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Free Tattoos & New Song To Celebrate Nirvana’S 'In Utero' 20th Anniversary [Listen]
Nirvana fans across the globe have banded together in celebration this month to celebrate two decades of the grunge rock group's final album, In Utero, which was released on the 13rd September 1993. To commemorate...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 25 September 2013
Dave Grohl Nearly Had Seizure On Nirvana Track
Dave Grohl nearly ''had a seizure'' recording Nirvana's 'Heart Shaped Box'. The grunge band's drummer told how he and bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic used a strobe light to help them stay in time...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 September 2013
Courtney Love Wants To Work With Jay Z
Singer Courtney Love is hoping to team up with rapper Jay Z on her new album after she let him use a sample of her late husband Kurt Cobain's Nirvana track Smells Like Teen Spirit...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2013
Pat Smear Wants To Play Nirvana Songs Live
Pat Smear thinks the surviving members of Nirvana should play the band's songs live. The guitarist was a member of the iconic grunge band for six months before they ended in 1994 with the suicide...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 September 2013
Dave Grohl Thought Nirvana Would Quit After Nevermind
Dave Grohl didn't think Nirvana would make another record after 'Nevermind'. The 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' grunge band had a huge worldwide hit with their second album in 1991, but drummer Dave wasn't sure they...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2013
Frank Turner Copies Kurt Cobain's Wheelchair Entrance At Reading
Rocker Frank Turner honoured late Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain at Reading Festival on Friday (23Aug13) by turning up onstage in a wheelchair, mimicking the star's iconic 1992 entrance.The singer/songwriter was one of the headlining acts...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 August 2013
Dave Grohl's Lollapalooza Tears Over Kurt Cobain's Death
Dave Grohl broke down in tears surrounded by 30,000 rock fans at a music festival when they joined in a rendition of Nirvana's All Apologies as a tribute to tragic frontman Kurt Cobain.The drummer headed...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2013
Nirvana To Release Complete Live Show With 'In Utero' Album 20th Anniversary Reissue
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of 1993 album, In Utero, Nirvana will release their original album remastered featuring more than 70 remixed, rare, live and unreleased recorded tracks, reports Spin. The so-called...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2013
Courtney Love's Cobain Communication
Courtney Love has her daughter on speed dial.The Hole rocker has a turbulent relationship with Frances Bean Cobain - her 20-year-old daughter with the late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain - but Courtney insists they have...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 July 2013
Jay-z Track Smells Like Teen Spirit
Jay-Z uses the lyrics to Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in new track 'Holy Grail'.The hip-hop superstar has been granted permission to use words written by the late grunge legend Kurt Cobain on his forthcoming...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 June 2013
Jay-z Is Using 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Lyrics On New Album, Says Courtney Love
Jay-Z announced last weekend that he is going to release his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, as part of a special service with smartphone manufacturers Samsung. He has so far been relatively quiet in...
By Joe Wilde on 22 June 2013
Paris Jackson Attempted Suicide After Being Forbidden From Marilyn Manson Gig?
Paris Jackson's shock suicide attempt yesterday (5th June) left her in hospital last night.She reportedly sliced her arm with a cleaver knife and took an overdose of painkillers after a relative forbade her from attending...
By Lauren James in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 June 2013
Courtney Love: 'My Daughter Turned Down Kristen Stewart's Twilight Role'
Kristen Stewart's role in the Twilight movie franchise nearly went to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter, according to her mother.The Hole rocker told U.S. radio host Howard Stern on Thursday (30May13) that Frances Bean...
By WENN on 31 May 2013
Courtney Love Still Guarding Nirvana Rights
Courtney Love is preventing Nirvana's music being used for a ''jukebox musical.''The 'Doll Parts' singer - widow of grunge band's late songwriter Kurt Cobain, and shareholder in the rights to the band's back catalogue -...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 May 2013
Kendall Jenner Accused Of Seeking Attention
Frances Bean Cobain has accused Kendall Jenner of venting her problems in public for attention.The 20-year-old model - who is the daughter of Courtney Love and the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain - doesn't think...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 May 2013
Courtney Love: 'Nirvana Catalogue Is A Curse'
Courtney Love is beginning to curse the day she became the guardian of her late husband Kurt Cobain's Nirvana catalogue - because it has become a big anchor in her life.The rocker admits it's a...
