Written By: Ola’s Kool Kitchen
Nick Cave, an Australian national treasure whose musical talents have gained him an underground cult following alongside mainstream success, has maintained that his daily routine is no more exciting than a banker’s. He rises in the morning, dons a working man’s attire– his trademark suit– and goes in to the office. Only the “office” is a studio in his basement– Cave’s cave, if you will. Taking his work on the road, he is embarking on a Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds five-stop tour of Australia. The band has remained dormant while Grinderman reactivated in 2009 and produced “Grinderman 2,” and as Cave completed and released his second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. The group also attracted further “mainstream” attention when their song “O Children” appeared in the 2010 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. With Grinderman disbanding in December 2011, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ fifteenth studio album, “Push the Sky Away,” in conjunction with the tour, came to fruition and was released on Monday, February 18, 2013.
Set to join NCATBS on the Australian line-up is former Screaming Trees frontman, occasional Queens of the Stone Age member, and solo artist, Mark Lanegan. His most recent solo album, “Blues Funeral,” was released in February 2012 to positive critical acclaim. With a voice that has been described “as scratchy as a three-day beard, yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather” and “does mournful with such grace,” Mark is the perfect concomitant to Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Expect a real tango of caliginous and moody male crooning on these exclusively Ozzie dates!
Australian Tour Dates
for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Mark Langean
Melbourne Sat. March 2 SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL
Adelaide Sun. March 3 THEBARTON THEATRE
Perth Wed. March 6 RED HILL AUDITORIUM
Brisbane Fri. March 8 RIVERSTAGE
Sydney Sat. March 9 ENMORE
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