Kurt Cobain: Last News

Helen Mirren made an unexpected comment about the loss of Kurt Cobain.

Kurt Cobain‘s hair and a pair of underwear apparently “blood-signed” by GG Allin.Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section has been launched online by Potter & Potter Auctions – absentee bids are currently being accepted before the live auction next Friday (March 7) at 12am GMT.Among the items are original pieces by The Simpsons‘ Matt Groening and graffiti artist Keith Haring, an unused ticket for a 1978 concert by Sex Pistols, a signed CD by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, relics from the iconic CBGB club, and a billiards table once owned by Steve Albini.A collectible box featuring two strands of Cobain’s hair is currently going for over US$300 as of writing. This item was first collected by barber Tessa Osbourne, who, according to Potter & Potter, gave Cobain a haircut during Nirvana‘s 1989 UK tour supporting their debut album ‘Bleach’.Six strands of Cobain’s hair were previously auctioned for US$14,145 (£10,005) in 2021 – these were likely collected at the same moment in 1989 by Osbourne as the two strands currently for sale.

MTV Unplugged will be coming to Paramount+ in the US, it has been revealed.Launched in 1989, the series staged special performances from popular performers in an acoustic setting. It aired regularly from 1989-1999, and then less frequently in the ‘00s, often billed as MTV Unplugged No. 2.0.

Nirvana perform live and expressed his regret that Kurt Cobain was never able to meet their grandson.Tony Hawk and Nirvana have a shared history, with the legendary skater having seen the iconic Seattle grunge band perform back in 1991. Beyond that, Hawk’s son Riley would go on to marry Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean, with the couple welcoming their son Ronin Walker in September last year.Now, Tony Hawk has reflected on the “transformative” experience he had watching the band and spoken about Kurt after coming across a 1991 ticket stub from Nirvana’s Washington concert.In a now-expired Instagram Story – which has since been captured and posted onto Reddit – Hawk wrote about the 1991 gig: “Went straight from S.U.A.S [Shut Up And Skate] event at Houston Skatepark to this concert in 1991.

Nirvana teaming up with Post Malone for the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Saturday Night Live. Check it out below.The moment took place last weekend when the iconic grunge band reunited for SNL 50: The Homecoming concert.

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An absolute highlight of tonight’s FireAid — before it was even over — was the comet-like reappearance of the remaining members of Nirvana onstage together playing the band’s songs again. The lineup included drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic, rhythm guitarist Pat Smear and a rotating front line featuring St. Vincent, Kim Gordon and Joan Jett, each stepping in for the late Kurt Cobain. But it was the final frontwoman who brought the house down.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Fans in the Intuit Dome wondering what hit them may have belatedly realized they were witnessing the closest thing to a Nirvana reunion we’ll get: The band’s three surviving members — Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear — blazing through bruising versions of “Breed” with St. Vincent on vocals, “School” with longtime friend and patron Kim Gordon and “Territorial Pissings” with Joan Jett, all filling the lead vocal slot vacated by Kurt Cobain’s death almost 31 years ago.

Kurt Cobain‘s guitar playing, sharing that the Nirvana frontman was a “great” at playing the axe.In an interview with Classic Rock Magazine as part of their January 2025 issue, Satraini – who prior to becoming the guitar icon he has become, served as a guitar instructor and taught the likes of Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter and more – discussed the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ hitmakers, saying that he “was very happy with those Nirvana records”.He then focused on Cobain and added that the legendary frontman “was a great guitar player.”“You go back and look at Nirvana clips, and you realise this guy is playing everything he’s supposed to play. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, so obviously he really knows the instrument,” he told the publication.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Jackie Farry, an industry veteran who worked closely with Nirvana — becoming Frances Bean Cobain’s first nanny — and then was tour manager for Elliott Smith, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Lemonheads and others, died Sunday of complications from a lung disease. Farry, who had battled cancer for more than 20 years, was 58.

Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’ has now spent 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 Chart.The seminal 1991 album is only the ninth to achieve the feat, and only the fourth studio LP if greatest hits compilations aren’t counted. It means the album has spent 13.4 years non-consecutively on the chart, where it currently sits at Number 120.Other albums to reach similar lengths are Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, which has spent 990 weeks on the chart, Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ at 767 weeks, and Bruno Mars’ ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ (706 weeks), per Consequence.Elsewhere, greatest-hits collections tend to stick around, with one from Bob Marley and the Wailers staying for 865 weeks, Journey for 835 weeks, Creedence Clearwater Revival for 724 weeks, Eminem at 714 weeks, and Guns N’ Roses for 704 weeks.‘Nevermind’ was released in September 1991, and reached the Billboard 200 top spot in January the following year, knocking off Michael Jackson’s ‘Dangerous’.

