List of Nirvana concerts

From March 1987 to March 1, 1994, Nirvana performed a variety of shows and concerts.

List of live performances

Early gigs

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
April 4, 1987	Aberdeen	United States	Unknown	*First show according to Slim Moon[1]
April 18, 1987	Tacoma		Community World Theater	Soylent Green, Yellow Snow, & Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare
May 1, 1987	Olympia		GESSCO Hall	Danger Mouse, Landsat Blister, & Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare
May 6, 1987	Olympia		KAOS (FM)
June 12, 1987	Tacoma		Community World Theater	My Name, & Killdozer
June 27, 1987				Hell's Kitchen, Soylent Green, & Silent Treatment
July, 1987 [A]	Raymond		17 Nussbaum Road	*It's speculation that this show was in July, it could've been August or slightly later, we'd need confirmation from someone in attendance.
August 9, 1987	Tacoma		Community World Theater	Inspector Luv and the Magnet Men, & Sons of Ishmael
January 23, 1988				Happy Dead Juans, Moral Crux & Soon *Dale Crover played drums.
January 24, 1988	Aberdeen		RadioShack	*Dale Crover played drums.
March 12, 1988	Olympia		The Caddyshack	*First show with Dave Foster on drums.
March 19, 1988	Tacoma		Community World Theater	Lush & Vampire Lezbos
March 26, 1988	Olympia		The Witch House
April 10, 1988	Seattle		The Central Tavern
April 24, 1988			The Vogue (Sub Pop Sunday)	Blood Circus
May 14, 1988	Olympia		The Glass House	Lansdat Blister & Sister Skelter *Last show with Dave Foster.
May 21, 1988			Evergreen State College	Herd of Turtles, Lansdat Blister, The Speds & Telefunken *First show with Chad Channing on drums.
May 27, 1988			The Glass House	Sister Skelter
May 29, 1988	Seattle		The Vogue
June 2, 1988			Central Tavern (Toe Jam 88)	Chemistry Set
June 17, 1988	Ellensburg		Hal Holmes Community Center	King Crab, Lush & Millions of Dead Leninz[3]
June 29, 1988	Seattle		The Moore Theatre
July 3, 1988			The Vogue (Sub Pop Sunday)	Blood Circus & Fluid
July 23, 1988			Central Tavern	Leaving Trains
July 30, 1988			Squid Row Tavern	Skin Yard
August 20, 1988	Olympia		Capitol Lake Park (Capitol Lake Jam)	My Name, Soundgarden & Swallow
August 29, 1988	Seattle		The Vogue	Treacherous Jaywalkers
October 23, 1988	Bainbridge Island		Birthday Party (Skate Ramp)
October 28, 1988	Seattle		Union Station	Blood Circus & Butthole Surfers
October 30, 1988	Olympia		Dorm K208, Evergreen State College	Lansdat Blister & Lush First single, Love Buzz, released two days later.[4]
November 23, 1988	Bellingham		Speedy O'Tubbs Rhythmic Underground	Coffin Break & Skin Yard
December 1, 1988	Seattle		The Underground	Coffin Break & D.O.A.
December 21, 1988	Hoquiam		Eagles Hall/FoE Aerie 252	Attica & Psychlodds
December 28, 1988	Seattle		The Underground, Sub Pop 200 release party	Blood Circus, Jesse Bernstein, Swallow, Tad & The Thrown Ups
January 6, 1989	Portland		Satyricon	Mudhoney
January 21, 1989				Dharma Bums
February 5, 1989	Olympia		Dorm K208, Evergreen State College (dorm party)	Helltrout & Psychlodds *First show with Jason Everman on guitar.
February 10, 1989	San Francisco		Covered Wagon Saloon	Melvins & Amorphous Head
February 11, 1989	San Jose		Marsugi's	Mudhoney & Vomit Launch
February 25, 1989	Seattle		HUB Ballroom, University of Washington	Skin Yard, Girl Trouble, The Fluid
February 26, 1989	Olympia		Dorm K208, Evergreen State College (dorm party)
April 1, 1989			Reko/Muse	Helltrout, S.G.M. & Treehouse *Photo from Bleach cover art is from this show.
April 7, 1989	Seattle		Annex Theatre	Love Battery
April 14, 1989	Ellensburg		Hal Holmes Community Center
April 26, 1989	Seattle		The Vogue	Supporting: The Flaming Lips. Supported by: Steel Pole Bath Tub	100[5]
May 26, 1989	Auburn		Lindbloom Student Center, Green River Community College	Skin Yard & Bible Stud
June 9, 1989	Seattle		Moore Theatre	Mudhoney & Tad
June 10, 1989	Portland		The Blue Gallery	Thrillhammer
June 16, 1989	Olympia		Reko/Muse
June 21, 1989	Seattle		The Vogue	Gasoline & Mad Hatter

