List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged
Below is a list of musical artists, bands, and groups that have performed on the television series MTV Unplugged [ 1]
1989
Squeeze , Syd Straw and Elliot Easton – National Video Center, NYC, October 31The Smithereens and Graham Parker – National Video Center, NYC, December 1310,000 Maniacs and Michael Penn – National Video Center, NYC, December 13The Alarm and Nuclear Valdez – National Video Center, NYC, December 14Joe Walsh and Dr. John – National Video Center, NYC, December 14
1990
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Satriani – National Video Center, NYC, January 30Michelle Shocked and Indigo Girls – National Video Center, NYC, January 30Sinéad O'Connor and The Church – National Video Center, NYC, January 30Don Henley – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30Great White and Damn Yankees – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30Crowded House and Tim Finn – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30Hall & Oates – Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17Elton John – Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17Aerosmith – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11Crosby, Stills & Nash – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11Ratt and Vixen – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11The Black Crowes and Tesla – National Video Center, NYC, November 19The Allman Brothers Band – National Video Center, NYC, November 19Poison – National Video, NYC, November 19
1991
The Cure – London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 24Paul McCartney – London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 25 (See also Unplugged Winger and Slaughter – National Video Center, NYC, March 5Sting – National Video Center, NYC, March 5R.E.M. – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10 (See also Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions Yo! Unplugged Rap: LL Cool J , MC Lyte , De La Soul , A Tribe Called Quest and Pop's Cool Love – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10
Elvis Costello – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, June 3
1992
Eric Clapton – Bray Film Studios, Windsor, England, January 16 (See also Unplugged Paul Simon – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 4R&B Unplugged: Boyz II Men , Shanice and Joe Public – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16
Mariah Carey with Trey Lorenz – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16 (See also MTV Unplugged Pearl Jam – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16 (See also MTV Unplugged Queensrÿche – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27John Mellencamp – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27Joe Cocker – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 2Annie Lennox – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 3Eurythmics – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5Bruce Springsteen – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, September 22 (See also In Concert/MTV Plugged k.d. lang – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 16 (aired in 1993)Neil Young – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 16 (never aired [ 2] Arrested Development – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 17 (aired in 1993) (See also Unplugged
1993
Roxette – Stockholm Circus, Sweden, January 9Rod Stewart with Ronnie Wood – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 5 (See also Unplugged...and Seated Denis Leary – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6Uptown Unplugged: Jodeci , Father MC , Mary J. Blige , Christopher Williams and Heavy D – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6
Neil Young – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 7 (See also Unplugged Midnight Oil – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20Spoken Word I: 99, Maggie Estep , Barry Yourgrau , Reg E. Gaines , Bob Holman , Edwin Torres and Henry Rollins – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20
10,000 Maniacs with special guest David Byrne – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21 (See also MTV Unplugged Soul Asylum w/ special guest Lulu – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21Boom Crash Opera - Melbourne's Channel Nine studios, JuneDuran Duran – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17Stone Temple Pilots – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17 (aired in 1994)Nirvana with guest appearance by Meat Puppets – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 18 (See also MTV Unplugged in New York
1994
Tony Bennett – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 12 (see also MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett 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 13
Spoken Word III: Max Blagg , Danny Hoch , Maggie Estep , Jim Carroll , John S. Hall and Paul Beatty – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13
Lenny Kravitz – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 14Page and Plant – London Studios, London, England, August 25–26 (see also No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Miami, September 29 (first Latin/Spanish Unplugged)Caifanes - Miami, October 28 (first Mexican Rock Unplugged)Björk – New York City, November 7 (see also Debut Live)Eagles – Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, CA, November 8 (see also Hell Freezes Over Bob Dylan – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17–18 (see also MTV Unplugged
1995
Hole – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 14The Cranberries – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 14Melissa Etheridge with Bruce Springsteen – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15Live – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15Sheryl Crow – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15Charly García – Miami, April 28Herbert Grönemeyer – Studio Babelsberg, Berlin, Germany, May 14Café Tacuba – Miami, May 15Chris Isaak – Sony Music Studios, NYC, June 9[ 3] KISS – Sony Music Studios, NYC, August 8 (See also KISS Unplugged Los Tres – Miami, September 14
1996
Soda Stereo with Andrea Echeverri – Miami, March 12 (See also Comfort y Música Para Volar Seal – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 9Alice in Chains – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 10 (See also Unplugged Tori Amos – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 11Hootie & the Blowfish – The Horseshoe (at the University of South Carolina ), Columbia, South Carolina, April 19Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Miami, April 26CHAGE and ASKA [ 4] Harlem Yu – The Fountain Studios, London, JuneColonial Cousins – The Fountain Studios, London, JuneOasis , excluding Liam Gallagher , with Noel Gallagher on lead vocals – Royal Festival Hall , London, England, August 23George Michael – Three Mills Studios, London, England, October 11Maldita Vecindad – MTV Studios, Miami, October 12
1997
Santa Sabina – Miami Broadcast Center, Miami, Florida, April 2Luis Alberto Spinetta – Miami, April 19 (aired in 2004)The Wallflowers – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, May 5Maxwell – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, June 15Jewel – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, June 24Fiona Apple – Aired July 2BLACKstreet – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, September 3Aterciopelados – Miami, September 7Bryan Adams – Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, September 26 (See also MTV Unplugged Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds with Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder – New York City, October 18Erykah Badu – November 18
1998
1999
Maná – Miami, March 10 (See also Maná MTV Unplugged )Shakira – Manhattan Center Studios, New York, August 12 (See also MTV Unplugged Alanis Morissette - The Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, September 18 (See also Alanis Unplugged The Corrs – Ardmore Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, October 5 (See also The Corrs Unplugged Incubus - AT&T Studios, Los Angeles, November 6
2000
2001
R.E.M. – MTV Studios, NYC, May 21 (See also Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions Hikaru Utada – Tennouzu Studio, Tokyo, Japan, June 21La Ley – Miami Broadcast Center, June 28Staind – MTV Studios, New York City, July 16 (See also MTV Unplugged Lauryn Hill – MTV Studios, New York City, July 21 (See also MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 Alejandro Sanz – Gusman Center, Miami, October 2 (See also MTV Unplugged Jay-Z with The Roots , MTV Studios, New York City, November 11 (See also Jay-Z: Unplugged
2002
2003
2004
2005
Hitomi Yaida – Tokyo FM, Tokyo, Japan, April 24Queens of the Stone Age – SilverWings, Berlin, Germany, June 10Giorgia – June 20 (aired April 29)[ 8] Alicia Keys – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, July 14 (See also Unplugged Die Toten Hosen – Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria, September 1–2 (See also Nur zu Besuch: Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Café Tacuba – March 5, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro Cultural Universitario, CDMX.Liam Gallagher – August 3, Recorded at Hull City Hall, Hull
2020
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic , MTV rebranded the show to MTV Unplugged at Home , as part of the network's #AloneTogether campaign, a social media initiative created to encourage the practice of social distancing among young people "in the hope of 'flattening the curve'" of the outbreak. It became an online series instead, with episodes released on MTV's YouTube , Instagram , and Twitter accounts, and featured a mix of local and international artists performing from their respective homes around the world.[ 25]
2021
2022
2023
A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey's Finest: Heather B. , Lady Luck , Lords of the Underground , Poor Righteous Teachers , Queen Latifah , Redman , The Sugarhill Gang , Treach , Wyclef Jean – Newark Symphony Hall, Newark, NJ – aired December 14.
2024
European MTV
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Grammy awards and nominations received for Unplugged
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^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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