In 2001, Linkin Park performed "One Step Closer" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

In 2009, every show they played was ended with "One Step Closer", excluding the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiere.

At the end of the verse, Davis repeats the line "Blood is pouring" while the song builds up to the bridge.

On October 27, 2017, during the Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington, Jonathan Davis performed the song again with the remaining Linkin Park members alongside Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh of Julien-K and Dead by Sunrise.

Two of them follow a strange man wearing a black hooded robe into a door which leads them to a dark, misty room where the band is playing.