List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged

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This is a list of musical bands, groups and artists featured on MTV Unplugged shows. The list includes the performance place and date ^[1]

Contents 1 Performances by performance date 1.1 1989 1.2 1990 1.3 1991 1.4 1992 1.5 1993 1.6 1994 1.7 1995 1.8 1996 1.9 1997 1.10 1998 1.11 1999 1.12 2000 1.13 2001 1.14 2002 1.15 2003 1.16 2004 1.17 2005 1.18 2006 1.19 2007 1.20 2008 2 Other MTV Unplugged shows 2.1 Acústico MTV Brasil (Brazilian MTV) 2.2 European MTV 2.3 Other shows 3 References and notes

[edit] Performances by performance date

[edit] 1989

• Squeeze, Syd Straw and Elliot Easton - National Video Center, NYC, October 31st, 1989
• The Smithereens and Graham Parker - National Video Center, NYC, December 13th, 1989
• 10,000 Maniacs and Michael Penn - National Video Center, NYC, December 13th, 1989
• The Alarm and Nuclear Valdez - National Video Center, NYC, December 14th, 1989
• Joe Walsh and Dr. John - National Video Center, NYC, December 14th, 1989 (See also MTV Unplugged (Joe Walsh))

[edit] 1990

• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Satriani - National Video Center, NYC, January 30th, 1990
• Michelle Shocked and Indigo Girls - National Video Center, NYC, January 30th, 1990
• Sinéad O'Connor and The Church - National Video Center, NYC, January 30th, 1990
• Don Henley - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30th 1990
• Great White and Damn Yankees - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30th 1990
• Crowded House and Tim Finn - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30th 1990
• Hall & Oates - Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17th, 1990
• Elton John - Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17th, 1990
• Aerosmith - Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11th, 1990
• Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, August 11th, 1990
• Ratt and Vixen - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, August 11th, 1990
• The Black Crowes and Tesla - National Video Center, NYC, November 19th, 1990
• The Allman Brothers Band - National Video Center, NYC, November 19th, 1990
• Poison - National Video, NYC, November 19th, 1990

[edit] 1991

• The Cure - London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 24, 1991
• Paul McCartney - London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 25, 1991 (See also Unplugged (The Official Bootleg))
• Winger and Slaughter - National Video Center, NYC, March 5th, 1991
• Sting - National Video Center, NYC, March 5th, 1991
• R.E.M. - Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10th, 1991 (See also MTV Unplugged: R.E.M. (1991))
• Yo! Unplugged Rap: LL Cool J, MC Lyte, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Pop's Cool Love - Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10th 1991
• Elvis Costello - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, June 3rd, 1991

[edit] 1992

• Eric Clapton - Bray Film Studios, Windsor, England, January 16th, 1992 (See also Unplugged (Eric Clapton album))
• Paul Simon - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 4th, 1992
• R&B Unplugged: Boyz II Men, Shanice and Joe Public - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16th, 1992
• Mariah Carey with Trey Lorenz - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16th, 1992 (See also MTV Unplugged (EP))
• Pearl Jam - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16th, 1992
• Queensrÿche - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27th, 1992
• John Mellencamp - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27th, 1992
• Annie Lennox - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 3rd, 1992
• Eurythmics - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5th, 1992
• Bruce Springsteen - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, September 22nd, 1992 (See also In Concert/MTV Plugged)
• k.d. lang - Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 16th, 1992 (aired in 1993)
• Arrested Development - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, December 17th, 1992 (aired in 1993)

[edit] 1993

• Rod Stewart with Ronnie Wood - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 5th, 1993 (See also Unplugged...and_Seated)
• Denis Leary - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6th, 1993
• Neil Young - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 7th, 1993 (See also Unplugged (Neil Young album))
• Roxette - Stockholm Circus, Sweden, February 13th, 1993
• Uptown Unplugged: Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams and Heavy D - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6th, 1993
• Midnight Oil - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20st, 1993
• Spoken Word I: 99, Maggie Estep, Barry Yourgrau, Reg E. Gaines, Bob Holman, Edwin Torres and Henry Rollins - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20st, 1993
• 10,000 Maniacs - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21st, 1993 (See also MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album))
• Soul Asylum - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21st, 1993
• Duran Duran - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th, 1993
• Stone Temple Pilots - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th, 1993 (aired in 1994)
• Nirvana - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 18th, 1993 (See also MTV Unplugged in New York)

