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Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and upstart rockers Echosmith showed up to sign guitars to launch a charity initiative between Music for Relief and Rock in Rio USA.

Linkin Park took a little heat earlier this year when Sublime With Rome's Rome Ramirez accused someone in the band of narcing on them to police at a radio festival in Tucson for smoking weed at the show. While a police report does back up some of Rome's claim, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda expressed that it was not him or any of his bandmates that sent the police after them...

Mike Shinoda joined Wes Styles on the phone to talk about the new album 'The Hunting Party,' working with collaborators on the album, LPU Summit, and their band joining the Guitar Center Rockwalk.

Linkin Park have been quiet of late, but with good reason. The band has been hard at work in the studio on their next album and Mike Shinoda has checked in via his website with an update on the progress of their upcoming disc and he's even offered a timeline for its release.

Linkin Park are one of the top bands when it comes to giving back via charitable efforts, as their Music for Relief organization has helped get communities around the world back on their feet after natural disasters. Giving their fans a more tangible idea of what Music for Relief does, the band's latest video follows Mike Shinoda as he travels to Haiti.

Linkin Park has announced that their song "Iridescent" will be featured in the latest Transformers: Dark of the Moon opening worldwide July 1, 2011.  Watch the video of Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda discussing the collaboration and hear the song.