Nick Cave

[gorfield]

On 11/9/2024 at 3:33 PM, Mish1268 said:

To let you know, for me it was one of the best concerts I have been to in my life and that is even though it was at the 02!  Just annoyed I wasn't standing. 

snap.

 

cant stop thinking about it... ( i was at the manchester one)

[JayDiesel]

23 hours ago, Johndenis said:

I think a greatest hits set could and surely would look different to this one.  Stagger Lee, Do You Love Me, There She Goes My Beautiful World, Higgs Boson Blues, Where The Wild Roses Grow.  I don't know if he ever plays fifteen feet of pure white snow (have seen him around 10 times since 2013 and haven't heard it) but I really like it.  As noted above, the set could benefit from a wee jolt of something in the second half.  (I also really like songs like Jesus Alone and Frogs but accept they might not be "greatest hits".)

 

Regardless, every album since PTSA (which put him in a Pyramid headline "conversation") pushes further away the prospect of a Pyramid headline slot, imo.  Putting him on Other vs something pop seems obvious/sensible.

 

ps I don't think the lyrics appearing on the screen works.  I saw Manics and Suede in Leeds millennium square in July and got unintentional giggles at the Manics' sloganeering appearing on the slightly too small screen on the slightly too quiet stage/PA, in broad daylight.  Felt briefly like I was in a Louis Theroux subculture documentary. 

It's maddening to me that he hasn't rolled There She Goes out on this tour considering he has a four piece collective of vocalists behind him.

[NorthernSoul52]

5 hours ago, JayDiesel said:

It's maddening to me that he hasn't rolled There She Goes out on this tour considering he has a four piece collective of vocalists behind him.

Yeah, that remains baffling to me. 

[OllieMadd]

Almost a week since the Cardiff gig and I think it'll be my last time buying tickets to his own show unless he releases an album I truly love. Feel quite a lot like the magic isn't there this time.

 

Obviously hard when you're comparing an 8/10 gig to multiple 10/10s but happy with that decision.

[Mish1268]

On 11/11/2024 at 4:46 PM, gorfield said:

snap.

 

cant stop thinking about it... ( i was at the manchester one)

Keep singing the songs over and over in my head. Bloody love music

[gorfield]

18 hours ago, OllieMadd said:

Almost a week since the Cardiff gig and I think it'll be my last time buying tickets to his own show unless he releases an album I truly love. Feel quite a lot like the magic isn't there this time.

 

Obviously hard when you're comparing an 8/10 gig to multiple 10/10s but happy with that decision.

 

I love the new album, its one of the best for me.

[Callum_96]

Heading to the Brum show on Friday, don't suppose anybody remembers prices on T Shirts?

[OllieMadd]

6 minutes ago, Callum_96 said:

Heading to the Brum show on Friday, don't suppose anybody remembers prices on T Shirts?

£35

[Dark Star]

22 minutes ago, Callum_96 said:

Heading to the Brum show on Friday, don't suppose anybody remembers prices on T Shirts?

He's somebody who could have brilliant merch, but always manages to epically fail. 
The red tour shirt is the best of a bad lot IMO. 
 

[Toilet Duck]

Went to see them in Dublin last night. Bloody fantastic! Highlights among the new tracks included Conversion (Nick is much clearer in the mix live and it was powerful), Final rescue attempt, Joy and Cinnamon Horses…but as usual, a completely engrossing performance (the new album works so well live and I thought the entire show was really well paced, so I can see why they aren’t tampering with it). Nick was in very chatty form (he has been the last few times to be honest, but this is probably the most “jovial” he’s been. He laughed a lot). Colin Greenwood has slotted in like a natural, Ellis a force of nature as usual and the backing singers superb. Anyone on the fence about going to see them on this tour, just do it, you won’t regret it!

[NorthernSoul52]

I know it's a good five months off, but just took a look at how sales were going in Brooklyn and... not good is the answer, perhaps.

[rawrsomesauce]

On 11/12/2024 at 5:00 PM, OllieMadd said:

Almost a week since the Cardiff gig and I think it'll be my last time buying tickets to his own show unless he releases an album I truly love. Feel quite a lot like the magic isn't there this time.

