Sure, there were Nirvana songs on the first day of iconic label Sub Pop's 20th anniversary bash at Seattle's Marymoor Park on Saturday. They just happened to be...
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Courtney Love has said she wants to Half Nelson actor Ryan Gosling to play her late husband Kurt Cobain in a film.
Love, who is executive producer on the $60 million movie...
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James McAvoy is in the frame to play Kurt Cobain in the upcoming biopic about the life and death of the rock star, according to reports.
The actor, who has made his name...
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The Kurt Cobain documentary which features voiceover from the Nirvana frontman himself is due to be released in the U.S. in October.
AJ Schnack's documentary film Kurt...
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Much of the rock 'n' roll and pop canon is well established.
Buying the albums of `60s and `70s acts like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Bob...
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A dance show based on Nirvana's landmark 1991 Nevermind album debuts in Seattle this weekend. The production opens at the Moore Theatre in the band's home city and will be...
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Kurt Cobain is the most financially successful dead celebrity, it has been announced.
The former Nirvana frontman has displaced Elvis Presley at the summit of the Forbes...
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A new documentary about Kurt Cobain will be screened at next month's Toronto Film Festival, it has been announced.
The film has been directed by A.J. Schnack and consists...
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Courtney Love said she plans to sell part of her stake in Nirvana's catalog, according to NME.com. Love, in London last week for meetings about a new record deal, a TV...
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The three surviving members of Alice In Chains will reunite onstage for the first time in nearly nine years at a tsunami benefit in Seattle on February 18. Guitarist Jerry...
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A rare guitar once owned by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $117,500 at the Icons Of 20th Century Music auction, conducted on Saturday (April 17) by Heritage...
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An original movie about the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is being developed by the WB Network, according to Billboard.com. The WB has bought the rights to Heavier...
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Monday (April 5) marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Nirvana founder and frontman Kurt Cobain at the age of 27. Cobain, who killed himself with a shotgun in a room...
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The new paperback edition of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's personal journals features some never-before-seen material, including lyrics to early Nirvana songs and even the...
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Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, where Nirvana recorded part of their ground-breaking 1991 album Nevermind, was demolished earlier this week when a truck crashed into...
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Nirvana: The Day To Day Illustrated Journals has the tacit approval of Courtney Love, the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
Set for release this September, the...
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The book Nirvana: The Day To Day Illustrated Journals is scheduled for release this September. The 192-page full-color tome is a reworked version of Eyewitness Nirvana: The...
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Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has been named the greatest song of the past quarter century, for the upcoming VH1 special 100 Greatest Songs Of The Past 25 Years....
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Nick Broomfield, director of the 1998 film Kurt And Courtney, believes that Kurt Cobain's suicide should have been more thoroughly investigated. Many people feel Cobain's...
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Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana's classic album Nevermind, didn't work on the single "You Know You're Right," but he did say he was glad the Scott Litt-produced track was...
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A guitar once played by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is up for auction in the U.K., with a starting price of 8,000 British Pounds Sterling (almost $13,000).
The late musician's...
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Nirvana's self-titled "best of" collection has debuted in the top 10 in more than 11 countries, pushing the total sales of Nirvana's catalog past the 50 million mark in...
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The upcoming Nirvana collection, much-hyped due to the inclusion of the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right," will feature 14 songs overall, according to the...
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The release date of the Nirvana greatest hits package has been moved to October 29. The album will feature the previously unreleased track, "You Know You're Right," as well...
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Courtney Love and the Universal Music Group have settled their myriad legal disputes, thus paving the way for the release of the long-delayed Nirvana compilation featuring...
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(9/24/02, 1 p.m. ET) --A studio version of the previously unreleased Nirvana song, "You Know You're Right," was broadcast Monday night and Tuesday morning (September 23 and...
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Courtney Love announced on Friday's (September 20) Howard Stern radio morning show that her lawsuits are now behind her. The former leader of Hole said she'd come to an...
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The owners of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's childhood home have agreed to sell the house for $210,000, ending an online auction for the property. Ed and Jennifer McKee...
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Nirvana's Greatest Hits is set to hit stores October 22, according to a Universal Music release schedule. It's the first greatest hits package by the trio, and it's rumored...
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Eyes Adrift is a supergroup featuring former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, ex-Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh, and Meat Puppets guitarist/vocalist Curt Kirkwood. The...
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Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is currently promoting his new band, Eyes Adrift, which also includes fellow rock survivors Meat Puppets singer/guitarist Curt...
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Former Nirvana bassist Chris Novoselic has hooked up with Meat Puppets singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood and ex-Sublime/current Long Beach Dub Allstars drummer Bud Gaugh to...
