List of Nirvana concerts

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From March 1987 to March 1, 1994, Nirvana performed a variety of shows and concerts.

List of live performances[edit]

Early gigs[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
???, 1987 [A] Raymond United States 17 Nussbaum Road
April 18, 1987 Tacoma Community World Theater Soylent Green, Yellow Snow, & Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare
May 1, 1987 Olympia GESSCO Hall Danger Mouse, Landsat Blister, & Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare
May 6, 1987 Olympia KAOS (FM)
June 12, 1987 Tacoma Community World Theater My Name, & Killdozer
June 27, 1987 Hell's Kitchen, Soylent Green, & Silent Treatment
August 9, 1987 Inspector Luv and the Magnet Men, & Sons of Ishmael
January 23, 1988 Happy Dead Juans, Moral Crux & Soon *Dale Crover played drums.
January 24, 1988 Aberdeen RadioShack *Dale Crover played drums.
March 12, 1988 Olympia The Caddyshack *First show with Dave Foster on drums.
March 19, 1988 Tacoma Community World Theater Lush & Vampire Lezbos
March 26, 1988 Olympia The Witch House
April 10, 1988 Seattle The Central Tavern
April 24, 1988 The Vogue (Sub Pop Sunday) Blood Circus
May 14, 1988 Olympia The Glass House Lansdat Blister & Sister Skelter *Last show with Dave Foster.
May 21, 1988 Evergreen State College Herd of Turtles, Lansdat Blister, The Speds & Telefunken *First show with Chad Channing on drums.
May 27, 1988 The Glass House Sister Skelter
May 29, 1988 Seattle The Vogue
June 2, 1988 Central Tavern (Toe Jam 88) Chemistry Set
June 17, 1988 Ellensburg Hal Holmes Community Center King Crab, Lush & Millions of Dead Leninz[2]
June 29, 1988 Seattle The Moore Theatre
July 3, 1988 The Vogue (Sub Pop Sunday) Blood Circus & Fluid
July 23, 1988 Central Tavern Leaving Trains
July 30, 1988 Squid Row Tavern Skin Yard
August 20, 1988 Olympia Capitol Lake Park (Capitol Lake Jam) My Name, Soundgarden & Swallow
August 29, 1988 Seattle The Vogue Treacherous Jaywalkers
October 23, 1988 Bainbridge Island Birthday Party (Skate Ramp)
October 28, 1988 Seattle Union Station Blood Circus & Butthole Surfers
October 30, 1988 Olympia Dorm K208, Evergreen State College Lansdat Blister & Lush
November 23, 1988 Bellingham Speedy O'Tubbs Rhythmic Underground Coffin Break & Skin Yard
December 1, 1988 Seattle The Underground Coffin Break & D.O.A.
December 21, 1988 Hoquiam Eagles Hall/FoE Aerie 252 Attica & Psychlodds
December 28, 1988 Seattle The Underground, Sub Pop 200 release party Blood Circus, Jesse Bernstein, Swallow, Tad & The Thrown Ups
January 6, 1989 Portland Satyricon Mudhoney
January 21, 1989 Dharma Bums
February 5, 1989 Olympia Dorm K208, Evergreen State College (dorm party) Helltrout & Psychlodds *First show with Jason Everman on guitar.
February 10, 1989 San Francisco Covered Wagon Saloon Melvins & Amorphous Head
February 11, 1989 San Jose Marsugi's Mudhoney & Vomit Launch
February 25, 1989 Seattle HUB Ballroom, University of Washington Skin Yard, Girl Trouble, The Fluid
February 26, 1989 Olympia Dorm K208, Evergreen State College (dorm party)
April 1, 1989 Reko/Muse Helltrout, S.G.M. & Treehouse *Photo from Bleach cover art is from this show.
April 7, 1989 Seattle Annex Theatre Love Battery
April 14, 1989:[3] Ellensburg Hal Holmes Community Center
April 26, 1989 Seattle The Vogue The Flaming Lips & Steel Pole Bath Tub
May 26, 1989 Auburn Lindbloom Student Center, Green River Community College Skin Yard & Bible Stud
June 9, 1989 Seattle Moore Theatre Mudhoney & Tad
June 10, 1989 Portland The Blue Gallery Thrillhammer
June 16, 1989 Olympia Reko/Muse

