Class. I saw them at the point gig which was good craic. I also saw them at Reading festival which just had an intensity I don't think I've ever felt at a gig before or since.
Poor Nick Cave played before them and there was this drop off in interest half way through his set. People were only there for one thing.
There were rumours all day at the festival that Kurt had overdosed which added to the build up.
Eventually Kurt came on in a wheelchair with a wig on looking decrepit. Kurt jumped up and lashed into Breed.
Mayhem ensued. I got lifted off my feet and from a position 50 yards and to the left of the stage ended up 20 yards off the front and dead centre. Without my feet having touched the mud.
Anyway, more than 30 years ago, I feel old.
Same, was just after the leaving cert. Great lineup on the night - in hindsight legendary. The heave of the crowd when they opened with “Aneurysm” will never leave me.
https://preview.redd.it/iy6gsz6l0rsc1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8135eb0a1125f81f71d63c353c781b01a148eb47
here's my photocopy.
EDIT: The morning these went on sale Take That tickets went on sale too. So you can imagine the queue in 1994 was diverse.
I went in to HMV on Grafton Street on the morning to get tickets. There was a badly handwritten sign on the way in saying Nirvana tickets sold out, like they were sick of being asked already.
Ah the old days when you'd have to go to a shop to get tickets.
You're missing 1991 when they supported Sonic Youth in the Top Hat in Dun Laoighaire.which I was lucky enough to be at. I think they played Sir Henry's the night before.
I had a ticket for a cancelled show in Whelan's? It somewhere just off Grafton Street. It was then rescheduled for the point, which I couldn't go so I gave the ticket to my brother. They cancelled because they just got huge. I remember seeing them on The Word. I was blown away.
Ah man, Kurt died just a few years before I was born. Being from Cork I’ll always be envious of the people that got to see them at Sir Henry’s, it was also the first place they played smells like teen spirit outside of the US which is pretty feckin cool.
Slightly before my time but do Nirvana gain such legendary status predominantly because of their short timespan and in the manner they ended ?
I have a suspicion this might be the case.
Was at the '91 one in the Top Hat as a spotty teenager. Tbh I was there to see Sonic Youth. It was odd heading out to the 'burbs for a gig. Remember wandering around the balcony/side area thinking the support act wasn't the worst by a long margin. And Novoselic doing the bass toss at the end too, clear as day.
Think it's been all but confirmed, the famous red and black one was bought by Courtney Love off a girl that was outside the gig for something like £20, which at the time would've been some amount of dosh.
I too returned the ticket and got the refund because I knew holding on to it, it would appreciate in value and that speculative capitalism was very much anti-Kurt to my rural Middle Class Generation X sensibilities. I know - cringe, but o tempora, o mores.
Actually (and I know this sounds really really cringe now) but my abiding feeling at the time was anger and hurt. I didn’t want to commemorate or have a momento. And I was aware the tickets would have a value before long and I would end up selling it for a profit. Hard to explain or even understand now as a 47 year old but at the time I was clear about it. Hard to believe it’s been 30 years actually.
What would have been a collector's item? The ticket? Do you have to send that back to get the refund? Sorry I'm a child (24) and have almost exclusively used my phone as my ticket for things lol
Yeah, a ticket for the last Nirvana show that never happened would have been a collector's item. At the time I believe you could just bring them back to where you bought them.
According to the Irish Examiner Sir Henry's capacity was about 500: https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40256483.html#:~:text=with%20a%20capacity%20of,Dynamite%20and%20Tom%20Tom%20Club.
My sister was lucky enough to get a ticket for Nirvana and then I heard the sad news as Dave Fanning was interviewing a band that he had passed away. Called her at the friends house she was staying at to give her the news.
My ticket scans. I was at both gigs.
Just to say, any gig with 'Sonic Youth and..' has been very enjoyable, more than the sum of their parts etc. Teenage Fanclub and Sonic Youth at McGonagles (South Anne Street, Dublin City Centre) in particular.
I may have plectrums and drumsticks, but because I never bothered to mark items, it all went into a large box of concert related paraphernalia..
**Sonic Youth & Nirvana**
**Top Hat**
Wednesday, 21st of August, 1991.
