Courtney Love performing with Billie Armstrong’s band The Coverups in London.Photo:TheImageDirect.com
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Hole fans may actuallyLive Through Thislifetime with a reunion in sight.
“Later, I’ll be back in Hole,” Love was captured saying in a fan-recordedclip, as she threw up her arms in the air, just before walking off stage.
According to anothervideo, Armstrong added, “I told you it was going to be a special night.”
Courtney Love and Billie Joe Armstrong.Dave J Hogan/Getty Images; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
During their special set, the “Celebrity Skin” singer sang several Cheap Trick songs, including “He’s a Whore” and “Surrender,” as well asTom Petty’s “Even the Losers.”
As Love came out on stage, she wascapturedjoking about being away from the stage for some time. “My name is Courtney Love. You may not remember me,” said the grunge legend, who wore a long floral-printed dress. “I’ve been living in a cave in Birmingham for about nine years. We’ll give this a f—ing try, right?”
Armstrong and his bandmates — Mike Dirnt, Greg Schneider and members of the Green Day touring team, including bandmate Jason White, tour manager Bill Schneider and audio engineer Chris Dugan — accompanied Love for the three songs.
Courtney Love performing with Hole in 1994.Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Armstrong and his group, who play rock and punk classics, announced their special London shows just last week onsocial media. In addition to the show at The Garage, they revealed that they’ll play a second gig at 100 Club on Friday.
Over the years, the “Miss World” singer has mentioned the potential of getting back together with original members guitarist Eric Erlandson, drummer Patty Schemel and bassist Melissa Auf der Mauoften — but has often gone back and forth about the subject.
Melissa Auf der Maur, Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson of Hole.Niels van Iperen/Getty Images
Niels van Iperen/Getty Images
Most recently in 2021, she toldVoguethat “a proper Hole reunion” will “absolutely not” happen. “And you guys have gotta get over it. Our old manager Peter Mensch calls once a year to ask about a reunion: ‘Hey, just doing my thing I do every year with you and Jimmy Page [ofLed Zeppelin].’ And I’m so honored to be in that company, but it’s just not gonna happen," Love bluntly said.
She continued, “We’re all really good friends and Melissa and I are especially close — we talk every day. But Eric is kinda off-the-grid right now — I think he’s in Japan literally becoming a monk. I’m not even kidding. Melissa, Patty, and I think he’s become a monk or something on that level of asceticism.”
Although, the year prior, Love explained toNMEthat she, Schemel, 56, and Auf der Mauoften, 51, “had a good session” at a rehearsal space. “[A reunion is] something I’d love to do and I’ve been taking guitar lessons over Zoom during lockdown and I’m writing again so we’ll see!”
source: people.com
