Courtney Love has announced that she will release her second solo album this coming Christmas, timed to coincide with the release of her memoir.

The singer, known for fronting the alt-rock band Hole and for her marriage to Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, announced last year that Hole had finished, and that she would continue the solo career she began in 2010 with her debut, ‘Americas Sweetheart’.

Speaking to Jam!, Love expressed excitement about her second LP, ‘Died Blonde’, calling the sound, ‘epic’, and stating that it would be released at Christmas, the same time as her memoir, which has the working title, ‘Last Bitch Standing’.

The singer has had a turbulent life, and her outspoken nature and highly publicised battles with drug addiction has led her to be labelled as one of the most controversial and most discussed women in the music industry.

Alongside her work with Hole, Love is also known for her acting career, including a critically acclaimed performance in Milos Forman’s 1996 biopic ‘The People vs. Larry Flynt’. In more recent years, she has worked as an artist and illustrator.