Linkin Park returns with a new singer, new music and a world tour [Video]

Linkin Park is making a return with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong after several years on hiatus, announcing a world tour and an upcoming album Thursday in a live-streamed performance that amped up their long-standing fan base around the world.

The rock-rap band revealed six initial gigs, kicking off in Los Angeles next week and finishing in Bogotá, Colombia in November, in their first tour since frontman Chester Bennington’s death. The album, poetically titled “From Zero” and set for release on Nov. 15, will be the group’s first record since “One More Light” in 2017.

Linkin Park debuted Armstrong – who co-founded the rock group Dead Sara – as co-vocalist during their performance Thursday, which featured new track “The Emptiness Machine” as well as old favorites such as “Numb” and “In the End.” They also brought on a new drummer, Colin Brittain, also a producer and songwriter who has worked with …