By WENN on 19 May 2013
Photos Of Kurt Cobain's Death Scene Published For First Time
Previously unpublished photos of the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide have been released on the 19th anniversary of his death.The Nirvana frontman was found dead in the greenhouse at his Lake Washington home in Seattle,...
By WENN on 05 April 2013
Courtney Love Advertises Electronic Cigarettes
Courtney Love is advertising electronic cigarettes.The Hole singer has signed up to become the unlikely star of a new web-based advertisement for NJOY electronic cigarettes in a bid to revamp her unhealthy rock 'n' roll...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 April 2013
Dave Grohl Asked Pj Harvey To Join Supergroup For Nirvana Tribute
Dave Grohl almost landed a historic Nirvana moment with late rocker Kurt Cobain's favourite singer Pj Harvey at a recent Sound City Players gig in London.The man behind the supergroup rarely performs Nirvana tracks out...
By WENN on 22 March 2013
Pj Harvey Asked To Stand In For Cobain
Dave Grohl wanted PJ Harvey to sing a Nirvana track with him.The musician played with the surviving members of the band, Krist Noveselic and Pat Smear as part of his Sound City Players supergroup, and...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 March 2013
Will Courtney Love Attend New York Fashion Week? 2013 Runway Collections Inspired By The Grunge Look
Will Courtney Love be taking a front row seat at New York’s fashion week? If a recent Reuters report is anything to go by, it looks as though the Queen of Grunge may well have...
By Hayley Avron in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 February 2013
Tinie Tempah Waiting For New Kurt Cobain
Tinie Tempah thinks the current generation needs a Kurt Cobain figure.The 'Pass Out' hitmaker called for a new artist to capture the spirit of today's teenagers and the times in the same way the the...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 January 2013
Kurt Cobain Biopic Will 'Embody' The Late Musician
Brett Morgan's film about Kurt Cobain will be an ''embodiment of his character''.The director has been making a feature based on the late Nirvana frontman's life with his widow, Courtney Love, for the past five...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 January 2013
Courtney Love Is Against Paul Mccartney Fronting Nirvana In Place Of Kurt Cobain
Courtney Love, Kurt Kobain's widow and mother of his only child, has expressed her distaste at the appointment of Paul McCartney to be the front man of a Nirvana reunion at the 12-12-12 charity gig...
By Lorna Greville in Music / Festivals on 14 December 2012
Sandy Benefit Concert Highlights: Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Paul Mccartney And Nirvana Hit The Mark
Yesterday’s Concert For Sandy Relief (December 12, 2012) turned into a year’s worth of rock and pop headlines, all rolled into one. Not only were some of the coolest kids on the block performing (Alicia...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 13 December 2012
Courtney Love 'Not Amused' By Nirvana Reunion
Courtney Love is ''not amused'' by Sir Paul McCartney's performance with Nirvana.The outspoken musician - widow of the band's late singer Kurt Cobain - was fuming over The Beatles star fronting a mini reunion with...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 December 2012
Nirvana Set To Return With Paul Mccartney Filling Kurt Cobain's Absence
Nirvana reunification for Wednesday night's special Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden will see Paul McCartney fill the boots of the late Kurt Cobain. Nirvana's Dave Grohl asked McCartney to join him and...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 December 2012
Has The World Gone Mad? Is Sir Paul Mccartney Really Replacing Kurt Cobain In Nirvana?
Is Sir Paul McCartney really going to replace Kurt Cobain in a newly-reformed Nirvana?Well, if you cast a glace over the online chatter today, you would certainly think that. It’s not strictly true, of course...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 12 December 2012
Happy 70th Birthday, Jimi Hendrix! Is It Too Late To Become A Hendrix Fan?
Jimi Hendrix, in action, in his heydayHappy Birthday, Jimi Hendrix! Today, Jimi Hendrix would have been celebrating his 70th birthday, had a tragic turn of events not resulted in his death on September 18, 1970.He...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 27 November 2012
Kurt Cobain Documentary In The Works
A documentary about Kurt Cobain is being made.The late Nirvana star's wife, Courtney Love, has approached filmmaker Brett Morgan about the project, which has reportedly been in the works since 2007.Brett told the new York...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 November 2012
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