Bleach club tour

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
June 22, 1989[6]	San Francisco	United States	Covered Wagon Saloon	Bad Mutha Goose
June 23, 1989	Los Angeles		Rhino Records
June 24, 1989			Al's Bar	Claw Hammer & Stone By Stone
June 25, 1989	Tempe		Sun Club	Crash Worship & Sun City Girls
June 27, 1989	Santa Fe		Rockin' T.P.	27 Devils Joking & Monkey Shines
June 30, 1989	San Antonio		Alfred's	Happy Dogs & Swaziland White Band
July 1, 1989	Houston		The Axiom	Bayou Pigs & David Von Ohlerking	100[7]
July 2, 1989	Fort Worth		The Axis Club	Dave Daniels Band
July 3, 1989	Dallas		Electric Jungle
July 4, 1989	Carbondale		611 Pizza		<10[7]
July 5, 1989	Iowa City		Gabe's Inc.	Blood Circus	10–15[7]
July 6, 1989	Minneapolis		Uptown Bar
July 7, 1989	Madison		O'Cayz Corral	The Tragically Hip	40[7]
July 8, 1989	Chicago		Club Dreamerz	Precious Wax Drippings
July 9, 1989	Wilkinsburg		The Sonic Temple, Masonic Temple	Worm Art	20[7]
July 12, 1989	Philadelphia		JC Dobbs	Napalm Sunday
July 13, 1989	Hoboken		Maxwell's	Tad
July 15, 1989	Jamaica Plain		Green Street Station	Cheater Slicks & Death of Samantha
July 18, 1989	New York City		The Pyramid Club (New Music Seminar)	Cows, God Bullies, Lonely Moans & Surgery *Last show with Jason Everman.
July 20, 1989[8]	Toronto	Canada	TBA
July 21, 1989	Newport	United States	Top Hat
July 22, 1989	Detroit		Garden Bowl @ The Majestic Theatre
July 23, 1989	Champaign		Trito's Uptown
July 26, 1989	Denver		The Garage
July 28, 1989	Salt Lake City		Raunch Records
July 29, 1989	Boise		The Zoo
August 11, 1989	Anacortes		Eagles Hall
August 12, 1989	Everett		Veterans of Foreign War Hall
August 13, 1989	Olympia		Washington Center for the Performing Arts
August 26, 1989	Seattle		Center on Contemporary Art	The Black Supersuckers, Cat Butt & Mudhoney
August 28, 1989			The Vogue	Dickless & Knife Dance
September 9, 1989	Chicago		The Cabaret Metro
September 13, 1989	Englewood		Gothic Theater
September 26, 1989	Seattle		The Vogue
September 28, 1989	Minneapolis		Uptown Bar
September 29, 1989[9]	Milwaukee		BMU Grill	The Flaming Lips, Steel Pole Bath Tub
			The Unicorn
September 30, 1989	Chicago		The Cabaret Metro	Eleventh Dream Day
October 1, 1989	Champaign		Trito's Uptown	Steel Pole Bath Tub	30[7]
October 2, 1989	Kalamazoo		Club Soda	Steel Pole Bath Tub	15–20[7]
October 3, 1989	Ann Arbor		Blind Pig	The Flaming Lips & Steel Pole Bath Tub
October 6, 1989	Cincinnati		Murphy's Pub	Grinch
October 7, 1989	Lawrence		The Outhouse	24-7 Spyz & Piston Grind	100–150[7]
October 8, 1989	Omaha		Lifticket Lounge	Mousetrap	20[7]
October 11, 1989	Denver		The Garage	The Fluid
October 13, 1989	Boulder		Penny Lane Coffeehouse	Dog Bite	10–20[7]
October 14, 1989	Salt Lake City		Speedway Cafe
October 23, 1989	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Riverside	The Cataran & Tad	100–150/400[10]
October 24, 1989	Manchester		Students' Union, Manchester Polytechnic	The Cataran & Tad	50–100[7]
October 25, 1989	Leeds		The Duchess of York	The Cataran & Tad
October 26, 1989[11]	Reading		Studio 21	Tad
October 27, 1989	London		Students' Union, The School of Oriental and African Studies	The Cataran & Tad
October 28, 1989	Portsmouth		Ents Hall, Portsmouth Polytechnic	The Cataran & Tad
October 29, 1989	Birmingham		Edward's No. 8	Filler & Tad
October 30, 1989	Norwich		The Wilde Club, Norwich Arts Centre	Tad
November 1, 1989	Hilversum	Netherlands	Villa 65 (Nozems-a-GoGo)
November 1, 1989	Rotterdam		Nighttown	Tad	66[12]
November 2, 1989	Groningen		Vera	Tad	95[12]
November 3, 1989	Utrecht		Tivoli	Tad	125[12]
November 4, 1989	Apeldoorn		Gigant	Tad	35–50[12][7]
November 5, 1989	Amsterdam		Melkweg	Tad	200[12]
November 7, 1989	Mönchengladbach	West Germany	B-52	Tad
November 8, 1989	Cologne		Rose Club	Tad
November 9, 1989	Hanover		Bad	Tad
November 10, 1989	Enger		Forum Enger	Tad
