Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
-Chronology II-

05-Jan-96
UK London,Shoot for the "Henry Lee" promo music video
(Directed by Rory Schenck)

Photo 1: Screen capture from video.

Photo 2: Photo shoot on the film set by Dave Tonge.

Video: Official video.

Note 1: " “Fucking hell! That’s a one-take video. Nothing is rehearsed at all except we sit on this ‘love seat’. We didn’t know each other well, and this thing happens while we’re making the video. There’s a certain awkwardness, and afterwards it’s like, oh...” So you were beginning the relationship in this three-minute video? “Yeah, exactly.” " Nick Cave interviewed by Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian 23-Feb-2008.

Note 2: "Photographer Dave Tonge was commissioned by Mute Records to shoot the cover of the single , which provided a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of the promo video. According to Dave Tonge, the photoshoot took place on a freezing January afternoon. During the shoot, PJ Harvey appeared on set, creating an almost electric atmosphere. Tonge describes witnessing a palpable connection between the two artists: “Nick Cave stiffened, [...]. They laughed and joked together—these two were smokin’!” Their chemistry, both on and off-camera, was undeniable."(Source: fromthearchives.org)

Note 3: Camera by Lisa Rinzler. Rocky surname on the clapper board is written as "Scherick". Schenck had directed the "Where The Wild Roses Grow" promo music video the year before.

1996
UK London,Whitfield Street Recording Studios (@ 31 Whitfield Street). Mastering of the "Murder Ballads" album, as well as the "To Have And To Hold" soundtrack album. Engineered by Ray Staff.

Photo: Google street view April 2023.

Note 1: "Murder Ballads was mastered in England, as were many of Nick's later albums. They did a good job." from "Half Deaf, Complete Mad", a memoir by Tony Cohen with John Olson (2023) and "Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen", a book by Dale Blair. Also the "No More Shall We Part" album (2001) was mastered by Ray Staff here at Whitfield.

Note 2: CBS records opened their recording studios @ Whitfield street in September/October 1972 (serving as recording and mastering studio for Columbia and Epic artists). It was renamed The Hit Factory (1989-93), then Sony Music Studios (1993-2004) and Whitfield Street Studios (2004-2008). In November 2024, it became the location of the Virgin Group's London headquarters. The Stooges recorded their "Raw Power" album (1972) here, and The Clash their debut album (1977).

19-Jan-96
NZ Auckland-Mt Smart,Erisson Stadium -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Mercy/ Loverman-Jack The Ripper/ Red Right Hand/ Into My Arms/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ The Willow Garden/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ City Of Refuge.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Dirty Three play on a side stage. Howard Freeman is tour manager. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. Warren Ellis plays violin on "Mercy", "The Willow Garden" and "The Weeping Song".

21-Jan-96
AU Gold Coast,Parklands Showground -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy/ Loverman/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden / Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue)/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Poster: Photo of BDO poster.

Note: Dirty Three play on a side stage. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. The first time Kylie Minogue joins a Bad Seeds concert. Warren Ellis plays violin on "Mercy", "The Willow Garden" and "The Weeping Song".

25-Jan-96
AU Sydney-Moore Park,RAS Showgrounds-Main Arena -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt, Ed Kuepper,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me? (*)/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy( *)/ Loverman (*)/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand (*)(+)/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden / Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat.

Ad: Scan of ad from The Sydney Morning Herald 19-Jan-96.

Timetable: Scan of timetable from The Sydney Morning Herald 19-Jan-96.

Video: Track (+) "Red Right Hand" available on the "Ritual Habitual" BDO documentary film (2 hours) directed by Paul Goldman and Peter Critchley.

Note 1: Dirty Three play on a side stage. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. The second time Kylie Minogue joins a Bad Seeds concert. Tracks (*) broadcast by "Live At The Wireless" on Triple j FM-radio on 25-Mar-96. Warren Ellis plays violin on "Mercy", "The Willow Garden" and "The Weeping Song".

Note 2: The "Ritual Habitual" documentary has plenty of backstage Bad Seeds footage (some filmed by Nick Cave). Paul Goldman directed the famous "Nick The Stripper" (1982) video by the Birthday Party, the "In The Ghetto" (1984) video by The Bad Seeds, as well as several of Kylie Minogue's videos. "Ritual Habitual" was only issued once on VHS (1996) by PolyGram Video Australia.

28-Jan-96
AU Melbourne-Ascot Vale,RAS Showgrounds -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy/ Loverman/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (+)/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Age 26-Jan-96.

Article 1: Scan of article from The Age 29-Jan-96.

Article 2: Scan of article from The Age 30-Jan-96.

Article 3: Scan of article from The Age 04-Feb-96.

Timetable: Photo of timetable.

Video: Track (+) "Where The Wild Roses Grow" available on the "Ritual Habitual" BDO documentary film (2 hours) directed by Paul Goldman and Peter Critchley.

Note 1: Dirty Three play on the 3RRR side stage. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. Warren Ellis plays violin on "Mercy", "The Willow Garden", "The Weeping Song" and "Where The Wild Roses Grow". The third time Kylie Minogue joins a Bad Seeds concert.

Note 2: The "Ritual Habitual" documentary has plenty of backstage Bad Seeds footage (filmed by Nick Cave). Paul Goldman directed the famous "Nick The Stripper" (1982) video by the Birthday Party, the "In The Ghetto" (1984) video by The Bad Seeds, as well as several of Kylie Minogue's videos. It was only issued once on VHS (1996) by PolyGram Video Australia.

29-Jan-96
AU Release of "Murder Ballads" album (Mute records/Liberation Records).

02-Feb-96
AU Adelaide,Wayville Showground -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Mercy/ Loverman/ Red Right Hand/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Photo: Original photos, credit Rockvizion. Collection FTA.

Note: Dirty Three play on a side stage. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. Warren Ellis plays violin on "Mercy", "The Willow Garden" and "The Weeping Song".

04-Feb-96
AU Perth,Fremantle Oval,RAS Showgrounds -Big Day Out-Open Air festival #5 -Stage 2
[with Porno For Pyros, Rage Against The Machine, Dirty Three, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Mercy/ Red Right Hand/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden/ The Weeping Song/ Jack The Ripper/ The Mercy Seat (+).

Ad: Scan of ad.

Video: Track (+) "The Mercy Seat" available on the "Ritual Habitual" BDO documentary film (2 hours) directed by Paul Goldman and Peter Critchley.

Note 1: Dirty Three play on a side stage. The Bad Seeds are headliner on Stage 2. Warren Ellis plays violin on "The Mercy Seat".