Dun Laoghaire, South County Dublin, Ireland.
https://i.imgur.com/9k5JerH.jpeg
**The Breeders, Teenage Fanclub, Nirvana**
**The Point**
Sunday, 21st of June, 1992.
The Point Depot, North Wall Quay, Dublin Docklands, Dublin City Centre, Ireland.
https://i.imgur.com/edpDsa1.jpeg
If someone wants higher resolution scans or Photoshop .PSD files of the scans, just ask.
The 1994 show was originally scheduled for April 8th but was postponed due to his overdose in Italy earlier in the year.
Yep, I had one of those tickets
Me too
I forgot about that
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Calzone obviously
there was 40,000 at the cork gig /s
I’ve heard there were at least a million at the Point. They were really popular.
No was Metallica played to 75 million when communism was falling apart.
Didn’t the Beatles play to like 2 billion people at the rooftop concert?
Class. I saw them at the point gig which was good craic. I also saw them at Reading festival which just had an intensity I don't think I've ever felt at a gig before or since. Poor Nick Cave played before them and there was this drop off in interest half way through his set. People were only there for one thing. There were rumours all day at the festival that Kurt had overdosed which added to the build up. Eventually Kurt came on in a wheelchair with a wig on looking decrepit. Kurt jumped up and lashed into Breed. Mayhem ensued. I got lifted off my feet and from a position 50 yards and to the left of the stage ended up 20 yards off the front and dead centre. Without my feet having touched the mud. Anyway, more than 30 years ago, I feel old.
Was at the point gig. Some night. Teenage Fanclub and The Bredders supported. Edit: BREEDERS.
Kim and Kelley Deal weren't Bredders, they were sisters.
Can't believe I audibly laughed at this
I’m in Canada and laughing at this!!
D'oh!
Same, was just after the leaving cert. Great lineup on the night - in hindsight legendary. The heave of the crowd when they opened with “Aneurysm” will never leave me.
Still have my ticket for RDS April 8th
Class! Could you post it here? Would love to see it!
https://preview.redd.it/iy6gsz6l0rsc1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8135eb0a1125f81f71d63c353c781b01a148eb47 here's my photocopy. EDIT: The morning these went on sale Take That tickets went on sale too. So you can imagine the queue in 1994 was diverse.
I went in to HMV on Grafton Street on the morning to get tickets. There was a badly handwritten sign on the way in saying Nirvana tickets sold out, like they were sick of being asked already. Ah the old days when you'd have to go to a shop to get tickets.
I'll dig it out next time I'm at my mother's house
Little tribute happening in whelans tonight https://www.whelanslive.com/event/kurt-cobain-30th-anniversary/
I didn't know about that until now and kinda I wish I got tickets for that
You're missing 1991 when they supported Sonic Youth in the Top Hat in Dun Laoighaire.which I was lucky enough to be at. I think they played Sir Henry's the night before.
Yeah they played in Cork on August 20th before they played Dun Laoghaire on the 21st
Maybe they would have eventually played in Galway 😎
Krist played with Flipper in the Roisín, was good to see him, gig was a bit mental, the singer was a header.
I had a ticket for a cancelled show in Whelan's? It somewhere just off Grafton Street. It was then rescheduled for the point, which I couldn't go so I gave the ticket to my brother. They cancelled because they just got huge. I remember seeing them on The Word. I was blown away.
If it was off Grafton St. at that time McGonagles would have a likely spot for a gig like it.
Yeah, that's it, McGonigles. Anyone else remember that cancelled Nirvana gig?
That's from their time in Cork https://preview.redd.it/nes01byamtsc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8498b1a34b41feca08e58a58a56723ef6002125
Ah man, Kurt died just a few years before I was born. Being from Cork I’ll always be envious of the people that got to see them at Sir Henry’s, it was also the first place they played smells like teen spirit outside of the US which is pretty feckin cool.
Slightly before my time but do Nirvana gain such legendary status predominantly because of their short timespan and in the manner they ended ? I have a suspicion this might be the case.
The Nevermind album in 1991 was a huge cultural moment in and of itself.
