Music Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Love to sell Cobain's belongings

Courtney Love has revealed that she plans to sell most of the belongings of her late husband Kurt Cobain.

Speaking to the AOL music website Spinner.com, Love said: "I'm going to have a Christie's auction. [My house] is like a mausoleum."

She continued: "My daughter [Frances Bean Cobain] doesn't need to inherit a giant... bag full of flannel... shirts. A sweater, a guitar and the lyrics to '[Smells Like] Teen Spirit' - that's what my daughter gets. And the rest of it we'll just... sell."

Advertisement

Love said that her friends supported her decision to auction the items.

"Everyone's been positive and behind me on it," she said. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity."

"I still wear his pajamas to bed. How am I ever going to go form another relationship in my lifetime wearing Kurt's pajamas?" she added.

Speaking to The Associated Press, AOL publicist Kurt Patat said no auction date had been set.

Love - "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity"
Love - "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity"
Related Stories
Today's Top Headlines
Latest Reviews
A record to reach for again and again when darkness falls

Massive Attack - Heligoland

Rating 4

Massive Attack's blend of catchiness, contrariness and cool is as alluring as ever on 'Heligoland'.

A record that you settle into

Keith Mullins - The Great Atlantic

Rating 4

Mullins packs plenty into his stories of loss, mistakes made and getting on with it.

Another winner from Albarn & co

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Rating 4

As is the nature with albums as diverse as this in style and contributors, 'Plastic Beach' can be patchy in parts, but the sheer versatility and depth of this sprawling work are its saviours.