LNCU Hit List: List of Unsurfaced Live Shows (audios/videos)

This is a list of concerts for which there is NO surfaced recording at all (on any format, audio or video). If you have, or know where to find, a recording of any of these, please drop us a line on lncu@livenirvana.com.

Please note all concerts which have surfaced recordings are listed in the Live Nirvana Tour History, and NOT on this page. However, we are aware that this page is missing some NIRVANA concerts, and if you know of any which are not listed on this page nor in LNTH, please also get in touch.

It should be appreciated that this list is very incomplete; NIRVANA played many shows which are not documented in any of the major NIRVANA internet resources.

The band was scarcely known prior to the release of 'Bleach'; Kris Sproul's Nirvana Live Guide and Live Nirvana's Day-By-Day History list some other known perfomances, the interested reader is directed there for further details.

American Tour 1989

Note: that the tour itinerary is not known in full, some dates may have been omitted.

06/21/89 - Vogue - Seattle, WA, US
06/22/89 - Covered Wagon Saloon - San Francisco, CA, US
06/23/89 - Bogart's - Long Beach, CA, US
06/24/89 - Al's Bar - Los Angeles, CA, US [MTV have aired clips]
06/25/89 - Sun Club - Tempe, AZ, US
06/27/89 - Rockin' T.P. - Santa Fe, NM, US [15 minutes surfaced in March 2007]

Please also consult the Live Nirvana Tour History for which audios have been found.

09/26/89 - Vogue - Seattle, WA, US
09/28/89 - Uptown Bar - Minneapolis, MN, US
09/30/89 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL [Complete show surfaced in January 2008 - see LNTH]
10/01/89 - Trito's Uptown - Champaign, IL, US
10/02/89 - The Club Soda, Kalamazoo, MI, US
10/03/89 - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI, US [Surfaced in August 2004, see the LNTH]
10/??/89 - Frankie's Inner-City - Toledo, OH, US
10/07/89 - Outhouse - Lawrence, KS, US
10/13/89 - Penny Lane Coffeehouse, Boulder, CO, US

European Tour 1989

10/23/89 - Riverside - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom [Beware Mislabels]
10/24/89 - Manchester Polytechnic - Manchester, United Kingdom [Surfaced in October 2005; see the LNTH]
10/27/89 - SOAS Bar - London, United Kingdom [Surfaced in November 2003, see the LNTH]
11/01/89 - Nighttown - Rotterdam, The Netherlands [Surfaced in April 2006; see the LNTH]
11/02/89 - Vera - Groningen, The Netherlands [Amateur video recording of a TV monitor of a video of this show surfaced in March 2007 by the LNCU; see the LNTH]
11/04/89 - Gigant - Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
11/12/89 - Kulturzentrum - Oldenburg, West Germany
11/13/89 - Fabrik - Hamburg, West Germany [Surfaced in May 2002 by the LNCU; see the LNTH]
11/15/89 - Schwimmbad - Heidelberg, West Germany [Surfaced in March 2004; see the LNTH]
11/19/89 - Gammelsdorf Circus - Gammelsdorf, West Germany [Not played]
11/21/89 - Petofihall - Budapest, Hungary
11/23/89 - Forum Stadtpark - Graz, Austria
11/24/89 - Konki - Hohenems, Austia
11/25/89 - Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland
11/29/89 - UGDO - Geneva, Switzerland

01/12/90 - Satyricon - Portland, OR, US
01/19/90 - Rignall Hall - Olympia, WA, US [17 minutes surfaced in December 2011]

1990 American Tour

Note: the tour itinerary is not known in full; we list documented unsurfaced dates.

04/06/90 - Club Underground - Madison, WI, US
04/09/90 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN, US
04/14/90 - Shorty's Underground - Cincinnati, OH, US
04/20/90 - Old Club, Swarthmore College - Swarthmore, PA, US
04/21/90 - Senior House, MIT - Cambridge, MA, US
04/27/90 - Saga Dining Rooms, Hampshire College - Amherst, MA, US
04/30/90 - J.C. Dobbs - Philadelphia, PA, US
05/01/90 - Chapel Hill, NC, US [Circulated in November 2007; see the LNTH]
05/05/90 - Einstein-A-Go-Go - Jacksonville Beach, FL, US
05/09/90 - Staches - Columbus, OH, US
05/10/90 - Shorty's Underground - Cincinnati, OH, US
05/11/90 - Tulsa Theatre - Tulsa, OK, US
05/14/90 - Garage - Denver, CO, US [Beware Mislabels]

Please also consult the Live Nirvana Tour History for which audios have been found.

