Linkin Park's Australia and New Zealand Tour 2026: Behind the Scenes with Koalas and Kangaroos

Linkin Park takes fans behind the scenes of their 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour, featuring playful encounters with koalas and kangaroos, pre-show routines, and energetic crowd moments. The band shares lighthearted interactions with local wildlife and reflects on the excitement of performing down under.

English Transcript:

Good day. Who is down under? Yeah. How you going? All right. Yeah, here we go for the 100 time. Is that a kangaroo? We're going to play show. Let's play show. Is that muscle butter? It's muscle butter. You want to hear about my routine? You're not going to like it cuz it's going to remind you how weak and pathetic you are. I get up 1:00 in the morning, 16 miles cardio, little warm up, 800 push-ups, 4 gallons of water, 8 pounds of creatine, two coffees, and

then I'm ready to hit the gym. And then What time is it at that point? It's 3:50 a.m. Just in time to do my validations and my mind palace. You know the drill. It's only a matter of time. Brisbane, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF [screaming] TIME. THIS IS JOE. IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU, JOE. She's fair. Yeah, good to meet you. Good. Want a drink? Great. Look at that over there, Mike. It's the weirdest looking animal I've ever seen.

Hello. This here is Ruby. And this is Bundi. Love saying hello. Hello, Akka. Hello. Keep that nice and still. What's up? They are extremely soft. They've got about three layers of fur on them. Are you seeing yourself in my sunglasses? So cuddly. So sweet. You're going to claw me. They have very, very sharp claws. You can imagine climbing up a new cliff. Looks super tough. All right, you guys. This koala is getting heavy. So we're just going to jump on the two buggies with you guys and we'll drive to the next spot. Such a good boy.

DJ here is 23. When you've got your hands on him, just give him the best big rubs ever. Keeping them up nice and high, too. Just don't go under the belly. Oh my god, it's so rough. Yeah, they have super rough skin, but it's very, very sensitive. Here is the face of the white spider. It's Oh, so it's calm. Does this mean he has an iPhone? I'll let you finish there. Touch it. DJ, rub. Oh, there you go. You're a rhino trainer.

I don't know, man. I don't want to have to pick a favorite DJ. I know it's anyone but me. Yeah, these are cool. There really is a lot of I just want to make sure everybody knows this when you're walking around. Oh, thank you. FYI. Very important person. Read the name tag. Read your Mike's well now. We can just be aware like Dave doesn't have one of these. Mine just says P for person. Night two, baby. It's all THE SAME PEOPLE. I FEEL LIKE YOU SWITCHED IT UP CUZ WE'RE IN AUSTRALIA. OI, OI, OI. AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE. [screaming] SHE PUNCHES ME AND IT HURTS.

GET OUT OF HERE. WE WENT TO THE SHOW LAST NIGHT. IT WAS freaking amazing. So good. And everybody was jumping around and screaming at the top of their lungs and having the best time. Thank you guys very much for being here. It's been a long time since we've been here and your love and support is much appreciated. This is the third time we've seen Linkin Park and they're still amazing as ever. We just met Colin. He's

so awesome. It was a great surprise and oh my god, I'm so freaking pumped. I can't top that, right? What else can I say? People out here, MAKE SOME NOISE. PEOPLE IN THE BOTTOM, MAKE SOME NOISE. GOD BLESS US, EVERYONE. We were both

Emily, you want to play ball? Okay. Now she's in. I win. Okay, crazy over here. Woah. Crazy with the Cheez Whiz. Found this for you. What is that? The voice of an angel? Something probably. We leave Robbie alone. But everybody else. DJ, move. Feels early. Is it early? Hold on a second. Have you even started? Oh, it's an hour early. We don't have to play for another hour. That's like a time zone joke, guys.

Oh, dad. That was awesome. How come nobody That's from like an hour ago. I just want you guys to know Alex is the only real friend I got. I've had a piece of kale in my teeth for an hour. Another one? We'll let you in even though you have kale on your teeth. Yeah. Night two. You guys know what to do. Follow the ones and twos. And uh like electric shocks. One, two, three, side yard.

Go. This way. This way to the van.

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