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Evan Dando Reflects on Cobain, Love Affair Claims

1/21/2026

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Evan Dando, the Lemonheads frontman, told NME that Courtney Love, lead singer of Hole, claimed to Kurt Cobain that they had an affair.
He regrets that he and Cobain could have been friends.
Dando believes Cobain knew the truth about the alleged affair before his death in 1994.
Dando discussed his autobiography, Rumours Of My Demise.
The Lemonheads released the album Love Chant and announced a UK tour starting in September.

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Evan Dando, the Lemonheads frontman, told NME that Courtney Love, lead singer of Hole, claimed to Kurt Cobain that they had an affair.
He regrets that he and Cobain could have been friends.
Dando believes Cobain knew the truth about the alleged affair before his death in 1994.
Dando discussed his autobiography, Rumours Of My Demise.
The Lemonheads released the album Love Chant and announced a UK tour starting in September.