Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced the reschedule of their latest UK tour to April next year. Originally, all seven shows were set for this month, starting on April 13 in Birmingham. The reason for pushing back the tour is due to the concern over the COVID-19 pandemic that causes not only Cave’s shows but also a plethora of musical events to postpone or cancel.
The frontman took to his Twitter account to give out the news for the band’s fans. “While hugely disappointing, this feels the best course of action to keep you all as safe as possible,” wrote Cave. He also confirmed that all tickets purchased for the original dates would be valid for the new ones.
“We are working hard to finalise when the rescheduled shows will take place, and will share detailed information with you all as soon as we have it. All existing tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled shows. Sending love to you all.”
On April 8, the Melbourne group finally shared new dates for the entire UK and European leg. They will come back to this side of the pond in April next year and perform in several cities here until June. See the tweet below for the rescheduled dates.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have rescheduled their European and UK Tour to start in Spring 2021. All original tickets remain valid. Dates and info here: https://t.co/LroUoUE4eO pic.twitter.com/cR3aTMPmwG
— Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (@nickcave) April 8, 2020
The 62-year-old singer also shared a Q&A entry on his site The Red Hand Files in March about the tour and his experience practicing social-distancing in the midst of the outbreak.
“It has been a very strange few weeks, much has happened to us all, and many difficult decisions have had to be made,” wrote Cave. “With great disappointment and sadness we made the decision to postpone the UK, Europe and Israel tour, which seems, as far as I can see, the only responsible course of action. I am very sorry. More details will be posted on nickcave.com once the new plan settles.“
The now-rescheduled tour is in support of the band’s seventeenth studio album ‘Ghosteen‘, which was released back in October 2019. Songs on the record were dubbed as “the most beautiful songs Cave has ever recorded” by The Guardian. ‘Ghosteen‘ hit number 4 on UK Officials Chart and received a nomination for Best Australian Album at NME Awards 2020.
See the new dates for the UK shows below, and visit See Tickets for ticket purchase.
13/04/2021 — Arena — Birmingham
15/04 — The O2 — London
16/04 — The O2 — London
18/04 — First Direct Arena — Leeds
20/04 — The SSE Hydro — Glasgow
21/04 — Manchester Arena —Manchester
26/04 — Motorpoint Arena — Cardiff