November 11, 1989	West Berlin		Ecstasy	Tad
November 12, 1989	Oldenburg		Kulturzentrum	Tad
November 13, 1989	Hamburg		Fabrik	Tad
November 15, 1989	Heidelberg		Schwimmbad Musik-Club	Tad
November 16, 1989	Nuremberg		Trust	Tad
November 17, 1989	Gammelsdorf		Circus	Tad
November 18, 1989	Hanau		Kultur-Basar	Tad
November 20, 1989	Linz	Austria	Kapu	Tad
November 21, 1989	Budapest	Hungary	Petőfi Csarnok	Tad	200[7]
November 22, 1989	Vienna	Austria	U4	Tad
November 23, 1989	Graz		Cafe Pi	Tad	7[7]
November 24, 1989	Hohenems		Konkret	Tad	12[7]
November 25, 1989	Fribourg	Switzerland	Fri-Son	Tad
November 26, 1989	Mezzago	Italy	Bloom	Tad
November 27, 1989	Rome		Piper Club	Tad
November 29, 1989	Geneva	Switzerland	l'Usine	Tad
November 30, 1989	Zürich		Rote Fabrik	Tad
December 1, 1989	Issy-les-Moulineaux	France	Espace Icare	Bloody and Heavy, Tad
December 2, 1989	Ghent	Belgium	Democrazy	Tad
December 3, 1989	London	England	London Astoria Lame Fest UK '89	Mudhoney & Tad
January 6, 1990	Seattle	United States	East Ballroom, Husky Union Building, University of Washington	Crunchbird, The Gits & Tad
January 12, 1990	Portland		Satyricon	Melvins & Oily Birdman
January 19, 1990	Olympia		Rignall Hall	Melvins & Beat Happening
January 20, 1990	Tacoma		Legends	Melvins, Machine & The Rhino Humpers
February 9, 1990	Portland		Pine Street Theatre	Screaming Trees, Tad, The Legend & Rawhead Rex
February 11, 1990	San Jose		Cactus Club	Tad, Plastic Jungle & Vegas Voodoo
February 12, 1990	Sacramento		Cattle Club	Tad & Thornucopia
February 14, 1990	San Francisco		Rough Trade Records
	San Francisco		Kennel Club	Tad, The Legend & Dickless
February 15, 1990	Los Angeles		Raji's	Tad & Distorted Pony
February 16, 1990	Long Beach		Bogart's	Tad & Haywire
February 17, 1990	Tijuana	Mexico	Iguana's	Tad
February 19, 1990	Phoenix	United States	The Mason Jar	Tad
February 21, 1990	Chico		Blue Max	Tad & Captain Crunch	25[13]
February 27, 1990[14]	London	England	Marquee Club
February 28, 1990	Newcastle		Riverside
March 1, 1990	Birmingham		Edward's No.8
March 12, 1990	Vancouver	Canada	The Town Pump[15]	Tad & The Bombshells
March 20, 1990	Olympia	United States	Evergreen State College
April 1, 1990	Chicago		Metro Chicago	Bhang Revival & God's Acre
April 6, 1990	Madison		Club Underground	Tad & Victims Family
April 8, 1990	Milwaukee		The Unicorn	The Rusty Halos
April 9, 1990	Minneapolis		First Avenue	Tad & Victims Family
April 10, 1990	Ann Arbor		Blind Pig	Tad & Victims Family
April 16, 1990	Toronto	Canada	Lee's Palace
April 17, 1990	Montreal		Les Foufounes Électriques	Huge Groove Experience
April 18, 1990	Cambridge	United States	Manray	The Bags
April 20, 1990	Swarthmore		Olde Club, Swarthmore College		25–30[13]
April 21, 1990	Cambridge		Senior House, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Little Debbie & Slaughter Shack
April 26, 1990	New York City		Pyramid Club	Barkmarket, Cop Shoot Cop & Rat at Rat R
April 27, 1990	Amherst		SAGA, Hampshire College	3 Merry Windows, BGOCK!, Cordelia's Dad, GobbleHoof, Mr. Softee, New Radiant Storm King & Sweet Lickin' Honey Babes
April 28, 1990	Hoboken		Maxwell's	The Jesus Lizard & Sulkweed
April 29, 1990	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club	Loop & Thud
April 30, 1990	Philadelphia		J.C. Dobb's	Raw Ltd.
May 1, 1990	Chapel Hill		Cat's Cradle		100[13]
May 2, 1990	Charlotte		The Milestone	Eclipse
May 4, 1990	Tampa		The Masquerade	Forgotten Apostles
May 5, 1990	Jacksonville Beach		Einstein a Go-Go
May 6, 1990	Atlanta		The Masquerade
May 9, 1990	Columbus		Stache's	Barbed Wire Dolls
May 10, 1990	Cincinnati		Shorty's Underground	National People's Gang
May 11, 1990	Tulsa		Mimi's
May 12, 1990[16]	Norman		Rome XC	Angry Son
May 13, 1990	Lincoln		Duffy's Tavern	Cellophane Ceiling
May 14, 1990	Denver		The Garage	Jux County
May 17, 1990	Boise		The Zoo	24-7 Spyz *Last show with Chad Channing.

