Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! is a VHS/laserdisc home video released by the grunge band Nirvana on November 15, 1994. The official DVD was released November 7th, 2006. Kurt Cobain compiled much of the video himself, but did not complete it prior to his death. Surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic worked with director Kevin Kerslake to complete the video, attempting to remain as close to Cobain's vision as possible.
Most of the live footage is from 1991 and 1992. The latest footage is from January 23, 1993 at the Hollywood Rock Festival in Brazil. A message appears at the beginning of the film to say that due to the circumstances of Cobain's death it was never completed.
Highlights include:
A performance of "Lithium" at the Reading Festival in 1992.
A performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from the UK show Top of the Pops where Cobain deliberately sang the song in a lower octave. Under the established format of the show, the band was supposed to mime the studio version of the song while Kurt sang live. They opted not to comply.
A performance of "Love Buzz" in Dallas, TX where Cobain got into an altercation with a bouncer. Earlier in the show (not seen on the video), Kurt smashed the monitor mixing board at the club with his guitar, frustrated that it had consistently malfunctioned. (Viewers can see a pallet covering the aforementioned board, which was added in case Cobain decided to take a second shot.) Unbeknownst to Cobain, the board belonged to a friend of the bouncer, who, when Kurt dove into the crowd, began pulling him by his hair. Kurt responded by hitting the bouncer in the head with his guitar, drawing blood. As seen in the footage, the bouncer punches Cobain in the head and then kicks him while he is on the ground. Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and several members of the audience immediately jump in between Cobain and the bouncer.
