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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Kurt Cobain’s guitar from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show to go on display in UK

Kurt Cobain, wearing a green cardigan, plays the guitar and looks off to the side
Kurt Cobain playing the Martin D-18E during the recording of Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York show, November 1993. Photograph: Frank Micelotta Archive/Getty Images

The world’s most expensive guitar, which Kurt Cobain played in one of Nirvana’s most acclaimed performances – the MTV Unplugged in New York show – is to be displayed in the UK for the first time.

The Royal College of Music Museum in London has been loaned the Martin D-18E by its owner, Peter Freedman (the chair of Røde microphones), who bought the guitar for $6m (£4.8m) in 2020, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction.

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