Courtney Love has clarified her comments to Melissa Auf der Maur that fans had interpreted as a teaser for a Hole reunion.
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The band’s classic line-up has been on hiatus since 2002, though it returned between 2009 and 2012 with some different members. Since then, Love has frequently teased and denied a possible full comeback.
Earlier this week, she sparked fresh speculation of another return by sharing a mysterious video online. The clip featured bassist Auf der Maur posing in a flowing gown, before showing off a gold ring in a close-up shot.
Hole’s 1998 hit ‘Malibu’ also plays in the background. In the caption, Love wrote: “So do we tell the kids about the tour?” Auf der Maur replied in the comments section: “It starts with eternal love…”
However, Love has since clarified the meaning behind the teaser by commenting on a recent Spin post on Instagram.
She said there would be “no Hole reunion”, but revealed that she and Auf der Maur would be “playing some shows, new songs” together.
Love also added a new comment to her original video, telling fans: “Not a reunion baby. Me and [Auf der Maur] touring new songs.”
Further details on their upcoming live dates and collaborative project are not yet known.
The pair got back in the studio together in 2024 for the first time in over two decades, and later that same year, teamed up for an appearance on 070 Shake’s cover of Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’.
Love further reignited hopes for a reunion earlier that year when she told an audience in London that she would be returning with the band “later”.
Love and Auf der Maur did appear on stage together in October 2018 in Hudson, New York, playing Hole songs ‘Doll Parts’, ‘Miss World’ and ‘Softer Softest’.
In 2019, Love entertained the idea of getting the band back together full-time during an interview with The Guardian: “We are definitely talking about it. There’s nothing wrong with honouring your past.”
She told NME in 2020 that she’d “had a good session” at a rehearsal with her ex-bandmates Patty Schemel and Auf der Maur. When NME asked her if Hole would be coming back officially, she responded: “It’s something I’d love to do and I’ve been taking guitar lessons over Zoom during lockdown and I’m writing again so we’ll see!”
However, during a discussion with Vogue in 2021, Love went on to put a dampener on the prospect, saying that fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for an announcement in the foreseeable future.
“A proper Hole reunion will absolutely not [be happening],” she explained at the time. “You guys have gotta get over it. Our old manager Peter Mensch calls once a year to ask about a reunion. I’m so honoured to be in that company, but it’s just not gonna happen.”
Last November saw Auf der Maur announce her memoir, Even The Good Girls Will Cry, out March 17. It is described as a “part coming-of-age autobiography, part travel diary, part psychedelic scrapbook” and will also feature rare photos from throughout her career.
