FORT MINOR TO TOUR IN 2006 WITH LINKIN PARK RECORD IN THE WINGS

Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda will take his hip-hop side project, Fort Minor, on tour in support of the new album, The Rising Tied. Shinoda and company will kick off the tour January 28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Only a handful of dates have been announced at press time and the band will be touring with Little Brother.

Shinoda told us that his band has more members than Linkin Park and that when people walk in they’re always surprised.

“For the live show, I definitely wanted to do something that would set us apart from the groups we might be playing with. What actually ended up happening is that we’re a pretty versatile group. We can play with many rock artists or hip- hop artists. But it’s more of a hip-hop set up. I mean, it’s me in the front with Ryu and Tak(bir)from Styles Of Beyond, Styles will be on and his DJ Cheap Shot in the back, a drummer named Beat Down, and we’ve got three back-up vocalist and three string players. And that always like, I think that always shocks people when they come in and they see these guys. There’s eleven people on stage, and it’s obviously something very different from the very first note.”

In a rare opportunity throught the Linkin Park website, fans who join the Fort Minor Militia will have a chance to meet the band before the show and get autographs from the band. Fort Minor is out supporting their singles “Petrified” and “Remember The Name.”