 

Obviously hard when you're comparing an 8/10 gig to multiple 10/10s but happy with that decision.

Cardiff was the first time I’d seen him and he absolutely blew me away, one of the best things I’ve ever seen in the arena. Would love him to be on the farm. 

[emmanuel]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I know it's a good five months off, but just took a look at how sales were going in Brooklyn and... not good is the answer, perhaps.

I don't think anyone (even him) would complain if he needs to go back to more reasonably sized venue.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, emmanuel said:

I don't think anyone (even him) would complain if he needs to go back to more reasonably sized venue.

He probably only fell short of a Leeds sell-out in the end by a few hundred tickets. Demand over here is there.

 

But I did think it was ambitious - and that's with St Vincent on the bill.

 

Cave to do Cruel Summer on piano in the encore.

[Olshansky]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I know it's a good five months off, but just took a look at how sales were going in Brooklyn and... not good is the answer, perhaps.

19,000 Capacity and the GA tickets were almost $200 with fees.  

even though he's played it before, it didnt sell out then and 19K is a lot of expensive tickets for new york.  $75 for nosebleed seats. 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

3 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I know it's a good five months off, but just took a look at how sales were going in Brooklyn and... not good is the answer, perhaps.

 

That's because Cave isn't arena level big in the USA. Not much else to say, other than that Americans need to get their music taste improved.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

58 minutes ago, Olshansky said:

19,000 Capacity and the GA tickets were almost $200 with fees.  

even though he's played it before, it didnt sell out then and 19K is a lot of expensive tickets for new york.  $75 for nosebleed seats. 

I think Barclays is only 13-14K for a regular end stage show.

[Dark Star]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

He probably only fell short of a Leeds sell-out in the end by a few hundred tickets. Demand over here is there.

 

But I did think it was ambitious - and that's with St Vincent on the bill.

 

Cave to do Cruel Summer on piano in the encore.

If only we'd had St Vincent as support over here. If I didn't have plans to go to the US in February I'd have probably made a trip around this. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Will be curious to see how low those prices go, the closer we get.

[Johndenis]

21 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

He probably only fell short of a Leeds sell-out in the end by a few hundred tickets. Demand over here is there.

 

But I did think it was ambitious - and that's with St Vincent on the bill.

 

Cave to do Cruel Summer on piano in the encore.

Is St Vincent popular in the US?  Or even in reality in the UK?  Really like her but haven't seen her for a while.  Crowd she had on the Cave day of APE (2018ish) was modest.  Barclays Center website says up to 17,000 for gigs, possibly includes behind stage seats that he doesn't have on sale.  Still seems like a very big venue for him too be playing in the US, I assumed he would be very much a cult affair.

[Olshansky]

normally when he plays he does 3 or 4 nights in 3,000 cap theatres.  so while even 14K seats may not seem like that much of a jump, sitting in the top of Barclays is a different experience entirely to sitting in the last row at the beacon or kings.  

[emmanuel]

4 hours ago, Olshansky said:

normally when he plays he does 3 or 4 nights in 3,000 cap theatres.  so while even 14K seats may not seem like that much of a jump, sitting in the top of Barclays is a different experience entirely to sitting in the last row at the beacon or kings.  

Exactly, I would happily see Nick 3 nights in a row in NYC in a theatre, but fans will not travel for a single arena show.

[MichaelsBeard]

4 hours ago, Olshansky said:

normally when he plays he does 3 or 4 nights in 3,000 cap theatres.  so while even 14K seats may not seem like that much of a jump, sitting in the top of Barclays is a different experience entirely to sitting in the last row at the beacon or kings.  

Travelling over to see him at Kings Theatre over 2 nights on the Skeleton Tree tour is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Venue fit the vibe perfect

[homesick]

Anyone at Birmingham catch him say this?

[emmanuel]

5 hours ago, homesick said:

Anyone at Birmingham catch him say this?

That was sarcastic. I mean he said Paris was his last show ever, but that is obviously not true.