[edit] 1994

• Tony Bennett - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 12th, 1994
• Spoken Word II: MC Lyte, Toby Huss, Bahiyyih Maroon, Eric Bogosian, Matthew Courtney, Hal Sirowitz, Gil Scott-Heron, Larry McDonald and Wanda Phipps - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13th, 1994
• Spoken Word III: Max Blagg, Danny Hoch, Maggie Estep, Jim Carroll, John S. Hall and Paul Beatty - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13th, 1994
• Lenny Kravitz - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 14th, 1994
• Page and Plant - London Studios, London, England, August 25th-26th, 1994 (See also No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded)
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Miami, September 29th, 1994
• Björk - New York City, November 7th 1994
• Bob Dylan - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th-18th, 1994 (See also MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album))

[edit] 1995

• Hole - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, February 14th, 1995
• The Cranberries - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, February 14th, 1995
• Melissa Etheridge with Bruce Springsteen - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, February 15th, 1995
• Live - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, February 15th, 1995
• Sheryl Crow - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, February 15th, 1995
• Charly García - Miami, April 28th, 1995
• Herbert Grönemeyer - Studio Babelsberg, Berlin, Germany, May 14th, 1995
• Café Tacuba - Miami, May 15th, 1995
• Chris Isaak - Sony Music Studios, NYC, June 9th, 1995 ^[2]
• Los Caifanes - Miami, June 28th, 1995
• KISS - Sony Music Studios, NYC, August 8th, 1995 (See also KISS Unplugged)
• Los Tres - Miami, September 14th, 1995

[edit] 1996

• Soda Stereo with Andrea Echeverri - Miami, March 12th, 1996 (See also Comfort y Música Para Volar)
• Seal - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 9th, 1996
• Alice in Chains - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 10th, 1996 (See also Unplugged (Alice in Chains album))
• Tori Amos - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 11th, 1996
• Hootie & the Blowfish - The Horshoe, Columbia, South Carolina, April 19th, 1996
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas - Miami, April 26th, 1996
• Oasis, excluding Liam Gallagher, with Noel Gallagher on lead vocals - Royal Festival Hall, August 23, 1996
• Maldita Vecindad - MTV Studios, Miami, October 12th, 1996
• Chage and Aska ^[3]

[edit] 1997

• Santa Sabina - Miami Broadcast Center, Miami, Florida, April 2nd, 1997
• Luis Alberto Spinetta - Miami, April 19th, 1997 (aired in 2004)
• The Wallflowers - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, May 1997
• Maxwell - New York, June 15th, 1997
• Jewel - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, June 24th, 1997
• BLACKstreet - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, September 3rd, 1997
• Aterciopelados - Miami, September 7th, 1997
• Bryan Adams - Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, September 26th, 1997 (See also MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album))
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds with Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder - New York City, October 18th, 1997

• Erykah Badu - (Aired November 18, 1997)
• Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine Tour

[edit] 1998

• Björk (Live 'n' Loud) - MTV Studios, New York, February 22nd, 1998

[edit] 1999

• Maná - Miami, March 10th, 1999 (See also Maná MTV Unplugged)
• Shakira - Manhattan Center Studios, New York, August 12th, 1999 (See also MTV Unplugged (Shakira album))
• The Corrs - Ardmore Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, October 5th, 1999 (See also The Corrs Unplugged)

• Alanis Morissette (See also Alanis Unplugged)

[edit] 2000

• Die Fantastischen Vier - Stalactite cave in the Sauerland, Germany, September 20th, 2000
• Jay-Z with The Roots (See also Jay-Z: Unplugged)
• No Doubt

