NIRVANA's legendary August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the U.K.'s
Reading festival will make its official debut on CD and DVD on November 3, followed by a vinyl edition on November 17. Titled
"Nirvana Live At Reading", the set will come as both a separate CD and DVD, as well as a deluxe CD/DVD package. The show has been circulated on bootlegs for years, but the DVD will feature a pristine copy of the original film, while the audio portion will be taken from the original recordings.
NIRVANA's
Reading show featured early performances of several songs that would not make their recorded debut until 1993's
"In Utero" album:
"All Apologies",
"Dumb" and
"Tourette's". The show also included rare cover tunes and obscure songs from the band's pre-
"Nevermind" days, as well as nearly every song from that 1991 breakthrough release.
Drummer
Dave Grohl recalled the show as one of the biggest highlights of the band's initial success. "It was a huge show, and we were headlining, and we hadn't practiced for about three months, and we just stepped onstage and we expected it to suck really bad, and it turned out to be totally amazing," he said.
The
Reading gig was ranked No. 1 in
Kerrang! magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and was voted as "
NIRVANA's Number One Greatest Moment" by fans in a poll sponsored by British music outlet
NME.
Only two of the set's 25 songs have been officially released until now.
The set list for
"Nirvana Live At Reading" is:
01.
Breed02.
Drain You 03.
Aneurysm 04.
School 05.
Sliver 06.
In Bloom 07.
Come as You Are08.
Lithium 09.
About a Girl 10.
Tourette's 11.
Polly 12.
Lounge Act 13.
Smells Like Teen Spirit 14.
On a Plain 15.
Negative Creep 16.
Been a Son 17.
All Apologies 18.
Blew 19.
Dumb 20.
Stay Away 21.
Spank Thru 22.
Love Buzz *
23.
The Money Will Roll Right In (FANG cover)
24.
D-7 (WIPERS cover)
25.
Territorial Pissings * Not on CD
