News about Chester Bennington

The 'In The End' hitmakers have been on hiatus since the tragic death of frontman Chester - who took his own life aged 41 in 2017.

Linkin Park has released a new song nearly seven years after disbanding in the aftermath of singer Chester Bennington's sudden death. Friendly Fire, the previously unveiled track, was written during One More Light (2017) sessions, but it was later scrapped, but not released. It's now the lead single for their forthcoming greatest hits album, Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023, and it's likely to be released on April 12. The band also released a music video for Friendly Fire that included never-before-seen studios and a live video. According to People, lead guitarist Brad Delson said that the song had always been one of our favorite songs from the One More Light sessions, but they couldn't get it exactly right by the time of recording for the album.

As they returned from a trip to Mexico together, Chester Bennington's widow Talinda Bennington ignited romance with The Script's Glen Power on Friday, six years after the musician's suicide. Talinda, 47, who was married to Chester from 2005 until his death at the age of 41 in 2017 's 2017, had a casual appearance as she strolled with the drummer, 45, as they arrived in Los Angeles.

Mike Shinoda has never been to Meteora, the site of stunning rock formations in central Greece dating back 60 million years. However, he discovered those otherworldly terrestrial forms on tour with his band Linkin Park in the early 2000s. “We saw the photograph of the area, and it seemed to be from another planet,” he told MTV News recently. It was so bizarre and new." He may have felt the same at the time. Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park's debut in 2000, became the best-selling album of the year, bringing the California six-piece rap-rock band to international prominence. It eventually became a platinum award-winning vehicle. "If it was today, imagine one minute you're making protests in your parents' house, and the next minute, you've produced an album that's bigger than [Justin] Bieber, Drake, Halsey, and Post Malone," he said. Shinoda was determined to make a good sequel, but the pressure was on to produce a good sequel.

It's been a long lookout for the elusive "bop" to find. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? The MTV News team has assembled a hand-picked collection of songs from the Bop Shop. This weekly collection does not discriminate by gender and can include almost anything; it's a glimpse at what's on our minds and what sounds good. With the new music, we'll keep it fresh, but we'll still get a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while. Prepare: The Bop Shop is now open for business.

Lost, a previously unheard track that features late singer Chester Bennington's vocals, who tragically died in a suicide at 41 on July 20, 2017. The band took to social media on Monday to announce the single's unveiling in an 18-second clip of a person in a gas mask spray painting the camera's lens. At the end of the clip, the phrase 'New Linkin Park Music' flashed on the screen.