Thais remember Chester Bennington
Music fans around the world are mourning Linkin Park’s singer and songwriter Chester Bennington, who was just 41 when he took his own life n July 20.
He was laid to rest last week near his home in California.
Many of his fellow musicians have paid tribute in him on their shows and those in Thailand are no exception with Parking Toys on Kaset-Nawamin Road holding a commemorative concert last week featuring Burn, Quake, Sixty Ninth, Muchmellow and Girlfriend for Rent playing covers of Linkin Park songs.
Another tribute is being organised tomorrow (August 1) at Hard Rock Caf้ starting at 9pm when Hubris band and other rock artists and musicians, among them Ebola's singer Kittisak “Aey” Buaphan, Mariam Grey Alkalali from B5, rap metal band Bomb at Track, and Dose's singer Arin Panuwes, former keyboardist of The Mousses.
The tribute concert is free but reservations are recommended. Call (02) 658 4090 or e-mail [email protected]
The Rock Pub near Ratchathewi BTS Station is also holding a tribute concert, “One More Night, A Night For Chester”, on August 26 at 7.30 onwards.
Rock bands Outro, Silly Park, Quake, Jimmy Revolt, Armor from Bangsaen, and Womanizer will play some 40 Linkin Park covers.
Tickets are Bt300 including one drink and limited to 350. Book a seat at The Rock Pub Facebook Page or call (099) 191 5666 or LINE ID: @therockpub.
Bennington first gained prominence as a vocalist following the release of Linkin Park's debut album, “Hybrid Theory”, in 2000, which became a commercial success. The album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2005, making it the best-selling debut album of the decade, as well as one of the few albums ever to hit that many sales. Linkin Park's following studio albums, from “Meteora” in 2003 to “One More Light” in 2017, continued the band's success. The singer was about to join the band on a US tour to promote their latest album, “One More Light”.
