofit Music For Relief to support Save the Children's emergency response efforts to the multiple disasters in Japan. The exclusive and growing catalog of songs can be downloaded at www.downloadtodonate.org for a donation of $10 or more. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be directed to Save the Children for the duration of the campaign, which runs through May 11. Several participating artists have direct ties to Japan including Mike Shinoda co-lead vocalist of Linkin Park and Doug Robb of Hoobastank who are both of Japanese decent and B'z, the best selling rock band in Japan.
"The people of Japan -- especially the children -- will need our help for many weeks and months to come," said Mike Shinoda, the co-lead vocalist of the band Linkin Park, which founded Music For Relief. "We are proud to partner with Save the Children, which has decades of experience in helping children and families impacted by disaster."
"Our country is facing one of the most difficult situations ever," said Tak Matsumoto and Koshi Inaba from the B'z. "We have to do whatever it takes to rebuild our beautiful homes. If playing music could help people in hardship, that's what we can do now. That's what we must do now."
Save the Children has been working in Japan for 25 years. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, the international development and relief organization deployed emergency response teams to assess the needs of children and their families. In addition, the organization has set up a child-friendly space in an evacuation center in Sendai City where families who lost their homes are staying. It provides children with an opportunity to play safely with other children while freeing up parents to work on the recovery. More child-friendly spaces will be set up in the coming days.
"Children are always the most vulnerable in any disaster," said Charles MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children. "We are grateful this partnership with Music For Relief will help address the immediate and ongoing needs of children and families impacted by this emergency."
Music For Relief established Download to Donate as an immediate response to the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Download to Donate V2.0 launched on the one-year anniversary of the quake, and has raised over $270,000. Last month, Linkin Park participated in Facebook's virtual Town Hall discussion on Haiti hosted by the UN Foundation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, to raise awareness on recovery efforts, with Download to Donate being the primary call to action during the discussion.
One of the most unique aspects of DOWNLOAD TO DONATE: TSUNAMI RELIEF is its community element. On www.downloadtodonate.org, songs are downloaded and fans are encouraged share the program on their own social network pages to help spread the word.
"We ask that everyone donate, but if all you can afford is to spread the word, share Download to Donate on Facebook, Twitter, whatever, then that is great, too," said Mike Shinoda. "It all helps."
"Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy," said Enrique Iglesias. "Now is the time for us to stick together and do everything we can to help our friends in need."
In addition to the songs, Music For Relief is also raising funds for the Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief campaign for Japan through two t-shirt designs created by Shinoda, which are available at www.musicforrelief.org

MTV's Musical March Madness: Linkin Park Vs. Sleigh Bells

You can now vote for Linkin Park in MTV's second annual Musical March Madness here!

DOWNLOAD TO DONATE: TSUNAMI RELIEF coming soon

Music for Relief is launching Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief, a new version of the Download to Donate program to raise funds for earthquake & tsunami recovery in Japan. Check back at musicforrelief.org and downloadtodonate.org to find out how you can help survivors in Japan and get new music as a thank you.

T-shirts designed by Mike Shinoda for Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief

Mike Shinoda has designed 2 t-shirts that are now for sale on the official Linkin Park web store. Proceeds from these t-shirts will be donated to Music for Relief to help survivors of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan and subsequent tsunami.

Click here to purchase!

You can also text 'MFR' to 85944 to donate $10 to Tsunami Relief or click here to donate online.

LPTV - North American Tour, Part 2

Earthquake & Tsunami in Japan

A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan triggering a tsunami and tsunami warnings in 50 countries. Music For Relief is responding. Text 'MFR' to 85944 to make a $10 donation to help those affected by this disaster or click here.

Linkin Park's Electro Playlist

Linkin Park have created a playlist of some of their favorite Electro songs. Head over to Mog to give them a listen!

DBS merch sale!

70% off all purchases at the official Dead By Sunrise web store during the month of March! Click here to check out the goods.

MTV's Musical March Madness - vote for Linkin Park

Linkin Park are taking part in MTV's Musical March Madness this year! The tournament begins March 14 so help out by voting for LP often. Check out all the info HERE!

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A THOUSAND SUNS +, Available March 28

Linkin Park has announced the European release of A Thousand Suns +, available 28 March. This is a limited re-issue of A Thousand Suns that comes with a live DVD of their show in Madrid, which was recorded at the historic Puerta de Alcalá Gate, on November 7th 2010.

This enhanced version of A Thousand Suns + will be available in select international territories. Stay tuned for details.

Linkin Park Heading Back to Singapore

Linkin Park will be the headlining Race Day band at the 2011 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix on September 25. Admission to the show is free with a ticket to the race. Tickets go on sale for the race starting March 3rd. Tickets will be available for sale online (www.singaporegp.sg), via the ticketing hotline +65 6738 6738 as well as all SISTIC outlets from 3 March 2011, 0900hours (GMT +8 hours).

Visit www.singaporegp.sg for more info.