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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 & The Bad Seeds have shared a new video for their previously unreleased track ‘Vortex’ – watch it below.The track appears on ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’, which will be released on October 22 on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms.The new collection was compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and contains 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.The previously

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 & The Bad Seeds have announced their new ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ collection.The compilation album is the follow-up to 2005’s ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ and has been compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ features 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.Set for release on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms on October 22, ‘B-Sides &

Nick Cave collaborator and Bad Seeds multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis has opened up about his forthcoming memoir Nina Simone’s Gum ahead of its publication early next month.Set to be released in the UK on September 2 via Faber, the non-fiction work is about a piece of Simone‘s chewed gum that Ellis acquired in 1999, when the jazz singer performed at London’s Meltdown Festival – which Cave curated that year.Following Simone’s performance, Ellis climbed onstage taking a piece of gum from her

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 & Warren Ellis have announced a special live audio Q&A on their recent album ‘Carnage’ to mark the record’s physical release.The pair surprise-released the joint LP digitally back in February and will now bring it out on vinyl and CD globally on June 18.Fans will get the chance to submit questions for a live Q&A about the album, which will be held on YouTube on the same day from 7pm BST.To submit a question use #talkcarnage on social media, or comment on the official Nick Cave

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have added more dates to their 2022 European tour – see the full schedule below.The band announced the first round of dates for their upcoming tour earlier this month, after being forced to cancel a 2021 tour of Europe and the UK due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.After announcing initial dates in Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway and more, the band have now announced further shows in Spain, Poland, France and beyond, including a headline slot at Barcelona’s Primavera

Nick Cave collaborator and Bad Seeds multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis will make his authorial debut in September, with a book titled Nina Simone’s Gum.Set to be released in the UK on September 2 via Faber & Faber,the non-fiction work is about a piece of Simone‘s chewed gum that Ellis acquired in 1999, when the jazz singer performed at London’s Meltdown Festival – which Cave curated that year.As the story goes, an awestruck Ellis snuck onto the stage after seeing Simone perform, taking a piece

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced details of nine new festival shows for 2022.The band, who recently cancelled their 2021 tour due to coronavirus concerns, will kick off at Greece’s Release Athens Festival on June 15 next year.The dates will run until the middle of August, when they wrap up at Gothenburg’s Way Out West on August 12.You can check out the dates in full below.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced 9 live shows across Europe in Summer 2022.

Nick Cave has given a fan advice on how to tackle suffering in a new ‘Red Hand Files’ letter.Replying to a letter Cave received asking what the value of suffering is, the Bad Seeds frontman replied: “What do we do with suffering? As far as I can see, we have two choices – we either transform our suffering into something else, or we hold on to it, and eventually pass it on.”He continued: “In order to transform our pain, we must acknowledge that all people suffer.

Nick Cave has penned an emotional tribute to his former partner and bandmate in The Birthday Party, Anita Lane, who died this week.Lane was a pivotal member of The Birthday Party, co-writing their tracks ‘A Dead Song’, ‘Dead Joe’ and ‘Kiss Me Black’.Following the band’s split in the early 1980s, she went on to co-write iconic Bad Seeds songs ‘From Her To Eternity’ and ‘Stranger Than Kindness’ with her then-boyfriend Cave.Taking to his Red Hand Files website, Cave responded to questions from fans

The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, has died.The news was confirmed by Louder Than War, who called the artist “one of the creative powerhouses who emerged from the vibrant Melbourne post-punk scene.”After co-writing early Birthday Party tracks ‘A Dead Song’, ‘Dead Joe’ and ‘Kiss Me Black’, Lane went on to have a long and distinguished career, working with the likes of Kid Congo Powers, Gudrun Gut and Einstürzende Neubauten.Following The Birthday Party’s split in the early 1980s, she co-wrote

Nick Cave has announced that he and Warren Ellis have recently filmed a concert movie featuring songs from recent albums ‘Carnage‘ and ‘Ghosteen’.Cave and longterm collaborator and Bad Seeds bandmate Ellis surprised fans with the release of their first studio album as a duo when ‘Carnage’ arrived to critical acclaim last month.Now, writing on his fan Q&A site RedHandFiles, Cave has revealed that he and Ellis have recorded a live film featuring songs from the record alongside 2019 Bad Seeds album