NNick Cave is bringing a piano—and an open floor for audience questions—back to North America. The Bad Seeds frontman has announced 25 dates across the U.S. and Canada for *Conversations With Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk and Music*, launching April 9 at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre and wrapping May 21 at New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre. The tour promises “a mixture of unvetted audience questions and intimate performances of Cave’s extensive catalog at the piano.”
The format returns to North America after its 2019 run and draws on The Red Hand Files, the correspondence project Cave started in 2018. In one early installment, a reader’s question about his breakup with PJ Harvey prompted Cave to explain how it shaped The Boatman’s Call. This October, a question about what he did on holiday led to an account of a month spent sculpting devils in clay.
Cave recalled how the original shows came together:
“Years ago, in a peculiar state of mind, I traveled across the U.S., stepped onto stages in different cities, and fielded questions from the audience. It was a strange, almost desperate idea, but those nights became deeply healing for me. I hope the audience felt the same.
Eight years have passed. The Red Hand Files have grown in reach and stature; the topics of conversation have broadened, and it feels like the right time to return to America, a different America from eight years ago, and bring the ‘Conversations…’ show back. I’ll have my piano with me, play some songs, and answer questions. What could possibly go wrong?”
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Cave spent the summer touring the UK and Europe with the Bad Seeds behind 2024’s Wild God. At Brighton’s Preston Park, Kylie Minogue joined him for their first live rendition of “Where the Wild Roses Grow” since 2019. This month, the Bad Seeds also marked the 40th anniversary of Your Funeral… My Trial, the 1986 album that gave us “The Carny” and “Stranger Than Kindness.”
Away from the band, Cave and Bryce Dessner earned a Best Original Song Oscar nomination this year for “Train Dreams.” Cave and Warren Ellis also announced a vinyl edition of their score for The Death of Bunny Munro, the Matt Smith series adapted from Cave’s novel.
Conversations With Nick Cave — 2027 North American tour dates
- April 9 — Vancouver, BC — Queen Elizabeth Theatre — Tickets
- April 12 — Portland, OR — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall — Tickets
- April 13 — Seattle, WA — The 5th Avenue Theatre — Tickets
- April 14 — Seattle, WA — The 5th Avenue Theatre — Tickets
- April 16 — San Francisco, CA — Orpheum Theatre — Tickets
- April 17 — San Francisco, CA — Orpheum Theatre — Tickets
- April 20 — Los Angeles, CA — The Orpheum Theatre — Tickets
- April 21 — Los Angeles, CA — The Orpheum Theatre — Tickets
- April 24 — Minneapolis, MN — State Theatre — Tickets
- April 26 — Chicago, IL — The Chicago Theatre — Tickets
- April 27 — Detroit, MI — Masonic Jack White Theatre — Tickets
- April 29 — Toronto, ON — Massey Hall — Tickets
- April 30 — Toronto, ON — Massey Hall — Tickets
- May 2 — Montréal, QC — Théâtre St-Denis — Tickets
- May 4 — Boston, MA — Boch Center Shubert Theatre — Tickets
- May 5 — Boston, MA — Boch Center Shubert Theatre — Tickets
- May 7 — Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre — Tickets
- May 8 — Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre — Tickets
- May 10 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia — Tickets
- May 11 — Washington, D.C. — Lincoln Theatre — Tickets
- May 13 — Asheville, NC — Thomas Wolfe Auditorium — Tickets
- May 14 — Atlanta, GA — Atlanta Symphony Hall — Tickets
- May 16 — Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium — Tickets
- May 18 — Memphis, TN — Orpheum Theatre — Tickets
- May 21 — New Orleans, LA — Saenger Theatre — Tickets
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