Nick Cave - Where Should I Start?

As always a reall enjoyable show by Mr. Cave and company.  He's just an amazing performer.  Other than the soft opening for the Foo Fighters this is the only time I've been to the Anthem where it didn't just feel cavernous.  I think so much of that is because Nick used the entirety of the stage and interacted with the audience so effectively.  (It didn't hurt that I was pretty far forward).

I didn't love the new album initially other than Jesus Alone but it's growing on me and I think the new stuff actually works better in concert than it does on the record.

Setlist was to be expected, though it was nice to hear them play City of Refuge.  I missed the Dig tour, so I'd like to hear a couple of those songs added (Night of the Lotus Eaters for instance or More News from Nowhere). 

Even if I knew the setlist would be exactly the same I would go back to see them again tomorrow.

gavroche wrote:
Mr. Cave and company.  He's just an amazing performer.
Nick used the entirety of the stage and interacted with the audience so effectively. 

I think the new stuff actually works better in concert than it does on the record.

Even if I knew the setlist would be exactly the same I would go back to see them again tomorrow.

agree on all points
I'd see that show 10 times a year if I could

I was worried it was going to be very slow and subdued like the 'Distant Sky' ep that just came out
but he was rocking it hard last night
Mercy Street/FHTE/Tupelo were worth the price of admission
and he of course burnt the house down with Stagger lee

sound and capacity were perfect (stage seemed really far out)
Was nice hanging with K8T, Dyec and Yada preshow….didn't see any of you inside

Great hanging with you all beforehand! We were up on the third floor for the show.

Just a fucking incredible night. I don't even give a shit that I had one or two mistake beers and still have to be a productive worker bee today.

It was everything I'd hoped for from the band. Probably the best show ive seen at Anthem so far. Will definitely see them again when they roll through town.

Openers were ok but got kind of monotonous after a while. Chatter from the crowd was nearly as loud as they were.

Arrived at 7 and the garage was already full. Found a spot down by Arena Stage and still made it back for happy hour. All in all everything went really well last night.

K8teebug wrote:
I had one or two mistake beers

please explain.  i'm unfamiliar with this concept.

sweetcell wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
I had one or two mistake beers

please explain.  i'm unfamiliar with this concept.

When you plan on 2-3 beers and then you're having fun and have 4-5 instead and then wake up with a mild headache and realize you should have quit when you were feeling good and that last beer or so was a mistake. Hence, mistake beers.

I had a mistake bottle of champagne

henry's dream doesn't get a lot of love, but I think it's a pretty amazing mix of all my favorite nicks, produced by david briggs, who did many albums with neil young.
papa won't leave you, henry; straight to you; john finn's wife; jack the ripper and the astonishing christina the astonishing.
a pretty solid record.

I had not realized Briggs produced it….it makes sense as Cave is very influenced by Neil

hutch wrote:
I had a mistake bottle of champagne

There's a reason I did not have any champagne!!!

Gem tweet:

https://twitter.com/jackseale/status/1096375804035039232

nick makes the front page of cnn.com:

A rock star was asked what God's voice sounds like. His answer is beautiful