2016 will go down in history as black year of pop music. Not only because many great artists have left us this year, but because several masterpieces have appeared, which deal with sadness and death. One of them is ‘Skeleton Tree’ by NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS. True, death and devil have always been in the repertoire of the great story-teller Cave, yet these eight songs are tragically special. They originated at a time when Cave had to process the death of his son. The film ‘One More Time With Feeling’ by Andrew Dominik documents this and shows relentlessly how Cave and his family falter with fate, but the work on ‘Skeleton Tree’ kept Cave grounded and bandmate and friend Warren Ellis was creative as well emotional support. Masterpieces such as ‘I Need You’, were created which was written before the death of his son, but was eternally shaped by his love for his wife, which seemed to be his last support, or ‘Distant Sky’, a ballad that is almost like a hope for a life after death. This year, Nick Cave and his band will once again step onto the stage and remind us all that he was at the height of his work before and after the blow of fate. It is not just against this backdrop that the upcoming shows will be special concerts in which you can experience a still great but surely changed artist and entertainer live.
Musikexpress presents:
07th Oct 2017: Frankfurt/Main, Jahrhunderthalle, Doors 18:30, Start 20:00, Tickets 59.40 – 71,50 €
09th Oct 2017: Hamburg, Sporthalle Hamburg, Doors 18:00, Start 20:00, Tickets 58.00 - 66,80 €
12th Oct 2017: Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Doors 18:00, Start 20:00, Tickets 62.70 €
22nd Oct 2017: Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle, Doors 18:00, Start 20:00, Tickets 55.00 – 66.00 €
02nd Nov 2017: Munich, Zenith, Doors 18:30, Start 20:00, Tickets 61.60 €
Regular pre-sale starts Friday, 17th February 2017, 10:00. Tickets are available via www.tickets.de and www.eventim.de.
More information at www.nickcave.com / www.facebook.com/nickcaveandthebadseeds
