On release, it went straight to number one on Billboard, which hadn't been seen for an MTV Unplugged record since the days of ...

"MTV Unplugged" premiered rather quietly in the fall of 1989 as an acoustic showcase for serious musicians (like 10,000 Maniacs and Michael Penn) who didn't go in for the glitz and glam most ...

Fourteen years into the sainthood of Kurt Cobain, it’s hard to watch Nirvana on MTV’s Unplugged without the benefit of grim hindsight. The set, with candles and stargazer lilies, looks dressed ...

Nirvana performed a long-planned acoustic set in New York for the MTV Unplugged series. The show had been running since 1989 and had become something of an institution. The premise was pretty simple – ...

According to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, Cobain was far from a vintage guitar fiend, and had no qualms with making his ...

“He said, ‘I want candles and Stargazer lilies,’” remembered Alex Coletti, producer of Nirvana’s celebrated MTV Unplugged show. “I said, ‘Like a funeral?’ He said, ‘Yes, exactly.’ ...

Nirvana's acoustic performance for the MTV Unplugged series on 18 November 1993 is now considered one of history's greatest live performances. Getty Images Cobain died just five months after the ...

MTV Video Music Awards 2017 nominations Previous artists to do Unplugged sets include Nirvana, Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Adele, Mariah Carey and Katy Perry. "At MTV, the brand equity is still so strong ...