Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds US Tour Dates

Nick at the Hollywood Bowl, I can live with that...

with spiritualized, no?

Ah, even better.

Nick Cave had a long interview with Terri Gross on NPR today. She asked questions about his heroin use and his dad's death and some other stuff that kind of surprised me. But he answered totally openly and honestly. And they played this song from his newest album that fucking kicked ass. And not in that way where an older artist who used to rock puts out an album that's okay meaning "interesting" or "now they're bluesy for some reason" or "kind of like one of their older songs but not as memorable" I mean seriously if this artist just came out I would be fucking pumped about them.

PLEASE MR. CAVE, COME TO AUSTIN TEXAS, K THX BAI

one thing about Nick Cave is that for as long as I can remember he has always put so much passion into his new stuff that even if you showed up skeptical about it you will leave convinced that it's hit best work.

his, even

showbox sodo be crazy

Looking closer, that 9:30 ahow may be the one to see, at least for us East Coasters.

hell yeah Portland here I come

DENVER! HELL YES.

John is right, I saw him tour behind "no more shall we part" and I loved all those songs when he did them live. Never listen to the album though; the guy can pretty much perform anything and it's going to be good.

John is otm. I saw them in Brisbane on the last tour and he was fucking awesome. The rockier songs on Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus which I wasn't sold on sounded pretty brutal live.

the guy can pretty much perform anything and it's going to be good.

I'd like to see him perform "Mambo No. 5"

Warfield! Hurrah! Finally, finally, finally! I am still beating myself for missing Grinderman last year. GAAGH.

Bring on September!

anyway i made myself relisten to the new album and it's better than I first thought; the first three tracks aren't that hot though

the 9:30 club show will likely sell out quick.

there's a rumor that nick is playing this saturday at a small bar in brooklyn, with some new band.

anyone got the details?

going to the chicago show, already getting pumped

"dig lazarus dig" is so so good. probably my favorite album of the year not made by personal friends

Just saw him last night. Awesome!

http://mog.com/fastnbulbous/blog/204812

shit was off the hook in Denver last Friday

he's curating ATP australia, mates!

saw him last night too, it was awesome except for the shitty sound at the riviera

Saw him Sunday. It was great, but boring at times (just like his albums)

fastnbulbous, i think you switched the set order around a little maybe ... i left during papa won't leave you henry and they had already played get ready for love. i assumed i was leaving pretty far in advance but i guess i only missed like one or two songs?

also why were the girl shirts (hot pink with cartoony awesome nick cave and bad seeds logo) and kid shirts (black with BAD SEED in big caps) so much cooler than the dude shirts (typical tour t-shirt with album cover on front and tour dates on back)?

here's what i said on chicago thread:

Nick Cave was great but the sound at the Riviera is really inexcusable for a venue getting acts of that level. we stood in front of the speaker on the lowest level, and while the quieter songs sounded ok, the loud songs were just like a blare of indistinct midlevel noise. it sounded like they were trying to push their sound system way harder than they should have. as we were leaving (early), we stood back at the bar for one song and back there it was just bass and little else.

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my favorite song was actually the quietest one, the randy newman-esque "god is in the house":

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the band has a great look though, all super-dapper middle-aged dudes except for warren ellis, who looks like some freaked out hippie demon. i wish we were standing closer to ellis, it was hard to tell what he was doing most of the time, jumping between electric violin, something that was either an electric mandolin or a child-scale electric guitar, percussion, and mysterious electronics.

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actually you've got some other weird things on your set list: he played "god is in the house" and did not play "into my arms," at least not that early in the set (ie while i was there)

man "god is in the house" is one of the worst songs nick has ever recorded IMHO.

Yeah, I hate that song too, I guess I was trying to block it out of my memory of an otherwise perfect show. I remember asking out loud, "why did he ever record this song and why does he choose to torture us with it?"

My memory is imperfect when it comes to setlists, so I double checked it on a Cave forum:

1. Hold On To Yourself
2. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
3. Tupelo
4. The Weeping Song
5. Red Right Hand
6. Midnight Man
7. God Is In the House
8. Nobody’s Baby Now
9. The Mercy Seat
10. Deanna
11. Moonland
12. Get Ready For Love
13. We Call Upon the Author
14. Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
15. More News From Nowhere
16. Jesus of the Moon
17. Hard On For Love
18. Stagger Lee

I'd have substituted "She Fell Away" for "Hard On Love" but it was awesome just the same.

Carrie Brownstein sees Nick Cave, loses mind - http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2008/09/the_fall.html

You know, his skullet/mustache combo really does work.

actually you've got some other weird things on your set list: he played "god is in the house" and did not play "into my arms," at least not that early in the set (ie while i was there)

Sunday night in Chicago he played "Into My Arms" but did not play "God Is in the House".

Great concert. I'm floored by how he can deliver such intricate lyrics over such noise. And he has the Leonard Cohen thing (at least before Cohen became deified) of treating everything as sacred and everything as ridiculous.

I was surprised how the set list, except for the Dig Lazarus Dig songs and "Get Ready for Love", was just about idential to when I saw him in Chicago in 2002 or 2003.