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Kurt Cobain’s guitar from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show to go on display in UK
The Martin D-18E, played at renowned performance five months before singer’s suicide, sold for £4.8m in 2020
The world’s most expensive guitar, which Kurt Cobain played in one of Nirvana’s most acclaimed performances – the MTV Unplugged in New York show – is to be displayed in the UK for the first time. The Martin D-18E took on mythical status after Cobain used it during Nirvana’s November 1993 MTV Unplugged appearance – a controversial move due to the fact it was supposed to be an acoustic performance and the guitar is an electro-acoustic. The exhibition, which opens on 3 June, also features the green cardigan Cobain wore during the MTV Unplugged gig, which sold for $334,000 (£260,388) at auction in 2019, making it the most expensive button-up to go under the hammer.
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