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Linkin Park is kicking of 2011 with their North American Tour and they want to hook you up with some of their exclusive tour merch!

To celebrate this highly anticipated tour, we’re giving away an official Linkin Park tour poster and a Deluxe CD+DVD version of their newest release A Thousand Suns. Be sure to visit LinkinPark.com for a full schedule of tour dates and the latest updates from the band and iTunes to check out the new album!

To win, comment and tell us your favorite Linkin Park song and why before 12 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Jan. 20 (the day the band’s tour kicks-off). We’ll pick a winner from the comments then. Make sure you use a valid email address and your real name. Contest is limited to U.S. and Canada residents only.

The upcoming special International LPU Summit in Chicago takes place on January 26. Members of the LP Underground will enjoy an experience like no other with the band, including: Q&A session with LP, the chance to participate in a meet & greet and take photos with LP, the chance to participate in a crew bus and backstage tour, watch a pre-show sound check, get first entry to the concert venue (concert tickets not included), and more! For more information, visit http://lpu.linkinpark.com/summit-chicago/

Deluxe CD/DVD edition of A Thousand Suns:
CD tracklisting:
1. The Requiem
2. The Radiance
3. Burning In The Skies
4. Empty Spaces
5. When They Come For Me
6. Robot Boy
7. Jornada Del Muerto
8. Waiting For The End
9. Blackout
10. Wretches And Kings
11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love
12. Iridescent
13. Fallout
14. The Catalyst
15. The Messenger
The DVD contains the documentary called “Meeting Of A Thousand Suns.” Mike Shinoda explains, “This documentary is easily one of the most powerful insights into our creative process ever recorded. It’s a revealing look into the personalities of the band: our fears, our victories, and the journey that we took to make A Thousand Suns.”

Be sure to check back to PopWreckoning.com – we’ll be updating with photos and a review of the band from the Kansas City stop on Jan. 29.

Though it’s been awhile since the last the White Stripes show, as of March 16, fans will be able to enjoy the White Stripes live from the comfort of their living rooms.

The White Stripes are releasing their first-ever official live album of 16 songs recorded during their 2007 Canadian tour on both vinyl and CD (full track list below). This was the tour where they planned to perform in every province and territory in that nation. In addition to the live CD, they’re including a DVD release of their 10th anniversary show as well as a DVD of the Emmett Malloy documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights. The CD/DVD box set is officially released March 16 in various packages on whitestripes.com.

In celebration of the release, we’re giving away a copy of Under Great White Northern Lights DVD and the live CD. To win, correctly answer the following question by Monday, March 15 at 12 p.m. CDT: During their 2007 Canadian tour, the White Stripes set a world record by doing what in St. John’s, Newfoundland? We’ll pick one winner from the correct answers.

Track Listing:
1. Let’s Shake Hands
2. Black Math
3. Little Ghost
4. Blue Orchid
5. The Union Forever
6. Ball and Biscuit
7. Icky Thump
8. I’m Slowly Turning Into You
9. Jolene
10. 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
11. We Are Going to Be Friends
12. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
13. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
14. Fell In Love With a Girl
15. When I Hear My Name
16. Seven Nation Army

Don’t forget that Under Great White Northern Lights is screening at U.S. theaters beginning March 11, at midnight! Check here to find a showing near you. Can’t find one? Apply to host your own.