Bleach club tour[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
June 21, 1989 Seattle United States The Vogue Gasoline & Mad Hatter
June 22, 1989 San Francisco Covered Wagon Saloon Bad Mutha Goose
June 23, 1989 Los Angeles Rhino Records
June 24, 1989 Al's Bar Claw Hammer & Stone By Stone
June 25, 1989 Tempe Sun Club Crash Worship & Sun City Girls
June 27, 1989 Santa Fe Rockin' T.P. 27 Devils Joking & Monkey Shines
June 30, 1989 San Antonio Alfred's Happy Dogs & Swaziland White Band
July 1, 1989 Houston The Axiom Bayou Pigs & David Von Ohlerking
July 2, 1989 Fort Worth The Axis Club Dave Daniels Band
July 3, 1989 Dallas Electric Jungle
July 4, 1989 Carbondale 611 Pizza
July 5, 1989 Iowa City Gabe's Inc. Blood Circus
July 6, 1989 Minneapolis Uptown Bar
July 7, 1989 Madison O'Cayz Corral The Tragically Hip
July 8, 1989 Chicago Club Dreamerz Precious Wax Drippings
July 9, 1989 Wilkinsburg The Sonic Temple, Masonic Temple Worm Art
July 12, 1989 Philadelphia JC Dobbs Napalm Sunday
July 13, 1989 Hoboken Maxwell's Tad
July 15, 1989 Jamaica Plain Green Street Station Cheater Slicks & Death of Samantha
July 18, 1989 New York City The Pyramid Club (New Music Seminar) Cows, God Bullies, Lonely Moans & Surgery *Last show with Jason Everman.
July 20, 1989[4] Toronto Canada TBA
July 21, 1989 Newport United States Top Hat
July 22, 1989 Detroit Garden Bowl @ The Majestic Theatre
July 23, 1989 Champaign Trito's Uptown
July 26, 1989 Denver The Garage
July 28, 1989 Salt Lake City Raunch Records
July 29, 1989 Boise The Zoo
August 11, 1989 Anacortes Eagles Hall
August 12, 1989 Everett Veterans of Foreign War Hall
August 13, 1989 Olympia Washington Center for the Performing Arts
August 26, 1989 Seattle Center on Contemporary Art The Black Supersuckers, Cat Butt & Mudhoney
August 28, 1989 The Vogue Dickless & Knife Dance
September 9, 1989 Chicago The Cabaret Metro
September 13, 1989 Englewood Gothic Theater
September 26, 1989 Seattle The Vogue
September 28, 1989 Minneapolis Uptown Bar
September 29, 1989[5] Milwaukee BMU Grill The Flaming Lips, Steel Pole Bath Tub
The Unicorn
September 30, 1989 Chicago The Cabaret Metro Eleventh Dream Day
October 1, 1989 Champaign Trito's Uptown Steel Pole Bath Tub
October 2, 1989 Kalamazoo Club Soda Steel Pole Bath Tub
October 3, 1989 Ann Arbor Blind Pig The Flaming Lips & Steel Pole Bath Tub
October 6, 1989 Cincinnati Murphy's Pub Grinch
October 7, 1989 Lawrence The Outhouse 24-7 Spyz & Piston Grind
October 8, 1989 Omaha Lifticket Lounge Mousetrap
October 11, 1989 Denver The Garage The Fluid
October 13, 1989 Boulder Penny Lane Coffeehouse Dog Bite
October 14, 1989 Salt Lake City Speedway Cafe
October 23, 1989 Newcastle upon Tyne England Riverside[6] The Cataran & Tad
October 24, 1989 Manchester Students' Union, Manchester Polytechnic The Cataran & Tad
October 25, 1989 Leeds The Duchess of York The Cataran & Tad
October 26, 1989[7] Reading Studio 21 Tad
October 27, 1989 London Students' Union, The School of Oriental and African Studies The Cataran & Tad
October 28, 1989 Portsmouth Ents Hall, Portsmouth Polytechnic The Cataran & Tad
October 29, 1989 Birmingham Edward's No. 8 Filler & Tad
October 30, 1989 Norwich The Wilde Club, Norwich Arts Centre Tad
November 1, 1989 Hilversum Netherlands Villa 65 (Nozems-a-GoGo)
November 1, 1989 Rotterdam Nighttown Tad
November 2, 1989 Groningen Vera Tad
November 3, 1989 Utrecht Tivoli Tad
November 4, 1989 Apeldoorn Gigant Tad
November 5, 1989 Amsterdam Melkweg Tad
November 7, 1989 Mönchengladbach West Germany B-52 Tad
November 8, 1989 Cologne Rose Club Tad
November 9, 1989 Hanover Bad Tad
November 10, 1989 Enger Forum Enger Tad
November 11, 1989 West Berlin Ecstasy Tad
November 12, 1989 Oldenburg Kulturzentrum Tad
November 13, 1989 Hamburg Fabrik Tad
November 15, 1989 Heidelberg Schwimmbad Musik-Club Tad
November 16, 1989 Nuremberg Trust Tad
November 17, 1989 Gammelsdorf Circus Tad
November 18, 1989 Hanau Kultur-Basar Tad
November 20, 1989 Linz Austria Kapu Tad
November 21, 1989 Budapest Hungary Petőfi Csarnok Tad
November 22, 1989 Vienna Austria U4 Tad
November 23, 1989 Graz Cafe Pi Tad
November 24, 1989 Hohenems Konkret Tad
November 25, 1989 Fribourg Switzerland Fri-Son Tad
November 26, 1989 Mezzago Italy Bloom Tad
November 27, 1989 Rome Piper Club Tad
November 29, 1989 Geneva Switzerland l'Usine Tad
November 30, 1989 Zürich Rote Fabrik Tad
December 1, 1989 Issy-les-Moulineaux France Espace Icare Bloody and Heavy, Tad
December 2, 1989 Ghent Belgium Democrazy Tad
December 3, 1989 London England London Astoria Lame Fest UK '89 Mudhoney & Tad
January 6, 1990 Seattle United States East Ballroom, Husky Union Building, University of Washington Crunchbird, The Gits & Tad
January 12, 1990 Portland Satyricon Melvins & Oily Birdman
January 19, 1990 Olympia Rignall Hall Melvins & Beat Happening
January 20, 1990 Tacoma Legends Melvins, Machine & The Rhino Humpers
February 9, 1990 Portland Pine Street Theatre Screaming Trees, Tad, The Legend & Rawhead Rex
February 11, 1990 San Jose Cactus Club Tad, Plastic Jungle & Vegas Voodoo
February 12, 1990 Sacramento Cattle Club Tad & Thornucopia
February 14, 1990 San Francisco Rough Trade Records
San Francisco Kennel Club Tad, The Legend & Dickless
February 15, 1990 Los Angeles Raji's Tad & Distorted Pony
February 16, 1990 Long Beach Bogart's Tad & Haywire
February 17, 1990 Tijuana Mexico Iguana's Tad
February 19, 1990 Phoenix United States The Mason Jar Tad
February 21, 1990 Chico Blue Max Tad & Captain Crunch
February 27, 1990[8] London England Marquee Club
February 28, 1990 Newcastle Riverside
March 1, 1990 Birmingham Edward's No.8
March 12, 1990 Vancouver Canada The Town Pump[9] Tad & The Bombshells
March 20, 1990 Olympia United States Evergreen State College
April 1, 1990 Chicago The Cabaret Metro Bhang Revival & God's Acre
April 6, 1990 Madison Club Underground Tad & Victims Family
April 8, 1990 Milwaukee The Unicorn The Rusty Halos
April 9, 1990 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry Tad & Victims Family
April 10, 1990 Ann Arbor Blind Pig Tad & Victims Family
April 16, 1990 Toronto Canada Lee's Palace
April 17, 1990 Montreal Foufounes Électriques Huge Groove Experience
April 18, 1990 Cambridge United States ManRay Nightclub The Bags
April 20, 1990 Swarthmore Olde Club, Swarthmore College
April 21, 1990 Cambridge Senior House, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Little Debbie & Slaughter Shack
April 26, 1990 New York City Pyramid Club Barkmarket, Cop Shoot Cop & Rat at Rat R
April 27, 1990 Amherst SAGA, Hampshire College 3 Merry Windows, BGOCK!, Cordelia's Dad, GobbleHoof, Mr. Softee, New Radiant Storm King & Sweet Lickin' Honey Babes
April 28, 1990 Hoboken Maxwell's The Jesus Lizard & Sulkweed
April 29, 1990 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club Loop & Thud
April 30, 1990 Philadelphia J.C. Dobb's Raw Ltd.
May 1, 1990 Chapel Hill Cat's Cradle
May 2, 1990 Charlotte The Milestone Eclipse
May 4, 1990 Tampa The Masquerade Forgotten Apostles
May 5, 1990 Jacksonville Beach Einstein a Go-Go
May 6, 1990 Atlanta The Masquerade
May 9, 1990 Columbus Stache's Barbed Wire Dolls
May 10, 1990 Cincinnati Shorty's Underground Coffin Break
May 11, 1990 Tulsa Mimi's
May 12, 1990[10] Norman Rome XC Angry Son
May 13, 1990 Lincoln Duffy's Tavern Cellophane Ceiling
May 14, 1990 Denver The Garage Jux County
May 17, 1990 Boise The Zoo 24-7 Spyz *Last show with Chad Channing.

