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Linkin Park’s plans for a triumphal Dodger Stadium hometown show seem to have fizzled.

Although the city’s history goes back to the Middle Ages, it was rebuilt under Joseph Stalin after World War II as a kind of triumphal arch and a gateway to Moscow, 700 kilometers away.

Set to a triumphal score by Amelia Warner, there’s a hint of Bruckheimer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean”-style jauntiness to the powerful orchestration that adds to the sense of melodrama at play.

Regardless, the ceremony will be triumphal and filled with symbolism.

Under heavy security, settlers in and near the West Bank city of Hebron held triumphal marches.