LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology December 03, 1989 - Astoria Theatre (Lame Fest UK '89), London, UK
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Chad Channing (drums)
Crew
- Edwin Heath (tour manager)
- Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
Buyer
- Riverman
- Dave Mclean
- Alex Weston
Schedule
- Load In
- …:…
- Soundcheck
- …:…
- Doors
- 19:30
- NIRVANA Showtime
- …:…
- TAD Showtime
- …:…
- Mudhoney Showtime
- …:…
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- School
- BREAK
- jam
- Hand Of Doom jam
- I Wanna Be Your Dog jam
- Fascists Eat Donuts jam
- Scoff
- Love Buzz
- Floyd The Barber
- Dive
- Big Cheese
- Polly
- Spank Thru
- About A Girl
- Breed
- Molly's Lips
- Sappy
- Negative Creep
- Blew
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 52:04 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Circulated in July 2013.
AUD #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 49:07 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in November 2008.
- • Missing "Negative Creep".
AUD #3 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(x) > YouTube
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 49:32 min / ??
- Notes:
- • Posted on YouTube on September 2020.
- • "Blew" cuts in.
SBD #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah] > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 06:50 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Includes only part of the intro, "Polly" and "Breed".
SBD #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 07:03 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Circulated on January 1st, 2024.
- • Includes only "Dive" and "Spank Thru".
- • Comes from a tape of the unreleased Nirvana album "Verse Chorus Verse".
Uncirculated Recordings
AUD #4
It is rumored that the show was recorded.
AMT #1
A video of the show is mentioned in a French book by Youri Lenquette.
Notes
- The Tad and Nirvana tour connected with Mudhoney's tour on this date for Sub Pop's Lame Fest UK '89.
- After "School", Kurt needed to replace a broken string.
- At the end of the concert, Kurt smashed his Washburn guitar beyond repair.
Press Reviews
- Review from a UK magazine called "Melody Maker", published on December 9th, 1989.
- Review from a UK magazine called "Metal Forces", published in February 1990.
- Review from a UK magazine called "New Musical Express (NME)", published on December 16th, 1989.
- Review from a UK magazine called "Kerrang!", published in 1990.