Sliver club tour

When Nirvana were interviewed at the Reading Festival in 1991 and asked what the biggest concert they had played before the Reading Festival in 1991 was, bassist Krist Novoselic said that it was supporting Sonic Youth in Los Angeles.^[17] This was the August 17, 1990 concert at the Hollywood Palladium which had a capacity of 4,400 people.^[18]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
August 13, 1990	Long Beach	United States	Bogart's	Sonic Youth
August 15, 1990	West Hollywood		Roxy Theatre
August 16, 1990	Las Vegas		Calamity Jane's Nashville Legends	Sonic Youth & STP *Short tour with Dale Crover on drums.
August 17, 1990	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium	Sonic Youth & STP
August 19, 1990	San Diego		The Casbah	Chemical People & Granfaloon Bus
August 20, 1990	Sacramento		Crest Theatre	Sonic Youth & STP
August 21, 1990	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre	Sonic Youth & STP
August 23, 1990	Portland		Melody Event Center	Sonic Youth & STP
August 24, 1990	Seattle		Moore Theatre	Sonic Youth & STP
August 25, 1990	Vancouver	Canada	York Theater	Sonic Youth & STP
September 22, 1990	Seattle	United States	Motor Sports International Garage	Melvins, Dwarves & Derelicts *Dan Peters played drums.	1,500[19][20][21]
October 11, 1990	Olympia		North Shore Surf Club	Witchypoo *First show with Dave Grohl
October 17, 1990			The Mods, Evergreen State College	Seaweed & Unrest
October 23, 1990	Birmingham	England	Goldwyn's Suite	L7
October 24, 1990	London		London Astoria	L7 & Godflesh
October 25, 1990	Leeds		Leeds Polytechnic	Arm, L7 & Victims Family
October 26, 1990	Edinburgh	Scotland	Calton Studios	L7, Shonen Knife & The Vaselines
October 27, 1990[22]	Nottingham	England	Trent Polytechnic	L7 & Shonen Knife
October 29, 1990	Norwich	England	The Waterfront	L7 & Jacob's Mouse
November 25, 1990	Seattle	United States	The Off Ramp Cafe	Earth, Heavy Into Jeff & Holy Rollers
December 31, 1990	Portland		Satyricon	Caustic Soda, Hitting Birth, Roger Music & Thrillhammer
January 18, 1991	Olympia		Evergreen State College No More Wars Benefit	Fitz of Depression, The Four Squares, Goat Knut, Nubbin & Helltrout
March 2, 1991	Boise		The Zoo	Anxiety Prophets & Blank Frank & The Tattooed Gods
March 4, 1991	Calgary	Canada	Westward Club	Skinbarn & Snowman
March 5, 1991	Edmonton		The Bronx	Zero Tolerance
March 8, 1991	Vancouver		Commodore Ballroom	Doughboys, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees & The Wongs
March 9, 1991	Victoria		The Forge	AC/DC Cover Band
April 17, 1991	Seattle	United States	OK Hotel	Bikini Kill & Fitz of Depression
May 29, 1991	Los Angeles		Jabberjaw	Fitz of Depression & I Own the Sky
June 8, 1991	Olympia		The Mods, Evergreen State College (dorm party)
June 10, 1991	Englewood		Gothic Theatre	Dinosaur Jr. & The Jesus Lizard
June 11, 1991	Salt Lake City		The Pompadour Rock & Roll Club	Dinosaur Jr.
June 13, 1991	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre	Dinosaur Jr.
June 14, 1991	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium	Dinosaur Jr. & Hole
June 15, 1991	Tijuana	Mexico	Iguana's	Dinosaur Jr. & Olivelawn
June 17, 1991	Sacramento	United States	Crest Theatre	Dinosaur Jr. & Kai Kln
June 18, 1991	Santa Cruz		The Catalyst	Dinosaur Jr.
June 20, 1991	Portland		Melody Event Center	Dinosaur Jr. & Treepeople