Note 2: The "Ritual Habitual" documentary has plenty of backstage Bad Seeds footage (some filmed by Nick Cave). Paul Goldman directed the famous "Nick The Stripper" (1982) video by the Birthday Party, the "In The Ghetto" (1984) video by The Bad Seeds, as well as several of Kylie Minogue's videos. "Ritual Habitual" was only issued once on VHS (1996) by PolyGram Video Australia.

05-Feb-96
UK Release of "Murder Ballads" album (Mute records).

07-Feb-96
JP Release of "Murder Ballads" album (Mute records/Pony Canyon).

20-Feb-96
US Release of "Murder Ballads" album (Mute records/Reprise).

26-Feb-96
UK Release of "Henry Lee//King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O/Knoxville Girl" single (Mute records).

26-Feb-96
AU Release of "Henry Lee//King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O/Knoxville Girl" single (Mute records/Liberation Records).

23-Feb-96
UK London,Westway Studios
Channel 4 TV,The White Room
[with Pulp, Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz, ..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey).

Photo: Screen captures from TV broadcast.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note 1: Jim Slavunos drums and Thomas Wydler maracas on "Stagger Lee"; Jim Slavunos keyboards and Thomas Wydler drums on "Henry Lee". Broadcast on 24-Feb-96. Both tracks available on the "Ring Of Wild Roses" bootleg CD (1996).

Note 2: The White Room ran for 3 series from 01-Mar-95 through 23-Aug-96 and was hosted by Mark Radcliffe.

26-Feb-96
UK Manchester,BBC Radio 1
Mark Radcliffe-session

Setlist: Henry Lee/ O'Malley's Bar (acts 1-3).

Note: Without Blixa Bargeld.

29-Feb-96
FR Paris,Canal+ TV
Nulle Part Ailleurs

Setlist: Stagger Lee.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note: Jim Slavunos on drums and Thomas Wydler on maracas.

Feb/May-96
[BE Blixa Bargeld records the "Ende Neu" album with Einstürzende Neubauten].

05-May-96
RS Beograd,-

Note: Concert cancelled.

13-May-96
JP Tokyo-Shibuya-ku,Liquid Room

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ Mercy/ Loverman/ Red Right Hand/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Into My Arms/ I Let Love In/ Where The Wild Roses Grow/ Nobody's Baby Now/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ O'Malley's Bar/ Thirsty Dog/ The Ship Song/ From Her To Eternity.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Fifth tour of Japan, 5 dates.

14-May-96
JP Osaka,Imp Hall

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ I Let Love In/ Red Right Hand/ Christina The Astonishing/ Where The Wild Roses Grow/ Mercy/ Loverman/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Into My Arms/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Far From Me/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ O'Malley's Bar.

15-May-96
JP Nagoya,Club Quattro

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ I Let Love In/ Red Right Hand/ Christina The Astonishing/ Where The Wild Roses Grow/ Brother My Cup Is Empty/ Loverman/ The Good Son/ Into My Arms/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Far From Me/ Nobody's Baby Now/ O'Malley's Bar.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: "Far From Me" has Nick Cave on piano and Jim Sclavunus on organ. "Far From Me" would only be recorded during July/August at Abbey Road, London for the "The Boatman's Call" album.

16-May-96
JP Tokyo-Shibuya-ku,Liquid Room

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?/ The Good Son/ I Let Love In/ Loverman/ Christina The Astonishing/ Red Right Hand/ Far From Me/ Brother My Cup Is Empty/ Jangling Jack/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow/ Jack The Ripper/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Mercy/ Thirsty Dog.

17-May-96
JP Tokyo-Shibuya-ku,Liquid Room

Setlist: The Mercy Seat/ Red Right Hand/ Do You Love Me?/ The Good Son/ Far From Me/ Where The Wild Roses Grow/ I Let Love In/ Brother My Cup Is Empty/ Stagger Lee/ Loverman/ Christina The Astonishing/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Jangling Jack/ Mercy/ Jack The Ripper.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: "Far From Me" has Nick Cave on piano and Jim Sclavunus on organ. Far From Me" would be recorded during July/August at Abbey Road in London for the "The Boatman's Call" album.

19-May-96
JP Tokyo,A karaoke bar
Private party

28-Jun-96
DK Roskilde-Dyrskuepladsen,Orange stage -Open Air Festival
[with David Bowie, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sex Pistols, The Flaming Lips, Rage Against The Machine,...]

Setlist: The Mercy Seat (*)/ Stagger Lee/ Brother My Cup is Empty/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ Loverman/ I Let Love In (*)/ Do You Love Me?/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ From Her To Eternity.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan of review from Beat Nr.4 1996 (Source National Library Norway).

Video: Private video.

Note: First date on their European summer festival tour. In between live dates they would be recording "The Boatman's Call" in London. "From Her To Eternity" was interrupted by a powerfailure near the end of the song. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds.

30-Jun-96
IT Milano,Parco Aquatica
Sonoria -Open Air Festival
[with Dirty Three, Moby, Lush, ...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee (+)/ From Her To Eternity (+)/ Do You Love Me? (+)/ Brother My Cup is Empty (+)/ Red Right Hand/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Jack The Ripper/ Loverman/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Jangling Jack.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Video: Private video.

Note: Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds. Songs (+) broadcast by RAI 1 FM radio.

04-Jul-96
NO Kristiansand,Bendiksbukta
Quart -Open Air Festival
[with Motorpsycho,Pulp, Ministry, Beck, Massive Attack, Black Grape, Dirty Three]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ Loverman/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ Christina The Astonishing/ Brother My Cup is Empty/ Thirsty Dog.

Listing: Scan of listing from Natt & dag 1996 Nr. 5 (Source National Library Norway).

Review 1: Scan of review from Under dusken - student newspaper Trondheim, 1996 Nr. 9 (Source National Library Norway).

Review 2: Scan of review from Varden, 12-Jul-96 (Source National Library Norway).

Review 3: Scan of review (and interview with Blixa Bargeld) from Arbeiderbladet, 05-Jul-96 (Source National Library Norway).

Review 4: Scan of review from Hamar Dagblad, 10-Jul-96 (Source National Library Norway). Photo is from Roskilde 28-Jun-96.

Note: Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds. All but the last track released on the "Where The Wild Live Roses Grow" bootleg CD (Spider records, 1996).

06-Jul-96
FR Belfort,Base Nautique du Malsaucy -Scene A
Eurockéennes -Open Air Festival
[with Ministry, Lou Reed, Daft Punk, Frank Black, Beck, Patti Smith, ...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Brother My Cup Is Emtpy/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ Loverman/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey]/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ Thirsty Dog.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Video: Short excerpt broadcast by M6 TV "Rock Express" program. Short excerpt broadcast by MTV Europe.

