Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds @ WaMu Theater - pics & setlist
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC on Saturday night, October 4th. The show was part of a short North American tour that ends in Philly on Tuesday. And though Nick doesn’t come around that often, it was actually his second NYC show with the Bad Seeds this year. The first was at the Plug Awards at Terminal 5 in March which was less than a year after Nick was here with Grinderman to play the larger room at MSG with the White Stripes and Porter Wagoner (RIP). About Saturday night someone said…
So densely layered and deep and yet at the same time oh so sparse and simple, Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds are an encumbering mindfuck and a freewheeling fiesta all at the same time. Playing some maddeningly good classics like “Tupelo”, “Red Right Hand”, “Love Letter”, “God is in the House”, “The Lyre of Orpheus”, “Deanna” and the big finale of “Stagger Lee”, Nick, Warren, and the rest of the clan breathed life into their dark, rich, thundercrackers as well as Nick’s restless hearted but nevertheless calming ballads. [Sonic Parthenon]
The full setlist and a few more pictures from the show below…
Setlist: (via)
1. Hold on to yourself
2. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
3. Tupelo
4. Weeping Song
5. Red Right Hand
6. Midnight Man
7. Love Letter
8. God is in the house
9. Moonland
10. Mercy Seat
11. Deanna
12. Hard On For Love
13. We Call Upon The Author
14. Papa Won’t Leave You HenryEncore:
15. The Lyre of Orpheus
16. Get Ready For Love
17. Stagger Lee
The Bellmar Dolls opened the show.