Nevermind club, arena and festival tour

Nirvana's major label debut was their second album, Nevermind, which was released on DGC Records in September, 1991. On August 15, 1991, Nirvana played a concert at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California to showcase the band to the new record company. At the end of the concert fans were invited to appear as extras in the music video that they were filming on the following weekend for the album's first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit".^[23][24] A notable concert on the Nevermind tour was at Rock City in Nottingham, England, which was filmed by a Japanese TV crew.^[22]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
North America
August 15, 1991	West Hollywood	United States	Roxy Theatre	Wool
August 17, 1991	Culver City		GMT Studios
Europe
August 20, 1991	Cork	Ireland	Sir Henry's	Sonic Youth	200–500[25]
August 21, 1991	Dún Laoghaire		The Top Hat	Sonic Youth, The Donnelly Brothers, Mexican Pets & Power of Dreams
August 23, 1991	Reading	England	Little John's Farm	(Reading Festival)	35,000[26]
August 24, 1991	Cologne	Germany	Tanzbrunnen Monsters of Spex	Various Artists
August 25, 1991	Hasselt	Belgium	Pukkelpop
August 27, 1991	Bremen	Germany	Aladin Music Hall	Sonic Youth, The Didjits & Gumball
August 28, 1991	Halle		Easy Schorre	Sonic Youth
August 29, 1991	Stuttgart		LKA Longhorn
August 30, 1991	Nuremberg		Serenadenhof
September 1, 1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	De Doelen	(Ein Abend in Wien)	200–300[12]
North America
September 16, 1991	Seattle	United States	Beehive Music & Video	N/A
September 20, 1991	Toronto	Canada	The Opera House	Melvins
September 21, 1991	Montreal		Les Foufounes électriques
September 23, 1991	Boston	United States	Axis Nightclub (WFNX Birthday Bash)	The Smashing Pumpkins, Bullet LaVolta & Cliffs of Dooneen	1,200[27]
September 24, 1991			Axis Nightclub	N/A
September 25, 1991	Providence		Club Babyhead	Melvins
September 26, 1991	New Haven		The Moon	Melvins & Hed
September 27, 1991	Trenton		Trenton City Gardens	Das Damen & Planet Dread
September 28, 1991	New York City		Tower Records	N/A
			Marquee	Melvins
September 30, 1991	Pittsburgh		Graffiti	Das Damen
October 1, 1991	Philadelphia		JC Dobbs	Das Damen & Love Chunks
October 2, 1991	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club	Das Damen & The Legend
October 4, 1991	Chapel Hill		Cat's Cradle	Das Damen
October 5, 1991	Athens		40 Watt Club
October 6, 1991	Atlanta		The Masquerade
October 7, 1991	Memphis		The New Daisy Theatre
October 9, 1991	Columbus		Stache's	Urge Overkill
October 10, 1991	Cleveland		Empire Concert Club	Urge Overkill & Das Damen
October 11, 1991	Detroit		Saint Andrew's Hall	Urge Overkill
October 12, 1991	Chicago		Cabaret Metro	Das Damen, House of Freaks, and School of Fish
October 14, 1991	Minneapolis		Northern Lights Records	N/A
			First Avenue	The Libido Boys & Urge Overkill
October 16, 1991	St. Louis		Mississippi Nights	Urge Overkill
October 17, 1991	Lawrence		Kansas Union Ballroom	Paw & Urge Overkill
October 19, 1991	Dallas		Trees Club	Sister Double Happiness & Thinking Fellers Union Local 282	1,000/1,000[28]
October 20, 1991	Houston		The Vatican	Sister Double Happiness
October 21, 1991	Austin		Waterloo Records
			Liberty Lunch
October 23, 1991	Tempe		After the Gold Rush	B. Strange & Sister Double Happiness
October 24, 1991	San Diego		Off The Record	N/A
	Tijuana	Mexico	Iguana's	Hole & Sister Double Happiness
October 25, 1991	Los Angeles	United States	The Hollywood Palace (Rock for Choice Benefit)	Hole, L7 & Sister Double Happiness
October 26, 1991	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre	L7, Sister Double Happiness & Urge Overkill
October 27, 1991	Los Angeles		Palace Theatre	Greg Sage & Hole
October 29, 1991	Portland		Fox Theatre	Mudhoney & Sprinkler
October 30, 1991	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom	Mudhoney
October 31, 1991	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre	Bikini Kill & Mudhoney	2,800[29]
Europe
October 31, 1991[30]	Groningen	Netherlands	Vera	N/A
November 1, 1991	Eindhoven		Effenaar
November 2, 1991	Utrecht		Tivoli
November 4, 1991[31]	Bristol	England	Bierkeller Theatre	Midway Still	700[32]
November 5, 1991	London		London Astoria	Captain America & Television Personalities
November 6, 1991	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall	Captain America
November 8, 1991	London		Limehouse Studios	N/A
November 10, 1991	Berlin	Germany	Loft
November 11, 1991	Hamburg		Markthalle
November 12, 1991	Frankfurt		Batschkapp	Urge Overkill
November 13, 1991	Munich		Nachtwerk	N/A
November 14, 1991	Vienna	Austria	Arena	Skin Yard
November 15, 1991[33]	Wels		Alter Schlachthof	N/A
November 16, 1991	Muggia	Italy	Teatro Verdi	Urge Overkill
November 17, 1991	Mezzago		Bloom
November 18, 1991[34]	Torino		Studio 2
November 19, 1991	Rome		Teatro Castello
November 20, 1991	Baricella		Kryptonight
November 23, 1991	Ghent	Belgium	Vooruit	Hole
November 24, 1991[35]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg	N/A
November 25, 1991	Hilversum		NOB Radiostudio
November 25, 1991	Amsterdam		Paradiso		1,300/1,300[36]
November 26, 1991	Bradford	England	Communal Building, University of Bradford	Captain America, Shonen Knife
November 27, 1991	Borehamwood		BBC Elstree Centre (Top of the Pops)	N/A
November 27, 1991	Birmingham		The Hummingbird	Captain America, Shonen Knife
November 28, 1991	Sheffield		Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
November 29, 1991	Edinburgh	Scotland	Calton Studios
November 30, 1991	Glasgow		Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow
December 1, 1991	Edinburgh		The Southern Bar	The Joyriders
December 2, 1991	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	The Mayfair	Captain America, Shonen Knife
December 3, 1991[22]	Nottingham		Rock City
December 4, 1991	Manchester		Manchester Academy
December 5, 1991	London		Kilburn National Ballroom
December 6, 1991			The Greenwood (Tonight with Jonathan Ross)
December 6, 1991[37]	Leicester		Leicester Polytechnic
December 7, 1991	Rennes	France	Salle Omnisports (Trans Musicales)	Various Artists
December 9, 1991[38]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Conor Hall	The Cranberries
December 10, 1991	Dublin	Ireland	McGonagle's
December 11, 1991	Helsinki	Finland	Lepakko
December 12, 1991	Bergen	Norway	Garage
December 13, 1991	Oslo		Alaska
December 14, 1991	Stockholm	Sweden	Melody Club
North America
December 27, 1991	Los Angeles	United States	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Supporting: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Supported by: Pearl Jam	16,000/16,000[39]
December 28, 1991	Del Mar		Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds		8,000/8,000[40]
December 29, 1991	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
December 31, 1991	Daly City		Cow Palace		16,000/16,000[41]
January 2, 1992	Salem		Salem Armory Auditorium
January 3, 1992	Seattle		Seattle Center Arena	Supporting: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Supported by: Pearl Jam
January 4, 1992	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Forum	Supporting: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Supported by: Pearl Jam
January 9, 1992	New York City	United States	NBC Studios (Saturday Night Live)	N/A
January 10, 1992			MTV Studios
January 11, 1992			NBC Studios (Saturday Night Live)
Oceania
January 24, 1992	Sydney	Australia	Phoenician Club	The Meanies & Tumbleweed
January 25, 1992			Big Day Out	Various Artists	10,000/10,000[42]
January 26, 1992	Gold Coast		Fisherman's Wharf	Violent Femmes	10,500–14,000/10,500–14,000[43]
January 27, 1992	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall
January 29, 1992[44]	Fremantle		Metropolis
January 30, 1992	Adelaide		Thebarton Theatre	The Meanies & Tumbleweed
January 31, 1992	Melbourne		The Palace	Guttersnipes & Tumbleweed
February 1, 1992				The Meanies & Tumbleweed
February 2, 1992				Cosmic Psychos & Tumbleweed
February 4, 1992	Sydney		Dee Why Hotel
February 5, 1992	Canberra		Australian National University	Tumbleweed & The Village Idiots
February 6, 1992	Sydney		Selina's The Coogee Bay Hotel	Headache & You Am I
February 7, 1992				Cosmic Psychos, Crow & Nunbait
February 9, 1992	Auckland	New Zealand	Logan Campbell Centre	The 3Ds & Second Child
Asia
February 14, 1992	Osaka	Japan	Kokusai Koryu Center[45]
February 16, 1992	Nagoya		Club Quattro
February 17, 1992	Kawasaki		Club Citta
February 19, 1992	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza
Oceania
February 21, 1992	Honolulu	United States	Pink's Garage	Mindflower
February 22, 1992

