LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology December 29, 1993 - San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, US

  • NIRVANA
    • Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
    • Krist Novoselic (bass)
    • Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
    • Pat Smear (guitar)
    • Lori Goldston (cello)
  • Bobcat Goldthwait (master of ceremonies)
  • 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)
  • Earnie Bailey (guitar technician)
  • Mike Dalke (drum technician)
  • Ed Swink (stage manager)
  • Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Tom Pfaeffle (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Niko Vonk (Pro Show sound crew)
  • Mike Lamb (LSD lighting crew)
  • Pat Connolly (LSD lighting crew)
  • Gary Vaspol (LSD lighting crew)
  • Bill Silva Presents
    • Bill Silva
    • Rick Stewart
    • Rich McKee
Load In
08:00
Soundcheck
15:30
Doors
18:00
Chokebore Showtime
19:00
Butthole Surfers Showtime
19:45
NIRVANA Showtime
20:45
  1. No Info
  1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
  2. Drain You
  3. Breed
  4. Serve The Servants
  5. Come As You Are
  6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  7. Sliver
  8. Dumb
  9. In Bloom
  10. About A Girl
  11. Lithium
  12. Pennyroyal Tea
  13. School
  14. Polly acoustic
  15. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
  16. Milk It
  17. Rape Me
  18. Territorial Pissings
  19. ENCORE
  20. Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
  21. The Man Who Sold The World
  22. All Apologies
  23. Heart-Shaped Box
  24. Blew
  25. unknown song
AUD #1 incomplete
Equipment:
Sony ECM-909 > Sony WM-D6
Lowest Generation:
ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
92 min / 8.5
Notes:
• The intro to "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" cuts in and the recording cuts off during the end of the "unknown song", which also is cut within.
AMT #1
Equipment:
Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
HI8(M) > DVDR/HI8(M) > DVDR(2) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
98 min / 8.0
Notes:
• Has a cut in "Blew".
• The sound goes thinny during the songs due to the 'wind cut' option being activated on the camcorder.
SBD #1 incomplete
Equipment:
Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
Unofficial CD [Outcesticide 2022] > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
07:57 min / ??
Notes:
• Surfaced in February 2022 via the "Outcesticide 2022" bootleg CD.
• Includes only the "unknown song".
SBD #2 incomplete
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
02:52 min / ??
Notes:
• Surfaced on January 1st, 2024.
• Includes only "School".
• Comes from a tape of the unreleased Nirvana album "Verse Chorus Verse".
PRO CLIP #1 incomplete
Equipment:
Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
MASTER > YouTube
Length / Sound Quality:
30 sec / ??
Notes:
• Posted on Youtube on November 11th, 2022.
• Includes a clip of "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" only.

No Info

  • According to a newspaper review, Nirvana played for a crowd of about 6,800.
  • During Krist's intro to "Territorial Pissings," Kurt removed his guitar and proceeded to sing the entire song without it.
  • The show ended with the same unknown song that was played on 11/12/93.
  • No Info
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