Late-1990 to mid-1991 intermittent club shows[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
August 13, 1990 Long Beach United States Bogart's Sonic Youth
August 15, 1990 West Hollywood Roxy Theatre
August 16, 1990 Las Vegas Calamity Jane's Nashville Legends Sonic Youth & STP *Short tour with Dale Crover on drums.
August 17, 1990 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Sonic Youth & STP
August 19, 1990 San Diego The Casbah Chemical People & Granfaloon Bus
August 20, 1990 Sacramento Crest Theatre Sonic Youth & STP
August 21, 1990 San Francisco Warfield Theatre Sonic Youth & STP
August 23, 1990 Portland Melody Ballroom Sonic Youth & STP
August 24, 1990 Seattle Moore Theatre Sonic Youth & STP
August 25, 1990 Vancouver Canada York Theater Sonic Youth & STP
September 22, 1990 Seattle United States Motor Sports International and Garage Melvins, Dwarves & Derelicts *Dan Peters played drums.
October 11, 1990 Olympia North Shore Surf Club Witchypoo *First show with Dave Grohl
October 17, 1990 The Mods, Evergreen State College Seaweed & Unrest
October 23, 1990 Birmingham England Goldwyn's Suite L7
October 24, 1990 London London Astoria L7 & Godflesh
October 25, 1990 Leeds Leeds Polytechnic Arm, L7 & Victims Family
October 26, 1990 Edinburgh Scotland Calton Studios L7, Shonen Knife & The Vaselines
October 27, 1990 Nottingham England Trent Polytechnic L7 & Shonen Knife
October 29, 1990 Norwich England The Waterfront L7 & Jacob's Mouse
November 25, 1990 Seattle United States The Off Ramp Cafe Earth, Heavy Into Jeff & Holy Rollers
December 31, 1990 Portland Satyricon Caustic Soda, Hitting Birth, Roger Music & Thrillhammer
January 18, 1991 Olympia Evergreen State College No More Wars Benefit Fitz of Depression, The Four Squares, Goat Knut, Nubbin & Helltrout
March 2, 1991 Boise The Zoo Anxiety Prophets & Blank Frank & The Tattooed Gods
March 4, 1991 Calgary Canada Westward Club Skinbarn & Snowman
March 5, 1991 Edmonton The Bronx Zero Tolerance
March 8, 1991 Vancouver Commodore Ballroom Doughboys, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees & The Wongs
March 9, 1991 Victoria The Forge AC/DC Cover Band
April 17, 1991 Seattle United States OK Hotel Bikini Kill & Fitz of Depression
May 29, 1991 Los Angeles Jabberjaw Fitz of Depression & I Own the Sky
June 8, 1991 Olympia The Mods, Evergreen State College (dorm party)
June 10, 1991 Englewood Gothic Theatre Dinosaur Jr. & The Jesus Lizard
June 11, 1991 Salt Lake City The Pompadour Rock & Roll Club Dinosaur Jr.
June 13, 1991 San Francisco Warfield Theatre Dinosaur Jr.
June 14, 1991 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Dinosaur Jr. & Hole
June 15, 1991 Tijuana Mexico Iguana's Dinosaur Jr. & Olivelawn
June 17, 1991 Sacramento United States Crest Theatre Dinosaur Jr. & Kai Kln
June 18, 1991 Santa Cruz The Catalyst Dinosaur Jr.
June 20, 1991 Portland Melody Ballroom Dinosaur Jr. & Treepeople