Note: Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. There's a power failure on stage during "The Mercy Seat".

07-Jul-96
UK London,Royal Albert Hall
Poetry Olympics

Setlist: Nick Cave reads some of his lyrics and texts: Oh I Love You Much Too Much/ Dead Joe (*)/ The Mercy Seat/ I Should Be So Lucky (read by Kylie Minogue)/ Black Hair (*).

Photo 1: Screen capture from video.

Photo 2: Photos by Michael Putland (Getty Images).

Video: Video excerpt from Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections.

Note: Not a Bad Seeds concert. With Warren Ellis (*). "I did a poetry reading with Nick at the Royal Albert Hall and accompanied him on a couple of his songs. We did a version of the Birthday Party song 'Dead Joe,' where I played accordion, and 'The Mercy Seat' -and a new song called 'Black Hair' that's on his new record ["The Boatman's Call"] that I just recorded with him about a month ago." Warren Ellis interviewed by Amy Kiser for Westword 03-Oct-96.

Jul/Nov-96
UK London. Warren Ellis [Dirty Three] gradually becomes a full member of the Bad Seeds. Warren had guested on two albums ("Let Love In" in 1993 and "Murder Ballads" in 1995) and the band's live shows at the Big day Out (1996); Dirty Three had supported the Bad Seeds on several occasions (1994-1996); Nick Cave had joined Dirty Three at several concerts (1995) and guested on their recordings.

Jul-96
UK London,Abbey Road Studios-Studio 2. Recording for the "The Boatman's Call" album, and "Into My Arms" and "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" singles. Engineered by Paul -Corky- Corkett, assisted by Paul Hicks.

Photo: Google street view.

Note 1: "Flood [Mark Ellis, who was producing U2's "Pop" album in Dublin at the same time], recommended me to Nick Cave and Mick Harvey to record the band at Abbey Road Studio 2. Nick is an amazing songwriter and his band incredibly talented musicians and innovators Blixa Bargeld and Warren Ellis. I feel it is a timeless recording a modern classic. It will be listened to for hundreds of years." Engineer Paul Corkett (from Soundbetter.com) (Source: fromthearchives.org)

Note 2: Recording assistant Paul Hicks was one of the engneers involved in preserving The Beatles recordings, working hand-in-hand with George Martin in remixing and remastering their entire catalogue ("The Beatles In Mono" box set). This effort has won Hicks 3 Grammy Awards.

20-Jul-96
CH Bern-Hausberg,Auf dem Gurten,Gurten Open-Air Festival #13
[with Iggy Pop, Clawfinger, Coolio, The Levelers, The Dirty Three,...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Brother My Cup Is Emtpy/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ Loverman/ Jack The Ripper/ Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey)/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue)/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*).

Poster: Photo of poster.

Photo: Scan of photo from La tribune de Genève 22-Jul-96.

Review 1: Scan of review from L'Express 22-Jul-96.

Review 2: Scan of review from Neue Zürcher Zeitung 22-Jul-96.

Note: The Bad Seeds headline. The duets (with Polly and Kylie) were slightly marred by technical problems. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds.

26-Jul-96
SE Stockholm-Tullinge,Lida Friluftsgard
Lollipop Open-Air Festival
[with Beck, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Chemical Brothers, Dirty Three,...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee (+)/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Brother My Cup Is Emtpy/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ Loverman/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Jack The Ripper/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld vocals) (*)/ Black Betty [Leadbelly].

Review: Original review from Melody Maker 10-Aug-96.

Booklet: Scan of booklet with promo CD "Lollipop 96" (Waxegård 002).

Video: Excerpt (+) broadcast by ZITV on 24-Aug-96.

Note: Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds.

27-Jul-96
AT Wiesen-Schöllingstraße
Forestglade Open-Air Festival #2
[with Dirty Three, Skunk Anansie, The Pogues,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ The Good Son/ Red Right Hand/ Do You Love Me?/ Brother My Cup Is Emtpy/ Jack The Ripper/ I Let Love In/ Loverman/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Mercy (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld vocals) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*).

Note: Several songs were slightly marred by technical problems with the microphones. On this day, Conway Savage turned 36 years old. Nick Cave enticed the audience to sing "Happy Birthday" for him. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds.

Aug-96
UK London-Nothing Hill,Sarm West Studios (@ 10 Basing Street). Further recording and overdubbing sessions for the "The Boatman's Call" album, and "Into My Arms" and "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" singles. Engineered by Paul -Corky- Corkett, assisted by Paul Wright.

Photo: Google street view 2012.

Note: Sarm West was originally established by Chris Blackwell [Island Records] at a former church hall and later bought by Trevor Horn [ZTT]. This location closed down in 2013 and relocated to 105 Ladbroke Grove.

14-Aug-96
UK London-Brixton,The Academy
[with The Dirty Three]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me? (+)/ Red Right Hand/ Brother My Cup Is Emtpy/ Loverman/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Black Hair (*)/ Into My Arms (+)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (*)(+)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Jack The Ripper/ Little Empty Boat/ O'Malley's Bar.

Ad: Original advert from NME 27-Jul-96.

Video: Private video.

Note: Again Kylie Minogue joins for the duet. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds. Previewing 3 songs from the "The Boatman's Call" album. Tracks (+) released on the "Ring Of Wild Roses" bootleg CD (1997).

15-Aug-96
UK London-Brixton,The Academy
[with The Dirty Three]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Loverman/ Do You Love Me?/ Red Right Hand/ The Good Son/ From Her To Eternity/ Mercy (*)/ I Let Love In/ Into My Arms/ Black Hair/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Jack The Ripper/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ Thirsty Dog.

Ad: Original advert from Select magazine Jul-96.

Photo: Photos by Brian Rasic (Getty Images).

Review: Original review from NME 31-Aug-96.

Video: Private video.

Note: Again Kylie Minogue joins for the duet. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds. Previewing 3 songs from the "The Boatman's Call" album. Nick Cave's left hand is bandaged.

17-Aug-96
DE Köln-Ossendorf,Bützweiler Hof
Bizarre Open Air Festival
[with New Model Army, NOFX, Garbage, Skunk Anansie, The Dirty Three,...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Red Right Hand/ Brother My Cup Is Empty (+)/ Loverman (+)/ Mercy (*)(+)/ Your Funeral...My Trial (+)/ Black betty [Leadbelly]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals) (*)(+)/ The Weeping Song (*)(+)/ The Mercy Seat (*)(+)/ Nobody's Baby Now(+)/ Jack The Ripper (+).

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

Schedule: Scan of schedule.