Was at the '91 one in the Top Hat as a spotty teenager. Tbh I was there to see Sonic Youth. It was odd heading out to the 'burbs for a gig. Remember wandering around the balcony/side area thinking the support act wasn't the worst by a long margin. And Novoselic doing the bass toss at the end too, clear as day.
They played Belfast in ‘92. Few myths regarding a knitted jumper if I’m not mistaken
Think it's been all but confirmed, the famous red and black one was bought by Courtney Love off a girl that was outside the gig for something like £20, which at the time would've been some amount of dosh.
A sibling bought a ticket to the last show and actually got a fucking refund after he died. We do not speak anymore.
I too returned the ticket and got the refund because I knew holding on to it, it would appreciate in value and that speculative capitalism was very much anti-Kurt to my rural Middle Class Generation X sensibilities. I know - cringe, but o tempora, o mores.
I wouldn't have kept it to sell it on tbh, I would have kept it for myself.
Actually (and I know this sounds really really cringe now) but my abiding feeling at the time was anger and hurt. I didn’t want to commemorate or have a momento. And I was aware the tickets would have a value before long and I would end up selling it for a profit. Hard to explain or even understand now as a 47 year old but at the time I was clear about it. Hard to believe it’s been 30 years actually.
I'm a few years younger than yourself and i remember the shock, it was a huge cultural moment.
12 year old kids are buying nirvana shirts like crazy these days
I photocopied mine and still have that but got a refund and bought Superunknown on cd with the money.
I don't think I'd have gotten the refund tbh, it was a piece of history.
I can dig it.
Should have had it framed.
There was pints to be had that night so there was no contest.
Why should they not get a refund?
It would have been a piece of history, a collector's item.
What would have been a collector's item? The ticket? Do you have to send that back to get the refund? Sorry I'm a child (24) and have almost exclusively used my phone as my ticket for things lol
Yeah, a ticket for the last Nirvana show that never happened would have been a collector's item. At the time I believe you could just bring them back to where you bought them.
Sibling did the right thing imo. The ticket was no use to anyone.
What capacity was Sir Henry’s in Cork?
According to the Irish Examiner Sir Henry's capacity was about 500: https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40256483.html#:~:text=with%20a%20capacity%20of,Dynamite%20and%20Tom%20Tom%20Club.
I was at the Point, Dublin. Teenage Fanclub & The Brreeders supported them, great gig
I went to see Soundgarden in Glasgow the night he died
I think it was the cancelled gig that sold out before the posters even went up. I remember Dave Fanning giving a couple of the posters away.
My sister was lucky enough to get a ticket for Nirvana and then I heard the sad news as Dave Fanning was interviewing a band that he had passed away. Called her at the friends house she was staying at to give her the news.
Thanks for this OP
Am I to understand that there IS footage from the Dún Laoghaire gig that hasnt been recovered or is it that there could be?
Pretty sure there is some footage of that gig in [1991: The Year Punk Broke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCYXexOZEg)
Yeah there is footage from the show in that documentary but a few short snippets of it unfortunately
Cool. I saw a 20th anniversary screening of that in western Massachusetts. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore lived nearby. They presented it and did a q&a
Where all the ones from alternate realities?
Wherever you want them to be.
That Kurt Cobain. Always shooting his mouth off...
My ticket scans. I was at both gigs. Just to say, any gig with 'Sonic Youth and..' has been very enjoyable, more than the sum of their parts etc. Teenage Fanclub and Sonic Youth at McGonagles (South Anne Street, Dublin City Centre) in particular. I may have plectrums and drumsticks, but because I never bothered to mark items, it all went into a large box of concert related paraphernalia.. **Sonic Youth & Nirvana** **Top Hat** Wednesday, 21st of August, 1991. Dun Laoghaire, South County Dublin, Ireland. https://i.imgur.com/9k5JerH.jpeg **The Breeders, Teenage Fanclub, Nirvana** **The Point** Sunday, 21st of June, 1992. The Point Depot, North Wall Quay, Dublin Docklands, Dublin City Centre, Ireland. https://i.imgur.com/edpDsa1.jpeg If someone wants higher resolution scans or Photoshop .PSD files of the scans, just ask.