The BBC have announced that they will be releasing a brand-new
Kurt Cobain documentary this Saturday night.
Thirty years on from his passing on April 5, 1994, the Nirvana
frontman will be remembered on BBC Two in Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music
– a new 45-minute programme that, according to a press release, ‘uses powerful
and unseen archive footage to demystify the tragic moment when the Nirvana
frontman took his own life’.
A brief synopsis describes: ‘One of musical history’s most
shocking stories is told as never before, as footage captured by local fans in
Seattle and raw material from news crews reporting at the time are woven
together to create a picture of the events that unfolded as they happened.’
“Kurt Cobain’s life and death has turned into myth and legend
since his passing,” explains Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV, in
a statement. “This documentary tries to demystify that moment in time by
telling the story direct from the scene, via fly on the wall footage filmed by
those that were there.”
Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music will premiere on BBC Two
at 9:25pm this Saturday, April 13, and immediately after that the BBC will re-broadcast
When Nirvana Came To Britain from 10:10pm. Then, if that’s not enough for you, from
11:10pm you can re-watch highlights from Foo Fighters’ 2019 Reading & Leeds
headline set, as well as the band in Radio 1’s Live Lounge.