Photo: WDR photos.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note 1: Dirty Three perform at 10:00 in the morning. The Bad Seeds headline, starting at 22:30. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds. Tracks(+) broadcast by WDR3 TV, Rockpalast, and WDR3 FM Radio. Rebroadcast on 15-Aug-98. Nick Cave's left hand is bandaged.

Note 2: Radio broadcast released on the "Ring Of Wild Roses" bootleg CD (1997). Reissued as "Bizarre Festival 1996" 2LP (2018) and "Bizarre Festival, Cologne, Germany 17th August 1996" LP (2022).

24-Aug-96
BE Hasselt-Kiewit,Pukkelpop Open Air Festival
[with Sonic Youth, The Offspring/ dEUS/ Supergrass, The Dirty Three,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ Red Right Hand/ Brother My Cup is Empty/ Loverman/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Mercy (*)/ The Willow Garden (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals) (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Jack The Ripper.

Review : Original review from Het Belang van Limburg 26-Aug-96. "Laughing Bad Seeds".

Photo: Original photo from De Standaard 26-Aug-96.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ticket: Original ticket, collection FTA.

Note: The Bad Seeds headline. Warren Ellis plays violin on selected songs (*) only. Warren Ellis performs both with Dirty Three and Bad Seeds.

25-Aug-96
BIH Sarajevo,-

Note: Concert cancelled.

06-Sep/12-Oct-96
[US/CAN Warren Ellis tours USA and Canada with Dirty Three. 30+ dates].

xx-Sep-96
UK North London-Crouch End,The Church Studios (@ 145H Crouch Hill). Mixing session for the "The Boatman's Call" album, and "Into My Arms" and "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" singles. Engineered by Flood (Mark Ellis), assisted by Chris Scard. Produced by Flood with the Bad Seeds.

Photo: Google street view 2024.

Note: At a former 1850s church, converted into a recording studio by Dave Stewart [Eurythmics] in the early 1980s.

17-Oct/13-Nov-96
[EU Warren Ellis tours Europe with Dirty Three]

21-Nov-96
AR Buenos Aires,Gran Teatro Opera
[with Reincidentes]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Brother My Cup is Empty/ Do You Love Me?/ The Good Son/ Jack The Ripper/ Loverman/ Mercy/ The Ship Song/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Nobody's Baby Now/ The Singer/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Thirsty Dog.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note 1: First time in Argentina. First of 3 shows.

Note 2: All Dirty Three's remaining dates (14/25-Nov-96) of their European tour are cancelled due to Warren Ellis's failing health. He is asked though by Nick Cave to join the Bad Seeds tour of Argentina and Chile instead. "They thought I had a stroke on the tour -I was in hospital. Then I broke out in all those boils, so it seemed like all the odds were against me. So we cancelled the rest of the [Dirty Three] tour. Then Nick [Cave] called me and said, 'Hey we're going to do a couple of dates in South America. Do you wanna come?' I said, 'I'm not really in showroom condition', and he said, 'Look, that's fine, just come along, have some fun.' So I went along to that." Warren Ellis [from Uncut magazine April 2015]. (Source: fromthearchives.org)

23-Nov-96
AR Buenos Aires,Estadio Ferro Carril
Rock & Pop Alternativo -Open Air Festival
[with Soda Stereo, Silverchair, Love and Rockets, Tracy Bonham,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Do You Love Me?/ Loverman/ Jack The Ripper/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ The Ship Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Ad: Photo of advert.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Second of 3 shows.

25-Nov-96
AR Buenos Aires,Discoteca Dr.Jekyll-Unplugged bar

Setlist: Foi Na Cruz/ Loverman/ Jack The Ripper/ Do You Love Me?/ Red Right Hand/ Deanna/ Stagger Lee/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ The Willow Garden/ The Weeping Song/ From Her To Eternity/ Your Funeral...My Trail/ Loom Of The Land/ Thirsty Dog/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Ad: Photo of generic advert.

Note: Third of 3 shows.

21-Nov-96
CL Santiago,Teatro Caupolicán/Monumental
Crazy Rock festival #2
[with Cypress Hill, Aterciopelados, Love & Rockets,...]

Setlist: Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Stagger Lee/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Loverman/ The Ship Song/ The Willow Garden/ The Mercy Seat.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note: First time in Chile. "Red Right Hand" was aborted, because the first few rows of people kept spitting on Nick Cave. Aterciopelados ended their set after 4 songs for the same reason. The Bad Seeds stopped their set early because the hostile audience kept screaming for Cypress Hill to take the stage. Above tracks broadcast on TV.

10-Feb-97
UK Release of "Into My Arms//Little Empty Boat/Right Now I'm A-Roaming" CDS/7" single (Mute records).

03-Mar-97
UK Release of "The Boatman's Call" album (Mute records).

03-Mar-97
AU Release of "The Boatman's Call" album (Liberation/Mute records).

04-Mar-97
FR Paris,Canal+ TV
Nulle Part Ailleurs

Setlist: Into My arms.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note: Nick Cave on his own.

03/08-Mar-97
[FR/UK Nick Cave is on a short book signing/reading tour].

11/29-Mar-97
[US/CAN Warren Ellis tours North America with Dirty Three].

xx-Mar-97
AU Melbourne-Cremorne,Sing Sing Studios (@ 9 Gordon Street). Mixing session for the "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" single. Songs mixed are "Black Hair (Band Version)" and "Babe, I Got You Bad". Engineered by Victor van Vugt (or Flood (Mark Ellis), assisted by David Davis.

Photo: Google street view.

Note: Mick Harvey also mixes his second Serge Gainsbourg album ("Pink Elephants") at Sing Sing at the same time, with Victor Van Vugt. In November 1995, the Bad Seeds recorded part of the "Murder Ballads" album at Sing Sing, as well as the soundtrack to John Hillcoat's "To Have And To Hold" film.

02/04-Apr-97
[UK Warren Ellis has 3 live gigs in London with Dirty Three].

22-Apr/01-May-97
[DE/AT Thomas Wydler tours Germany and Austria with Die Haut. Tour must have been shortened to allow Thomas to join the Bad Seeds tour].

1x-Apr-97
West-London,-

Note: Rehearsals for the upcoming tour. "We were rehearsing today [14-Apr-97] in fact. It's a tall order... we're trying to put the songs from the new album into a set, work on our older songs and do a different sort of concert. [...] We've been doing a similar type of concert for some time, so the idea with this tour is to do something different. We've tried to book venues around Europe that will suit the kind of concert we're trying to put together, but it's all guess work in a way: what will work and what kind of concert it will be. We're still not sure ourselves. As to whether the venues will suit the shows... you get faxed floor and seating plans, and then you have to decide from that. But we did know for sure that a 4000 capacity, standing room only, 'rock venue' wasn't going to be the right place. [...] It's certainly not an unplugged affair. It's just that the new material is reduced, and we're trying to play at a lower volume on stage, to give room for the newer songs. Unlike before, I'm only playing acoustic guitar on a couple of songs. The shows will be more controlled, for want of a better word. " Mick Harvey interviewed for The Witness #1 (Spring 1997).

