 A Thousand Suns was released on September 14 . The album 's first single , " The Catalyst " , was released on August 2 . The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour , which started in Los Angeles on September 7 . Linkin Park also relied on MySpace to promote their album , releasing two additional songs , " Waiting for the End " and " Blackout " on September 8 . Furthermore , a documentary about the album 's production , titled Meeting of A Thousand Suns , was available for streaming on the band 's MySpace page . On August 31 , 2010 , it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12 , 2010 . The venue of the debut live performance of the single was Griffith Observatory , an iconic location used in Hollywood movies . " Waiting for the End " was released as the second single of A Thousand Suns . 
