LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology November 12, 1993 - George Wallace Civic Center, Fitchburg, MA, US

  • NIRVANA
    • Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
    • Krist Novoselic (bass)
    • Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
    • Pat Smear (guitar)
    • Lori Goldston (cello)
  • Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
  • Jeff Mason (production manager)
  • Kelly Nase (tour accountant)
  • Susanne Sasic (lighting designer)
  • Craig Overbay (sound engineer)
  • Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
  • Jim Vincent (guitar technician)
  • John Duncan (guitar technician)
  • Mike Dalke (drum technician)
  • Ed Swink (stage manager)
  • Dave Stevens (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Tom Pfaeffle (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Spike Brant (LSD lighting crew)
  • Mike Lamb (LSD lighting crew)
  • Pat Connolly (LSD lighting crew)
  • Gary Vaspol (LSD lighting crew)
  • Don Law Co.
Load In
09:00
Soundcheck
15:30
Doors
18:00
Half Japanese Showtime
19:30
Breeders Showtime
20:15
NIRVANA Showtime
21:15
  1. No Info
  1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
  2. Drain You
  3. Breed
  4. Serve The Servants
  5. About A Girl
  6. Heart-Shaped Box
  7. Sliver
  8. Dumb
  9. In Bloom
  10. Come As You Are
  11. Lithium
  12. Pennyroyal Tea
  13. School
  14. Polly acoustic
  15. Milk It
  16. Rape Me
  17. Territorial Pissings
  18. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  19. All Apologies
  20. ENCORE
  21. Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordion, Grohl on bass
  22. On A Plain
  23. Scentless Apprentice
  24. Blew
  25. unknown song
AUD #1a incomplete
Equipment:
Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
Lowest Generation:
ANA(M) > DAT(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
98:15 min / 7.0
Notes:
• In June 2007 this upgrade was circulated,
• Less complete in the beginning compared to AUD #1b, but more complete at the end.
• "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" cuts in during the intro and the recording cuts out during the unknown song.
• There are also cuts in "Pennyroyal Tea" and "Blew" due to this being the time of the tape flip.
AUD #1b incomplete
Equipment:
Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
Lowest Generation:
ANA(x) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
86:57 min / ??
Notes:
• This source was circulated in June 2024
• More complete in the beginning compared to AUD #1a, but less complete at the end.
• Unlike AUD #1a, "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" does not cut in.
• "Lithium" cuts out, "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in, and the tape cuts out entirely during "Scentless Apprentice".
AUD #2 incomplete
Equipment:
Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
82:37 min / 7.0
Notes:
• Surfaced in May 2005.
• Missing everything after "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam".
• "Lithium" cuts in. (as this is the point of the tape flip)
• There are also many dropouts throughout the source.

No Info

  • Nirvana played to a sold-out crowd of 4,000 people, according to a review.
  • After "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Krist yelled at someone (or multiple people) in the audience for inappropriately grabbing and groping a woman.
  • The show ended with the same unknown song that was played on 12/29/93.
  • During the end-of-show destruction, Kurt repeatedly threw his guitar at a disco ball above the stage, causing pieces of glass to fly off and eventually destroying the disco ball.
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