9 years without Chester, but his music, kindness, and legacy continue to bring people together every day! 🥹🖤
Forever loved
Forever missed
Forever part of Linkin Park
Until you wake, we dine on nine years of the Two EP.
Released on July 21, 2017 through Basick Records and featuring tracks ‘Calcutta,’ ‘Nazareth,’ and ‘Jericho.’
Chester Bennington’s final concert took place on July 6, 2017, at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, England.
He delivered an emotional speech before performing "One More Light"
In this speech he paid tribute to the Manchester Arena bombing victims and at the same time sent a message to the world. Here is what he said, and I ask you from the bottom of my heart to read it in full and understand it:
"Real quick, before we get into this next song, I've come down there and sang with all my friends.
I just want to make sure before we leave and go back home, that we pay our respect and share some of our love and our prayers for the families and the victims of the tragedy at the Manchester Arena.
My heart has never been broken so much, until the day I found out that that tragedy happened. And since that day I've been wearing these little earrings with the bees in 'em, I know that’s a symbol of strength and hope in the city of Manchester.
And I'm gonna keep these in, I'm gonna keep these in, until all this nonsense stops and we can start loving each other, we can stop hurting each other, because we believe in something different, than the person standing next to us.
The one thing that can’t be defeated is love, right? You can conquer hate by ignoring it, you can destroy it by loving the person next to you.
So I want everybody here tonight to look at the person standing next to you and just tell 'em that you love 'em and you are happy that they're here with you tonight, having a good time.
Listening to music!
Celebrating life!
We don't care what you look like, we don't care where you come from, we don't care what you believe in!
We love every single one of you out there, and nothing will ever change that!
With that said, let's sing some songs together!"
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Today is July 20, 2026. It has now been nine years since we lost Chester to a terrible illness that affects so incredibly many people...myself included...
But he will forever hold a very special place in my heart because of his music, his voice, his lyrics, and the person he was.
And even though we mourn him today and feel the pain of his loss in our hearts, we carry his words with us and put them into practice
So, let's celebrate life and #FuckDepression !
Don't give hate a chance to grow!
Fight hate with the only thing that can stop it:
Fight it with love❤️
Thanks for reading
Yours, Maxi 🔧🎤
#LinkinPark
#ChesterBennington
“I don’t want the day Chester passed to be marked as an “event.” I’d rather celebrate his birthday, celebrate album anniversaries, celebrate the countless moments our wonderful LP family has had together. Today, just take care of yourself.❤️”
- Mike in 2019❤️🩹