Chester Bennington’s son Jaime hits out at Mike Shinoda for “betraying trust” of Linkin Park fans with Emily Armstrong
nme.comChester Bennington’s son Jaime has criticised Mike Shinoda following the Linkin Park comeback with new vocalist Emily Armstrong, accusing him of “betraying trust” of fans.The comments follow Linkin Park announcing their comeback through a livestream event last Thursday (September 5) – debuting Emily Armstrong, formerly of Dead Sara, as their new singer.The reveal followed weeks of speculation after the band shared a mysterious countdown with fans.
Their surprise return saw them perform a new song called ‘The Emptiness Machine’ and a few Linkin Park classics, announce a new album ‘From Zero’ and share details of a short world tour.Armstrong joins the line-up in place of late vocalist Chester Bennington, who died in 2017.
Initially, the reception was largely positive among fellow artists and fans, but controversy soon arose after it emerged that the singer seemingly had ties to Scientology and convicted rapist Danny Masterson.
This was brought to light after a message sent to Armstrong by The Mars Volta and former At The Drive-In frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala recirculated over the weekend.In another post shared by Bixler-Zavala over the weekend, he wrote: “I fucking told you.”His wife, Chrissie Carnell Bixler, had accused Masterson of raping her while they were in a relationship, having testified in 2022.
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