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Nick Cave has shared the secrets of his friendship with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis on his latest entry in The Red Hand Files.The pair have worked together across various projects since 1993, including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Grinderman.After being asked by multiple fans about their friendship and songwriting, Cave shared his theory that there are three levels of friendship – essentially those defined by “a shared experience,” “someone who has your back,” and ones who can “bring

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have announced plans to score French documentary La Panthère Des Neiges.The pair have teamed for the soundtrack, which will be released digitally on December 17 on Invada Records. As a taster they have shared the first track ‘We Are Not Alone’, which you can listen to below.The film by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier will be released in the US on December 22.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The National, Tame Impala and Kraftwerk are among the headliners for All Points East 2022 – see the full line-up below.As announced last week (November 19), the festival, which is held in London’s Victoria Park, will return for two editions in 2022, running run across two weekends: Friday, August 19 – Saturday, August 20 and Thursday, August 25 – Sunday, August 28.Also set to play the festival, which has seven headliners across six days, are The Chemical Brothers,

Warren Ellis has said that he thought Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ ‘Ghosteen’ would mark “the end” of his long-term creative partnership with Cave.Co-produced by Cave and Ellis, the Bad Seeds’ 2019 studio effort was described by NME as “the most devastatingly accurate accounts of grief that you’ll ever listen to” in a glowing five-star review.During a new interview with Stereogum, Ellis explained that “‘Ghosteen’ felt like such a bold exercise, this commitment to something”, adding: “I got spooked

Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Fontaines DC for Flow Festival 2022. They’re joined on the bill by Michael Kiwanuka, Sigrid, Bikini Kill, Little Simz and Princess Nokia.Elsewhere, there’ll be performances from Pau Salieu, Fred Again.., King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, DJ Koze and many more.Tickets for the cancelled 2020 and 2021 editions of Flow Festival will automatically be accepted for next year’s event.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have announced their first North American tour as a duo – find all the details below.The longtime collaborators hit the road for a run of UK headline performances in September and October in support of their album ‘Carnage’, which came out back in February.In a five-star review of the pair’s concert in Croydon, NME said: “Cave and Ellis [are] in their absolute purest and classiest form; armed with just the songs, the love, and a whole lot of feeling.”The duo are now

The Flaming Lips and young fan Nell Smith have shared their second Nick Cave cover – listen to their version of ‘The Ship Song’ below.As announced last month, the band have teamed up with 13-year-old Smith for a full cover album of Cave songs, with ‘When The Viaduct Looms’ being released on November 26.Smith has been attending Flaming Lips gigs for three years and caught the attention of frontman Wayne Coyne after being spotted at the gigs with her father several times.

Nick Cave is entering into the world of children’s publishing, having written and illustrated his very own children’s book.The Little Thing, available for pre-order now and due to ship on November 15, was initially written for Cave’s three-year-old neighbour, Esme.“It is the tale of a little thing that goes on an epic adventure to discover the true nature of its identity,” Cave said of the book in a statement on his website.“‘What am I?’ asks The Little Thing.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Sinéad O’Connor have been announced as headliners of Ireland’s All Together Now Festival next year.The multi-day festival, which has been cancelled the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, is set to take place across July 29-31, 2022 at Curraghmore House in County Waterford, Ireland.Groove Armada and Underworld will headline alongside Cave and O’Connor.

Nick Cave has opened up about moving to Los Angeles because Brighton became “too sad” following his son’s death.Arthur Cave died aged 15 after he fell from a cliff in Ovingdean, East Sussex in 2015.

Nick Cave has shared details of his role as H.G.

Nick Cave and his former Bad Seeds and Birthday Party bandmate Mick Harvey, the frontman has shared a tender memory of missing a gig due to being locked in jail before Harvey came to his rescue.To celebrate the release of new compilation ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II‘, two new audio conversations between Nick Cave & Mick Harvey and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis will be released on Wednesday October 27 at 10am BST here.

