Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda has spoken more about the band’s recent line-up changes and how they came together, including the reasons for guitarist Brad Delson’s absence from live shows.
The band announced their comeback in September with a livestream event, where they revealed the addition of Emily Armstrong (formerly of Dead Sara) as their new co-vocalist.
Drummer Colin Brittain joined the band too, following the departure of founding member Rob Bourdon. In Delson’s absence, Alex Feder is playing guitar live.Now, Shinoda has given more of an insight into why Delson is sitting out of live shows.“In case anybody doesn’t understand the dynamic, Brad is our guitarist.
He’s in the band, but he’s realized that … it’s kind of a mental health thing,” he said on the Zach Sang Show.“He doesn’t love the touring and the live show lifestyle, and so he is our guitarist, but he’s not playing live.