Paul McCartney to front Nirvana for a benefit concert?
As if Nirvana partially reuniting wasn鈥檛 enough for some music fans, the band will reportedly have a rock legend stepping in for lead singer Kurt Cobain: Paul McCartney.
Nirvana鈥檚 remaining members are set to reunite for a concert scheduled for tonight that will benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy and will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York. The surviving members of the band, current Foo Fighters singer and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and somewhat honorary member guitarist Pat Smear, who toured with the band in the six months before lead singer Kurt Cobain鈥檚 death in 1994, will all take the stage.
According to the , the group will be playing a new song with McCartney, not a Nirvana classic. The Guardian reported that McCartney was the one to suggest doing something new.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 really know who they were,鈥� McCartney said, according to . 鈥淭hey are saying how good it is to be back together. I said 鈥榃hoa? You guys haven鈥檛 played together for all that time?鈥� And somebody whispered to me 鈥楾hat鈥檚 Nirvana. You鈥檙e Kurt.鈥� I couldn鈥檛 believe it.鈥�
Grohl invited McCartney to participate, according to the Guardian.
Representatives for McCartney and for the 12.12.12 concert have not , with a representative for McCartney telling that they could "neither confirm nor deny" the rumor. The concert will also feature The Rolling Stones, Jon Bon Jovi, Kanye West, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Eric Clapton.
