Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1993 | December 29, 1993 - San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, US

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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

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Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Drain You
Cobain - Didn't that circle slam dancing go out of style in like, '82?
Breed
Novoselic - ??? nice to be back playing Iguana's and ??? San Diego, hometown of Eddie Vedder!
Serve The Servants
Come As You Are
Cobain - Thank you
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Sliver
Cobain - This is a quiet song
Dumb
Cobain - Excuse me, that was my grunge pedal
Grohl - What was that?
Novoselic - Grunge pedal!
In Bloom
Cobain - This song is off of our first album
About A Girl
Cobain - Mr. Pat, is playing an exclusive, clean guitar, a Brian May guitar, isn't it nice?
Lithium
Cobain - Kill Brian May, kill Brian May. That's it, snap on that thirty dollar guitar. This song is a singer songwriters, kinda song
Grohl - That scared the shit out of me
Pennyroyal Tea
Cobain - ???
School
Cobain - Thanks
Novoselic - It must be the new sound!
Cobain - Hi, hi everyone, how are ya? If you go to San Bernadino... Ready? Thank you, you want a little more? Should I talk some more, um... I'm sorry for not making eye contact with you people up there, but you have shitty seats and you're fucked! I'm sorry, it's not my fault. Are you ready?
Polly acoustic
Cobain - Oh well, ??? Who's number two, you are?
Grohl - Me
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Cobain - Do you have another bass? Do you have another guitar? Maybe you should get it, it sounds out of tune, so... Let's-, let's do a next song though
Milk It
Rape Me
Territorial Pissings
ENCORE
Novoselic - Thanks a lot. What a year, 1993. Jeepers creepers
Cobain - Can we start now? Dave
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
Cobain - Thank you. This is a David Boo-wie song
The Man Who Sold The World
Cobain - Thank you
Novoselic - Who here is from San Ysidro?
All Apologies
Grohl - ???
Novoselic - Thinkin' about Axl swimming with all those dolphins... and Duff, save him, druff-, Duff, drunk off his ass, tried to save Axl. No wonder he drowned
Cobain - In his own vomit?
Novoselic - Duff?
Cobain - Krist, who would you like to dedicate this song to, tonight? Yeah
Novoselic - A contemporary figure, maybe? Contemporary and modern, uh...
Grohl - Rodney Dangerfield just got married
Novoselic - Really? Hey... Kurt do the Rodney Dangerfiled impersonation
Cobain - No, no, no, I can't
Heart-Shaped Box
Novoselic - We used to play here in San Diego, we used to play at like, the Casbah and at, uh, Iguanas... where you have to wait at the McDonald's in San Ysidro because the federales were on the payroll, mucho cross the province. I got a dedication, Kurt. I got a dedication, I'd like to dedicate this song to Crystal Star
Blew
unknown song
Cobain - Thank you, nighty-night!

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.

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According to a newspaper review, Nirvana played for a crowd of about 6,800. But, according to Pollstar magazine, it was a crowd of about 7,419 people
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.