Mid-1992 to early-1993 arena, festival and stadium shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
Europe
June 21, 1992	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	Point Theatre	The Breeders & Teenage Fanclub	8,000/8,000[46]
June 22, 1992	Belfast	Northern Ireland	King's Hall	The Breeders & Teenage Fanclub
June 24, 1992	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris[47]	Teenage Fanclub
June 26, 1992	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival	Various Artists	64,500–65,000[48][49]
June 27, 1992	Turku	Finland	Ruisrock
June 28, 1992	Sandvika	Norway	Kalvoya
June 30, 1992	Stockholm	Sweden	Sjöhistoriska Museet	Teenage Fanclub
July 2, 1992	Valencia	Spain	Plaza de Toros de Valencia	Surfin' Bichos & Teenage Fanclub
July 3, 1992	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Teenage Fanclub
July 4, 1992	Bilbao		Pabellón de la Casilla
July 5, 1992	San Sebastian		Velódromo de Anoeta
United Kingdom
August 30, 1992	Reading	England	Little John's Farm	(Reading Festival)	60,000[50]
North America
September 8, 1992	Los Angeles	United States	Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion	(MTV Video Music Awards)
September 9, 1992
September 10, 1992	Portland		Portland Meadows	Poison Idea, Helmet, Calamity Jane
September 11, 1992	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum (Washington Music Industry Coalition Benefit)	Helmet & Fitz of Depression
September 26, 1992[51]	Valencia		Castaic Lake Natural Amphitheater	Mudhoney
October 3, 1992	Bellingham		Carver Gymnasium	Mudhoney, Medelicious & Saucer
October 4, 1992	Seattle		Crocodile Cafe	Mudhoney
South America
October 30, 1992	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani	Calamity Jane & Los Brujos	20,000[52]
January 16, 1993	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi	Dr. Sin, Engenheiros do Hawaii, L7 (Hollywood Rock Festival)	50,000–100,000[53][54][55]
January 23, 1993	Rio de Janeiro		Praça da Apoteose		40,000–100,000[56][54][57]
February, 1993	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	Canceled
February, 1993	Bogotá	Colombia	Estadio El Campín	Canceled

Mid-1993 intermittent arena shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
April 9, 1993	Daly City	United States	Cow Palace (Bosnian Rape Victim Benefit)	The Breeders, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & L7	12,000[58]
July 23, 1993	New York City		Roseland Ballroom (New Music Seminar)	The Jesus Lizard	3,500[55]
August 6, 1993	Seattle		King Performance Center (Mia Zapata Benefit)	Hell Smells, Kill Sybill, Tad & Voodoo Gearshift

