It’s fair to say it was a concert many of the 15,000 or so Linkin Park fans who turned out Thursday night, Aug. 14, at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena never expected to see.

Singer Chester Bennington’s suicide during July of 2017 seemed to put the band on ice for good. But last year’s surprise reemergence, with Dead Sara’s Emily Armstrong assuming Bennington’s role, showed that the band’s absence only made fans’ hearts grow fonder; a new album, “From Zero,” hit No. 1 around the world and No. 2 in the U.S. and spawned three No. 1 Mainstream Rock chart hits in “The Emptiness Machine,” “Heavy is the Crown” and “Up From the Bottom.”

And while the group’s return has been polarizing in some circles, few of the faithful seem conflicted on Thursday as Linkin Park — in its first metro area appeara

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