Chester Bennington's son has criticized Mike Shinoda for hiring Emily Armstrong as new vocalist

[Music] haime Bennington Chester bennington's son chastised Mike shenoda when Lincoln Park reunited with new vocalist Emily Armstrong Chester bennington's son has accused Mike shenoda of betraying the trust of fans ja's comments came after Lincoln Park announced their return via a live streaming event on Thursday September 5th 2024 and the debut of Emily Armstrong previously of dead Sarah as Lincoln Park's new vocalist the announcement followed weeks of curiosity when Lincoln Park shared a mystery countdown with fans their surprising reappearance featured a new song called The Emptiness machine and other Lincoln Park Classics as well as the announcement of a new album from zero and news of a brief World Tour Emily Armstrong joined Lincoln Park to replace Chester Bennington who died in 2017 Jamie Bennington the late Chester's son took to social media to offer his feelings on Lincoln Park's new lineup with Emily Armstrong criticizing Mike shenoda for betraying Lincoln Park fans with the decision Jamie Bennington took to Instagram stories to share a screenshot of Mike shinoda's recent comments in which the founding member highlighted how fans may need time to understand the band's reunion with Emily Armstrong Mike shinoa stated in his statements that people who disrespect him as a result of the decision will lose my respect in return from this statement Jamie immediately responded by attacking Shinoda hi Mike people have no trouble understanding the prospect of Lincoln Park finding itself again they have a hard time understanding how you hired your friend of many years by replacing Chester Bennington with Emily Armstrong who you know of Emily's history in the church and her history as an ally of Danny Masterson added haime Bennington haime continued also accusing Mike Shinoda of quietly whitewashing The Life and Legacy of Chester Bennington and refusing to acknowledge the impact of hiring someone like Emily without providing a clarifying statement about the various victims who make up your core fan base in a follow-up post Jamie Bennington said the decision it's not as simple as you think but rather we trust you to become a better person be the change because you promised us that was your intention now you're just scile and tone deaf Haim added also alleging that it was a lie that Mike shenoda met Emily Armstrong in 2019 this according to haime was due to a mistake Mike shenoda made during an interview with Zan low in which he said that he met the vocalist in 2017 before correcting himself and saying that they actually met in 2019 I know sometimes people make mistakes misquote information or remember it differently at the time but it's still a lie to me that Mike accidentally said he met Emily in 2017 before correcting himself introduce the two of them said haime Bennington added Hae also shared what appeared to be a tweet Shinoda shared in 2018 telling a fan that he had intentions of continuing the lp and asked his followers if they could find a way to see if the upload was genuine my view on the matter is I have never seen the band allow the rejection of respect I've never seen the band allow a third party perspective into the conversation wrote haime Bennington in another post after many comments about haime Bennington neither Lincoln Park nor Mike shenoda have responded publicly to the comments made by Chester bennington's son Emily's presence in Lincoln Park is full of controversy there are those who support her presence but quite a few also say that the figure of Chester Bennington in Lincoln Park cannot be replaced various comments from nison say that the emergence of a female vocalist in Lincoln Park is something strange because no one can replace Chester Bennington who has a rock voice that is so distinctive in the hearts of listeners however comments supporting Emily were no less popular support came from Avenged seven-fold vocalist Matt Shadow he expressed his Joy at Lincoln Park who had managed to revive after a long Hiatus so happy for my brother Lincoln Park welcome back likewise support from Machine Gun Kelly rapper singer and actor from the United States he expressed his Joy at Emily who had become the vocal of Lincoln Park holy Lincoln Park yeah Emily Armstrong we still have times and shows together I'll never forget forever grateful to have been friends with and a student of Chester Lincoln Park has announced six shows around the world starting this month and ending in November 2024 including a show at the O2 London Lincoln Park announced a concert tour in six points in various countries from America Europe to Asia the tour titled from zero World Tour 2024 will open in Los Angeles and New York on September 11th and 16th 2024 they then flew to Europe for concerts in Hamburg on September 22nd and London on September 24th these various projects became a new beginning for Lincoln Park after the passing of Chester Bennington [Music] [Applause] [Music]