Nick Cave has announced an on-stage conversation event in Dublin, the day before the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ sold out show at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham on June 6.
Recently appearing for a short run of evenings of open discussion with audiences in the United States, the idea was inspired by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 2017 world tour and Cave’s evolving relationship with his audience.
These shows became vast communal events and it is this relationship that he hopes to explore directly through this series of conversations.
“To be honest I am not sure what is going to happen at these events. I have always loved the Q&A format – not the formal onstage interviews that precede them but the questions from the audience afterwards,” Nick said.
“The audience tends to ask more challenging, revealing, playful and ultimately serious questions. You never know what you are going to get. They can be fearless and they can go deep.
“There has been a connection happening with the audience through the recent live shows where we have all shown a kind of willingness to open up and I thought that a direct conversation with the audience might be valuable.
“The more frank and intimate the questions, the more interesting the evening will be. The audience can ask me anything and I’ll do my best to answer. I do have some things to say. I can always play some songs at the piano if it all goes horribly wrong. But, I don’t know, I’ve got a good feeling about this one,” he added.
Conversations with Nick Cave will take place on June 5 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 9, at 12pm on their website.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds play the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin on 6 June, their first Irish headline gig since 2008.
The show sold out in less than an hour when announced, but a limited number of Production Hold tickets will be released for sale this Friday, 11 May at 9am.
Patti Smith has been announced as a special guest at the show, and more support will come from Limerick three piece whenyoung.
The very limited amount of Production Holds for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds concert in Kilmainham will go back on sale this Friday, 11 May at 9am. Tickets are priced at €69.50 and will go on sale via Ticketmaster.ie.Â
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