Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins to Receive Stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Linkin Park and Smashing Pumpkins will be honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The long-running institution adds the two rock acts to its list of music recipients, joining a growing roster of rock and metal artists already embedded in the sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard.

The announcement, reported by Metal Injection, confirms the bands as part of an incoming class of honorees. No ceremony dates or categories were immediately detailed, but Walk of Fame selections typically recognize decades of commercial and cultural impact.

For Linkin Park, the star arrives years after the band’s initial peak with albums like Hybrid Theory and Meteora, and follows the death of vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017. Smashing Pumpkins, led by Billy Corgan, have maintained a shape-shifting presence since their ’90s breakout, with the band currently active in its third decade.

The Walk of Fame has gradually expanded its rock and metal footprint. Acts from Motörhead to Judas Priest and Def Leppard have been cemented in recent years, a quiet correction to a route that once favored pop and film stars. Neither band’s placement on a tourism-centric sidewalk is likely to register as a milestone for their core listenership, but the gesture remains a formal nod to sustained influence.