The guy next to me is crying – the tears are falling thick and fast down his face as he takes in what is happening on stage. No, it's not due to frontman Mike Shinoda sporting a red wig as a tongue-in-cheek reference to his hair from the 'One Step Closer' video; it's because ofThe guy next to me is crying – the tears are falling thick and fast down his face as he takes in what is happening on stage. No, it's not due to frontman Mike Shinoda sporting a red wig as a tongue-in-cheek reference to his hair from the 'One Step Closer' video; it's because of the sheer magnitude of the event in question that is currently unfolding. Because for him, and a considerable number of the audience, it is no longer 2014. It is the dawn of the millennium, the beginning of a new age. Slipknot had gatecrashed the metal scene with their debut album the year before, Iron Maiden were about to make their triumphant return with Bruce, Adrian and Brave New World and we were still twelve months away from the debut release of a little band called Avenged Sevenfold. And 2000 was the year that Linkin Park gave the world Hybrid Theory, widely regarded as one of, if not the best album of the last decade. The band themselves are ten minutes late on stage, but the minute 'Papercut' begins to sound from the speakers all hell breaks loose. There are no pyrotechnics, no explosions or flames [...]
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