FEATURE:
The Lockdown Playlist
IN THIS PHOTO: Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana at the Reading Festival in 1992/PHOTO CREDIT: Charles Peterson
Back to the Reading Festival of '92
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TWENTY-EIGHT years ago tomorrow (30th August, 1992)…
Nirvana made their legendary appearance at the Reading Festival. When people talk about the greatest live performances – or greatest festival slots -, inevitably, Nirvana’s ’92 slot at Reading is never far from the tongue! By all accounts, it was a gig that will rank alongside the very best:
“Nirvana, currently in the midst of a somewhat reluctant path to world domination, were booked as first-time headliners alongside The Wonderstuff and Public Enemy. In a world without smartphones and with their every movement amplified and vilified by the press, this rare festival appearance became one of the most hotly anticipated slots in Reading history. Tragically, it was also to be their last performance in the UK.
Along with Krist and Dave (and Dancing Tony – a regular sight at their UK shows), the group played a mix of material – old, new and covered. There was even a nod to Boston just before launching into Smells Like Teen Spirit – a sly reference to people’s perception of their similarities”.
Not only am I going to include a track from Nirvana’s set at Reading, but I also want to mix in other acts who were on that bill (across all three days) back in 1992 – Nirvana headlined on the Sunday. Many of us are disappointed that we cannot go to festivals this year, but I am sure that there will be a lot of catching up done next year! I am going to leave it there but, to mark twenty-eight years of the iconic Reading Festival of 1992, I have put together a Lockdown Playlist of acts…
WHO shared the three-bill with Nirvana.