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Nick Cave Revives Conversations Tour With 25 North American Dates in 2027
Nick Cave will bring his talk-and-music Conversations format back to North America in spring 2027, with 25 dates from April 9 to May 21, opening in Vancouver.
Nick Cave is bringing back his Conversations tour, a mix of audience question-and-answer sessions and solo piano songs, for a 25-date run across North America in spring 2027. The tour runs from April 9 to May 21 and opens at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
The format first appeared in 2018 and was expanded into a larger tour in 2019. Cave has said the earlier shows helped him process the 2015 death of his son Arthur. Each evening is built around questions from the audience, and many of those questions connect to Cave's Red Hand Files, the long-running project in which he answers fan letters directly. The solo piano songs are performed between the conversational segments, so the night moves back and forth between talk and music.
The North American route includes Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Toronto and Montreal. Presale tickets go on sale November 11 and 12, 2026, with general sale beginning November 13. The dates give fans in several major cities a chance to see the format in person after the earlier runs.
The announcement comes as Cave's work with the Bad Seeds remains active. The band toured behind the 2024 album Wild God, and in July its Brighton Preston Park show drew nearly 50,000 people, with Kylie Minogue on the bill. That concert stands as one of the larger crowds in the band's recent history and shows that Cave's public profile extends well beyond the intimate setting of the Conversations shows.
Reports indicate the Bad Seeds are recording in the studio, and a follow-up album is possible, though no release has been confirmed. The Conversations dates therefore arrive during a period of renewed creative activity, with Cave moving between solo storytelling on stage and the band's studio work. For fans, the tour offers a more personal counterpart to the large-scale shows that have marked the Bad Seeds' recent years.
Source: consequence.net
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