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Rock & Pop
Lot 289

Nirvana: A UK festival poster for the 20th Reading Festival,
28th-30th August 1992,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Nirvana: A UK festival poster for the 20th Reading Festival,

28th-30th August 1992,
listing the bank holiday weekend three-day line-up, the final day headlined by Nirvana, additional acts include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Mudhoney, Teenage Fanclub, Beastie Boys, Bjorn Again, Pavement, Screaming Trees, and The Melvins, printed on paper, rolled, 34in x 24in (86cm x 61cm)

Footnotes

The poster marks the band's second appearance at Reading; a show that was widely regarded as one of Nirvana's greatest live performances in the UK. Mocking the press rumours about his declining health, Cobain was pushed onstage in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown by music journalist Everett True, and faked a collapse before starting the set. It was to be the band's final UK performance, described by Dave Grohl as a "genuinely magical moment".

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