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16-year-old guitar prodigy blows America’s Got Talent away once again with crushing cover of Muse hit
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16-year-old Nene Royal returned to the America's Got Talent stage and blew the audience away once again with a crushing cover of a Muse classic.
After a blinding guitar solo, complete with some slick tapping licks, she weaved Matt Bellamy’s lead parts with Chris Wolstenholme’s iconic bassline.
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“I want you to find moments where the audience is just gonna scream”Early Release: Nene Royal CRUSHES "Hysteria" by Muse | Judges' Callbacks | AGT 2026 - YouTube Watch OnThe pep talk worked a treat.
Then, of course, there’s one-time Total Guitar cover star and acoustic guitar virtuoso Marcin, who broke through on the program, and Bay Melnick Virgolino, who has since played with Joe Bonamassa and Phoebe Bridgers, all before his 12th birthday.