Tour supporting Sonic Youth

08/16/90 - Calamity Jayne's Nashville Nevada - Las Vegas, NV, US
08/19/90 - Casbah - San Diego, CA, US [complete concert surfaced in March 2003, see LNTH]
08/21/90 - Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA, US
08/23/90 - Melody Ballroom - Portland, OR, US [complete concert surfaced in April 2010, see LNTH]
08/25/90 - New York Theatre - Vancouver, BC, Canada

09/25/90 - KAOS Olympia Community Radio (The Boy Meets Girl Show) - Olympia, WA, US [only one and a half songs are circulating; see LNTH]

10/11/90 - North Shore Surf Club - Olympia, WA, US [Complete show surfaced in September 2002; see the LNTH]

10/??/90 - The Mods, Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA, US

11/25/90 - Off Ramp Cafe - Seattle, WA, US - encore/second set [a near complete version of the encore was surfaced by the LNCU in September 2004; see the LNTH]

12/31/90 - Satyricon - Portland, OR, US

01/18/91 - Library 4300, The Evergreen State College [No More Wars Benefit] - Olympia, WA, US [two songs and a brief clip of another song are circulating; see LNTH]

March 1991 Canadian Tour

03/04/91 - Westward Club - Calgary, AB, Canada
03/05/91 - Bronx - Edmonton, AB, Canada
03/09/91 - Forge - Victoria, BC, Canada

06/01/91 - Mushroom - Olympia, WA, US ['Witchypoo' performance, not NIRVANA]

Tour supporting Dinosaur Jr

06/10/91 - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO, US
06/11/91 - Pompadour Rock & Roll Club - Salt Lake City, UT, US
06/14/91 - Palladium - Hollywood, CA, US [Surfaced in November 2002; see the LNTH]
06/15/91 - Iguana's - Tijuana, Mexico

08/15/91 - Roxy Theatre - Hollywood, CA, US

Summer Festival Tour Supporting Sonic Youth

08/21/91 - Top Hat - Dublin, Ireland
08/28/91 - Easy Schorre - Halle, Germany
08/29/91 - Longhorn - Stuttgart, Germany
08/30/91 - Serenadenhof - Nürnberg, Germany

North American Nevermind Tour

European Nevermind Tour

11/12/91 - Batschkapp - Frankfurt, Germany
11/17/91 - Bloom - Mezzago, Italy [surfaced in August 2005; see the LNTH
12/01/91 - Southern Bar - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12/03/91 - Rock City - Nottingham, United Kingdom [six song clips have been aired on TV]

Tour Supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers

12/27/91 - Los Angeles Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA, US
01/02/92 - Salem Armory - Salem, OR, US [29 minutes of the show has surfaced]

Pacific Rim Nevermind Tour

01/26/92 - Fisherman's Wharf - Gold Coast, Australia
01/27/92 - Brisbane Festival Hall - Brisbane, Australia
02/02/92 - Palace - Melbourne, Australia
02/09/92 - Logan Campbell Centre - Auckland, New Zealand
02/17/92 - Club Citta - Kawasaki, Japan [Beware Mislabels]
02/21/92 - Pink's Garage - Honolulu, HI, US
02/22/92 - Pink's Garage - Honolulu, HI, US [One song and assorted clips have surfaced]

Summer 1992 European Tour

07/02/92 - Plaza de Toros de Valencia - Valencia, Spain [surfaced in January 2005; see the LNTH]
07/04/92 - Pabellon de la Casilla de Bilbão - Bilbão, Spain

10/03/92 - Carver Gymnasium - Bellingham, WA, US [17 minutes has surfaced]
10/04/92 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA, US [5 songs have surfaced]

01/16/93 - Estádio do Morumbi - São Paulo, Brazil [10 minutes of video footage has been posted on the internet, see LNTH]

08/06/93 - King Theater (Mia Zapata Benefit Concert) - Seattle, WA, US [a very short clip of one song is circulating]

09/08/93 - Club Lingerie (Rock Against Rape Benefit) - Hollywood, CA, US [audio portion circulated in May 2005; see LNTH]

North American In Utero Tour

10/19/93 - Albuquerque Convention Center - Albequerque, NM, US
10/25/93 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL, US
10/27/93 - K-Wings Stadium - Kalamazoo, MI, US
11/26/93 - Morocco Temple Shrine Auditorium - Jacksonville, FL, US
11/28/93 - Jenkins Arena, Lakeland Civic Center - Lakeland, FL, US
12/01/93 - Boutwell Municipal Auditorium - Birmingham, AL, US
12/06/93 - AstroArena - Houston, TX, US
12/09/93 - Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum - Omaha, NE, US
12/13/93 - Pier 48 (rehearsal) - Seattle, WA, US [Surfaced in October 2002; see the LNTH]
12/15/93 - Boise State University Pavilion - Boise, ID, US
12/16/93 - Golden Spike Arena - Ogden, UT, US
12/23/93 - Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA, US
01/01/94 - Compton Arena, Jackson County Fairgrounds/Expo Park - Central Point, OR, US
01/03/94 - Pacific National Exhibition Forum - Vancouver, BC, Canada
01/06/94 - Spokane Coliseum - Spokane, WA, US

European In Utero Tour

02/06/94 - Pavilhao Dramatico - Cascais, Portugal [surfaced but in very poor quality]
02/09/94 - Palau Municipal dels Esports de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain [Complete show surfaced in April 2008; see the LNTH]
02/10/94 - Palais des Sports - Toulouse, France [Surfaced in May 2004; see the LNTH]
02/19/94 - Patinoires du Littoral - Neuchatel, Switzerland
03/01/94 - Terminal 1 - Munich, Germany [Surfaced February 2005; see the LNTH]

References: Day-By-Day History, NLG