Nevermind club, arena and festival tour[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
North America
August 15, 1991 West Hollywood United States Roxy Theatre Wool
August 17, 1991 Culver City GMT Studios
Europe
August 20, 1991 Cork Ireland Sir Henry's Pub Sonic Youth
August 21, 1991 Dún Laoghaire The Top Hat Sonic Youth, The Donnelly Brothers, Mexican Pets & Power of Dreams
August 23, 1991 Reading England Little John's Farm (Reading Festival)
August 24, 1991 Cologne Germany Tanzbrunnen Monsters of Spex Various Artists
August 25, 1991 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop
August 27, 1991 Bremen Germany Aladin Music Hall Sonic Youth, The Didjits & Gumball
August 28, 1991 Halle Easy Schorre Sonic Youth
August 29, 1991 Stuttgart LKA Longhorn
August 30, 1991 Nuremberg Serenadenhof
September 1, 1991 Rotterdam Netherlands De Doelen (Ein Abend in Wien)
North America
September 16, 1991 Seattle United States Beehive Music & Video N/A
September 20, 1991 Toronto Canada The Opera House Melvins
September 21, 1991 Montreal Les Foufounes électriques
September 23, 1991 Boston United States Axis Nightclub (WFNX Birthday Bash) The Smashing Pumpkins, Bullet LaVolta & Cliffs of Dooneen
September 24, 1991 Axis Nightclub N/A
September 25, 1991 Providence Club Babyhead Melvins
September 26, 1991 New Haven The Moon Melvins & Hed
September 27, 1991 Trenton Trenton City Gardens Das Damen & Planet Dread
September 28, 1991 New York City Tower Records N/A
Marquee Melvins
September 30, 1991 Pittsburgh Graffiti Das Damen
October 1, 1991 Philadelphia JC Dobbs Das Damen & Love Chunks
October 2, 1991 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club Das Damen & The Legend
October 4, 1991 Chapel Hill Cat's Cradle Das Damen
October 5, 1991 Athens 40 Watt Club
October 6, 1991 Atlanta The Masquerade
October 7, 1991 Memphis The New Daisy Theatre
October 9, 1991 Columbus Stache's Urge Overkill
October 10, 1991 Cleveland Empire Concert Club Urge Overkill & Das Damen
October 11, 1991 Detroit Saint Andrew's Hall Urge Overkill
October 12, 1991 Chicago Cabaret Metro Das Damen, House of Freaks, and School of Fish
October 14, 1991 Minneapolis Northern Lights Records N/A
First Avenue The Libido Boys & Urge Overkill
October 16, 1991 St. Louis Mississippi Nights Urge Overkill
October 17, 1991 Lawrence Kansas Union Ballroom Paw & Urge Overkill
October 19, 1991 Dallas Trees Club Sister Double Happiness & Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
October 20, 1991 Houston The Vatican Sister Double Happiness
October 21, 1991 Austin Waterloo Records
Liberty Lunch
October 23, 1991 Tempe After the Gold Rush B. Strange & Sister Double Happiness
October 24, 1991 San Diego Off The Record N/A
Tijuana Mexico Iguana's Hole & Sister Double Happiness
October 25, 1991 Los Angeles United States The Hollywood Palace (Rock for Choice Benefit) Hole, L7 & Sister Double Happiness
October 26, 1991 San Francisco Warfield Theatre L7, Sister Double Happiness & Urge Overkill
October 27, 1991 Los Angeles Palace Theatre Greg Sage & Hole
October 29, 1991 Portland Fox Theatre Mudhoney & Sprinkler
October 30, 1991 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom Mudhoney
October 31, 1991 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre Bikini Kill & Mudhoney
Europe
October 31, 1991[11] Groningen Netherlands Vera N/A
November 1, 1991 Eindhoven Effenaar
November 2, 1991 Utrecht Tivoli
November 4, 1991 Bristol England Bierkeller Theatre Midway Still
November 5, 1991 London London Astoria Captain America & Television Personalities
November 6, 1991 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall Captain America
November 8, 1991 London Limehouse Studios N/A
November 10, 1991 Berlin Germany Loft
November 11, 1991 Hamburg Markthalle
November 12, 1991 Frankfurt Batschkapp Urge Overkill
November 13, 1991 Munich Nachtwerk N/A
November 14, 1991 Vienna Austria Arena Skin Yard
November 15, 1991[12] Wels Alter Schlachthof N/A
November 16, 1991 Muggia Italy Teatro Verdi Urge Overkill
November 17, 1991 Mezzago Bloom
November 18, 1991[13] Torino Studio 2
November 19, 1991 Rome Teatro Castello
November 20, 1991 Baricella Kryptonight
November 23, 1991 Ghent Belgium Vooruit Hole
November 24, 1991[14] Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg N/A
November 25, 1991 Hilversum NOB Radiostudio
November 25, 1991 Amsterdam Paradiso
November 26, 1991 Bradford England Communal Building, University of Bradford Captain America, Shonen Knife
November 27, 1991 Borehamwood BBC Elstree Centre (Top of the Pops) N/A
November 27, 1991 Birmingham The Hummingbird Captain America, Shonen Knife
November 28, 1991 Sheffield Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
November 29, 1991 Edinburgh Scotland Calton Studios
November 30, 1991 Glasgow Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow
December 1, 1991 Edinburgh The Southern Bar The Joyriders
December 2, 1991 Newcastle upon Tyne England The Mayfair Captain America, Shonen Knife
December 3, 1991 Nottingham Rock City
December 4, 1991 Manchester Manchester Academy
December 5, 1991 London Kilburn National Ballroom
December 6, 1991 The Greenwood (Tonight with Jonathan Ross)
December 6, 1991[15] Leicester Leicester Polytechnic
December 7, 1991 Rennes France Salle Omnisports (Trans Musicales) Various Artists
December 9, 1991[16] Belfast Northern Ireland Conor Hall The Cranberries
December 10, 1991 Dublin Ireland McGonagle's
December 11, 1991 Helsinki Finland Lepakko
December 12, 1991 Bergen Norway Garage
December 13, 1991 Oslo Alaska
December 14, 1991 Stockholm Sweden Melody Club
North America
December 27, 1991 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Pearl Jam & Red Hot Chili Peppers
December 28, 1991 Del Mar Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds
December 29, 1991 Tempe ASU Activity Center
December 31, 1991 Daly City Cow Palace
January 2, 1992 Salem Salem Armory Auditorium
January 3, 1992 Seattle Seattle Center Arena Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam
January 4, 1992 Vancouver Canada PNE Forum Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam
January 9, 1992 New York City United States NBC Studios (Saturday Night Live) N/A
January 10, 1992 MTV Studios
January 11, 1992 NBC Studios (Saturday Night Live)
Oceania
January 24, 1992 Sydney Australia Phoenician Club The Meanies & Tumbleweed
January 25, 1992 Big Day Out Various Artists
January 26, 1992 Gold Coast Fisherman's Wharf Violent Femmes
January 27, 1992 Brisbane Brisbane Festival Hall
January 29, 1992[17] Fremantle Metropolis
January 30, 1992 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre The Meanies & Tumbleweed
January 31, 1992 Melbourne The Palace Guttersnipes & Tumbleweed
February 1, 1992 The Meanies & Tumbleweed
February 2, 1992 Cosmic Psychos & Tumbleweed
February 4, 1992 Sydney Dee Why Hotel
February 5, 1992 Canberra Australian National University Tumbleweed & The Village Idiots
February 6, 1992 Sydney Selina's The Coogee Bay Hotel Headache & You Am I
February 7, 1992 Cosmic Psychos, Crow & Nunbait
February 9, 1992 Auckland New Zealand Logan Campbell Centre The 3Ds & Second Child
Asia
February 14, 1992 Osaka Japan Kokusai Koryu Center[18]
February 16, 1992 Nagoya Club Quattro
February 17, 1992 Kawasaki Club Citta
February 19, 1992 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
Oceania
February 21, 1992 Honolulu United States Pink's Garage Mindflower
February 22, 1992

