Fan Recalls Moment With Chester Bennington at Final Meet and Greet
(WorldNews Music)

Hours after the news of Chester Bennington’s passing, the Internet is flooding with reflections on the Linkin Park frontman’s life. As the singer’s celebrity friends and admirers rush to pay their respects, members of the band’s massive fan community are equally as devastated. Mike Shiel is one of them. The U.K. resident was among one of the last fans to speak with Bennington before his tragic passing. Shiel, a 34-year-old computer engineer who tells Billboard he has followed Linkin Park since before its first album came out in 2000, spoke with the singer backstage at the Birmingham show on July 6 as part of a Linkin Park Underground fan club meet-and-greet. It was...