After extensive tours with his band the Bad Seeds and a collaborative tour with film composer and Bad Seeds member Warren Ellis, Nick Cave is embarking on a solo effort. On a rare excursion to North America, Cave will be playing a string of shows across the States and parts of Canada on his Live In North America 2023 tour. This journey marks Cave’s first official solo tour since 2020’s Conversations With Nick Cave tour which had the artist performing classic tracks while also mixing in Q-&-A portions to his show. After his summer tour with The Bad Seeds bleeds into his fall tour with Ellis, the mysterious crooner shows no signs of slowing down.
Along with Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood accompanying him on bass duties, Cave took over Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina last night (September 19) for the first stop on his tour with an extensive setlist filled with firsts and classics. Cave kicked off with classics like “The Sorrowful Wife”, “Girl In Amber” and “O Children”. Cave also pulled out some deep cuts like “Euthanasia” from B-Sides & Rarities (Part II), and that was just the beginning of what fans were treated to. Cave reached into his collaborative album with Warren Ellis, 2021’s CARNAGE, for first-ever solo performances of the title track and “Balcony Man”. Some other firsts include Cave performing the Bad Seeds’ track “Push The Sky Away” for the first time without his band since 2015 and debuting the solo performance of “Give Us A Kiss”.
After a career-spanning setlist at Harrah’s Cherokee Center last night, Cave is just getting started. His rare jaunt across North America will have him hitting cities like Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, and many more. Along with solo shows, Cave is also on a book tour to promote the paperback release of “Fait, Hope and Carnage”. He will be stopping in select cities like Boston, Nashville, and Los Angeles. You can check out the full setlist, tour dates, and footage from last night’s show below:
09/19 — Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
09/21 — Durham, NC – DPAC
09/23 — Washington, D.C. – Lincoln Theatre
09/25 — Cleveland, OH – Playhouse Square
09/27 — Milwaukee, WE – Riverside Theater
09/29 — Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre
10/02 — Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
10/06 — Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
10/07 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
10/10 — Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
10/12 — Montreal, QC – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
10/14 — Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/15 — Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre
10/17 — Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
10/20 — Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Symphony Hall
10/22 — Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
10/23 — Austin, TX – ACL at The Moody
10/27 — Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
10/28 — Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
