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Nirvana concert tickets for a show canceled due to Kurt Cobain's suicide sold for £806 at auction. The event was part of the band's European tour, scheduled for April 5, 1994, at Brixton Academy, London.
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Two tickets to see Nirvana the day Kurt Cobain actually died sell for £806 at auction

Andy Crick
Last updated: February 16, 2024 1:34 pm
Andy Crick Published February 16, 2024
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Cancelled UK Tour Date, Tuesday 5th April 1994 at London Brixton Academy. (Picture: Jam Press)
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Two tickets to see Nirvana on the day Kurt Cobain killed himself have sold for £806 at auction.

The US rock band were due to perform at Brixton Academy as part of their European tour.

The gig was set to take place on 5 April 1994.

But it never took place at the south London venue because frontman Cobain, 27, had committed suicide that day.

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The pair of 10cm by 18cm tickets to the concert are still in mint condition.

Nirvana concert tickets for a show canceled due to Kurt Cobain's suicide sold for £806 at auction. The event was part of the band's European tour, scheduled for April 5, 1994, at Brixton Academy, London.
Cancelled UK Tour Date, Tuesday 5th April 1994 at London Brixton Academy. (Picture: Jam Press)

They cost just £13.50 and would have been standing in the stalls.

They went under the hammer with other showbiz memorabilia at Ewbank’s in Woking, Surrey yesterday (15 Feb).

The gig had been cancelled after Cobain tried to kill himself in Rome, Italy on 4 March that year.

His body was then found at his home in Seattle, Washington, US on 8 April.

The Smells Like Teen Spirit star had been dead for four days.

Cobain died from a gunshot wound and he left a suicde note.

The listing read: “Two unused Nirvana concert tickets for the cancelled UK Tour Date, Tuesday 5th April 1994 at London Brixton Academy.

“Individually numbered and both tickets come with two perforated sections, each ticket measures 10 x 18cm.

It adds: “Nirvana’s 1994 UK tour was cancelled as part of a wider series of European tour date cancellations following Kurt Cobain’s suicide attempt in Rome.

“Kurt Cobain’s death on the 5 April 1994 took place on what would have been the band’s third of four nights performing at the Brixton Academy, London.”

Other items that sold were Don’t Look Back in Anger lyrics written by Oasis’ Noel Gallagher.

Nirvana concert tickets for a show canceled due to Kurt Cobain's suicide sold for £806 at auction. The event was part of the band's European tour, scheduled for April 5, 1994, at Brixton Academy, London.
“Don’t Look Back in Anger” Lyrics Handwritten by Noel Gallagher. (Picture: Jam Press)

The single sheet of white paper with the famous words from the 1996 track were used as a practice guide and sold for £2,210.

A Dragon Glass sword – actually made of rubber – used in the Battle of Winterfell scene of Game of Thrones fetched £910.

Nirvana concert tickets for a show canceled due to Kurt Cobain's suicide sold for £806 at auction. The event was part of the band's European tour, scheduled for April 5, 1994, at Brixton Academy, London.
Dragon Glass Sword used in the Battle of Winterfell. (Picture: Jam Press)

An envelope signed by all four of The Beatles at a gig in Rhyl, North Wales, in 1963 was bought for £4,680.

A pair of Elizabeth Taylor’s red Bruno Magli shoes worn in the 1989 TV film Sweet Bird of Youth were snapped up for £650.

Nirvana concert tickets for a show canceled due to Kurt Cobain's suicide sold for £806 at auction. The event was part of the band's European tour, scheduled for April 5, 1994, at Brixton Academy, London.
Elizabeth Taylor’s red Bruno Magli shoes worn in the 1989 TV film Sweet Bird of Youth. (Picture: Jam Press)

The most expensive of the 533 lots was a James Bond official attache case – containing two daggers – from the From Russia With Love movie sold for £5,720.

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