Was Mike Shinoda’s Speech a Response to Chester Bennington’s Son?

Lincoln Park's first show after introducing Emily Armstrong and Colin Britain is in the books and toward the end of the night Mike sheno appeared to address at least one accusation Chester Bennington son haime have levied against the band since Emily Armstrong was revealed to be the new vocalist in the band haime has been very vocal on social media about his displeasure over the choice in speaking to why people might be having a hard time accepting Armstrong in the new Lincoln Park lineup Bennington offered a three-point response one of those points was worded by Bennington as stating that the group had quietly erased my father's Life and Legacy in real time not only during a band interview meant to clear the air about certain parts of Lincoln Parks history and future but during International Suicide Prevention month Bennington had also let it be known on social media that despite his objections he planned to attend the show to gain a sense of closure he had also shared how his attempts to contact the group to lineup ticketing had not been acknowledged and that he procured the tickets on his own with the help of a friend toward the end of the night Shinoda addressed the audience before playing the final song of their Encore he asked for a show of hands of who had previously seen Lincoln Park and who was seeing the band for the first time seeming to be impressed by the near equal response of the latter query he addressed the crowd that's incredible that's part of why we're back out there he explained it is not about erasing the past it is about starting this new chapter into the future and coming out here for each and every one of you we love playing for you guys we love writing this music we're very excited about the new record he continued so thank you guys very much we've had an incredible night with you hopefully we'll see you soon the band then finished out the evening with the high energy Banger bleeded out was shenoda sending a message to Bennington in addressing the accusation by Bennington of erasing his father's Legacy the use of the specific phrase erasing the past appears to match up with bennington's wording it also goes along with some of the messaging from the band's live stream in which they encourage the audience to be the voice of Chester and sing along throughout the performance as for bennington's other points about arm Strong's history with the Church of Scientology and being a friend and supporter of jailed actor Danny Masterson who attended his trial the returning Lincoln Park members have not addressed that however Armstrong issued a statement after the initial backlash about her past association with Masterson in which she revealed that she was asked to support the actor at his court appearance and soon realized that she shouldn't have