Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave opens up about the ‘most emotional gig’ of his career

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Nick Cave opens up about the ‘most emotional gig’ of his career

Nick Cave, who visits Edinburgh this summer, has spoken about his Manchester Arena show in September 2017 – describing the gig as the “most emotional concert of his career.” The Australian music legend played in Manchester with the Bad Seeds four months after 22 people died after a bomb was detonated at an Ariana Grande concert. And Cave has now called the gig the most emotional of his career. The frank admission came after a…

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Nick Cave to visit Edinburgh on UK and European tour

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Nick Cave to visit Edinburgh on UK and European tour

Nick Cave is bringing his Conversations tour to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall this summer as part of a UK and European tour. Following from a sell-out run in Australia and New Zealand, the tour sees the Bad Seeds legend answering a selection of questions from fans and performing some of his most iconic tracks on piano. Describing the tour as “an exercise in connectivity”, Cave said: “I thought that a direct conversation with the audience might…

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High 5, The 10:04s

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High 5, The 10:04s

The 10:04s have been one of the mainstays of the Edinburgh music scene. But rather than peddling the same old, same old, they have continually evolved over the years. They draw from an eclectic blend of influences, and have opened for The Cribs, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Idlewild and, current darlings of the NME, The 1975. But these four fellas are headliners in their own right. Be sure of that. The group is made up of Steven Bolton…

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Tributes paid as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds pianist Conway Savage dies age 58

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Tributes paid as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds pianist Conway Savage dies age 58

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have paid tribute to their long-time piano and organ player, Conway Savage, who has died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The Australian musician, who was in a number of bands including Happy Organs, The Feral Dinosaurs and Dust on the Bible before joining Nick Cave in 1990 for the sixth Bad Seeds album The Good Son, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017. Savage died, age…

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Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker take on Peaky Blinders theme for season four

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Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker take on Peaky Blinders theme for season four

Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker will record a cover Nick Cave‘s Red Right Hand for the upcoming fourth season of Peaky Blinders. Peaky Blinders returns to BBC Two tonight (November 15). Helen McCrory, the show’s star, broke the news on The One Show yesterday. “Every year, [the producers] look out for different singers, and who’s going to do the cover music,” she said. “One of the ‘Red Right Hand’ covers will be from the duet…

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Listen: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ new song

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Listen: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ new song

Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds/Grinderman bandmate Warren Ellis have shared the title track from the forthcoming Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton Netflix film War Machine – and you can listen to it here. Described as an “absurdist war story for our times”, War Machine hits Netflix on May 26 and tells the story of General Glenn McMahon, “a man caught up in a modern war machine that keeps on churning, seemingly to no end”. The film’s soundtrack, scored…

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Nick Cave film to return to cinemas

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Nick Cave film to return to cinemas

Following a ‘phenomenal response’ when it was screened for one night only earlier this month, One More Time With Feeling, the acclaimed documentary film about Nick Cave’s extraordinary life, will be returning to cinemas in December. Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. Interwoven throughout the Bad Seeds’ filmed performance of the new album are…

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New Nick Cave film to screen in UK cinemas for one night only

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New Nick Cave film to screen in UK cinemas for one night only

One More Time With Feeling, the upcoming documentary film about Nick Cave’s extraordinary life, will screen in cinemas for one night only on 8 September, launching the new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Skeleton Tree. The film will be shown in 150 cinemas across the UK and Ireland and more than 650 cinemas worldwide, immediately prior to the release of Skeleton Tree the following day. Four cinemas across Edinburgh will screen One More Time With Feeling – check…

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Gig preview: Dirty Three, Summerhall

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Gig preview: Dirty Three, Summerhall

Aussie legends Dirty Three make a rare appearance in the Capital tonight (July 5) as part of Summerhall’s excellent Nothing Ever Happens Here (NEHH) series. The instrumental trio made up of violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White last played live in Scotland at Glasgow’s Oran Mor in 2012. When tonight’s gig was announced a few months back, it came as a surprise to some fans after the band announced they’d be taking an indefinite break…

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Dirty Three announce Edinburgh gig

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Dirty Three announce Edinburgh gig

Australian legends Dirty Three have announced a summer gig in Edinburgh. The instrumental trio made up of violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White will take part in Summerhall’s exciting Nothing Ever Happens Here (NEHH) series on Tuesday, 5 July. It’s a rare visit to Scotland from Dirty Three, whose last live outing here saw them play Glasgow’s Oran Mor in 2012. The Edinburgh date will perhaps come as a surprise to some fans after the band announced they would…

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