In Utero arena tour

The first concert on Nirvana's tour for their third and final studio album, In Utero, was on October 18, 1993, at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona.^[59][60] However, on September 25, 1993, the band had performed on television for Saturday Night Live at NBC Studios in New York City. This included a previous rehearsal performance in front of an audience which was the first live appearance of second guitarist Pat Smear in the band. At both the rehearsal performance and the televised performance for Saturday Night Live the band performed the album's first single, "Heart-Shaped Box", along with followup single, "Rape Me".^[61][62][63] In 1999, this version of "Rape Me" was released as the first track on the compilation album, Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2.^[64] It was also released as a music video on MTV.^[65]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers	Attendance
North America
September 25, 1993	New York City	United States	NBC Studios	*First performance with Pat Smear on second guitar.
September 25, 1993
October 18, 1993	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Mudhoney	15,000/15,000[59][60]
October 19, 1993	Albuquerque		Albuquerque Convention Center	Jawbreaker & Mudhoney	3,930/3,930[66]
October 21, 1993	Kansas City		Memorial Hall		3,153/3,153[67]
October 22, 1993	Davenport		Palmer Auditorium		4,000/4,000[68]
October 23, 1993	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom	Jawbreaker, Bobcat Goldthwait & Mudhoney	5,000/5,000[69]
October 25, 1993					5,000/5,000[69]
October 26, 1993	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena	Jawbreaker & Mudhoney
October 27, 1993	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium	Meat Puppets & Boredoms	4,152/5,200[70]
October 29, 1993	Detroit		Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum	Meat Puppets, Bobcat Goldthwait & Boredoms	7,922/7,922[69]
October 30, 1993	Dayton, Ohio		Hara Arena |	Meat Puppets & Boredoms
October 31, 1993	Akron		James A. Rhodes Arena
November 2, 1993	Montreal	Canada	Verdun Auditorium		5,204/5,204[71]
November 4, 1993	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens		8,500–14,000/8,500–14,000[72][73]
November 5, 1993	Buffalo	United States	Alumni Arena		7,500[74]
November 7, 1993	Williamsburg		William & Mary Hall	The Breeders & Half Japanese
November 8, 1993	Philadelphia		The Armory		4,500/4,500[71]
November 9, 1993	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena		5,254/5,254[71]
November 10, 1993	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
November 12, 1993	Fitchburg		Wallace Civic Center
November 13, 1993	Washington, D.C.		Bender Arena		5,200/5,200[70]
November 14, 1993	New York City		New York Coliseum		8000/8000[75]
November 15, 1993			Roseland Ballroom
November 16, 1993	Weehawken, NJ		SST Rehearsal Facility	N/A
November 17, 1993
November 18, 1993	New York City		Sony Music Studios
November 26, 1993	Jacksonville		Morocco Shrine Auditorium	The Breeders & Come	3,500/3,500[76]
November 27, 1993	Miami		AT&T Bayfront Park Amphitheater		8,807/8,807[77]
November 28, 1993	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
November 29, 1993	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
December 1, 1993	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium		5,181/5,181[76]
December 2, 1993	Tallahassee		Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center
December 3, 1993	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	The Breeders & Shonen Knife	5,806/5,806[76]
December 5, 1993	Dallas		Fair Park Coliseum
December 6, 1993	Houston		Astroarena		3,000[78]
December 8, 1993	Oklahoma City		Travel and Transportation Building		6,500[79]
December 9, 1993	Omaha		Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum		4,500/4,500[80]
December 10, 1993	Saint Paul		Roy Wilkins Auditorium		5,500/5,500[81]
December 13, 1993	Seattle		Central Waterfront (MTV Live and Loud)	The Breeders & Cypress Hill	2,000[82]
December 14, 1993	Salem		Salem Armory Auditorium	The Breeders & Melvins	3,400/3,400[83]
December 15, 1993	Boise		BSU Pavilion		3,954/6000[83]
December 16, 1993	Ogden		Golden Spike Arena
December 18, 1993	Denver		Denver Coliseum		5,000[84]
December 29, 1993	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	Butthole Surfers, Bobcat Goldthwait & Chokebore	7,419/10,176[85]
December 30, 1993	Inglewood		Great Western Forum		13,186/13,186[85][86]
December 31, 1993	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena		19,000[87]
January 1, 1994	Central Point		Compton Arena		5,048/5,048[88][89]
January 3, 1994	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Forum		4,000[90]
January 4, 1994
January 6, 1994	Spokane	United States	Spokane Coliseum	Butthole Surfers & Chokebore
January 7, 1994	Seattle		Seattle Center Arena
January 8, 1994				Butthole Surfers, Bobcat Goldthwait & Chokebore
Europe
February 4, 1994	Paris	France	Canal+	N/A
February 6, 1994	Cascais	Portugal	Pavilhão de Cascais	Buzzcocks
February 8, 1994	Madrid	Spain	Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
February 9, 1994	Barcelona		Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
February 10, 1994	Toulouse	France	Palais des Sports
February 12, 1994	Toulon		Zénith Oméga
February 14, 1994	Paris		Zénith Paris		6,000–8,000[91][92]
February 15, 1994			Espace Reuilly
February 16, 1994	Rennes		Salle Omnisports
February 18, 1994	Grenoble		Summum
February 19, 1994	Neuchâtel	Switzerland	Patinoire du Littoral	Les Thugs	7,000[93]
February 21, 1994	Modena	Italy	Palasport	Melvins & Flor de Mal
February 22, 1994	Marino		Palaghiaccio di Marino	Melvins & Flor de Mal
February 23, 1994	Rome		RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano (Tunnel)	N/A
February 24, 1994	Milan		PalaTrussardi	Melvins
February 25, 1994
February 27, 1994	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Tivoli Hall
March 1, 1994[94][95]	Munich	Germany	Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem		3,000[96]
March 2, 1994[97]
March 3, 1994	Offenbach		Stadthalle
March 11, 1994	Prague	Czech Republic	Prumyslovy Palac	Meat Puppets
March 13, 1994	Böblingen	Germany	Sporthalle
March 14, 1994	Cologne		Sporthalle
March 15, 1994	Berlin		Die Halle
March 17, 1994	Hannover		Musikhalle	Meat Puppets
March 18, 1994	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
March 19, 1994	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkonersalen
March 21, 1994	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet	The Auteurs
March 24, 1994	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
March 25, 1994	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
March 27, 1994	Manchester	England	G-Mex Centre	The Raincoats, Sebadoh
March 28, 1994	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
March 30, 1994	Birmingham	England	Aston Villa Leisure Centre
March 31, 1994
April 1, 1994	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
April 3, 1994[98][99]	London	England	Brixton Academy
April 4, 1994[98][99]
April 5, 1994[98][99]				Buzzcocks, Sebadoh
April 6, 1994[98][99]
April 8, 1994	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Simmonscourt	The Raincoats, Sebadoh

