Courtney LaPlante, singer of fast-rising Canadian metalcore crew Spiritbox, has discussed the fact that her band will be playing stadiums as support to nu metal legends Linkin Park next year on select dates of the latter's epic From Zero world tour. Speaking to Allison Hagendorf, LaPlante marvels at the sheer size of Linkin Park in 2024, acknowledging the band's role in helping to define the sound of 'mainstream metal' in the 21st century.
“It really opened my eyes to the open arms of people welcoming this band back," she says of Linkin Park's return this year. "I thought I understood how big this band was, but I didn’t. The giant, huge impact on the Earth that this band [had]. I thought I already had big, lofty ideas, but it turns out that I couldn't even fathom. If you asked me if I'd ever get to play Wembley Stadium, I'd be like, 'Sure, maybe if I was opening for a hip-hop artist or Foo Fighters or somehting.' But I didn’t know that I would get to do that with a band that played metal music too, and created kind of a genre of metal music. Anyway, I'll figure it out by then. I'll figure out how to play Wembley Stadium!"