Mid-1992 to early-1993 arena, festival and stadium shows[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers Attendance
Europe
June 21, 1992 Dublin Republic of Ireland Point Theatre The Breeders & Teenage Fanclub
June 22, 1992 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall The Breeders & Teenage Fanclub
June 24, 1992 Paris France Zénith de Paris[19] Teenage Fanclub
June 26, 1992 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival Various Artists 64,500[20]
June 27, 1992 Turku Finland Ruisrock
June 28, 1992 Sandvika Norway Kalvoya
June 30, 1992 Stockholm Sweden Sjöhistoriska Museet Teenage Fanclub
July 2, 1992 Valencia Spain Plaza de Toros de Valencia Surfin' Bichos & Teenage Fanclub
July 3, 1992 Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Teenage Fanclub
July 4, 1992 Bilbao Pabellón de la Casilla
July 5, 1992 San Sebastian Velódromo de Anoeta
United Kingdom
August 30, 1992 Reading England Little John's Farm (Reading Festival) 60,000[21]
North America
September 8, 1992 Los Angeles United States Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion (MTV Video Music Awards)
September 9, 1992
September 10, 1992 Portland Portland Meadows Poison Idea, Helmet, Calamity Jane
September 11, 1992 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum (Washington Music Industry Coalition Benefit) Helmet & Fitz of Depression
October 3, 1992 Bellingham Carver Gymnasium Mudhoney, Medelicious & Saucer
October 4, 1992 Seattle Crocodile Cafe Mudhoney
South America
October 30, 1992 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio José Amalfitani Calamity Jane & Los Brujos 20,000[22]
January 16, 1993 São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi Dr. Sin, Engenheiros do Hawaii, L7 (Hollywood Rock Festival) 50,000-100,000[23][24]
January 23, 1993 Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose 40,000-100,000[25][24][26]
February, 1993 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Canceled
February, 1993 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín Canceled

