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Linkin Park's new singer: The controversy explained
Music Correspondent
Last week, the rock band Linkin Park announced their return, seven years after frontman Chester Bennington died by suicide.
They were one of the most successful acts of the 2000s, with hits like Numb and In The End, that fused aggressive metal riffs to hip-hop beats.
For their return, they were joined by two new members - drummer Colin Brittain and singer Emily Armstrong, who had shared lead vocals with existing bandmate Mike Shinoda.
But no sooner had the announcement been made than a a torrent of criticism emerged over Armstrong's alleged ties to the Church of Scientology and her past support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson.
She later issued a statement distancing herself from Masterton, stressing that she did not condone any "abuse or violence against women".
Here's how the story unfolded.
Who is Emily Armstrong?
Born in 1986, LA native Emily Armstrong is best known as the lead singer of hard rock band Dead Sara.
She first got into music at the age of 12 after being given a guitar as a birthday present. She later dropped out of school to pursue music, with the support of her parents.
Armstrong quickly formed De
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Chester Bennington’s Last Days: Linkin Park Singer’s Mix of Hope, Heaviness
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On the afternoon of May 26th, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington gave a performance unlike any in his career. His close friend, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, was being laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. “My name is Chester,” Bennington told the mourners gathered there. “I had the great privilege of being a friend of Chris and invited to be a member of his family.” Then, accompanied by Linkin Park bandmate Brad Delson on guitar, he sang “Hallelujah.” Bennington had become famous in the early 2000s as the powerhouse voice of one of rock’s biggest bands, expressing himself through an angst-ridden scream, but that day his singing was different: plaintive, somber, fragile. He also paid tribute to Cornell on Twitter: “Your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped up into one. I suppose that’s what we all are. You helped me understand that.”
Less than two months later, Bennington, too, was being mourned. He died of suicide b