Courtney Love lost guardianship of Frances Bean and then lost her shit on Facebook. Now it seems like she’s again lost the part of the brain that tells you certain ideas are no good. Today Love announced the first Hole show in 11 years. If you recall, Nobody’s Daughter was going to be a solo project (out in February … 2007) before Love decided to make it a new Hole album last June, forcing Melissa Auf Der Maur to jump in and tell the world “It’s gonna take a little more organizing than just ‘I’ll come and sing some backups and then we got Hole.” Well, the show must go on, the first of which is set to take place 2/17 at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London with gigs following in Milan and Amsterdam. But The Guardian points out a hole (sorry) in the plan:
Hole co-founder Eric Erlandson has criticised Love’s use of the band-name, and though the announcement came via an official Hole Facebook page, there is no mention of the word “Hole” on their new website.
The Guardian also notes the new “Hole” features guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey and Stu Fischer on drums. But no sign of Taylor Momsen. Here’s a new home video from Courtney’s drug den where she and Larkin cover the Replacements while she walks between mirrors and applies makeup. Call it multi-tasking. Or symbolism.
Continuing the intrigue, both nobodysdaughter.com and the Guardian link to a new Love Twitter account @Courtneyloveuk that we suspect is fake. Or at least run by a booking agent. @CourtneyLove79 was deleted after the Frances Bean court ruling … this account popped up immediately after. Written in the English language (as opposed’s to Courtney’s). Whoever is ghostwriting is trying too hard. Anyhow, these gigs are sure to be legendary. Or canceled:
2/17 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
2/19 – Milan, Italy @ Milan Magazzini Generali
2/21 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso
UPDATE (1/9):
Something’s still fishy, but given that among its hundreds of daily tweets @CourtneyLoveUK has posted real time iPhone photos of Hole2 in NYC…
…we’re thinking the account is run by an incompetent handler and Courtney is perhaps dictating.
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she looks like she’s doing real well. and by well i mean dead in 4 to 6 months.
RETURN TO SENDER.
Home video “from Courtney’s drug den”? I hope for Stereogum’s sake that Love’s lawyers aren’t reading this.
I think Love’s lawyers are busy w/ other stuff!
Oh man. I can’t stomach this. Either Westerberg will have a panic attack or a fantastic laugh.
I have a feeling he’d love it.. Ever hear The Replacements’ cover of I Got You Babe? It’s sloppily fantastic (just like all their covers of songs)
(Obviously, Unsatisfied has a lot more emotion behind it, but I think Courtney does an interesting take on it)
assistant: “is there anything else you need from the pharmacy??”
courtney: “umm, ah, umm, ya, umm, know what i need, i need taylor to bring my ‘other’ makeup bag, because, umm, umm, all my, umm ‘make up’ is in my other make up bag.”
and thats verbatim.
FUCKING ROCK ‘N ROLL MAKEUP BAG
Melissa Auf Der Maur was never an original member of Hole, she only appeared on Celebrity Skin, so I find it ridiculous that she thinks she has any say in who should be in the band. In fact, every Hole album has had a totally different lineup, the only constants were Eric and Courtney. Courtney started this band, she placed the ad for a gutarist back in 89, she made up the band name, and she wrote all the lyrics. Trying to make a big deal out of certain members not being involved is pointless.
I am waiting until the new album drops before I make a judgement.
i’m not sure this is half as bad of a clip as everyone is making it out to be. sure, her appearance shows she’s a fucking trashbag clown on drugs, but she’s not really acting THAT ridiculous and her cover of unsatisfied not only totally fits her vocal style and upcoming setlists-to-be but that dude playing guitar sounds pretty good too.
I give her props for the granny panties.
lol Anyhow, these gigs are sure to be legendary. Or canceled:
does this mean more shows where the singer exposes her breasts and then talks like a scary man?
i bet her room smells funny.
that Twitter account is definitely not fake. do your homework.
Looks like she just admitted herself into her good friend Billy Corgan’s School of Career Longevity. Courtney hardly surprises me anymore.
I thought they were playing “Boys On The Radio” off of “Celebrity Skin”.
That’s the Sanderson Hotel. I would know those billowing curtains and that tub anywhere
nice to see her back making music. lets hope the new album does not disappoint.
nice to see her back making music. lets hope the new album does not disappoint.
wow whoever the fuck wrote this blog is a fawckin mean ass douche fucker i swear. she dosent deserve that shes been clean off drugs for awhile now if ya havent heard asshole!