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That Time Nirvana Sabotaged Their Own Concert After the Audience Got Violently Hostile With The Opening Act
Nirvana once stood up for their heckled opening act by refusing to play their big hits.
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October 1992 marked the beginning and end of Nirvana’s history in Argentina. The band was playing a show on October 30 at a 50,000 capacity venue in Buenos Aires, their biggest concert to date. But they never played Buenos Aires again after that, and it all came down to how the crowd treated their opening act.
Calamity Jane were underrated pioneers for women and queer people in grunge, forming in Portland, Oregon, in 1989. The band released one album in 1991, followed by several singles, and supported contemporaries like Scrawl and Fugazi on tour. They opened for Nirvana on two occasions during their 1992 tour, following the release of Nevermind, and the show in Argentina became infamous.
When Calamity Jane took the stage, the tens of thousands of Nirvana fans were already in a sour mood. Another band had already played before them, local art-rockers Los Brujos, and then Calamity Jane was prepared for a 30-minute set. But the people were impatient for the main event, and they made that very clear almost........