Linkin Park to Bring Down the House at BlizzCon® 2015
October 20 2015 - 1:24PM
Business Wire
Grammy Award–winning alt-rock band to close
out Blizzard Entertainment’s sold-out gaming convention November
7
Watch the concert LIVE online with the
BlizzCon Virtual Ticket
Whether you’re geeking out on the show floor at BlizzCon® or
tuning in from home, this is a performance you won’t want to miss.
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that Linkin Park will be
taking the stage on Saturday, November 7, to provide an epic
send-off for everyone attending this year’s BlizzCon or watching
from home. While tickets to Blizzard’s two-day gaming convention
are sold out, players and Linkin Park fans around the world can
still watch the show live with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket.
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Linkin Park will be closing out BlizzCon
2015 on Saturday, November 7. (Photo: Business Wire)
Over the course of Linkin Park’s genre-defying career, the
Grammy Award–winning band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide
and is the biggest band on Facebook with over 63 million fans and
counting. They also made Internet history by becoming the first
rock band to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. This week, Linkin Park
is celebrating the 15th anniversary of their smash debut album,
Hybrid Theory. They’re currently in the studio working on their
seventh studio album.
“We’re beyond excited to welcome SoCal natives Linkin Park to
close out BlizzCon with a bang on Saturday night,” said Mike
Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We can’t
think of a better way to bring two full days of gaming and
action-packed eSports matches to an epic conclusion than with a
band that’ll carry the weekend’s electricity through to the very
end.”
“Playing BlizzCon will be one hell of a first for us,” said
Chester Bennington, lead vocalist of Linkin Park. “We’re looking
forward to giving all the gamers out there a killer rock show.”
BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities that
bring Blizzard’s games to life. Taking over the Anaheim Convention
Center November 6 and 7, this year’s show is brimming with
discussion panels of all sorts, eSports tournaments, contests,
hands-on play time with the latest Blizzard Entertainment games,
and much more.
Though tickets to the convention sold out rapidly, viewers at
home can still join the excitement by ordering the BlizzCon Virtual
Ticket ($39.99 USD), which offers comprehensive live online
coverage of both days of the event—including the community contests
hosted by Wil Wheaton on Friday evening and Linkin Park’s
performance on Saturday night.
In addition to the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, DIRECTV customers in
the United States have the option to watch the show from home by
ordering the BlizzCon 2015 Pay Per View event, priced at $39.99 USD
(includes access to the Virtual Ticket online stream). Ordering
information will be available in the near future.
As the countdown to BlizzCon continues, further details about
the show will be announced at www.blizzcon.com.
About Blizzard Entertainment
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and
the Warcraft®, StarCraft® and Diablo® franchises, Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of
entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s
most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track
record includes nineteen #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*Sales and/or downloads. Based on internal company records and
reports from key distribution partners.
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