Nick Cave Reveals Live Album And Cinema Release 'Idiot Prayer - Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace'
Thursday, 03 September 2020
Written by Jon Stickler
Nick Cave will release his recent Idiot Prayer livestream event as a live record.
'Idiot Prayer - Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace' is scheduled to arrive on November 20, with an extended cinematic release featuring four unseen performances coming two weeks earlier on November 5. Tickets for UK screenings go on general sale on September 10 (on sale in US to be announced).
As the title suggests, the solo piano concert was recorded at the iconic London venue in June, as the world began to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. As a preview, Cave has shared footage from the show of him performing Galleon Ship from 'Ghosteen', his 2019 album with the Bad Seeds. He said in a statement:
"The film Idiot Prayer evolved from my Conversations With… events. I loved playing deconstructed versions of my songs at these shows, distilling them to their essential forms. I felt I was rediscovering the songs all over again, and started to think about going into a studio and recording these reimagined versions at some stage - whenever I could find the time.
"Then, the pandemic came—the world went into lockdown, and fell into an eerie, self-reflective silence. It was within this silence that I began to think about the idea of not only recording the songs, but also filming them. We worked with the team at Alexandra Palace—a venue I have played and love—on securing a date to film just as soon as they were allowed to re-open the building to us.
"On 19th June 2020, surrounded by Covid officers with tape measures and thermometers, masked-up gaffers and camera operators, nervous looking technicians and buckets of hand gel, we created something very strange and very beautiful that spoke into this uncertain time, but was in no way bowed by it. This is the album taken from that film. It is a prayer into the void—alone at Alexandra Palace—a souvenir from a strange and precarious moment in history. I hope you enjoy it."
Back in April, Cave and the Bad Seeds rescheduled their European tour to spring 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Tue April 13 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena
Thu April 15 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Fri April 16 2021 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sun April 18 2021 - LEEDS first direct Arena
Tue April 20 2021 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Wed April 21 2021 - MANCHESTER Arena
Fri April 23 2021 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Sat April 24 2021 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Mon April 26 2021 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
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