Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley is rumoured to be the new frontman of a reunited . Speculation about the singer taking the place of the stars’ late vocalist Chester Bennington started last night (August 26). The Sum 41 X (formerly Twitter) account posted an image that simply read “Tune in Wednesday morning [August 28] Deryck Whibley announcement”.
The post was made during which started on the Linkin Park social media accounts on Saturday (August 24). The countdown, which will last for 100 hours, is due to expire on Wednesday, August 28. It was shared online by the social media account of US festival Welcome To Rockville, inspiring theories that Linkin Park will be returning to the live arena in 2025.
The timing of the two posts has led fans to believe that Whibley is joining Linkin Park. “holy fuckin shit hes the new Linkin Park singer,” says the most popular reply on Sum 41’s X post. “I’m a big fan of Linkin Park,” adds another commenter.
“NO WAY IT COULD BE RELATED TO LINKIN PARK OMGGGG,” writes another. Linkin Park ceased activity in 2017, following the passing of Bennington aged 41. The band played a tribute concert to the frontman that October with a host of singers, including Whibley for the song , and haven’t performed together since.
Whibley joined Linkin Park vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda onstage at the Reading festival in 2018 to cover 2003 track . Rumours of a Linkin Park comeback began in April, when Jay Gordon of industrial roc.