{"id":38581,"date":"2024-09-23T21:02:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T01:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38581"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T01:02:44","slug":"linkin-park-announced-as-lol-worlds-2024-anthem-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/linkin-park-announced-as-lol-worlds-2024-anthem-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkin Park announced as LoL Worlds 2024 anthem artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American rock band Linkin Park has been announced as the artist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> World Championship 2024 anthem.<\/p>\n<p>With the highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\" title=\"LoL Worlds betting guide\">LoL Worlds 2024<\/a> closing in, Riot Games announced Linkin Park\u2019s &#8216;Heavy is the Crown&#8217; single as the official anthem for the upcoming esports event. <\/p>\n<p>The song will be officially released on the LoL YouTube channel and other streaming platforms on Tuesday, September 24, at 8pm PT.<\/p>\n<p>Riot Games\u2019 announcement comes shortly after Linkin Park re-entered the scene with a new single, &#8216;The Emptiness Machine&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The song featured a new vocalist, Emily Armstrong, who replaced the late Chester Bennington, and a new drummer, Colin Brittain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Worlds2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Worlds2024<\/a> anthem artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/linkinpark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@linkinpark<\/a> \ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Heavy is the Crown&quot; music video out September 24 at 8am PT: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M1nHDC0hou\">https:\/\/t.co\/M1nHDC0hou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZotsvzuDBx\">pic.twitter.com\/ZotsvzuDBx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeagueOfLegends\/status\/1838050663688777898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing experience partnering with Riot to bring this anthem to the global League of Legends community,\u201d said Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song is a real highlight of this new era for us, harnessing our signature sound and infusing it with fresh energy. We\u2019re so excited for players and fans to experience this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Heavy is the Crown&#8217; is Linkin Park\u2019s second single featuring Armstrong, while the band is set to release a new album, <em>From Zero<\/em>, shortly after the LoL Worlds 2024 grand finals.<\/p>\n<h2>LoL World Championship returns to Europe<\/h2>\n<p>League of Legends World Championship 2024 kicks off on Wednesday, September 25, with the play-in stage featuring eight teams from six regions. <\/p>\n<p>The opening stage will conclude on Sunday, September 29, with the top four sides joining 12 directly qualified squads in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will take place across Germany and France and conclude with the grand finals in England.<\/p>\n<p>It will mark the fifth World Championship to visit Europe and the first since 2021, when it was held in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>The list of participating teams has no surprises, featuring the usual suspects, a few returning faces, and two newcomers in Hanwha Life Esports and FlyQuest.<\/p>\n<p>While the tournament is stacked with some of the world\u2019s elite squads, the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">LoL betting sites<\/a> make it clear which three are most likely to claim the coveted Summoner\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Gen.G lead the outright markets as +275 favourites, followed by China\u2019s Bilibili Gaming at +275 and Hanwha Life Esports at +350.<\/p>\n<p>G2 Esports are the top Western candidates at +2800, ahead of Team Liquid and FlyQuest at +4000 and Fnatic at +5000.<\/p>\n<p>LoL Worlds 2024 begins with a clash between MAD Lions KOI and Vikings Esports on Wednesday, September 25, at 2pm CEST.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American rock band Linkin Park has been announced as the artist for the League of Legends World Championship 2024 anthem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":22550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24,3753,771,1724,61],"class_list":["post-38581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-league-of-legends","tag-linkin-park","tag-lol-world-championship","tag-lol-worlds","tag-riot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38601,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581\/revisions\/38601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}