Nick Cave has reflected on his current run of live shows with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis, describing them as “pure happiness”.On his website The Red Hand Files, where the Bad Seeds musician answers questions from his fans, Cave was asked by one fan how he manages the website while on tour.“The truth is, it is very hard,” Cave said. “Playing these concerts is pure happiness, more than I have experienced in a very long time.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Aurora and more have been announced for Øya Festival 2022 – see the full line-up so far below.The event returns to Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 9 and August 13, having cancelled its 2020 and 2021 editions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ticket information can be found here.Norwegian artist Aurora, who announced her new album ‘The Gods We Can Touch’ today (October 14), had been scheduled to perform at both of the scrapped festivals.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared a new live version of their 2013 track ‘Push The Sky Away’, which was recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – listen to it below.The song, which was recorded live in 2019 as part of the ‘Film Music – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ event at the Hamer Hall in Melbourne, will appear on the band’s ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ album which is set to come out on October 22.“I never had more fun on stage than with the MSO…” Cave said of the experience, while

Cat Power has announced details of a new covers album – listen to her versions of tracks by Frank Ocean and The Pogues below.‘Covers’ will be released on January 14, 2022 via Domino, and also feature renditions of songs by Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Billie Holiday and more.Ahead of the release of the album, Cat Power has shared a version of Frank Ocean’s 2012 track ‘Bad Religion’, which she also performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night (October 7).In a statement, the singer

Nick Cave has shared a new spoken word single based on a letter received on his Red Hand Files website – listen to ‘Shyness’ below.The track is based on two letters Cave received from fans Daniel and Vera in October 2019. “What is shyness?” Daniel wrote, while Vera asked: “What was your first date with your wife like?”In response, Cave wrote at the time: “Shyness is the tentative sound of the orchestra tuning up before the symphony begins.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain has been unveiled, briefly featuring Nick Cave in his role as science fiction author H.G.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ ‘Stagger Lee’ has been given a metal/punk spin – you can check out the new cover below.First recorded in 1923, the song was originally an old blues number about a killer pimp in St. Louis, Missouri back in 1895.

Nick Cave has announced his new memoir, Faith, Hope And Carnage.The book is set to be published by Canongate in the autumn of next year, and is drawn from more than 40 hours of conversation between The Bad Seeds frontman and Observer journalist Sean O’Hagan.Faith, Hope and Carnage will cover Cave’s perspective and personal life over the six years since the death of his son Arthur, who died in July 2015 at the age of 15.“Faith, Hope & Carnage promises to be a thoughtful book about Cave’s inner

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared a new previously unheard ‘Ghosteen’-era outtake – listen to ‘Earthlings’ below.The track, written in the sessions for the band’s 2019 album, is the latest preview of the band’s new ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ album, set to come out on October 22.The compilation album, compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, is the follow-up to 2005’s lauded ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ album.

Nick Cave has shared his thoughts on The Flaming Lips’  recent cover of the Bad Seeds track ‘Girl In Amber’, which they recorded with 13-year-old fan Nell Smith.The Flaming Lips’ version of ‘Girl In Amber’ emerged last week as part of a whole Nick Cave covers album, that the band recorded with Smith.

The Flaming Lips have teamed up with a young fan for a new Nick Cave covers album.The album, ‘Where The Viaduct Looms’, arrives on October 25 and The Flaming Lips have shared a preview of a cover they recorded with young 13-year-old fan, Nell Smith. They have covered the 2016 Bad Seeds track, ‘Girl In Amber’.Smith has been attending Flaming Lips gigs for three years and caught the attention of frontman Coyne after being spotted at the gigs with her father several times.

Nick Cave has recalled the time he met late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts after a rare trip to a gym.Cave dedicated his latest post on The Red Hand Files to Watts, who passed away last week at the age of 80.Cave recalled the time he met Watts after a trip to the gym when dressed awkwardly in “a tiny tracksuit”.He said: “As I walked back out, in my tiny tracksuit, my giant white trainers and my bucket hat, there, walking toward me, was Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones.“He had silver

Nick Cave, Taika Waititi and Olivia Colman are among the star names set to make an appearance in new biopic The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain.The film, which follows the story of eccentric artist Louis Wain, features Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular role, as well as Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sophia Di Martino, Asim Chaudhry, Hayley Squires, Julian Barratt and more.Colman, who previously worked with the film’s director Will Sharpe on Channel 4 comedy drama Flowers, is on hand

