Nick Cave announces book tour of the United States
Nick Cave has announced a new book tour of the US for Faith, Hope And Carnage later this year.The recent book is based on 40 hours of interviews between Cave and his friend, the Observer journalist Seán O’Hagan.Beginning next month, he will take it to eight dates across the US, beginning in Washington, DC on September 23.At the second of two New York events on October 5, Cave will be joined by O’Hagan for a Q&A about the book.See the dates below.SEPTEMBER 202323 – Washington DC, Politics and Prose30 – Chicago, Seminary Co-opOCTOBER 20235 – New York, Strand Book Store5 – New York, 92nd Street Y11 – Cambridge, Harvard Book Store18 – Nashville, Parnassus Books24 – Austin, BookPeople30 – Los Angeles, Book SoupFaith, Hope And Carnage covers Cave’s perspective and personal life over the six years following the death of his son, Arthur, who died in July 2015 at the age of 15. Cave also lost his 31-year-old son, Jethro Lazenby, earlier this year.Cave narrates the audiobook along with O’Hagan , which was recorded so that the listener – when wearing headphones – is hearing the speech as though they’re sitting between Cave and O’Hagan.Elsewhere, Cave has revealed that he’s currently “finishing” work on his new album with the Bad Seeds.Last year, Cave said he was planning on writing a new album once his touring commitments had wrapped up.Then, at the start of 2023, he confirmed that work was underway and shared some early lyric ideas for the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Ghosteen’.