[edit] 2001

• Los Ratones Paranoicos - MTV studios, Miami, March 11th, 1998
• R.E.M. - MTV studios, NYC, May 21st, 2001 (See also MTV Unplugged: R.E.M. (2001))
• Utada Hikaru - Tennouzu Studio, Tokio, Japan, June 21st, 2001
• La Ley - Miami Broadcast Center, June 28th, 2001
• Staind - Mohegan Sun's Cabaret Theatre, Uncasville, Connecticut, July 16th, 2001 (See also MTV Unplugged (Staind DVD))
• Alejandro Sanz - Gusman Center, Miami, October 9th, 2001

[edit] 2002

• Dashboard Confessional - MTV Studios, April 24th, 2002 (See also MTV Unplugged 2.0)
• Lauryn Hill - MTV Studios, NYC, July 21st 2002 (See also MTV Unplugged No. 2.0)
• Die Ärzte - Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany, August 31st, 2002 (See also Unplugged - Rock'n'Roll Realschule)

[edit] 2003

• Ken Hirai (Aired February 13th, 2003) ^[4]

[edit] 2004

• Diego Torres - Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 4th, 2003 ^[5]
• El Tri (CD release date: August 31, 2004) ^[6]

[edit] 2005

• Hitomi Yaida - Tokyo FM, Tokyo, Japan, April 24th, 2005
• Queens of the Stone Age - SilverWings, Berlin, Germany, June 10th, 2005
• Giorgia Todrani - June 20th, 2005 ^[7]
• Alicia Keys - Brooklyn Academy Of Music, NY, July 14th, 2005 (See also Unplugged (Alicia Keys album))
• Die Toten Hosen - Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria, September 1st-2nd, 2005

[edit] 2006

• Ricky Martin - Miami, August 17th, 2006 (See also MTV Unplugged (Ricky Martin album))
• Kayah - Toya film studio, Lodz, Poland, November 28th, 2006 (See also MTV Unplugged (Kayah album))
• Korn, with guest appearance by Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Robert Smith and Simon Gallup of The Cure - MTV Studios, NYC, December 9th, 2006 (See also MTV Unplugged: Korn)

[edit] 2007

• Hey - September 10th, 2007 ^[8]

• Bon Jovi ^[9] - (Aired June 22nd, 2007)
• The Police
• Mary J. Blige
• Kenny Chesney
• John Mayer ^[10]
• Ne-Yo ^[11]
• Joss Stone ^[12]
• Maroon 5 ^[13]

[edit] 2008

• Julieta Venegas - June 5, 2008

[edit] Other MTV Unplugged shows

This a list of other artists featured on MTV Unplugged.

[edit] Acústico MTV Brasil (Brazilian MTV)

• Art Popular ^[14]
• Bandas Gaúchas - Bands from Rio Grande do Sul - Southern Brazilian State ^[15]
• Barão Vermelho - The first MTV Unplugged show and the only one that it does not possess an album
• Capital Inicial ^[16]
• Charlie Brown Jr. ^[17]
• Cássia Eller ^[18]
• Cidade Negra
• Engenheiros do Hawaii ^[19]
• Gal Costa ^[20]
• Gilberto Gil
• Ira!
• João Bosco
• Jorge Ben Jor ^[21]
• Kid Abelha ^[22]
• Legião Urbana
• Lenine ^[23]
• Lulu Santos ^[24]
• Marcelo D2
• Marina Lima
• Moraes Moreira
• O Rappa
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso ^[25]
• Rita Lee ^[26]
• Roberto Carlos
• Sandy & Junior
• Titãs ^[27]
• Ultraje a Rigor ^[28]
• Zeca Pagodinho - two albums

[edit] European MTV

• Phil Collins ^[29]

[edit] Other shows

• Joe Cocker ^[30]
• Incubus ^[31]
• George Michael ^[32]

[edit] References and notes