Linkin Park: Chester Bennington Tribute Concert Set At Hollywood Bowl

HOLLYWOOD, CA – Linkin Park will pay tribute to the alt-rock band's late lead singer, Chester Bennington, at an Oct. 27 concert at the Hollywood Bowl, it was announced Monday.

The band will be joined by a number of other artists, who were not named, "for an unforgettable night of music to honor the man who touched the lives of so many around the world," according to the announcement.

"We will be playing, laughing, and crying together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 27th, in honor of Chester. Love you guys," bandmate Mike Shinoda tweeted Monday morning.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Los Angeles time on Ticketmaster at http://lprk.co/oct27, but fan club members can get tickets beginning Tuesday at noon at http://lprk.co/lputix .

Bennington killed himself July 20 in his Palos Verdes Estates home. He was 41 and died on the birthday of his close friend Chris Cornell, lead singer of the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, who also killed himself on May 18.

Like Cornell, Bennington had long struggled with substance abuse. The married father of six often spoke out against drug use in interviews.

In life, Bennington never hid his personal torment from his fans. His struggles with drugs and alcohol were often public, and he had said in the past that he wanted to kill himself because of years of sexual abuse he suffered as a child, according to TMZ.

At the same time Bennington's body was discovered, but before news of his death became public, Linkin Park released the music video for the newest single from its seventh studio album, "One More Light." In "Talking to Myself," the third track from the album, Bennington addresses his history of substance abuse from the perspective of his wife.

The band had been set to go on tour starting July 27 in Boston, with dates stretching into the fall.

A nu metal band formed in the mid 90s in Agoura Hills, Linkin Park was a leading band in the alternative metal era, named the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium by MTV2 in 2003. The band is best known for its albums "Hybrid Theory," "Reanimation" and "Meteora," which highlights the band's signature combination of rap and metal.

In addition to Linkin Park, Bennington, a native of Arizona, was briefly the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots. He also formed the band Dead by Sunrise.

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--City News Service and Paige Austin contributed to this report/Photo: Singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs onstage during Spike TV's 10th annual Video Game Awards at Sony Pictures Studios on Dec. 7, 2012, in Culver City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)