Limp Bizkit is Breaking the Internet with 'Break Stuff' Times Two

Limp Bizkit is taking a page out of The Kinks' playbook.

While there may not be many similarities between the Nü Metal band fronted by Fred Durst compared to the British legends led by the Davies Brothers, when the Kinks titled their 1981 album Give The People What They Want, it seems to be resonating with the rap rockers.

Even if they don't know it.

While completing the final shows of their Still Sucks Tour, Limp Bizkit recently had a viral hit on social media when footage of the crowd's reaction to "Break Stuff" at Lollapalooza in Argentina reached 1 million people.

Shocked web surfers either couldn't believe the Florida group could still make the kids bounce like they did 20 years ago, or were blown away that it's still true no audiences get down the way they do in South America.

On and off since October of last year, Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, drummer John Otto, bassist Sam Rivers, and DJ Lethal have been giving the kids what they seemingly want by opening and closing their set with "Break Stuff" which originally dropped 24 years ago.

The tune is Limp Bizkit's most-performed song, eclipsing "Nookie" by about 100 plays.

Limp Bizkit also played "Break Stuff" as it's opener and closer in Brazil and at many shows in its Still Sucks Tour.

"Break Stuff" played a notorious role in the Netflix documentary about the disaster that was Woodstock '99. Filmmakers claim that the audience was already fed up with the lack of food, water, and shade, and when Durst asked the crowd if they were ready to break stuff, they replied to the affirmative in words and deeds.

Fortunately the fests this March throughout South America were better organized and the kids just wanted to have fun.

Is playing a song twice in a show a new concept? Not at all.

While some new bands might play their big hit twice simply because they don't have any other songs, occasionally a veteran band or artist will bookend a gig with a song that really means something to them at the moment.

Neil Young performed "Tonight's the Night" twice when he opened the Roxy in '73.

"So, a few nights, Neil would come out at the end of the night, and just with his great sense of humor, he said, 'Okay, everybody, we’re going to play something you’ve all heard before.' And the place goes wild like, 'Is this going to be "Cinnamon Girl?" Is it going to be "Heart of Gold?" What beautiful hit is our master poet going to present to us?' And we played 'Tonight’s the Night' again, which they never heard. And it just completely knocked them down. I got a kick out of that," guitarist Nils Lofgren said.

On the Vertigo Tour, U2 played the title track at the start and end of the show. Some speculated it was because it was a great, high energy, show opener that set the tone for the night. And then once the sun had set and the video screens were at full impact, it was an excellent way to end the long night.

Limp Bizkit, who relies on an awful lot of covers in their set (their cover of George Michael's "Faith" is a hair behind "Break Stuff" for most-performed) and what some might consider tape fillers, appears to be suggesting that even though they've been around the block for nearly a quarter century, the Kinks were right: give these massive festival audiences two shots at screaming their lungs out and stomping around.

Which is why they bought the damn ticket in the first place.

Limp Bizkit is taking the spring off but announced a US Summer tour hosted by the always-entertaining Riff Raff (who the James Franco character was loosely based on in the 2013 film Spring Breakers) and featuring Michael Jackson's old pal, Corey Feldman.

The Loserville Tour kicks off in Wisconsin in the middle of July and concludes in San Bernardino a month later. Tickets available on the Bizkit website.

Tue Jul 16 – Somerset, WI – Somerset Amphitheater
Thu Jul 18 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL
Sat Jul 20 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Sun Jul 21 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Tue Jul 23 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Wed Jul 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Fri Jul 26 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sun Jul 28 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Tue Jul 30 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Wed Jul 31 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Fri Aug 02 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Sun Aug 04 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 06 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 07 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 09 – Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 11 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Tue Aug 13 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Thu Aug 15 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Fri Aug 16 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 20 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 21 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Fri Aug 23 – Concord, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Concord
Thu Aug 24 – San Bernardino, CA – Glen Helen Amphitheater

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