25-Apr-97
FR Marseilles,Théâtre du Moulin

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Into My Arms/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ The Weeping Song/ Brompton Oratory/ The Mercy Seat/ Henry Lee/ Come Into My Sleep/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Note: Start of the 30-date European tour, often performing 2 consecutive days in the same city. On this tour "Henry Lee" is sung by Nick Cave only, Nick plays a Casiotone keyboard on "Brompton Oratory" and piano on "Into My Arms", Mick Harvey plays keyboard on "Far From Me", vibraphone/xylophone on "The Carny" and Warren Ellis plays accordion on "The Carny". Theatre capacity 1,500.

26-Apr-97
FR Nice,Théâtre du Verdure

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ Into My Arms/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Stagger Lee/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals).

Note: Theatre capacity 1,850.

28-Apr-97
FR Paris,Grand Rex Théâtre
[with Tarnation and Theo Hakola]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Note: Theatre capacity 2,800.

29-Apr-97
FR Paris,Grand Rex Théâtre
[with Tarnation and Theo Hakola]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ West Country Girl/ Into My Arms/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ The Weeping Song/ Henry Lee/ Mercy/ Come Into My Sleep/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Stagger Lee.

Ticket 1: Scan of ticket.

Ticket 2: Scan of ticket.

Note: Theatre capacity 2,800.

30-Apr-97
BE Brussel,Vorst Nationaal/Forest National
[with Theo Hakola]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ticket: Original ticket, collection FTA.

Review 1: Original review from Het Nieuwsblad 02-May-97."Rock lover kept wanting".

Review 2: Original review from De Standaard 02-May-97."Cave shines darkly".

Review 3: Original review from 02-May-97."How the NC&BS messed up".

Photo: Photos credit Gie Knaeps (Getty Images).

Video: 7,000 people, sold out the hall.

02-May-97
DE Hamburg,Congress Centrum Hamburg/CCH -Saal 1
[with Tarnation]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Nobody's Baby Now/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Come Into My Sleep/ Stagger Lee.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Short excerpt of the concert broadcast by VH1 TV, "360 Grad" program on 25-May-97. Hall capacity 3,000.

04-May-97
DE München,Circus Krone
[with Tarnation]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ The Ship Song.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Venue capacity 1,600.

05-May-97
DE München,Circus Krone
[with Tarnation]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ and .. Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee/ Do You Love Me?

Note: Venue capacity 1,600.

07-May-97
DE Stuttgart,Kultur und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
[with Theo Hakola]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ The Ship Song.

08-May-97
DE Bochum,Ruhrlandhalle

Note: Concert cancelled.

10-May-97
IT Bologna,Palazzo dei Congressi/Congress Center

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Note: Hall capacity 1,700.

11-May-97
IT Milano,Rolling Stone nightclub

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Note: Club capacity 2,250.

18-May-97
UK London-South Kensington,Royal Albert Hall
MTV Europe "Live 'n' Loud" session

Setlist: Into My Arms/ Brompton Oratory/ West Country Girl/ Far From me/ The Carny.

Photo: Screen captures fron TV broadcast.

Video: MTV "Live'n'Loud".

Note: Broadcast date 31-Aug-97.

19-May-97
UK Release of "(Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?" CDS/7" single (Mute records).

19-May-97
UK London-South Kensington,Royal Albert Hall
[with Tarnation and Tim Rose]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory (+)/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals) (+)/ The Mercy Seat/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ Do You Love Me? (-)

Review: Original review from The Independent 23-May-97.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Concert recorded by Dave Porter for Manor Mobile. Songs (+) released on the bonus disc "Live At The Royal Albert Hall" accompanying "The Best Of" CD album (Mute records 11-May-98). Mixed by Mick Harvey and Victor Van Vugt @ Sing Sing studios, Melbourne in 1998. Reissued as a separate release in 2008, with extra tracks (-). Theatre capacity 5,200.

19-May-97
UK London-South Kensington,Royal Albert Hall
(after party)

Photo: Photo credit Piers Allardyce for Melody Maker.

Note: Other guests attending are Jarvis Cocker, Michael Hutchence, Kylie Minogue, and actors Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane.

20-May-97
UK London-South Kensington,Royal Albert Hall
[with Tarnation]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour (+)/ Stranger Than Kindness (+)/ Red Right Hand (+)/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody's Baby Now/ I Let Love In (+)/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee (+)/ The Weeping Song (+)/ The Ship Song (+)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Kylie Minogue on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone].

Listing: Orginal listing from Melody Maker 17-May-97.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note 1: Concert recorded by Dave Porter for Manor Mobile. Songs (+) released on the bonus disc "Live At The Royal Albert Hall" accompanying "The Best Of" CD album (Mute records 11-May-98). Mixed by Mick Harvey and Victor Van Vugt @ Sing Sing studios, Melbourne in 1998. Reissued as a separate release in 2008, with extra tracks.

Note 2: Kylie Minogue guests on "Where The Wild Roses Grow". Theatre capacity 5,200.

22-May-97
PL Warszawa,Palace of Culture and Science-Sala Kongresowa/Congress Hall

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Ship Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Photo: Photo credit Jacek Katos.

Note: First time in Poland for the Bad Seeds. "Some audience members took the stage, and The Bad Seeds continued playing —much to the dismay of the organizers and the Congress Hall authorities. Cave danced with the girls, ran through the audience, and actually encouraged guests to actively participate in the event!" Tomek Beksinski's impressions from "Tylko Rocka" #8 (Only Rock), 1997. Hall capacity 2,900.

23-May-97
PL Warszawa,Palace of Culture and Science-Sala Kongresowa/Congress Hall

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody's Baby Now/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Stagger Lee.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Hall capacity 2,900. "This night heavy security was present in front of the stage. During "The Weeping Song" someone ran onto the stage and danced the entire song, and while one of the security guards escorted him back, Nick ensured it was done politely. Then he embraced a girl and danced "The Ship Song" with her, continuing to sing." from Koncertyw.pl

01-Jun-97
DE Berlin-Mitte,Friedrichstadtpalast
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Ticket: Scan of ticket, sourced from Rock In Berlin.

Note: Hall capacity 1,900.

02-Jun-97
DE Berlin-Mitte,Friedrichstadt-Palast
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me (+)/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand (+)/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody's Baby Now (+)/ I Let Love In/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Stagger Lee/ The Ship Song.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Songs (+) released on the "Duende" bootleg CD (1999). Hall capacity 1,900.

