At the end of 2004, Linkin Park collaborated with Jay-Z to release Collision Course. Included in the album are seven Linkin Park songs and six Jay-Z songs. The album debut at No. 1 on the charts, and the first single, "Numb/Encore," also hit No. 1. Linkin Park played at Live 8 and at Music for Relief in 2005. Linkin Park recently reached a new deal with their record label, Warner Brothers. At the 2006 Grammy Awards Ceremony, Chester Bennington hinted to Rolling Stone magazine that the upcoming Linkin Park release would be "dark and spooky, poppy and very melodramatic" and unlike other Linkin Park releases.