Carlos Aguilar Traveling through clandestine airwaves, Kurt Cobain touched down in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. A time of dire economic hardship for the island nation after the fall of the Soviet Union, the “Special Period” pushed thousands of Cubans to migrate, risking their lives at sea. Those who stayed suffered through great scarcity (the U.S.

“Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk” Kathleen Hanna — This memoir from Hanna, the cofounder and frontperson of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre and one of the most influential feminists in the music world, is equal parts triumph and trauma. It can be a harrowing read at times, due almost entirely to the horrific behavior of so many of the men who have passed through her life.

Selena Gomez has swapped stories with NME about her favourite musicians – including a teenage obsession with Kurt Cobain – during an interview that covered acting techniques, her current break from recording music and what it’s like to get an 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival.The 32-year-old singer and actress is promoting her Oscar-tipped new film Emilia Pérez – and was speaking to NME at a junket alongside co-star Zoë Saldaña, who also had some pop star stories to tell.Asked which albums she always goes back to, Gomez listed Frank Ocean’s 2012 classic ‘Channel Orange’ and ‘19’ by Adele before being reminded of an interview she gave earlier this year on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in which she confessed her fascination for the Nirvana frontman.“I should have said one of theirs. I was, and still am, obsessed with Kurt Cobain,” she said.

CDs and vinyl records were once considered relics of the past, thanks to the rise of first MP3 then global streaming services. However, nostalgia is now big business and people are flocking back to physical media in droves.This means those old discs gathering dust on your shelf or in your car could now be worth money.

is that they’re just as cozy as they are chic (and yes, they’re as warm as cashmere).They popped up this season at the likes of Molly Goddard, Dries Van Noten, Undercover, and Sunnei, cementing mohair as a . Style insiders are going all in on the look, too; fashion month’s crowds were awash in brushed knits, and New Yorkers of all stripes have pulled out their shaggiest jumpers as sweater weather has descended upon the city.

Helen Mirren has shared that she thinks it’s “so sad” that Kurt Cobain never got the chance to experience GPS technology.In a new chat with Evening Standard, the legendary actor spoke at length about how lucky she feels to have lived in a world without all of today’s technological experiences. While she’s grateful to have had a deeper human connection earlier in her life before all of today’s major technological advances such the internet, computers, smart phones and more, she’s also amazed at developments like the Global Positioning System (GPS).She relates technological advances over the last three decades to the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who died at the age of 27 in 1994: “I always say, it’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did, because he never got to see GPS.”Mirren continued: “It’s the most wonderful thing, my little blue spot walking down the street.

interview with the Evening Standard. “GPS is the most wonderful thing, to watch my little blue spot walking down the street.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Helen Mirren has a relatively unique perspective on how she thinks Kurt Cobain would navigate the world if he hadn’t died in the 1990s. During an interview with Evening Standard’s Brave New World, the famed actress shared that she feels “sad” that Cobain is no longer alive because he never got the chance to experience GPS and its “magical” functionality.

Smile 2 director Parker Finn has revealed that Amy Winehouse was among the inspirations for the movie, which looks at the struggles of public figures.The director told Entertainment Weekly that he also consulted the media about Britney Spears when working on the sequel to 2022’s Smile – which was released today (October 18) – while Whitney Houston was also kept in mind.Discussing Naomi Scott’s character Skye Riley, a huge pop star who struggles with substance abuse, the death of her boyfriend, and physical and auditory hallucinations, he said, “I wanted to raise the question, did we do this to Skye? By us coming back for a Smile 2, have we done this to her?”Finn explained that he wanted to take the sequel in an unexpected direction – in the first movie, Sosie Bacon played a therapist embroiled in a curse in which a mysterious entity inhabits victims, making them die by suicide. Whoever witnesses the suicide becomes the entity’s next target.He continued, “When I started thinking about ideas, early on, any of the ideas that started coming to me in the first month I was thinking about it, I threw them away.

Run-DMC has opened up about his struggles with mental health, and discussed how he “relates” to Kurt Cobain.The rapper discussed his battles with depression and suicidal thoughts in the new MSNBC docu-series, My Generation.Made in collaboration with NBC News Studio, the four-part series features interviews and archival footage from celebrity narrators, and explores the way of life for Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born 1965 to 1981), Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) and Gen Z (born after 1997).Appearing in the Generation X part of the documentary, he recalled how Nirvana resonated with him as soon as he first heard them in the early ‘90s.“Nirvana was an honest expression of not being ashamed to put your angst on the front page,” he said of the group (via Billboard), going on to remember how he felt connected to the frontman, who would later take his own life in 1994.“I relate to Kurt because I was there. Later in my life, I became suicidal,” he said.