04-Jun-97
CZ Praha,Kongresové Centrum/Congress Hall
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me (+)/ Lime Tree Arbour (+)/ Stranger Than Kindness (+)/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Songs (+) broadcast by Czech TV. Venue capacity 2,700.

05-Jun-97
CZ Praha,Kongresové Centrum/Congress Hall
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Note: Venue capacity 2,700.

06-Jun-97
AT Wien,Kurhalle Oberlaa

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy (-)/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone] (-)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat (-)/ Do You Love Me? (-)/ The Ship Song (-).

Note: All songs, except (-) released on the "The Mercy Seat (Live In Vienna)" bootleg CD (1997). Hall capacity 1,750.

08-Jun-97
HR Zagreb,KD Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Hall capacity 1,800.

09-Jun-97
HR Zagreb,KD Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
[with Lazuli]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ West Country Girl/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Brompton Oratory/ Stranger Than Kindness/ I Let Love In/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Stagger Lee/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ The Ship Song.

Ad: Scan of advert.

Note: Hall capacity 1,800.

11-Jun-97
HU Budapest,Erkel Színház/Theatre
[with Robert Forster]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Photo: Photo credit Morpho.

Note: Theatre capacity 1,800.

12-Jun-97
HU Budapest,Erkel Színház/Theatre
[with Robert Forster]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody'a Baby Now/ I Let Love In/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Jack The Ripper/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ The Ship Song/ Stagger Lee/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Do You Love Me?

Note: Theatre capacity 1,800.

14-Jun-97
SE Hultsfred,Hultsfreds Hembygdspark -Open Air Festival
[with Supergrass, Daft Punk, David Thomas & Two Pale Boys,...]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song.

Ad: Photo of advert.

Review: Scan of review from Glåmdalen 17-Jun-97 (Source National Library Norway). "Cave & Co gave a magnificient performance in Hultsfred".

Video: Private video.

15-Jun-97
NL Amsterdam,RAI Congrescentrum
[with Robert Forster]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

16-Jun-97
NL Amsterdam,RAI Congrescentrum
[with Robert Forster]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ West Country Girl/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Brompton Oratory/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Black Hair/ I Let Love In/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

27-Jun-97
DK Roskilde,Dyrskuepladsen,Green stage-Open Air Festival
[with The Go Betweens, 16 Horsepower, Pavement, David Byrne, Suede, ...]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Do You Love Me?/ Brompton Oratory/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ Red Right Hand/ I Let Love In/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone].

Ad: Photo of advert.

Schedule: Photo of schedule.

Review 1: Scan of review from Arbeiderbladet 28-Jun-97. (Source National Library Norway).

Review 2: Scan of review from Bergensavisen 29-Jun-97. (Source National Library Norway).

Note: Third time at Roskilde. The Bad Seeds are 5th to last on the bill.

28-Jun-97
FI Turku,Ruissalo Island
Ruisrock -Open Air Festival
[with Sting, Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie,...]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Do You Love Me?/ Brompton Oratory/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ Red Right Hand/ I Let Love In/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song.

Photo: Photo credit Hobo.

29-Jun-97
NO Oslo-Kalvoya,Main stage
Open air festival
[with The Prodigy, Skunk Anansie,...]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Do You Love Me?/ Brompton Oratory/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ Red Right Hand/ I Let Love In/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat.

Review 1: Scan of review from Telemarksavisa 30-Jun-97. (Source National Library Norway).

Review 2: Scan of review from Hamar Dagblad 30-Jun-97. (Source National Library Norway).

30-Aug/14-Oct-97
[EU Blixa Bargeld tours Europe with Einstürzende Neubauten].

03/07-Nov-97
[US Warren Ellis tours North America with Dirty Three].

21-Nov-97
AU Melbourne-City,The Forum Theatre

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Black Hair/ The Carny/ People Ain't No Good/ West Country Girl/ Nobody's Baby Now/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ Stagger Lee.

Review: Scan of review from The Age 24-Nov-97.

Note: 1,200 attended. Start of a 10-date Australian tour. "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

22-Nov-97
AU Melbourne-Elsternwick,Ripponlea,ABC TV studios
Recovery - live in the studio
[with Midnight Oil, Regurgitator,..]

Setlist: xxxxx.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Sydney Morning Herald 22-Nov-97.

Note: Broadcast "live-to-air" (from 9AM to 12PM following the overnight video clip program, Rage). "Recovery" was a Saturday morning TV program that ran from 20 April 1996 till 29 April 2000 on ABC TV (AU).

22-Nov-97
AU Melbourne-City,The Forum Theatre

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: 1,200 attended. "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

23-Nov-97
AU Melbourne-City,The Forum Theatre

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Nobody's Baby Now/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals).

Ad: Scan of ad from The Age 24-Oct-97.

Review: Scan of review from The Age 30-Nov-97.

Note: 1,200 attended. "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

25-Nov-97
AU Sydney-CBD,The State Theatre

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Nobody's Baby Now/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ The Ship Song.

Review: Scan of review from Sydney Morning Herald 27-Nov-97.

Note: "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

26-Nov-97
AU Sydney-CBD,The State Theatre

Setlist: Lime Tree Arbour/ People Ain't No Good/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Far From Me/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Kylie Minogue on vocals)/ The Weeping Song/ Still Your Face Comes Shining Through (Kylie Minogue on vocals)/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song.

Ad: Scan of ad from Sydney Morning Herald.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Kylie Minogue guests on "Where The Wild Roses Grow" and "Still Your Face Comes Shining Through". The latter was first performed at Nick Cave's first solo performance at London's Jazz Café on 11-Oct-97, also with Kylie guesting on vocals; some of the lyrics were later recycled in the "Breathless" song. "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

27-Nov-97
AU Sydney,St Andrew's Cathedral
Michael Hutchence's funeral
(afternoon 2:30PM)

Setlist: Into My Arms (Nick Cave solo).

Article 1: Scan of article from Sydney Morning Herald 28-Nov-97.

Article 2: Scan of article from The Age 28-Nov-97.

Note: In the morning of 22-Nov-97 Michael Hutchence was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, he was 37. The funeral was attended by 600 people, including Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue and Helena Christensen. The funeral was broadcast live on Australian television. Nick Cave had requested that television cameras be switched off as he sang "Into My Arms". Nick Cave is godfather to Michael's daughter, Tiger Lily.

27-Nov-97
AU Sydney-CBD,The State Theatre
(evening)

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Your Funeral...My Trial/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

CD: Front cover of the "The Boatman's Call: Australian Tour Nov/Dec 1997" CDEP. Only available in Australia as a free disc with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' albums, coinciding with the tour.

