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Heavy Metal Fan Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum started off as a heavy metal fan. The jazz pianist and singer was initially drawn to an altogether darker music as a teenager, and thinks it gave him a good base to move...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 October 2011
Dave Grohl Saves Support Band
Dave Grohl stepped in to play for his support band when their drummer's appendix burst.Cage the Elephant musician Jared Champion was rushed to hospital in Utah in chronic pain on Monday (10.10.11), leaving them without...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 October 2011
Smells Like Sex For Courtney Love
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain watched Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video together the first time they had sex.The Hole singer can vividly remember the first time she and her late husband - who committed...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 October 2011
Dave Grohl Making Documentary About Nirvana Studio
Rocker Dave Grohl has reportedly turned documentarian to chronicle the history of the studio where he recorded Nevermind with Nirvana over 20 years agoReo Speedwagon star Kevin Cronin has revealed news of the project to...
By WENN on 03 October 2011
Courtney Love Ready To Release Clothing Line
Courtney Love is finally preparing to release her womenswear line.The Hole singer - the widow of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain - revealed at Milan Fashion Week that she will bring out a collection entitled...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 September 2011
Dave Grohl Quit Nirvana In 1993
Dave Grohl quit Nirvana in 1993. The 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' group had a number of drummers before settling on Dave in 1990 ahead of the recording of their defining 'Nevermind' album, but he later...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 September 2011
Frances Bean Cobain Turns To Modelling
Frances Bean Cobain, the only child of Courtney Love and the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, has made the foray into modelling and recently posed for the acclaimed designer-turned-photographer Hedi Slimane, reports OnTheRedCarpet.com. Appearing older...
By WENN on 23 September 2011
Rem Officially Break Up After 30 Years In Rock Music
Rem, the American rock band best known for their seminal album 'Automatic for the People' and smash hit single 'Man on the Moon', have official broken up. The group, hailing from Athens, Georgia, announced the...
By WENN on 21 September 2011
Kurt Cobain's Lyrics Were Inspirational Says Lil Wayne
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, who rose to global fame with their grunge breakthrough album 'Nevermind', have been described as an inspiration by New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne. Speaking after his Mtv Unplugged taping earlier this...
By WENN on 19 September 2011
Arctic Monkeys Lead Q Awards Nominations
Arctic Monkeys lead nominations for this year's Q Awards.The 'Crying Lightning' hitmakers will compete for four trophies at this year's ceremony, including Best Track for 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair', Best Album...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 September 2011
Dave Grohl: 'Nirvana's Drummers Were All Mad'
Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl is convinced he only became Nirvana's regular drummer because he was more stable than his mad predecessors.Grohl was the band's fifth drummer and he was with the band during its...
By WENN on 12 September 2011
Nirvana Exhibition To Open In London
A Nirvana exhibition is set to open in London on September 13.The 'In Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibition' will mark 20 years since the band's 'Nevermind' album was released and will run from September 13...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 September 2011
Jon Stewart To Celebrate Nirvana 20th Anniversary
Jon Stewart, the American comedian and television host, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's seminal album 'Nevermind' by hosting a Q&A session with the band's surviving members, reports the Associated Press.The Comedy Central star...
By WENN on 25 August 2011
Butch Vig: 'Meddling, Moody Cobain Was A Pain'
Rocker Butch Vig has soured the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's classic Nevermind album by confessing frontman Kurt Cobain was "a pain in the a**" to work with.Vig produced the 1991 album and...
By World Entertainment News Network on 25 August 2011
Selena Gomez Wants Fans' Advice On Perfume
Selena Gomez has invited her fans to choose the ingredients for her forthcoming perfume.The 19-year-old actress - who is planning to release the scent in 2012 after teaming up with lifestyle brand Adrenalina - is...
By Bang Showbiz on 24 August 2011
Miley Cyrus' Smells Like Teen Spirit Is Voted Worst Cover
Miley Cyrus' version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit has been named the worst cover ever in a new magazine poll.Rolling Stone readers voted the teenager's live rendition of the grunge anthem the worst of...
