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Rip It Up, Issue 220, 1 December 1995, Page 6

Charges against Courtney Love for hitting two young male fans were dismissed. The judge wisely decided that the teenagers were not exposed to any more violence than can be expected at an alternative rock concert ... after mixing five tracks last year for a Nirvana live album, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have decided to not complete the project. They are busy with their own bands ... Nell Young will do an acoustic tour of the USA ... expect a new Pearl Jam single this month and a fan club-only single from the Neil Young Mirrorball sessions ... Courtney Love and Pat Smear (Foo Fighter, Nirvana, Germs) will record a track together for the upcoming Germs tribute album. There’s talk of an Eddie Vedder and Michael Stipe collaboration on the Germs tribute album

... George Michael now has a 400 page record contract ... Sting’s accountant was sentenced to six years in prison for stealing more than nine million over 15 years ... the soundtrack of Dead Man Walking includes two songs performed by Eddie Vedder with Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ... there are more Guns N’Roses split rumours following a fall-out between Slash and Axl Rose. Both are working on their own

projects ... jazz trumpeter Don Cherry (59) has died ... Primal Scream are doing demos for a new album ... Johnny Cash will record a new album with Rick Rubin in January ... Prince has written a ballet called Kama Sutra to be staged in Puerto Rico, home of New Power Generation dancer Mayte screenwriter Terry Southern (Easy Rider, Dr Strangelove, Barbarella) died of respiratory failure aged 71 ... Courtney Love and the living Nirvana members are being sued for the band’s failure to do German gigs following Kurt Cobain’s death ...in the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll the living Beatles have not allowed the advertising of cigarettes, alcohol or meat products to appear during the screening of the Beatles TV documentaries ... Kim Deal has told NME that sister Kelley was forced to go into rehab by her father and bandmembers. “She had no choice. She was a hostage at the time.” The Breeders are on hold until Kelley has recovered ... the Jayhawks singer Mark Olsen has left the band to make his own recordings ... expect Yoko Ono to play herself in Mad About You and a new album in February ... the Hootie & the Blowfish debut album Cracked Rear View has sold 10 million units in the USA.,