Nick has cancelled, not postponed, the US/NA tour. Bummer!
Just saw that, wonder it it was booking difficulties or he felt that time's up for that material and he wants to move on - his work rate is fairly ferocious.
No, we still have a big problem with the virus. No concerts in Seattle for foreseeable future. We were close to end of the tour. Despite the rush to reopen going on, its probably a stupid move in the long run. Especially when you factor in over a week of large protests where most weren't wearing masks & social distancing wasn't a factor at all. "History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of man" Donald Roeser
No, we still have a big problem with the virus. No concerts in Seattle for foreseeable future. We were close to end of the tour. Despite the rush to reopen going on, its probably a stupid move in the long run. Especially when you factor in over a week of large protests where most weren't wearing masks & social distancing wasn't a factor at all. "History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of man" Donald Roeser
He could have postponed until late 2021 though, far enough into the future to assume some progress had been made. I just wonder if he couldn't or he didn't want to be focus on that same material for 2-3 years, it would tie his hands as far as new stuff was concerned.
No, we still have a big problem with the virus. No concerts in Seattle for foreseeable future. We were close to end of the tour. Despite the rush to reopen going on, its probably a stupid move in the long run. Especially when you factor in over a week of large protests where most weren't wearing masks & social distancing wasn't a factor at all. "History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of man" Donald Roeser
He could have postponed until late 2021 though, far enough into the future to assume some progress had been made. I just wonder if he couldn't or he didn't want to be focus on that same material for 2-3 years, it would tie his hands as far as new stuff was concerned.
The announcement said they are working on rescheduling & there will be an announcement in the fall. I think he did it so that fans could get refund & wouldn't have money tied up for 2 years. Sturgill Simpson did the same thing. There's no reason he couldn't present new material if he wanted too. It's not like its a hits driven thing. It's a bit different over here with him. It's a big cult. In Europe he's doing arenas, here its mostly large theaters with the exception of NYC & LA. I"ve seen several artists throw in new material sometimes 2 or 3 records in advance of release. REM used to do that all the time & Springsteen was doing River material on the Darkness tour to name a few. Also, he hasn't performed the Ghosteen material anywhere yet. If you've read any of the interviews it's an important record for him. He'll do what pleases him & that's fine with me. Another issue over here is there are going to be a lot of venues going out of business. Without government intervention, some estimates are 90% of independent venues aren't going to be available. Sadly, we'll be left with the corporate entities.
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis dropped this today... CARNAGE
Devastating collection of songs. I am "White Elephant" and "Balcony Man" are really doing it for me.
It's another amazing record. Nick is on quite a roll. I really like his marketing, release to streaming etc (by surprise) & follow with the physical product llater. It must've worked out well with Ghosteen since he's doing it again. I was just listening to Idiot Prayer (affter the new one). That one gets better with each listen. Quite a performance. Mobody's Baby Now = chills down the spine.