1994 festival and stadium shows

In mid-1994, Nirvana were scheduled to headline the Lollapalooza festival which was then a touring festival across the United States and Canada. However, the band pulled out from the tour because singer and lead guitarist, Kurt Cobain, felt that they would be selling out.^[100] He had reportedly been offered nearly $10 million to do it.^[101] On April 6, 1994, which was two days before Cobain was found dead, having committed suicide, Nirvana announced that they were pulling out of the tour because they were concerned for Cobain's health.^[102]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Other Performers
July 7, 1994	Las Vegas	United States	Sam Boyd Stadium (Lollapalooza)
July 9, 1994	Greenwood Village, Colorado		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
July 11, 1994	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 12, 1994	Saint Paul, Minnesota		Harriet Island Regional Park (Lollapalooza)
July 14, 1994	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 15, 1994	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 16, 1994	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 17, 1994	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 19, 1994	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
July 20, 1994	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center (Lollapalooza)
July 22, 1994	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Music Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
July 23, 1994	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 24, 1994	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 25, 1994	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 27, 1994	Montreal	Canada	Le Parc Des Iles (Lollapalooza)
July 28, 1994	Barrie		Molson Park (Lollapalooza)
July 29, 1994	Clarkston, Michigan	United States	Pine Knob Music Theatre (Lollapalooza)
July 30, 1994	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Star Lake Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 1, 1994	Philadelphia		Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park (Lollapalooza)
August 2, 1994	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Raceway (Lollapalooza)
August 3, 1994	North Kingstown, Rhode Island		Quonset State Airport (Lollapalooza)
August 5, 1994	New York City		Downing Stadium (Lollapalooza)
August 6, 1994	New York City		Downing Stadium (Lollapalooza)
August 8, 1994	Charles Town, West Virginia		Charles Town Races (Lollapalooza)
August 10, 1994	Raleigh, North Carolina		Walnut Creek Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 11, 1994	Charlotte, North Carolina		Blockbuster Pavilion (Lollapalooza)
August 12, 1994	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 13, 1994	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 15, 1994	Miami		Bicentennial Park (Lollapalooza)
August 16, 1994	DeLand, Florida		Volusia County Fairgrounds (Lollapalooza)
August 18, 1994	New Orleans		Soccer Field, University of New Orleans (Lollapalooza)
August 19, 1994	Baytown, Texas		Houston Raceway Park (Lollapalooza)
August 20, 1994	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 21, 1994	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheater (Lollapalooza)
August 24, 1994	Phoenix, Arizona		Desert Sky Pavilion (Lollapalooza)
August 25, 1994	San Diego County, California		Aztec Bowl (Lollapalooza)
August 27, 1994	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
August 28, 1994	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
August 30, 1994	Surrey, British Columbia		Cloverdale Raceway (Lollapalooza)
August 31, 1994	George, Washington		The Gorge Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
September 1, 1994	George, Washington		The Gorge Amphitheatre (Lollapalooza)
September 4, 1994	Carson, California		Velodrome Field, Dominguez Hills (Lollapalooza)
September 5, 1994	Carson, California		Velodrome Field, Dominguez Hills (Lollapalooza)

Notes

1. For a long time, it was believed that this was the first Nirvana show, but in recent years photographs and recordings have come available that indicates that this is unlikely. The Raymond gig was most likely held in the summer of 1987. Their actual first show has not been documented, but took place around April 1st, 1987 in Aberdeen, WA, according to close friend Slim Moon^[2]