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Nick Cave schedules '20,000 Days on Earth' film screenings, performing solo at select dates

Nick Cave

What sets 20,000 Days… apart from most documentaries is that it doesn’t follow the usual linear and chronological narrative; it instead it opts to jump around — quite often — blurring the lines between fiction and reality. In the film, Cave himself says that writing and creating stories is about throwing together two of the most unlikely things, and seeing what happens. That train of thought forms the basis of his songwriting technique, as well as the entire film’s concept. It contains scenes in which Cave has conversations in his car with friends, friends who disappear as abruptly as they appear, leaving him driving quietly alone. Were these conversations scripted within Cave’s mind, or were they real? Scenes like this are scattered throughout the film and kept me constantly intrigued. [BV Chicago]

20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s new film of which Nick Cave is the subject, recently screened at Chicago’s CIMM Fest (check out an excerpt of Milos Markicevic’s review on BV Chicago above and read the whole thing here) and now it’s set to screen at multiple North American cities in conjunction with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ upcoming tour.

In NYC, the film screens on August 4 at Florence Gould Hall Theater at The French Institute. At that date, and a select few others, Nick Cave will be there for a conversation and solo performance. All screening dates are listed below.

The Bad Seeds tour hits NYC soon before that on July 26 at Prospect Park and July 27 at Hammerstein Ballroom with Nicole Atkins on both dates, and Devendra Banhart also on night 1. Tickets for both shows are still available.

Watch the 20,000 Days on Earth trailer, with the list of dates, below…

20,000 Days on Earth — 2014 Screenings
06-22 Minneapolis, MN – St. Anthony Theater
06-25 Kansas City, MO – Alamo Drafthouse Main Street
06-27 Calgary, Alberta – The Globe
06-27 Denver, CO – Sie Theater
07-01 Vancouver, British Columbia – VANCity
07-09 Seattle, WA – Grand Illusion Theater
07-10 Los Angeles, CA – Egyptian Theatre *
07-10 Seattle, WA – Grand Illusion Theater
07-10 San Francisco, CA – Roxy Theater
07-20 Austin, TX – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
07-21 Austin, TX – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
07-24 New Orleans, LA – Zeitgeist Theater
07-27 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theater
08-01 Montreal, Quebec – Phi Centre *
08-04 New York, NY – Florence Gould Hall Theater *

* with conversation and solo performance from Nick Cave

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — 2014 Tour Dates
06/12-15/14 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/16/14 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace Theatre *
06/18/14 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre *
06/20/14 – Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Theatre *
06/21/14 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre (SOLD OUT) *
06/24/14 – Denver, CO – The Buell Theatre *
06/27/14 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium + (SOLD OUT)
06/28/14 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium + (SOLD OUT)
06/30/14 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre % (SOLD OUT)
07/01/14 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre %
07/02/14 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre % (SOLD OUT)
07/05/14 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall % (SOLD OUT)
07/07/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre % (SOLD OUT)
07/08/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre
07/11/14 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium *
07/12/14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel *
07/19/14 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater ^ (SOLD OUT)
07/20/14 – Austin, TX – ACL Live Taping
07/21/14 – New Orleans, LA – Mahalia Jackson Theater ^
07/23/14 – Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall ^
07/25/14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center # ^
07/26/14 – New York, NY – Prospect Park ! ^
07/27/14 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom ^
07/29/14 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theater ^
07/31/14 – Toronto, ON – Sony Centre ^ (SOLD OUT)
08/01-03/14 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music Festival

* w/ Warpaint ^ w/ Nicole Atkins
+ w/ Reggie Watts # w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators
% w/ Mark Lanegan ! w/ Devendra Banhart