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The Revolution Will Be Televised
By Andrew Plotkin

With Ozzfest and Lollapalooza having become one-off weekend events in Texas and Chicago, respectively, Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution tour, in its’ fifth go-round, aims to carry on the torch of summer festivals that, as my mentor/hip-hop pioneer Chuck D would say, “bring the noise.”

The upper tier of the Jones Beach Amphitheater were completely empty for the first half of the entire show on July 22, and the people in the seats beneath were reticent to get out of theirs, despite the best efforts of the artists on stage, who were putting on thoroughly solid shows. Well, with one exception. Busta Rhymes delivered a shockingly sub-par performance never allowing the crowd more than a minute or two of each song before transitioning into the next. Maybe he just didn’t have enough time to rehearse before the show started. (Rhymes was so recent an addition to this year’s bill, one that LP member Mike Shinoda had said in past interviews wouldn’t include any hip-hop acts, that one has to assume the recent success of “We Made It”, the rapper’s collaboration with the boys in LP, had more than a little to do with the inclusion of the MC on the tour)

Rhymes tried his darndest to the crowd moving, though. “We always like to make sure everybody leaves our shows 10 lbs. lighter. We gonna exert some energy up in this motherfather.” (If you think Busta actually said “motherfather,” then you clearly don’t know that my grandmother reads this site.)

Stay tuned for more about the Projekt Revolution tour, including coverage of The Bravery, Chris Cornell, and the six men who owned the night: Linkin Park. Oh, don’t miss an interview with the Street Drum Corps, who were also on the bill.

If you simply can’t wait, dates for the rest of the tour can be found at http://www.projektrevolution.com/tourdates.php

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