Among the amazing performances from the 12-12-12 Benefit Concert for Hurricane Sandy victims, the reunion of the surviving members of the 90’s band Nirvana led by Paul McCartney is the most talked about.

Prior to the Wednesday night broadcast, Nirvana’s frontman Kurt Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, spilled the beans about the performance to Billboard. Producers held out the anticipated act until the last minutes of the six hour broadcast.

Paul McCartney didn’t hit the stage until after midnight. McCartney announced later in his act, “Recently, some guys asked me to jam with them. So, I showed up ready to jam, and in the middle of it these guys say they haven’t played in years …I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion!” He then introduced the group member David Grohl, now frontman of multi-platinum selling Foo Fighters, Krist Noveselic, Pat Smear, who also plays in the band Foo Fighters.

The performance opened with a mash up original combining McCartney’s harder Beatles/Wings compositions with Nirvana’s melodic edge. Following the opening, the group surprised the crowd by not playing a Nirvana classic, but the Smear, Grohl, and Novoselic, exited the stage to allow McCartney to close up his show with two more of his own songs.

Music fans also enjoyed performances by Kanye West, the Rolling Stones, and Alicia Keys.

Shanika Simmons 

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In one of the weirdest twists yet in the testimony of manger Sam Lutfi, it appears that Courtney Love, former lead singer for Hole and widow of Kurt Cobain, may be planning on taking her story to New York City’s Great White Way. As part of his court case against the parents of Britney Spears for breach of contract and libel, as well as unpaid fees, Lutfi testified that “[Courtney Love and I] are currently working on a possible motion picture or Broadway musical based on the Nirvana catalogue, based on her life and Kurt Cobain’s.”  This testimony came as part of Lutfi’s attempt to prove that he has musical industry experience and was indeed qualified to act as Spear’s manager. Lutfi claims that he “currently co-manages Ms. Love,” calling her “an accomplished actress.”

A spokesperson for Courtney Love has no comment thus far on any of Lutfi’s claims but a source close to Love was more forthcoming acknowledging that Lutfi is indeed co-managing the singer turned actress. The source went on to say that “She’s been talking about doing a movie or play about her life with Kurt for a long time. So far nothing has materialized from it.” Love has long been accused of exploiting her relationship with the former Nirvana singer for financial gain. Back in 2006 she sold off a significant portion of her rights to Nirvana’s publishing catalog, which had been left to her and her daughter Frances Bean when Cobain committed suicide in 1994.

This revelation is just one of the many that have emerged since Sam Lutfi took the stand. Earlier this week he revealed that Spears shaved her head for a drug test, fearing that traces of illegal substances would be found in her hair.  Britney will not be appearing as part of the trial as she has been ruled incompetent to take the stand.

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