Stipe hoped collaboration would save Cobain

Michael Stipe tried to save Kurt Cobain's life by asking him to collaborate with R.E.M.

Fri, 06 May, 2011 - 09:45

Michael Stipe tried to save Kurt Cobain's life by asking him to collaborate with R.E.M.

The 'Oh My Heart' band's frontman has revealed he was so worried about his friend's heroin addiction that he "reached out to him" with a musical project which never came to fruition.

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