Seven years after the death of frontman Chester Bennington, Linkin Park is back with new music featuring a new co-lead singer, Emily Armstrong. After the bestselling group announced on Sept. 5 that Armstrong of the band Dead Sara has joined Linkin Park to be a co-vocalist with band veteran Mike Shinoda,

According to PEOPLE, Linkin Park launched its "From Zero World Tour" at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles Tuesday. During the performance, founding member Mike Shinoda spoke to fans about starting a "new chapter" with the band's new lead singer Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara, per the publication.

The band has garnered mixed reception for adding the new lead singer following Chester Bennington's death by suicide in 2017

It’s only been a week since Linkin Park announced their grand return, but that week has been an emotional journey for anyone who’s even slightly invested in the Linkin Park project. At their grand announcement event last week,

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda says the band is enjoying a “new chapter”. The group’s founder spoke out as the group kicked off its ‘From Zero World Tour’ at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, with new lead singer Emily Armstrong from Dead Sara fronting the band seven years after Chester Bennington died by suicide in 2017.

Though Linkin Park‘s return has been a strategic and highly publicized event, the beginnings of where we’re at now was anything but a grand plan. Mike Shinoda discussed the band’s return with The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon during the band’s appearance on the NBC late night talk show.