hooo-kay, I love a wrecky C.Lo story as much as anyone, but it's just not funny anymore...it's just plain troubling:

Love's antics worry her fans

By RICHARD L. ELDREDGE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/03/04


Troubled rocker Courtney Love's disjointed Music Midtown performance as the closing act on the Miller Lite/99X stage Sunday night left many wondering about her emotional and physical well-being and her future in music.

During Love's 90-minute performance, she frequently swore at the crowd, repeatedly bared her breasts in front of a platform full of uniformed Atlanta police officers, forgot lyrics and chord changes, consistently slurred her words and stumbled around the stage.

The show concluded with the members of her all-female band trying to gently pull her offstage after she performed a snippet of Nirvana's "Pennyroyal Tea" in tears. After someone at the soundboard cut the power to her guitar, Love was finally coaxed off stage by a guitar tech.

"She just unraveled right in front of us," said Leslie Fram, director of programming for 99X and Q100. Fram has followed Love's career and has often talked with the rocker over the past decade. "I've always been a big supporter of Hole [Love's former band], and I was looking forward to a great show. Instead, it was just sad. I've never seen anything like it."

Love's latest album, "America's Sweetheart," garnered good reviews when it was released in February, but multiple court appearances have recently sidelined the singer.

She pleaded innocent Friday to drug charges in Los Angeles and was arrested in March in New York after throwing a microphone stand at a fan.

The album's first single, "Mono," has received little radio airplay.

Frances Bean, the 11-year-old daughter of Love and late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, was recently taken away from Love, who is trying to regain custody.

Onstage Sunday night, Love railed out at some of her personal demons. "Give me back my kid, give me back my money, and I want to go on tour with my [expletive] band!" Love told a crowd of about 1,500, which shrank as the show went on. Some audience members threw things at the stage.

On accessAtlanta.com's Music Midtown Web log on Monday, fans posted mostly negative comments about Love's show.

Typical comments on the blog speculated on whether the singer needed therapy and how long she might live.

99X "Don Miller Morning Show" co-host Jimmy Baron said Monday that he encountered angry fans Sunday night. "There were a lot of frustrated people hoping to see what they saw [during Love's successful appearance] in 1999 in Music Midtown. I saw people leaving in droves."

Rock manager Peter Asher, who has guided the careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, was backstage to take in Love's show.

"He appeared very frustrated," said Baron.

After her set, Fram said, Love went into her trailer and undressed in full view of waiting fans.

She later climbed into a vehicle filled with fans who wanted to take the singer to the Virginia-Highland neighborhood.

Virgin Records reps Hilary Shaev and Tracy Zamot declined to speak on the record about Love when contacted by the AJC in New York on Monday.

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Not only does it appear that she's high everyday, but it seems as if she's suffering a nervous breakdown in the middle of it all. I agree, it's troubling. I'm also wondering if she's a manic depressive...I know of people whose actions were very much in that neighborhood.

i think its just a real shame that she can't cope with life. her daughter must be going through hell. regardless of the causes or who's at fault, i hope she can pull it together. you know, fame and the music world isn't for everybody. maybe she just needs to realize that she can't do it anymore. obviously, she can't handle it.

bananacologne said:

Too true - that's what's so sad. On what appears to be a "good" day, she's one of the most amazingly witty, insightful and hilarious people I've ever seen. It would be a shame to see her self-destruct for good, though it appears that's exactly what's happening. It's really sad to me - I've been a big fan of hers for a long time, and I've especially loved her outbursts because at least she doesn't care about being seen as a complete wrecky brat, which is refreshing in a world of carefully manicured celebrity.

that's just sad

A slightly less sympathetic take via The Sun:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/a...14,00.html

(careful, there's boobage)

Anxiety said:

oh yeah, at 'boobage'

I really feel sorry for Courtney. It seems the only Love she has is in her last name.

Supernova said:

Its all from the heroin most likely.Seen some strong minded people completely fall apart on that shit.It really is sad.If she keeps on this road sooner or later its gonna kill her.

Not to be morbid, but at the rate she's going, I'd be happily surprised to see her live out the year.

Anxiety said:

holy flaming hohners...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Shes hi as a mutha in that pic.

crazyhorse said:

"hi" ain't even the way to explain that shit...

crazyhorse said:

I see she's had the Pammy-size implants taken out, but unfortunately her breasticles now look like giant herpes sores.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

"you here that"

It's too bad no one in her life seems to give enough of a shit to get that poor woman some REAL help before she implodes, although I realize you can't force a person to get help they don't want or think they need.

Didn't she just recently try to go into rehab? Whatever happened with that?

PrimordialOoze said:

Thats just it,theres nothing they can do.Has to be her will.

crazyhorse said:

Yup. Very sad situation.

I feel especially bad for Frances Bean. That poor kid.

crazyhorse said:

PrimordialOoze said:

seriously. poor girl's probably heartbroken right around now.

crazyhorse said:

Oh come on ya'll, this is the only way she can sell records. Remember Janet?

HAHAHAHAHA. Oh man I kill me.

Anyhow. She's a waste of hair and skin, always has been.

I've read somewhere that she's a scientologist now

otan said:

In her condition,why is she even making public appearances and concert performances? This woman clearly needs to take some time out,go into rehab and get herself together.Where are her family members,manager and advisors at? Why are they just sitting back and allowing her to self-destruct this way,for the whole world to see?

DavidEye said:

What the hell are they supposed to do?Its her life and you cant make an addict do anything they dont want to.Shes going to have to find her bottom first.Then if she chooses to get help there maybe a chance.

I think she's average at best but to hell with her. What about the kid?

If for only her kid (who lost her other parent already) she needs to get her shit together and raise the human being she brought on to this earth.

Bitch

Slave2daGroove said:

Real compassionate take there, sparky. Yet another reason I need to be extra careful to keep my pet kittens away from the street...

Anxiety said:

Yeah sometimes speaking the truth gets a little REAL (like those cars driving by your kittens). My point being, quit trying to be a rock star and start working on being a mother (it's done by example).