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Courtney Love is being deposed Thursday (June 27) and Friday (June 28) by the attorney for Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in the continuing battle over the rights to...
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Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic have asked Courtney Love to submit to a psychiatric exam in the latest go-around over the rights to Nirvana's...
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Almost eight years after the death by suicide of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, the rocker's widow Courtney Love has expressed some regret about ever having married him in the first...
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Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, Meat Puppets vocalist/guitarist Curt Kirkwood, and Long Beach Dub Allstars/ex-Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh have teamed up for a new trio...
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Courtney Love and the "family of Kurt Cobain" have replied to the letter and countersuit issued by former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and former Nirvana drummer Dave...
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Courtney Love's lawyer, Oscar Yale Lewis Jr. says some of the accusations made by former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in their countersuit over the rights...
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Former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have filed a counterclaim to Hole frontwoman Courtney Love's lawsuit--which seeks to gain control of the Nirvana...
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Former Nirvana member Krist Novoselic will return on this fall's edition of the Spitfire Tour, a non-profit road show that features musicians, actors, and activists speaking...
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Hole frontwoman Courtney Love has filed suit against former Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, and the Universal Music Group to appropriate the...
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The long-awaited and still-untitled Nirvana boxed set may be delayed a bit longer, as legal matters in the band's hometown have fueled debate over one of the last songs...
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Various artifacts from the career of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix will be featured in a traveling museum sponsored by Seattle's Experience Music Project, slated...
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Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic told LAUNCH that, for all intents and purposes, the Christmas America celebrates is for sellouts. He says that people have lost the...
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The surviving members of Nirvana (Punk) are eyeing the 10th anniversary of the release of their landmark album Nevermind to issue the band's still-in-the-works boxed set. ...
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Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic will make an appearance at a benefit for imprisoned medical-marijuana activist Todd McCormick on May 7 in Los Angeles. Novoselic will...
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Oasis will be working versions of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and the
Who's "My Generation" into its sets during its American tour. But upon being informed by LAUNCH...
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It was on this day in 1994 (April 5) that Nirvana singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The 27-year-old...
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"Yes, I was in a band again for four whole days," said former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, singer for the No WTO Combo, which also includes former Soundgarden...
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Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and the Indigo Girls top a list of musicians, actors, and activists set to participate in the latest installment of the politically...
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Foo Fighter Dave Grohl said that a Nirvana boxed set is in the works, and could possibly hit the streets this year. Conversing with Launch.com members during a chat...
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Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was named one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century by National Public Radio. The song, which essentially...
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Former Nirvana and current Sweet 75 multi-instrumentalist Krist Novoselic tells LAUNCH that for all intents and purposes, the Christmas America celebrates is for...
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The Foo Fighters were joined onstage by old friend and former guitarist Pat Smear as part of KROQ's "Almost Acoustic Christmas" Saturday (Dec. 12) at Arrowhead Pond in...
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Courtney Love of Hole has taken a shot at former Nirvana drummer/and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. The attack was in response to the Foo Fighters song "Stacked...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
TNN:Ryman Country Homecoming II - An all-star lineup of country music stars, including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Lorrie...
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl spilled some of the beans on the highly anticipated Nirvana boxed set during an interview with BBC Radio 1. Grohl was doing the interview...
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A recent re-enactment of Kurt Cobain's candlelight memorial vigil at the Seattle Center didn't go over too well with the surviving members of Nirvana. While thousands of...
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of the day that Nirvana singer/ guitarist Kurt Cobain died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. To rock fans who grew up in the '90s, this...
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Three new titles have joined the Recording Industry Assn. Of America's (RIAA) exclusive Diamond award 10-million sales club, which debuted last month (LAUNCH, 3/17).
The...
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The Spitfire Tour (Musicians, Actors & Activists Speaking Out On Global Affairs) has been rekindled and will hit U.S. college campuses from September until...
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Hardcore Nirvana fans looking for a place to relocate might want to consider the blue-collar town of Aberdeen, Wash., where the childhood home of the late Kurt Cobain has...
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A new book that examines the sex lives of Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Dave Navarro and Michael Jackson just came out.
Boy, is it ever "out."
Sing Out! Gays And Lesbians In The...
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Courtney Love is apparently backing down from legal threats surrounding the release of the purported documentary Kurt And Courtney.
The controversial Nick Broomfield film...
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Courtney Love quashed it at Sundance. Now Kurt Cobain's widow is warning a movie theater against screening a documentary suggesting Cobain's death was no suicide.
Kurt And...
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The Sundance Film Festival has reportedly withdrawn a controversial new documentary about Courtney Love's relationship with Kurt Cobain. Nick Broomfield's Kurt And...
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