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Paul McCartney to join Nirvana's Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic at tonight's 12/12/12 concert?

Paul McCartney at Yankee Stadium in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Paul McCartney
Dave Grohl at Deluna Fest 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Dave Grohl

As you know if you visit this site (or others like YouTube and Facebook), listen to the radio, watch TV, or leave your house at all, the huge 12/12/12 Hurricane Sandy benefit at MSG goes down tonight and it will include performances by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, The Who, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Eric Clapton, Chris Martin and The Rolling Stones.

But what we didn’t know, and The Sun is now reporting, Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl won’t just both be at the show, they’ll actually be performing together along with Dave’s ex-Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic and NIrvana (touring)/Foo Fighters/Germs member Pat Smear. Despite multiple news headlines that are calling the show a NIrvana reunion with Paul McCartney, it doesn’t explicitly say they’ll be performing NIrvana material. It’s been reported that they will perform a new song and Paul also suggested they “just make something up.” Regarding the collaboration Paul said:

I didn’t really know who they were. They are saying how good it is to be back together. I said ‘Whoa? You guys haven’t played together for all that time? And somebody whispered to me ‘That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it.

Many sites are reporting that it will be the first time the surviving members of Nirvana perform together in 20 years, but Krist performed with the Foo Fighters in 2010 for a Nirvana cover and recorded on their 2011 album. It’s hard to imagine anyone stepping in for Kurt as the frontman of NIrvana (they aren’t exactly INXS, Journey or Sublime), but if tonight does end up living up to the Nirvana rumors, at least Kurt loved the Beatles.

In related news, Dave Grohl will be recording with Queens of the Stone Age again (but not touring with them), will be the keynote speaker at SXSW 2013, and is directing the new Sound City documentary.

A video of Krist performing “These Days” with Foo Fighters in 2011 below…

Foo Fighters w/ Krist Novoselic – “These Days” at Izod Center – 9/26/11