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Winston Marshall says he is leaving folk-rock group Mumford & Sons so that he can “speak freely” about political issues.

Alexi Laiho, the frontman of Children of Bodom and Bodom After Midnight, passed away at his home in Helsinki, Finland last week.

Out in the open, Joanna Kim’s fingers fly fast and fill the air with sweet sounds. When the 16-year-old plays the guitar, you can’t help but stop and listen.  This teen from Chantilly is among the guitar players around the world vying for the title of Acoustic Guitarist of the Year. She’s up against four others in the contest...

Guitar players around the world are vying for the title Guitarist of the Year. Chantilly High School sophomore Joanna Kim, 16, is up against four others in the Guitar Player Magazine contest. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Jack Sherman, a guitarist who joined the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers for its debut album and first U.S. tour, has died at age 64, the band said.

Metallica says its frontman James Hetfield has entered rehab, and the band is canceling its upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand. Three of the heavy metal band’s members posted a statement on Twitter Friday announcing the decision and apologizing to fans. The statement by drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Rob Trujillo says anyone who purchased tickets...

An energetic Mick Jagger skipped, spun, sprinted and pranced Friday night as the Rolling Stones launched their North American tour at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

The Tribeca Film The Tribeca Film Festival has added a “Say Anything…” reunion screening to its upcoming festival, as well as the premiere of a documentary on Phish lead singer and guitarist Trey Anastasio.

The Monkees bassist, singer and keyboardist Peter Tork died on Thursday. He was 77.

Peter Tork, who rose to teen-idol fame in 1966 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died.

After yet another week filled with political drama, presidential soundbites and general unrest, ‘Saturday Night Live’ had a fresh batch of big headlines to work with. A parody of President Trump’s declaration of emergency saw the return of actor Alec Baldwin.
Don Cheadle hosted the show, and Texas artist Gary Clark Jr performed two of his songs.

Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the most streamed song of the 20th century, racking up more than 1.6 billion streams, NBC News reported. It’s also the most streamed classic rock song of all time, according to Universal Music Group, which represents the band’s catalog globally, outside of North America. “So the River of Rock Music has metamorphosed into streams! Very happy...

Joe Perry is feeling the love from fans after he was hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was taken to the hospital after he experienced shortness of breath during a concert at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, his representatives said.

A family friend says Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of their hits including “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 68.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers disagreed in opening arguments Friday about who is the victim in the federal criminal trial of an Alabama doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed the former guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down. Prosecutors said 38-year-old guitarist Matthew Roberts, who was found dead in a Wisconsin hotel in 2016, was the victim. Al.com reported that...

An Alabama physician is scheduled to go on trial Friday on charges that he improperly prescribed fentanyl and other drugs to 3 Doors Down guitarist Matthew Roberts, who died of a drug overdose. Dr. Richard Snellgrove of Fairhope faces a 13-count federal indictment in Mobile alleging unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud. An indictment alleges he prescribed...

Metallica and Dave Matthews are set to headline a wildfire relief concert in San Francisco next month. Metallica, which calls the Bay Area home, has joined with Matthews and Oakland rapper G-Eazy to form the “Band Together Bay Area” coalition to raise relief money for victims of the wildfires, which have killed more than 40 people and caused at least...

The younger Cyrus invites her father to join her for a ‘Tonight Show’ performance

A Virginia family has set up a fundraiser to honor the memory of Witt Black, a musician who died of an opioid overdose. News4’s Julie Carey reports.