A teenager recently discovered photos of the very first Nirvana gig.
Maggie Poukkula, the 19-year-old daughter of Tony Poukkula, tweeted three photos of the 1987 gig in Raymond, Washington along with the caption, "Pictures of my dad and Kurt Cobain playing together back in the day." Tony was a member of Seattle band Laytem. He grew up with Cobain and hosted the band's first show -- with drummer Aaron Burckhard -- in his basement. He reportedly joined Nirvana on guitar for two Led Zeppelin covers.
Maggie Poukkula tells Rolling Stone, "I had no idea that those were during Nirvana's first concert. My dad showed me them a while back, but he never mentioned that's what was going on in the photos. I found out because of all the articles. I didn't realize it was such a historical thing. I thought they were just cool pictures of my dad and Kurt jamming together."
David Gilmour adds more dates.
Gilmour has added a second date in each of the four North American cities he’d previously announced for next spring. The new shows are March 25th at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A.; April 1st at the Air Canada Center in Toronto; April 4th at the United Center in Chicago; and April 12th at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Neil Young helps fight for an Apache Stronghold
A Native American activist group called Apache Stronghold has been part of Neil Young’s current Rebel Content Tour. They’re protesting a Congressional giveaway of sacred Apache land to a Canadian copper mining company.
Van Still the Man
Another Glorious Decade, a documentary DVD focusing on the 10-year period in Van Morrison’s career following his return to music in 1977 after a couple of years of inactivity, will be released September 18th.
Sinead Exhausted from being a Grandma
Sinead O’Connor has cancelled all her summer tour dates because of what a statement from her management calls “exhaustion” caused by an untreated illness. The 48-year-old became a grandmother this past Friday..
St.Vincent Does the Red Carpet
Annie Clark -- the alternative rocker known as St. Vincent -- continued a really exciting week last night (Tuesday) when she accompanied girlfriend Cara Delavingne on the red carpet at the premiere of Cara's big new movie, Paper Towns.
That comes on the heels of Delavingne giving her a gift of a guitar autographed by David Bowie. The actress told People during the event that "true love is inspiring...it's what makes the world go round.”
Bob Marley Vinyl Box Set on the Way
The Bob Marley 70th birthday celebrations will continue with a hefty amount of vinyl reissues on September 25th.
The Complete Island Recordings box has 11 LPs -- all nine Bob Marley and The Wailers studio albums recorded for Island Records, along with the two live albums, Live and Babylon by Bus. A Collector's Edition of the box set comes with a slip mat for a turntable and is packaged in a numbered metal box.
Each of the albums will also be released individually and will replicate the original album pressings.
