During its 90-minute Projekt Revolution sets, Linkin Park plans to play a good chunk of its latest album, "Minutes to Midnight."

"I think it's really a great time, because we get to play all of the singles," Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington said during a recent teleconference. "We kind of are amazed at the fact that we can actually squeeze an hour-and-a-half set out, because our [new] record is fairly short.

"But we're really focusing on allowing all the other bands to really put on whatever show they want to put on. There are no restrictions on any of the groups, and we're just focusing on going out and doing what we do. Overall, I feel that, if everyone on the tour has the freedom to shine at their best and there are no limitations, then I think that the fans will walk away completely satisfied."

During its recent headlining tours, My Chemical Romance has been playing its latest album, "The Black Parade," in its entirety under the band name The Black Parade. For their hour-long sets at Projekt Revolution, the alter-ego band will be pushed aside.

"It won't be anything like we had on 'The Black Parade' tour, but, at the same time, I think we became very addicted to pyro, so I think we're bringing out a lot of pyro," My Chemical Romance lead singer Gerard Way said.

"Right now, it's just fun for us to do [after] having just done 'The Black Parade' as a full band with pyro and effects and everything," Way continued. "I think it's nice to kind of maybe do it as My Chem with pyro, because we really never used pyro as My Chemical Romance, so it should be interesting."

The band is unsure if bassist Mikey Way, Gerard's brother, will return to the stage for this tour. He reportedly took a hiatus from the band after getting married.

The tour's main stage also includes Taking Back Sunday, H.I.M., Placebo [ tickets ] and Julien-K [ tickets ]. The second stage, dubbed the Revolution Stage, will feature Mindless Self Indulgence [ tickets ], Saosin [ tickets ], The Bled [ tickets ], Styles of Beyond and Madina Lake.

Previous Projekt Revolution tours featured prominent rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill and Xzibit. This year, rap plays only a small part on Projekt Revolution, with L.A. underground rap act Styles of Beyond on the second stage. Bennington said adding rap to Projekt Revolution was never a requirement.

"I personally noticed in the past, with the exception of maybe Cypress Hill and Snoop Dogg, there was enthusiasm [about] the hip-hop artists, but there really wasn't a lot of overall excitement," Bennington said. "I personally felt like the show kind of went into a lull in some cases, and I really wanted this to be a really exciting, energy filled [show]. I want the band to be able to feed off of the crowd. I don't want to have to warm them back up after a [hip-hop act finishes performing].

"And certain hip-hop groups--like I said, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit--in some cases did that very well and it's tough. It's tough to have a really kicking rock band come out and then have The Roots come out on stage afterward. It can flow if they're the right mix, but I think, through trial and error we've realized that we want to put on a really energetic show, and sometimes people don't really want to have to think too much when they go to a concert."

For Linkin Park, however, there was a lot of thought involved. Planning Projekt Revolution is very time-consuming, Bennington said.

"It takes around nine months to a year to get one of these tours together. The way it starts is ... I sit down and I basically write down as many bands that I possibly can think of that I think are awesome, and that I think could be really exciting to see together, and I feel share something in common, but also bring something different, because I think it's important that a band of one kind lets their fans experience music of the other kinds. It opens people's minds.

"And so, with this tour, it came about a little bit differently. It was a lot easier this year for us to put this tour together because all the bands seemed really excited about doing the tour, and ... My Chemical Romance was on my list from the beginning. Taking Back Sunday was on the list from the very beginning and we just kind of went through and it was really great because, literally, I think, 90-percent of the bands [on my wish list agreed to] do it."

The only hiccups came when Linkin Park tried to put together a second stage.

"And we only ran into a snag in a couple of areas in the second stage, where bands felt like they should have been on the main stage, but that's just a judgment call on our part."