Masterful poet and wild stage performer, Nick Cave and his bandmates are in a rare class of artists. Those who cross the decades without losing an ounce of relevance or intensity. From the viscerally sublime 1984 album From Her To Eternity to the stunning and mournful poetry of 2019’s Ghosteen, the Bad Seeds discography has no weak points, uncompromisingly alternating between organic ballads and electrifying noise. On stage, Nick Cave shakes up the crowds like no other. In 2018, the Australian bewitched the audience at the Auditorium Stravinski like a guru, to the point of making them sit on the floor so he could come and sing in the middle of the hall. Five years after his epic baptism in Montreux, the tireless showman is finally back at the Festival.

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