Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda dropped some major news on his website yesterday when he wrote that the band’s new album, A Thousand Suns, will come out on September 14.
The album is co-produced by Rick Rubin and Shinoda, who last joined forces to produce 2007’s Minutes To Midnight.
The lead single, ‘The Catalyst,’ will impact radio on August 2. And furthermore, fans who are musically inclined will have a chance to appear on the record.
“Beginning July 9, we’re teaming up with MySpace and MixParade for Linkin Park, Featuring You, a contest which gives you the one-of-a-kind opportunity to be on our new album,” the singer wrote on MikeShinoda.com.
“We’ll be giving you some audio from ‘The Catalyst,’ and you get to take it from there; you can remix the parts, write something over them, or mute stuff and write something totally new. We may choose a remix of the song, and put it on the album… or, we may choose an amazing keyboardist, string quartet, guitarist, percussion group, or other musician, and invite them into the studio to play on one of our songs. No matter what instrument you play, you can win. We’re open to anything good.”
Check out http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark for contest details