Nick Cave has repeatedly commented on the loss of his children and the effects on his life, his art, his fellow human beings. In a new interview, the singer has made it clear that he was mainly understood to understood one thing: work is not the most important thing in life.
No bitterness, but a new connection
The then 15-year-old Arthur Cave, twin of Earl Cave, died in 2015 in a fall of a cliff near Brighton. His eldest son Jethro Lazenby, in which schizophrenia was diagnosed, died in 2022 at the age of 31 under the circumstances that are still not exactly clarified.
Now Cave talked about the many feelings that the children triggered with him with “BBC Radio 4S Desert Island Discs”. In conversation, he admitted that he had understood “that the work is not the be -all and end -all of everything”.
The 67-year-old made it clear: “It has a lot to do with Arthur and Jethro … I always thought that art was everything at the end of the day. I mean it is terrible to say that, but she was always there. She was always reliable. “
Nevertheless, art should have made space. For his family. For connection with people. In August 2024, he explained in an interview with “ABC Australia”: “The idea that art defeats everything simply no longer applies to me. Instead of making me bitter, it did the opposite in a way. It connected me much more to people in general. “
Nick Cave will play solo shows in Europe
Nick Cave will play several solo shows together with Radioheads Colin Greenwood in summer. For Germany, however, only Hamburg is on the schedule for the duo. But in particular ambience – on June 21st in the Elbphilharmonie.
All European concerts from Nick Cave at an overview
- June 10 – Switzerland, Zurich, Theater 11
- June 11 – Switzerland, Zurich, Theater 11
- June 21 – Germany, Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
- July 17 – Italy, Lucca, Piazza Napoleone
- Jul 19th – Italy, Pompei, Fiteatro di Pompei
- July 21 – Italy, Rome, Auditorium Cavea
- July 22 – Italy, Rome, Auditorium Cavea
- July 24 – France, Cannes, Palais of the Festival de Cannes
- July 26 – France, Arles, Pias Show at Théâtre Antique
- August 6th – Norway, mountains, Grieghallen
- August 7th – Norway, mountains, Grieghallen
- August 12 – Latvia, Sigulda, Sigulda Castle
- August 19 – Bulgaria, Sofia, Plovdiv Ancient Theater
Tickets for the European gigs will be available from Friday, January 31, from 10 a.m.