By WENN on 24 August 2011
Novoselic To Play Nirvana's Nevermind In Its Entirety
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic will perform the group's classic album Nevermind in its entirety next month (Sep11) to mark the record's 20th anniversary.The 1991 masterpiece has sold 30 million copies worldwide and is set...
By WENN on 18 August 2011
Krist Novoselic To Perform Nevermind In Full
Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic will perform the band's classic 'Nevermind' album in full. The 46-year-old rocker will join forces with the likes of Seattle bands Campfire OK, the Long Winters, Visqueen, the Fastbacks and Vaporland...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 August 2011
Nirvana's Nevermind Exhibition Heading To London
Nirvana's iconic album Nevermind will be honoured with an exhibition in London next month (Sep11) to mark the record's 20th anniversary.The 1991 masterpiece has sold 30 million copies worldwide, and fans will be able to...
By WENN on 18 August 2011
Krist Novoselic Puts Dave Grohl In Nirvana
Krist Novoselic makes Dave Grohl feel like he's in Nirvana again. The Foo Fighters frontman feels his former bandmate still carries the "soul" of their previous group - which was brought to an end by...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 August 2011
Amy Winehouse Believed She Would 'Die Young'
Amy Winehouse predicted she would die at the age of 27. The 'Rehab' singer - who passed away at her home in Camden, north London, on Saturday (23.07.11) - believed she would become one of...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 July 2011
Amy Winehouse Joins The 27 Club
Amy Winehouse has become the latest high profile musician to join the infamous 27club. Winehouse was reportedly found dead at a flat in Camden (London) by police after a call was made to emergency services...
By Lew Irwin on 23 July 2011
Vedder, Flea & Cyrus Remember Nirvana's Nevermind
Eddie Vedder, Flea, R.E.M's Peter Buck and even Billy Ray Cyrus have paid tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind as part of a Spin magazine special to mark the upcoming 20th anniversary of the iconic album's release.Vedder...
By WENN on 22 July 2011
Nirvana's 1992 Reading Show To Be Screened At Festival
Nirvana's legendary 1992 set at Britain's Reading Festival will be played to revellers at this year's (11) event.What was to become the Smells Like Teen Spirit rockers' final British performance at the music event has...
By WENN on 30 June 2011
John Lennon Album Sells For 23k
An album signed by John Lennon hours before he was shot dead has fetched £23,750 at auction. The record - an edition of the former Beatles singer's 'Double Fantasy' album, signed in December 1980 shortly...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 June 2011
Kasabian Go 'Heavy As F**K'
Kasabian's new album is "heavy as f**k".The 'Underdog' rockers felt it was the "right time" to write heavier songs for their fourth album, as they better suit the huge crowds the band now command at...
By Bang Showbiz on 01 June 2011
Courtney Love Wants Rich Boyfriend
Courtney Love wants a "really, really rich" boyfriend.The Hole frontwoman - who has recently been linked to British aristocrat Henry Allsopp - says she is on the prowl for a "plurocrat" and thinks she would...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 May 2011
Michael Stipe Dismisses Cobain Sex Story
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has put to bed rumours he once enjoyed a sexual fling with Nirvana star Kurt Cobain.The two rockers developed a close bond in the 1990s, sparking rumours they had slept together...
By WENN on 19 May 2011
Michael Stipe Offered To Work With Tragic Kurt Cobain
R.E.M. star Michael Stipe has revealed he offered Kurt Cobain a collaborative project in a desperate effort to prevent the Nirvana frontman from committing suicide.The two alternative rockers became friends in the early 1990s and...
By WENN on 10 May 2011
Foo Fighters Studio Session Turned Into Mini Nirvana Reunion
Former Nirvana bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic relived their rock heyday during a recent studio session when they performed Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time in 18 years.Foo Fighters frontman Grohl recruited...
By WENN on 22 April 2011
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