Raw and candid, this is an excellent DVD that captures the band in all forms.
The film was originally conceived by Kurt Cobain, and was eventually completed by surviving members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl shortly after Cobain’s death in 1994.
The new DVD was released in North America on November 7th, 2006, and features inmproved picture quality along with digitally remastered sound.
As an added bonus, there is an additional 5 songs included from the bands’ 1992 performance in Amsterdam.
With its’ blend of raw performances, offstage antics and candid interviews, Live Tonight Sold Out is an awesome DVD that no fan should be without.
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Live Tonight Sold Out DVD Tracklist
- Opening Logos
- Setting the Stage
- Aneurysm - Amsterdam, Holland 1991 and Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993
- About A Girl - Seattle, Washington 1992
- Dive - Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993
- Love Buzz - Dallas, Texas 1991 and Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Headbanger’s Ball, A Big Buzz
- Breed - Seattle, Washington 1992
- The Top 10
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - London, England 1991
- Negative Creep - Honolulu, Hawaii 1992
- Come As You Are - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Territorial Pissings - London, England and Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- The Chosen Rejects
- Something In The Way - Tokyo, Japan 1991
- Lithium - Reading, England 1992
- The Songs
- Drain You - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Polly - Seattle, Washington 1992
- Sliver - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Media
- On A Plain - Rokslide, Denmark 1992
- Endless, Nameless - Seattle, Washington 1992
- Lounge Act (end credits)
Bonus Features
- School - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- About A Girl - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Been A Son - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- On A Plain - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
- Blew - Amsterdam, Holland 1991
Live Tonight Sold Out - DVD Trailer
Live Tonight Sold Out - Scans and Screen Captures
Live Tonight Sold Out - Other Reviews
Rolling Stone - 4/4
“This reissue of concert footage is a landmark for one reason: You get to see Kurt Cobain smile. From the group’s goth rendition of “Teen Spirit” on U.K. TV to Cobain and Dave Grohl slipping into drag for a concert in Brazil, it’s revelatory to see the man dubbed the tortured voice of a generation screwing around.”
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BlogCritics
“There are some great performances captured on this DVD from the band’s native Seattle to Amsterdam, all recorded during the band’s early nineties peak. Originally released on VHS, the quality is often raw. Many of the performances here look grainy to the point that they may as well have been filmed on a Super 8 home movie camera. But that’s OK. In fact, it is probably exactly as it should be, in that it quite effectively captures the raw, minimal sort of feel of the time.”
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CurrentFilm
“”Live! Tonight! Sold Out!” covers Nirvana’s 1991/1992 tour, which I clearly remember standing out in line to get tickets for on one of the coldest days I think I’ve ever experienced in my lifetime. Although I don’t see concerts as much as I used to, the concert was certainly worth nearly losing fingers to frostbite. The concert documentary is taken from several shows during the tour (not mine, or I’d be looking for myself in the audience) and inserts footage from the band’s interviews and awards (”Headbanger’s Ball”, the MTV awards, foreign interviews, etc.) in-between songs. The concert presents a good selection from the band’s catalog and the performances are terrific; the clips in-between would be a bother in a different concert documentary, but here they give a good look at bits of Nirvana’s history.”
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