Note: "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

29-Nov-97
AU Brisbane,Festival Hall

Setlist: Lime Tree Arbour/ People Ain't No Good/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Far From Me/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Kylie Minogue on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Stagger Lee.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Kylie Minogue guests on "Where The Wild Roses Grow". "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

01-Dec-97
AU Perth,Belvoir Amphitheatre
[with Ed Kuepper]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ People Ain't No Good/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

03-Dec-97
AU Adelaide,Thebarton Theatre

Setlist: Lime Tree Arbour/ People Ain't No Good/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Far From Me/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Do You Love Me?/ The Ship Song.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

06-Dec-97
AU Melbourne-CBD,Regent Theatre

Setlist: Lime Tree Arbour/ People Ain't No Good/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Far From Me/ The Carny/ Black Hair/ West Country Girl/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ I Let Love In/ Mercy/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ The Weeping Song/ Do You Love Me?/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song.

Ad: Scan of ad from The Age 24-Oct-97.

Note 1: 2,300 attended. "Black Hair" is just Nick Cave on vocals and piano.

Note 2: " 'Australia was a very difficult tour.' he winces, 'difficult even beyond Michael [Hutchence] dying. There was a lot of nonsense going on that made the whole tour difficult.' " Nick Cave interviewed by Roy Wilkinson for Q magazine, March 1998.(Source: fromthearchives.org)

26-Mar/02-Apr-98
[UK/FR Warren Ellis tours England and France with Dirty Three].

07-Apr/03-May-98
[AU Warren Ellis tours Australia with Dirty Three].

Apr-98
[DE Blixa Bargeld records the "Silence Is Sexy" album with Einstürzende Neubauten].

06-May-98
FR Paris,Canal+ TV
Nulle Part Ailleurs

Setlist: The Mercy Seat.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Video: TV broadcast.

Note: Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three.

08-May/25-Jun-98
[US/CAN Warren Ellis tours North America with Dirty Three].

08-May-98
UK London,BBC 2 TV,Later... (with Jools Holland)-Series 11/Episode 4 Episode 2 of 6
[with Page & Plant, Natalie Imbruglia, Gomez, Terry Callier and Beth Orton]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Video: TV Broadcast.

Note: Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three.

10-May-98
UK London-Fitzrovia,XFM FM Radio (@ 97 Charlotte Street)
The Carve-Up (hosted by Keith Cameron show)

Setlist: Brompton Oratory/ Into My Arms/ Lime Tree Arbour/The Mercy Seat (+).

Line-up: Nick Cave (vocals), Mick Harvey (guitar), Martyn P. Casey (bass), Conway Savage (piano) and Thomas Wydler (percussion). Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three.

Note: Radio session broadcast on 11-May-98.Keith Cameron hosted his radio show from September 1997 until August 1998. Track (+) released on the V/A "The Carve-UP" compilation CD (1999).

10-May-98
UK London-SoHo,Astoria 2/LA2
[with The Mood Swingers, Conway Savage & Mick Harvey & Martyn P. Casey]

Setlist: Deanna/ Do You Love Me?/ The Weeping Song/ Into My Arms/ Red Right Hand (*)/ Tupelo/ From Her To Eternity/ The Ship Song/ Nobody's Baby Now/ The Mercy Seat.

Ticket: Photo of ticket from @Cosmo.dias.

Review 1: Original review from De Standaard 12-May-98. (Photo is not from this concert).

Review 2: Scan of review from The Independent 19-May-98.

Note 1: Free entrance show on a Sunday night. 1,000 attended. One song (*) is dedicated to Nick's son Luke, who on this day had his 7th birthday, and another (+) to Shane MacGowan. In attendance are also Anton Corbijn, Shane McGowan and PJ Harvey. Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three.

Note 2: The Mood Swingers were Jim Sclavunos, Thomas Wydler and Beate Bartel). Conway Savage & Mick Harvey & Martyn P. Casey did covers of "Mother of Earth" [The Gun Club], "Double Dare" [Hoyt Axton] and "Come Into My Sleep".

11-May-98
UK Release of "The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds" album (Mute records).

19-May-98
FR Paris,Salle Le Réservoir
Black Session -Season 7 #126

Setlist: Lime Tree Arbour/ I Let Love In/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Do You Love Me?/ Into My Arms/ The Ship Song/ The Mercy Seat/ Brompton Oratory.

Audio: Blacksession.fr

Note: Broadcast live-to-air by France Inter FM Radio. Presented by Bernard Lenoir. Re-broadcast on the 30-May-06. Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three. Blixa Bargeld replaced by James Johnston [Gallon Drunk]. All tracks released on the bootleg CD "Darkness".

24-May-98
UK VH1 TV,Talk Music (hosted by Pip Dann)

Setlist: Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity.

Note: Without Warren Ellis, who was touring North America with Dirty Three.

02/08-Jun-98
[EU Blixa Bargeld tourGermany/Switzerland with his solo "Speech" performance].

28-Jun-98
UK Somerset-Worthy Farm,Glastonbury,Pyramid Stage - Open Air festival
[with Pulp, Bob Dylan, Sonic Youth, Tony Bennett,...]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ I Let Love In/ Brompton Oratory The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song.

Ad: Scan of advert.

Photo 1: Photo credit Edd Westmacott. (Alamy photo images).

Photo 2: Nick Cave meets Bob Dylan. Photo credit Bleddyn Butcher.

Video: Video.

Note: Warren Ellis just returned from a North America with Dirty Three. Start of a 13-date European (festival) tour. The Bad Seeds are next to last on the bill. The band uses Tony Clark's painting as backdrop on stage. All tracks broadcast by BBC Radio 6 FM and BBC TV.

01-Jul-98
PT Porto,Estádio/Rockódromo das Antas
Imperial ao Vivo - Open Air festival
[with James, Moby, Pulp, Cornershop, Ben Folds Five,...]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ I Let Love In/ Brompton Oratory/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna.

Poster: Photo of poster.

02-Jul-98
DK Odense-Ringe,Dyrskuepladsen
Midtfyns - Open Air festival
[with Pulp, Disneyland After Dark,...]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ Red Right Hand/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stagger Lee/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In (*)/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ From Her To Eternity/ The ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals) (*)/ Deanna.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Video: TV broadcast 1 and TV broadcast 2 and TV broadcast 3.

Note: Tracks (*) broadcast by Danish TV.

04-Jul-98
BE Torhout,Main Stage -Open Air festival
[with Beastie Boys, Björk, Therapy?, Garbage, Texas, Tori Amos,...]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Tupelo/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ I Let Love In/ Brompton Oratory/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses grow (Blixa Bargeld) (*)/ Deanna.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Original review from De Morgen 06-Jul-98, collection FTA.

