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Courtney Love’s search for a new label is almost over. The rocker is in advanced negotiations to sign with EMI’s Virgin Records, sources said. If the deal is closed, Virgin will release Love’s first solo album since the breakup of her former group, Hole. Sources said the new album includes numerous songs Love co-wrote with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes, who also has collaborated with Pink. An EMI spokeswoman declined comment; Love’s manager David Lory was unreachable at press time. Love’s most recent studio album was Hole’s 1998 “Celebrity Skin,” which sold multiplatinum. Since then, she has been embroiled… Read more »

Attorneys for Courtney Love are expected to ask for yet another extension Tuesday in the rock diva’s protracted court dispute with her label, Universal Music Group, in order to continue talks aimed at settling the case. The case was set to go before Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Fumiko Wasserman today, after an extension granted in June expired. Universal claims Love owes its Geffen Records imprint several more records under her contract, while Love counters that the unrealistically long contract terms amount to “indentured servitude” for artists. The suit has been a rallying point for the burgeoning artists’ rights… Read more »

Rocker Courtney Love will get her day in court next month after a Los Angeles judge on Thursday set a June trial for her countersuit against Universal Music, the world’s largest music company, alleging breach of contract and other claims. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Fumiko Wasserman on Thursday ordered lawyers for Love and Geffen Records, the Universal Music label named in the suit, to first meet on June 10 with a court-assigned mediator, said Barry Cappello, Love’s lawyer, following a half-hour status conference on Thursday. “These parties have not been able to agree that black is black and… Read more »

What many Hole fans have assumed for years was made official Thursday (May 23) with a statement from founding members Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson that the band is over. The flamboyant singer and her longtime bandmate announced they will no longer record or tour together as Hole, though they will work together to promote future Hole catalog releases. “I will always treasure the time we played together,” Love said in the statement. “Eric has been an important part of my family for over 10 years and he’ll continue to be a part of my life.” Added Erlandson, “We’re incredibly… Read more »

“I have a buttload of material,” says Courtney Love of the archive of unreleased material by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. “I have the holy grail of rock & roll. That’s the story.” There are 109 tapes. “But not all of it’s great. Some of it’s fragments.” She thinks there are between five and eight “solidly good,” unheard acoustic songs. “There’s some stuff that’s not very melodic that I’m not fond of, but, hey, if you’re a fan of [Radiohead’s] Kid A, it might be really great. “On those tapes,” Love continues, “are everything from shitty collages to some pretty stunning,… Read more »

Courtney Love will not be made to undergo a psychiatric examination at the insistence of former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, a judge ruled Wednesday. Grohl and Novoselic, who along with Love are partners in the business entity Nirvana LLC, filed a motion in the King County Superior Court in Seattle on April 11, asking that Love’s mental state be subject to an evaluation, as pursuant to a clause in the contract they each signed upon forming the company. The provision stated that any partner could request another’s mental heath be evaluated for competency provided there’s proof that… Read more »

Calling her a greedy, volatile “prima donna,” the two surviving members of influential grunge rock group Nirvana have sued to have the widow of Kurt Cobain thrown off the board controlling the band’s musical legacy. Cobain’s widow Courtney Love last June sued to block the release of a boxed set of Nirvana greatest hits that would have coincided with the 10th anniversary of the band’s chart-topping “Nevermind” album. Now the surviving band members, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, have counter-sued, saying Love is incapable of handling her obligations to their three-way partnership controlling the band’s music. “In truth,… Read more »

Courtney Love will serve as opening act for Jane’s Addiction on the band’s October 27th Hollywood Bowl show. This will be the first time Love will be billed as a solo artist, but former Hole drummer Patty Schemel will be part of her backing band. With Hole entangled in a contract dispute with Geffen Records, Love had put together the all-girl band Bastard, featuring Schemel, Veruca Salt founder Louise Post and former Rockit Girl guitarist Gina Crosley. With Post and Crosley leaving the group to work on a Veruca Salt album, the Bastard project has been sidelined. Bastard did complete… Read more »