Nick Cave has revealed what he believes to be “the world’s greatest bar” on his Red Hand Files website.For the 116th entry into his online Q&A platform, the Bad Seeds frontman took a question from a Brazillian fan called Lucas.“Nick, the bar ‘Mercearia São Pedro’, a place you used to go when you lived in São Paulo, will close its doors and be replaced by an expensive building.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have added two more extra dates to their autumn UK tour.The Bad Seeds duo will tour in September and October in support of their February album ‘Carnage’, which was recorded during the coronavirus lockdown.This morning (August 18) Cave and Ellis have announced the addition of two more shows to their forthcoming tour, with further gigs now set to take place at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall (September 26) and Portsmouth’s Kings Theatre (October 9).Tickets for these two shows

Red Hand Files series, Nick Cave has shared news that he is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.Cave, 63, was responding to three separate questions in the 162nd issue of the Files. Patrick from San Francisco was asking after the late Hal Willner, the American composer who died in 2020 from COVID-19.The two other letters – from Nicholas in Plainville and Sandra in Portland – both asked Cave vaccine-related questions.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have recorded a soundtrack for Andrew Dominik’s forthcoming Blonde film about the late Marilyn Monroe.That’s according to The Guardian which also reports that Cave and Ellis will perform songs from albums including ‘Carnage‘ and ‘Ghosteen‘ for a new music film by Dominik.Cave and Ellis previously worked with the director and screenwriter on his 2016 documentary One More Time With Feeling, which chronicles the recording of Cave’s ‘Skeleton Tree’ in the aftermath of his

Nick Cave has shared a story involving Nick Drake and the time he met Velvet Underground singer Nico.Writing on his frequently updated Red Hand Files website, the singer-songwriter was asked a pair of questions by two different fans which he proceeded to tie up into one answer.“I’ve always felt some sort of relation between you and Nick Drake,” a fan called Raghav from India wrote.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have announced they will head out on their first ever UK tour as a duo this autumn.The Bad Seeds duo will play 20 shows across September and autumn in support of their acclaimed album ‘CARNAGE’, which arrived earlier this year.While not a full Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record, the album is the latest from nearly 25 years of collaboration between the pair.

Nick Cave has explained how inspiration hits him as a songwriter, and how musicians and writers “just go to work” every day.Writing on his frequently updated Red Hand Files website, Cave was asked about inspiration by a fan.“I’ve always had an affinity for songwriters who put a lot of craft into their songs like they’re building a wooden table, everything is where it should be,” a fan called Jake from Canada wrote.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis are vying for the UK Number One album spot this week against Olivia Rodrigo, whose album ‘Sour’ is hoping to top the chart for a third week.Griff is also in the running for the top spot with ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, which the most downloaded album of the week so far.According to OfficialCharts.com, Cave & Ellis are sitting at Number Two in the midweek charts with their new album ‘Carnage’, while Griff’s debut mixtape follows at Number Four.Rodrigo, who is

Nick Cave has shared his thoughts on the “divisive” nature of new album ‘Carnage’ – with Warren Ellis also responding to whether he’s the ‘Yoko Ono’ who split Cave from the rest of The Bad Seeds.While many fans were expecting this year’s acclaimed lockdown album ‘Carnage’ to be a release by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, it was instead released under the name of the frontman and Warren Ellis.

Nick Cave has given one of his fans some advice in his inimitable style after being asked for his “perspective on getting old”.The artist offered his perspective on his Red Hand Files website, where he regularly answers questions sent in by his fans.In his latest post on the site, Cave responded to Remko from Lanaken, Belgium who asked: “I’m struggling a bit with the fact I’m turning 40 in a week. Some people say ‘You’re in the brightest part of your life’, others say you are an ‘old man’.

Nick Cave has shared his new single ‘Letter to Cynthia’ in full online – listen to it below.The track originally appears on Cave and Warren Ellis‘ new seven-inch release titled ‘Grief’, based on a letter sent to Cave’s Red Hand Files website.‘Letter To Cynthia’ appears alongside another song, ‘Song For Cynthia’, and both tracks were inspired by a question a fan called Cynthia sent to The Red Hand Files, where Cave responds to letters from his audience.“I have experienced the death of my father,