Mid-1993 intermittent arena shows[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
April 9, 1993 Daly City United States Cow Palace (Bosnian Rape Victim Benefit) The Breeders, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & L7
July 23, 1993 New York City Roseland Ballroom (New Music Seminar) The Jesus Lizard
August 6, 1993 Seattle King Performance Center (Mia Zapata Benefit) Hell Smells, Kill Sybill, Tad & Voodoo Gearshift

In Utero arena tour[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers Attendance
North America
September 23, 1993 New York City United States NBC Studios *First performance with Pat Smear on second guitar.
September 25, 1993 N/A
September 25, 1993
October 18, 1993 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Mudhoney 15,000[27]
October 19, 1993 Albuquerque Albuquerque Convention Center Jawbreaker & Mudhoney
October 21, 1993 Kansas City Memorial Hall
October 22, 1993 Davenport Palmer Auditorium
October 23, 1993 Chicago Aragon Ballroom Jawbreaker, Bobcat Goldthwait & Mudhoney
October 25, 1993
October 26, 1993 Milwaukee MECCA Arena Jawbreaker & Mudhoney
October 27, 1993 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium Meat Puppets & Boredoms
October 29, 1993 Detroit Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum Meat Puppets, Bobcat Goldthwait & Boredoms
October 30, 1993 Dayton, Ohio Hara Arena | Meat Puppets & Boredoms
October 31, 1993 Akron James A. Rhodes Arena
November 2, 1993 Montreal Canada Verdun Auditorium
November 4, 1993 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
November 5, 1993 Buffalo United States Alumni Arena
November 7, 1993 Williamsburg William & Mary Hall The Breeders & Half Japanese
November 8, 1993 Philadelphia The Armory
November 9, 1993 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
November 10, 1993 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
November 12, 1993 Fitchburg Wallace Civic Center
November 13, 1993 Washington, D.C. Bender Arena
November 14, 1993 New York City New York Coliseum
November 15, 1993 Roseland Ballroom
November 16, 1993 Weehawken, NJ SST Rehearsal Facility N/A
November 17, 1993
November 18, 1993 New York City Sony Music Studios
November 26, 1993 Jacksonville Morocco Shrine Auditorium The Breeders & Come
November 27, 1993 Miami AT&T Bayfront Park Amphitheater
November 28, 1993 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
November 29, 1993 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
December 1, 1993 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
December 2, 1993 Tallahassee Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center
December 3, 1993 New Orleans Lakefront Arena The Breeders & Shonen Knife
December 5, 1993 Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
December 6, 1993 Houston Astroarena 3,000[28]
December 8, 1993 Oklahoma City Travel and Transportation Building 6,500[29]
December 9, 1993 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum 4,500[30]
December 10, 1993 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium 5,500[31]
December 13, 1993 Seattle Central Waterfront (MTV Live and Loud) The Breeders & Cypress Hill 2,000[32]
December 14, 1993 Salem Salem Armory Auditorium The Breeders & Melvins 3,400[33]
December 15, 1993 Boise BSU Pavilion 3,954[33]
December 16, 1993 Ogden Golden Spike Arena
December 18, 1993 Denver Denver Coliseum 5,000[34]
December 29, 1993 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena Butthole Surfers, Bobcat Goldthwait & Chokebore
December 30, 1993 Inglewood

