Band leader Courtney Love said earlier this year that the classic lineup, also featuring Eric Erlandson and Patty Schemel, would work together again after a series of successful rehearsals. The following week she admitted her announcement had led some of her colleagues to "flip out" with her. Later she said getting back together was a bad idea because she didn't want to wind up on the "oldies circuit."

Now Auf Der Maur tells the Guardian: "Courtney described it as, 'We went on a date but we did not make out.' That's what I can say. It was f***ing beautiful to be in the same room with them for the first time in aeons. That was special - it was truly beautiful and there was a group hug. That's as far as it's gone. Now I'm back to being a mother and having a big old factory."