![]() ![]() The vibe was dark before they even walked on since Kurt Cobain insisted that the stage look like a funeral, complete with lilies and black candles. ![]() But in many ways, the show felt like their final statement to the world. Just one week after it wrapped they’d resume the American leg of the In Utero tour and then head to Europe early the following year for two months of additional shows. Putting this all out there for the public to see was an amazing act of courage and the most unique, unpolished Unplugged ever to see the light of day. It’s an artist battling a shredded throat, the crushing weight of industry expectations and her own fragility. “A lesser artist would’ve been shot and thrown out the window.” But 16 years later, things feel a little different, especially since there was no follow-up of any sort. “A lesser artist, it would’ve never been released,” an industry insider said. “I saw it with a roomful of professionals, and someone said, ‘I feel like jumpin’ out a window.'” But with her label desperate for new Lauryn Hill music of any sort, they released it as a double album. “Anyone with ears can hear there are only three chords being played on every song,” an anonymous industry executive told Rolling Stone in 2003. She had a ton of new songs, but was just learning to play guitar and clearly was in no position to be presenting them to the public. It had been three long years since Lauryn Hill released her debut LP The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill when she stepped onto the MTV Unplugged stage. Also, even Bruce Springsteen’s most die-hard fans probably feel that Plugged wasn’t exactly his finest moment. Before commenters go insane, we are excluding performances by the groups like the Eagles and Page & Plant that merely used the Unplugged name, or variations of it, for their concert specials. The new edition of the show kicked off September 2017 with Shawn Mendes to celebrate, here’s a chronological look at the 15 best Unplugged episodes of years past. It gave a new lease on life to veteran artists like Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart and offered newer groups like Pearl Jam and Nirvana a chance to strip their music back down to its essence and offer their fans some fun surprises. For those not around in the Nineties, that’s the show where big musical acts played acoustic renditions of their songs. It also means they’re bringing back Unplugged. He appeared briefly at the United for Old Growth Rally in British Columbia earlier this year he also made appearances at Stephen Stills' Light Up the Blues charity show and Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concert.Įven though Young did not mention any specific locations for the upcoming tour, he noted that the run will begin with a four- or five-night residency at a "tiny, little unknown theater that's close to one of the most well-known theaters in the world" on the West Coast.MTV’s latest reinvention scheme involved getting back to their roots, which means recreating their iconic Times Square studio for a revival of Total Request Live. The singer-songwriter has not toured since 2019, citing concerns about COVID-19, environmental damage and ticketing practices. According to a press release, more dates will follow. In addition to the first four shows at John Anson Ford in Los Angeles, other dates include concerts in San Diego, Berkeley, California, and Auburn, Washington. Some of them were written 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago but never really played live." ![]() They are songs that apply to my life right now and apply to everyone's lives in this era that we're in. But I wake up with them in my head every morning. I'm now doing it with the organ and harmonica. "I listened to it, and it turned me on again. "I did a demo of a few years with a Synclavier, a drum machine, harmonica and some effects," Young explained. According to Young, he's been rehearsing roughly 15 songs, including "Song X" from his 1995 album with Pearl Jam, Mirror Ball, "Prime of Life" from 1994’s Sleeps With Angels and "If You Got Love," an outtake from 1982's Trans. ![]()
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