Great Western Forum

13,000[35]
December 31, 1993 Oakland

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena

19,000[36]
January 1, 1994 Central Point Compton Arena 5,000[37]
January 3, 1994 Vancouver Canada PNE Forum 4,000[38]
January 4, 1994
January 6, 1994 Spokane United States Spokane Coliseum Butthole Surfers & Chokebore
January 7, 1994 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
January 8, 1994 Butthole Surfers, Bobcat Goldthwait & Chokebore
Europe
February 4, 1994 Paris France Canal+ N/A
February 6, 1994 Cascais Portugal Pavilhão de Cascais Buzzcocks
February 8, 1994 Madrid Spain Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
February 9, 1994 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
February 10, 1994 Toulouse France Palais des Sports
February 12, 1994 Toulon Zénith Oméga
February 14, 1994 Paris Zénith Paris
February 15, 1994 Espace Reuilly
February 16, 1994 Rennes Salle Omnisports
February 18, 1994 Grenoble Summum
February 19, 1994 Neuchâtel Switzerland Patinoire du Littoral Les Thugs 7,000[39]
February 21, 1994 Modena Italy Palasport Melvins & Flor de Mal
February 22, 1994 Marino Palaghiaccio di Marino Melvins & Flor de Mal
February 23, 1994 Rome RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano (Tunnel) N/A
February 24, 1994 Milan PalaTrussardi Melvins
February 25, 1994
February 27, 1994 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
March 1, 1994[40][41] Munich Germany Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem 3,000[42]
March 2, 1994[43]
March 3, 1994 Offenbach Stadthalle
March 11, 1994 Prague Czech Republic Prumyslovy Palac Meat Puppets
March 13, 1994 Böblingen Germany Sporthalle
March 14, 1994 Cologne Sporthalle
March 15, 1994 Berlin Die Halle
March 17, 1994 Hannover Musikhalle Meat Puppets
March 18, 1994 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
March 19, 1994 Copenhagen Denmark Falkonersalen
March 21, 1994 Stockholm Sweden Hovet The Auteurs
March 24, 1994 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
March 25, 1994 Brussels Belgium Forest National
March 27, 1994 Manchester England G-Mex Centre The Raincoats, Sebadoh
March 28, 1994 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
March 30, 1994 Birmingham England Aston Villa Leisure Centre
March 31, 1994
April 1, 1994 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
April 3, 1994 London England Brixton Academy
April 4, 1994
April 5, 1994 Buzzcocks, Sebadoh
April 6, 1994
April 8, 1994 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt The Raincoats, Sebadoh

1994 festival and stadium shows[edit]

Date City Country Venue Other Performers
July 7, 1994 Las Vegas United States Sam Boyd Stadium (Lollapalooza)
July 9, 1994 Greenwood Village, Colorado Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
July 11, 1994 Bonner Springs, Kansas Sandstone Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 12, 1994 Saint Paul, Minnesota Harriet Island Regional Park (Lollapalooza)
July 14, 1994 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 15, 1994 Tinley Park, Illinois World Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 16, 1994 Tinley Park, Illinois World Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 17, 1994 Maryland Heights, Missouri Riverport Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 19, 1994 Columbus, Ohio Polaris Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 20, 1994 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center (Lollapalooza)
July 22, 1994 Noblesville, Indiana Deer Creek Music Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
July 23, 1994 Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 24, 1994 Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 25, 1994 Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 27, 1994 Montreal Canada Le Parc Des Iles (Lollapalooza)
July 28, 1994 Barrie Molson Park (Lollapalooza)
July 29, 1994 Clarkston, Michigan United States Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 30, 1994 Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Star Lake Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 1, 1994 Philadelphia Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park (Lollapalooza)
August 2, 1994 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Raceway (Lollapalooza)
August 3, 1994 North Kingstown, Rhode Island Quonset State Airport (Lollapalooza)
August 5, 1994 New York City Downing Stadium (Lollapalooza)
August 6, 1994 New York City Downing Stadium (Lollapalooza)
August 8, 1994 Charles Town, West Virginia Charles Town Races (Lollapalooza)
August 10, 1994 Raleigh, North Carolina Walnut Creek Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 11, 1994 Charlotte, North Carolina Blockbuster Pavilion (Lollapalooza)
August 12, 1994 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 13, 1994 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 15, 1994 Miami Bicentennial Park (Lollapalooza)
August 16, 1994 DeLand, Florida Volusia County Fairgrounds (Lollapalooza)
August 18, 1994 New Orleans Soccer Field, University of New Orleans (Lollapalooza)
August 19, 1994 Baytown, Texas Houston Raceway Park (Lollapalooza)
August 20, 1994 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 21, 1994 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 24, 1994 Phoenix, Arizona Desert Sky Pavilion (Lollapalooza)
August 25, 1994 San Diego County, California Aztec Bowl (Lollapalooza)
August 27, 1994 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
August 28, 1994 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
August 30, 1994 Surrey, British Columbia Cloverdale Raceway (Lollapalooza)
August 31, 1994 George, Washington The Gorge Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
September 1, 1994 George, Washington The Gorge Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
September 4, 1994 Carson, California Velodrome Field, Dominguez Hills (Lollapalooza)
September 5, 1994 Carson, California Velodrome Field, Dominguez Hills (Lollapalooza)

