



The set list for Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York comprises 14 songs:Ĭheck out the pics from the Unplugged set below. Times review of the 2007 DVD release called it deserving “a place on the rock TV history shelf alongside the informal, sit-down section of Elvis Presley’s epic comeback special in 1968.” The guitar that Cobain played in the performance sold for an eye-popping $6 million, setting a new record. It’s ranked on most best live albums lists and the L.A. Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York has achieved its own kind of lore, with most magazine reviews giving it 5 out of 5 stars, or a rating of (at least) 9 out of 10. At the Grammy’s in 1996, the album won for Best Alternative Music Performance, Nirvana’s only Grammy win. The guitar Kurt Cobain played during Nirvanas legendary 1993 'MTV Unplugged' session sold for a pretty penny on Saturday at an auction in Los Angeles. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified eight times platinum. The first Nirvana release after the death of Cobain, it debuted at No. 16 of the same year, and nearly seven months after Kurt Cobain died by suicide on April 5 of 1994. Having such an impact in the 90’s and bringing huge acts such as Pearl Jam, Oasis, Paul McCartney, Nirvana, and many many others. 18 of 1993, about 11 months from when it aired on MTV Dec. MTV Unplugged is arguably MTV’s most successful show and their most important contribution to culture in music. It dropped slightly less than a year after it was taped on Nov. November 1, 1994, MTV Unplugged in New York, featuring the historic Nirvana set, was released in stores.
