Linkin Park Filmed ‘Carpool Karaoke’ a Week Before Chester Bennington’s Death

Shortly after the tragic news of Chester Bennington’s death, it was was discovered that he and his band mates in Linkin Park had shot an episode of Carpool Karaoke: The Series.

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The show is a spin-off of the Late Late Show’s segment where host James Corden drives around with a band or music artist and sings their songs with them.

In the episode that Linkin Park shot for the new series, they were partnered with Dr. Ken star Ken Jeong.

After the news of Bennington’s suicide broke, Jeong tweeted, “I am in shock and heartbroken. All my thoughts and prayers go out to Chester and his family and friends at this time.”

Carpool Karaoke: The Series is a standalone 16-episode series, and it will debut on Apple Music on August 8th.

At this time, the show does not appear to be planning to cancel the Linkin Park episode.

Additionally, in the wake of Bennington’s death, Linkin Park has decided to cancel the North American leg of their upcoming tour.

Live Nation released a statement saying, “We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Chester Bennington. The Linkin Park One More Light North American Tour has been canceled and refunds are available at point of purchase. Our thoughts go out to all those affected.”

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The One More Light tour was set to kick-off in Mansfield, Massachusetts on July 27th, and special guests would have included Machine Gun Kelly, One OK Rock and Snoop Dogg, according to E! News.

It was reported yesterday that Bennington had died after committing suicide in his Los Angeles home.

He had previously dealt with depression and substance abuse issues and even spoke about them in interviews.

In a 2015 interview with Rock Sound, Bennington spoke about his dark times, saying, “I literally hated life and I was like, ‘I don’t want to have feelings. I want to be a sociopath. I don’t want to do anything. I don’t want to care what other people feel like. I want to feel nothing.’ “