Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes were not stolen earlier this year despite tabloid reports that they were, according to Gigwise.com. Alan Nierob, publicist for Cobain's widow Courtney Love, said that a story alleging that Cobain's ashes were taken from Love's Hollywood home along with clothes and jewelry was "erroneously reported" and that the ashes were "never taken." Nierob issued his comments after an Australian artist claimed she would smoke Cobain's ashes in a joint as part of a performance art installation in Berlin later this month.
Natascha Stellmach claimed in Art World that she had acquired Cobain's ashes through "magic" and that smoking them would release the late singer and guitarist "into the ether from the media circus."
Inquiries about what Stellmach is currently smoking have not received a response
Disturbed will hit the northern states as well as several Canadian stops on a new tour beginning on November 23rd in Rochester, Minnesota. The Art of Dying will be along as a support act. Disturbed continues to support its fourth studio effort and third straight Number One album, Indestructible. The band first got on the road behind the CD last May and singer David Draiman told us he's got a strict regiment to keep his voice in good shape: "I've gone through a lot of training to try and figure out how to do what I do without hurting myself. It doesn't always work, but 90 percent of the time hopefully it does. Part of what makes me who I am is the tonality of the voice, and I'm trying to still be able to push and expand my range without losing too much of that tonality. So it's a challenge, it's kind of on the razor's edge."
Disturbed issued a new concert EP titled Live & Indestructible as an exclusive digital release through iTunes this past Tuesday (September 30th). The EP will be available through all digital retailers after two weeks.
The set contains three songs, "Inside The Fire," "Stricken" and "The Game," recorded on May 29th in Las Vegas during an online interactive concert the band played at DeepRockDrive.com. The EP also features the music video for the title track from Indestructible.
Disturbed plans to kick off its fourth Music As A Weapon tour in March of 2009. Dates, cities and supporting acts have yet to be unveiled.
Newly announced Disturbed tour dates (subject to change):
November 23 - Rochester, MN - May Civic Center
November 25- Brookings, SD - Swiftel Center
November 26 - Bismark, ND - Bismark Civic Center
November 28 - Great Falls, MT - Four Seasons Arena
November 29 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
November 30 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
December 2 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre
December 3 - Calgary, AB - Stampede Corral
December 5 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland Park
December 6 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
December 8 - Grand Forks, ND - Alerus Center
December 10 - Kearney, NE - Firstier Event Center
December 12 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has continued adding solo gigs to his late fall and winter schedule. The latest round of shows begins on January 16th in Dallas, wrapping up on February 7th in Las Vegas. These are in addition to the previously announced dates that start on November 11th in Kansas City, Missouri and run through early December. Weiland will be out in support of his second solo album, called Happy in Galoshes, which is due out on November 25th through his own Softdrive Records.
Two tracks from the record, "Missing In Cleveland" and "Paralysis," are both streaming at Weiland's MySpace page.
Stone Temple Pilots will head to Brazil, Argentina and Mexico later this month, before playing one more week's worth of shows on the massive North American trek the band began last spring. The tour finally wraps on Halloween (October 31st) in Birmingham, Alabama.
Happy in Galoshes follows up Weiland's 1998 solo debut, 12 Bar Blues. The CD features guest appearances by Adrian Young, Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont of No Doubt.
Newly announced Scott Weiland tour dates (venues TBA and all subject to change):
January 16 - Dallas, TX
January 17 - Houston, TX
January 19 - Atlanta, GA
January 21 - Washington DC
January 22 - Philadelphia, PA
January 24 - New York, NY
January 26 - Boston, MA
January 28 - Detroit, MI
January 30 - Chicago, IL
January 31 - Minneapolis, MN
February 2 - Denver, CO
February 5 - San Francisco, CA
February 6 - Los Angeles, CA
February 7 - Las Vegas, NV