The Little Reunion Of Nirvana In The Art Of Elysium

JAKARTA - Three Nirvana personnel will reportedly perform together at an annual event organized by The Art of Elysium, Heaven Is Rock and Roll. Quoted from Rolling Stone, Dave Grohl will perform with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear on January 4 tomorrow.

Not only the two musicians, Nirvana will also perform with several performers who have performed with Kurt Cobain's band, including Beck, St. Vincent, Marilyn Manson, L7, Cheap Trick and Dave Grohl's son, Violet.

It is not clear if they will return to appear as Nirvana or not. However, the charity event sold Nirvana ticket packages for 50 thousand US dollars, including guest seat numbers printed on their tickets. Guests who purchase these tickets can also purchase items from The Art of Elysium.

The Art of Elysium is a non-profit organization that focuses on community arts programs as a form of support in the midst of life's challenges such as illness, hospitalization, transfer, confinement, or a period of crisis. Reporting from its website, The Art of Elysium caters to any age who is facing social, emotional and mental health problems as well as homelessness.

The show is also supported by We Are Hear, a Los Angeles record label created by producers Linda Perry and Kerry Brown. The site also displays an installation theme entitled Heaven, which is a concept chosen by Visionary. Visionaries are chosen annually for their contribution to society.

The remaining Nirvana personnel met at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame event in 2014. At that time, many touching moments took place on the stage including the ending of Courtney Love's fight with Dave Grohl with a hug.

"The most magical part that happened tonight. Thank you Dave, love you. I know this makes him (Cobain) smile up there, "Love wrote on his Twitter account.

In addition, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth also appeared with Nirvana on the song Aneurysm after helping Nirvana get a record deal for the first time in 1990.

Grohl, Novoselic and Smear also performed together at the end of the Foo Fighters set at the Cal Jam festival in October 2018.At that time they were assisted by John McAuley (Deer Tick) and Joan Jett in vocals to play Serve The Servants, Scentless Apprentice, In Bloom. , Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and All Apologies.

On the other hand, Grohl and his band Foo Fighters are in the process of recording their latest music after the album Concrete and Gold in 2017. Their bassist, Krist Novoselic has also just released the album Giants in the Trees, Volume 2 this year.