Linkin Park / Jay-z - Numb / Encore - (live 8 2005)

: It was the largest audience Linkin Park ever played for, with estimates ranging from 700,000 to over 1 million people on-site.

This performance remains a high-water mark for 2000s music, representing a "lightning in a bottle" moment where rock and hip-hop truly collided. Linkin Park / Jay-Z - Numb / Encore (Live 8 2005)

: The live arrangement featured a special guitar intro specifically for the benefit shows, adding a new layer to the studio version that won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2006. : It was the largest audience Linkin Park

: The event was part of a global string of benefit concerts viewed by an estimated 2 billion people worldwide to raise awareness for poverty in Africa. : The event was part of a global

: Jay-Z famously noted that the collaboration got "the brothers rocking out to rock and the rockers nodding with the brothers to rap".

Held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, this show featured Linkin Park and Jay-Z performing a nine-song setlist derived from their Collision Course EP.

: Fans often revisit this live version to witness Chester Bennington’s raw vocal power and breath control, which many describe as giving them "goosebumps" years later.