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In 1993, Nirvana spent Halloween night in Akron, Ohio. Things got weird. Kurt Cobain dressed up as Barney for the In Utero Tour stop on Halloween night at the University of Akron. He and the band came out in full costume, and Cobain had a bottle of Jack Daniel’s in hand. Cobain reportedly drank the Jack Daniel’s through the mask’s mouth opening. Later in the show, he came out with fairy wings and a black moustache drawn on his face. Pat Smear was dressed up as Slash, Dave Grohl (not pictured) was a mummy, and Krist Novoselic painted his face white as "reverse Ted Danson" with "PC" (politcally correct) written on his forehead. Danson had recently drawn backlash for making a public appearance in blackface during a roast of his then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. At one point in the show, someone threw a shoe at Cobain. He allegedly pissed in it, then asked who it belonged to. The owner of the shoe said it was thrown on stage by another audience member. Cobain apologized and said he'd buy them a new pair of shoes. Tickets were $18.50, and they didn’t perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit” that night. This ended up being Nirvana's final performance in the state of Ohio.