Courtney Love defends use of 'Hole'

Courtney Love has defended the decision to release her upcoming album under the Hole band name.

Nobody's Daughter is due for release this year, with the album supported by a number of live dates.

Despite Love being the sole founding member of the group on the record, she told NME: "It is Hole, yes of course.

"How do I do this? It is just because it is, and it is because we just negotiated our thing and it'll be fine. Everyone has good lawyers."

Of reported complaints from the band's original guitarist and co-founder Eric Erlandson, she added: "I don't want to slam him.

"I'm a big sharer. Inside the business I am not known for being a stinge, for sure. I'm not stingy in any way, I give a lot of publishing to everyone."