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“I was very aggressive. I’d survived this terrible pop thing, so I became mega-paranoid. Hard to work for? Very”: The trials and triumphs of Chris Rea, rock’s most misunderstood star

Think the late Chris Rea was just the guy who wrote Driving Home For Christmas? Think again

Louder · Dec 31, 2025

“We hadn’t rehearsed. We weren’t used to playing acoustic. We did a few rehearsals and they were terrible”: Why everyone involved in Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance was expecting a disaster

We look back on the broadcast, 32 years after it first aired.

MusicRadar · Dec 16, 2025

“Ever dreamed of owning a piece of Nirvana’s legacy?” A Kurt Cobain guitar pick previously sold for more than $14k – now his MTV Unplugged plectrum is being raffled off for much, much less

The raffle will help raise funds for the Royal College of Music – and it offers the chance to own a slice of music history for just the price of a coffee

Guitar World · Jun 10, 2025

The Guide #181: TV has given up on live music – but social media won’t let it die

In this week’s newsletter: The days of Top of the Pops every week and MTV Unplugged are long gone, but a slew of archive gold is now coursing through the internet

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: The story of Nirvana's seminal MTV Unplugged set

Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a remarkable and eclectic set that served as the haunting apex of Nirvana's final chapter

Guitar World · Nov 18, 2024

10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged

As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

Louder · Nov 26, 2023

“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: Revisiting Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance 30 years on

The grunge icons did the show their way - and it was one for the ages

Louder · Nov 25, 2023

"Even before we got to the day of the show, there was a ‘concern’… a concern with Liam" – the story behind the farce and the glory of Oasis’s infamous 1996 MTV Unplugged performance

Riding high after playing to 250,000 people at Knebworth, Oasis set about rehearsing for a very different kind of show – an intimate MTV Unplugged performance from the Royal Festival Hall. But within days, it was clear all was not going to plan…

MusicRadar · Nov 21, 2023

Stevie Ray Vaughan swapped his Strat for this Guild 12-string acoustic in his virtuosic MTV Unplugged performance – now it’s up for auction

The Texan blues dynamo used the model to perform the likes of Rude Mood and Pride and Joy in the 1990 performance

Guitar World · May 5, 2023