Notes:

  1. ^ For a long time, it was believed that this was the first Nirvana show, but in recent years photographs and recordings have come available that indicates that this is unlikely. The Raymond gig was most likely held in the summer of 1987. Their actual first show has not been documented, but took place around April 1st, 1987 in Aberdeen, WA, according to close friend Slim Moon[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Live Nirvana".
  2. ^ "Hal Holmes Community Center Ellensburg Concert Setlists". setlist.fm.
  3. ^ even in his youth
  4. ^ The remainder of the tour was cancelled after the NY show.
  5. ^ Nirvana missed both shows due to Kurt being sick.
  6. ^ Armstrong, Simon (October 23, 2014). "Nirvana: 25 years since first UK gig in Newcastle". BBC. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  7. ^ The show was cancelled so the band could record a John Peel session.
  8. ^ This planned UK tour was cancelled.
  9. ^ Newton, Steve (March 12, 2015). "25 years ago today: Nirvana plays the Town Pump (two days after the Beat Farmers)". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  10. ^ Nirvana missed the show. However, Angry Son still performed.
  11. ^ Due to the US tour being extended, this show and the three next ones were cancelled.
  12. ^ The show was cancelled about five weeks earlier due to its relatively low capacity.
  13. ^ The show was cancelled so the band would not risk getting stuck without fuel, due to a nationwide gasoline strike.
  14. ^ The show was rescheduled for November 25, 1991 at the Paradiso, a larger venue.
  15. ^ The show was cancelled just a few days before it was scheduled to happen so the band could instead perform on Tonight with Jonathan Ross.
  16. ^ This date and the remaining ones were cancelled so the band could take a break from touring.
  17. ^ Cancelled due to Kurt's sickness.
  18. ^ "FEB 14 1992 Nirvana Setlist at Osaka Kokusai Kouryuu Center, Osaka, Japan". setlist.fm.
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  28. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - december 06, 1993 - astroarena, houston, tx, us". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  29. ^ "Live Nirvana Interview Archive - december 6, 1993 - houston, tx, us". Rage (in French). January 1994. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  30. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - december 09, 1993 - ak-sar-ben coliseum, omaha, ne, us". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  31. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - december 10, 1993 - roy wilkins auditorium, saint paul, mn, us". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  32. ^ McDonald, Rob (December 14, 1993). "MTV's 'Live and Loud': 2,000 fans reach Nirvana in Seattle". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  33. ^ a b Deeds, Michael (December 16, 1993). "Boise lacks teen numbers for Nirvana". The Idaho Statesman. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  34. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - december 18, 1993 - denver coliseum, denver, co, us". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  35. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - december 30, 1993 - great western forum, inglewood, ca, us". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  36. ^ Goldthwait, Bobcat (2013). Nirvana - In Utero - 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe. p. Liner notes.
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  38. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - january 03, 1994 - pacific national exhibition forum, vancouver, bc, ca". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  39. ^ "Live Nirvana Concert Chronology - february 19, 1994 - patinoires du littoral, neuchâtel, ch". livenirvana.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023. According to a newspaper review
  40. ^ "Live Nirvana | Live Nirvana Tour History | A Complete Guide to Nirvana's Live Performances".
  41. ^ The long-standing rumor that the last Nirvana concert was shortened is not true. It was a full-length show.
  42. ^ Beaumont, Mark (February 28, 2024). "Inside Nirvana's last ever show: Kurt Cobain, power outages and a prophetic declaration about the band's end". The Independent. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  43. ^ The March 2 show in Munich and March 3 show in Offenbach were both cancelled after Kurt had a bout of laryngitis. After Kurt's incident in Rome in the early hours of March 4, the rest of the tour was rescheduled, only to be cancelled after Kurt's dead body was found in Seattle on April 8.

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