It looks likely Courtney Love will reach a settlement with Universal’s Geffen label after a longtime legal dispute over her recording contract. In an interview earlier this week Love, who confirmed her disputes with other ex-Nirvana members had been resolved, also hinted her legal wranglings with Geffen were ending. Although her lawyers wouldn’t comment Billboard reckon an agreement could be made next week – Love is likely to win win, getting a release from her contract and a multimillion-dollar advance on the projected earnings of forthcoming Nirvana archival releases.
Meanwhile Geffen have been firing out legal threats to radio stations around the world who have been playing the previously unreleased Nirvana track ‘You Know You're Right’, which was recorded just months before Cobain’s suicide. The track, expected to appear on a planned Greatest Hits album, surfaced on the internet and a number of radio stations around the world have been playing it – in the UK Zoë Ball on Xfm and Jo Wiley on Radio 1 both played the track. But stations in the UK and US have received warnings from the record label that they must not play it again until promos for the greatest hits album are made available
Andy Ashton, Head Of Music at Xfm, told NME: "We played 'You Know You're Right' because we felt our audience deserved to hear it - for their love of the band. It's unfortunate, that, as a result we have upset their record label. We will however, adhere to the record company's ruling and not play the track again until it is officially cleared."
Other stations are likely to adhere to the record label’s wishes too, so if you missed it you’ll have to wait (or you could just type 'You Know You're Right' into Google of course - we found four sites offering the track for download).