Note: Track (*) broadcast by Studio Brussel FM radio -All Areas. Bad Seeds are third to last on the bill. Open air festival organised from 1977-1998 at two locations in Belgium, just 130kms apart. The same bands performed on each day. Since 1999 only Rock Werchter is still active.

05-Jul-98
BE Werchter,Main Stage -Open Air festival
[with Beastie Boys, Björk, Therapy?, Garbage, Texas, Tori Amos,...]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Tupelo/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand (+)/ Nobody's Baby Now (+)/ Brompton Oratory (+)/ The Mercy Seat (+)/ The Weeping Song (+)(*)/ The Ship Song (+)/ Into My Arms (+)/ Where The Wild Roses grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna.

Handbill: Original handbill, collection FTA.

Review: Original review from Het Nieuwsblad 06-Jul-98, collection FTA.

Video: TV broadcast (Bad Seeds @ 38:30) on VRT Ketnet TV.

Note: Track (*) broadcast by Studio Brussel FM radio -All Areas. Tracks (+) broadcast by KRO FM -Leidsekade Live. Bad Seeds are third to last on the bill. Open air festival organised from 1977-1998 at two locations in Belgium, just 130kms apart. The same bands performed on each day. Since 1999 only Rock Werchter is still active.

10-Jul-98
IT Venezia/Jesolo-Lido,Stadio Comunale Armando Picchi
Beach Bum Open Air festival
[with The Prodigy, Stuck Mojo, Senser, Dust Junkys,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ I Let Love In (*)/ Brompton Oratory/ Black Betty [Leadbelly]/ Deanna/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song (*)/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Tracks (*) broadcast by TMC2 TV -Showcase on 08-Jan-99.

11-Jul-98
ES Andorra-Escallare,El Pla de Santa Maria -Espot/Sputnik stage
Doctor Music Open Air festival
[with Bob Dylan, Stuck Mojo,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee (*)/ Henry Lee (*)/ Lime Tree Arbour (*)/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ I Let Love In/ Brompton Oratory/ The Weeping Song/ The Mercy Seat/ The Ship Song/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Into My Arms/ Deanna/ Black Betty [Leadbelly].

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan of review from Rockdelux 155 (Sep-98).

Video: TVE3 broadcast.

Note: Tracks (*) broadcast by TVE3. Setlist not in proper running order.

14-Jul-98
GR Athina-Piraeus,Freattyda beach
Rockwave Open Air festival
[with Trypes, Moby, Cornershop,..]

Setlist: Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Do You Love Me?/ From Her To Eternity/ Red Right Hand/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Brompton Oratory/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Jack The Ripper/ I Let Love In.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Photo: Photos by Vassilis D. Gonis.

16-Jul-98
RU Mockba,DK Gorbushka/Gorbunov Palace of Culture

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me? (*)/ West Country Girl/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand (*)/ Stagger Lee/ Brompton Oratory/ From Her To Eternity (*)/ Henry Lee (*)/ I Let Love In/ The Mercy Seat (*)/ The Weeping Song (*)/ Lime Tree Arbour (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna (*)/ The Ship Song (*)/ Into My Arms (*)/ Tupelo/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Photo: Photo credit Orvlov.

Video: TV broadcast by Moscow TV6 on 17-Jul-98.

Note: First time in Russia. Setlist not in this running order. Tracks (*) broadcast by Moscow TV6.

17-Jul-98
RU Mockba,DK Gorbushka/Gorbunov Palace of Culture

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ West Country Girl/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ The Mercy Seat/ Henry Lee/ Into My Arms/ I Let Love In/ Stagger Lee/ The Ship Song/ The Weeping Song/ (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?/ Brompton Oratory/ Deanna/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals).

Poster: Photo of poster.

18-Jul-98
RU St.Petersburg,BKZ Oktyabrsky

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Deanna/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals).

22-Jul-98
DE Bonn,Museumsplatz
Open Air concert

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Tupelo/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

25-Jul-98
FR Saint-Nolff,Site de Kerboulard
Week-end Open Air festival
[with Portishead, Louise Attaque, Stereophonics, 16 Horsepower, ...]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ Hanry Lee/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms.

Poster: Photo of poster.

27-Jul-98
IL Tel Aviv,Cinerama

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Tupelo/ Nobody's Baby Now.

28-Jul-98
IL Haifa,City Hall

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Stagger Lee/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Nobody's Baby Now.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

01-Aug-98
JP Tokyo,Bayside Square
Fuji Rock Open Air festival -White stage (17:40-18:40)
[with Iggy Pop, Shonen Knife, Björk, Beck, Elvis Costello, Sonic Youth, Garbage,...]

Setlist: Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Stagger Lee/ I Let Love In/ Brompton Oratory/ From Her To Eternity (*)/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Photo: Photo credit unknown.

Note: The Bad Seeds are next to last on the bill. Track (*) released on the V/A "Fuji Rock Festival '98 In Tokyo Live" 2CD (Polydor 1998). All songs, except "Brompton Oratory" released on the "Fuji Rock Festival" bootleg CD (2020) and the "From Her To Tokyo" bootleg LP (2021).

14/22-Aug-98
[UK Warren Ellis tours the UK with Dirty Three].

04-Sep-98
IE County Cork-Skibbereen,Liss Ard estate
Poetry & Music festival #2
[with Dirty Three]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Note: The arts festival ran for five days. September 4 was curated by Nick Cave. In 1997 and 1999 Nick Cave was also part of the festival's line-up. Cave often used the Liss Ard estate as a place to 'dry-out'.

07-Sep-98
US MA,Boston,Roxy Nightclub
[with Come]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Boston Phoenix 04-Sep-98.

Review: Scan of review from The Boston Globe 09-Sep-98.

Note: Start of their 8th North American tour. 12 dates. Roxy club capacity 1,300.

08-Sep-98
US NY,New York City-Manhattan,Beacon Theater
[with Congo Norvell]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Stagger Lee/ Henry Lee.

Review 1: Scan of review from Newsday 10-Sep-98.

Review 2: Original review from NME 03-Oct-98, collection FTA.

Article: Scan of article from The Record 04-Sep-98.

Note: Sold-out show with 2,900 attending.

09-Sep-98
US DC,Washington,9:30 Club
[with Gunga Din]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Note: After 31-Dec-95, the 9:30 club moved from its old location (The Atlantic Building at 930 F Street) to its current @ 815 V Street. Club capacity 1,200.

10-Sep-98
US NY,New York City-Manhattan,Ed Sullivan Theater (@ 1697 Broadway)
CBS TV - Late Show with David Letterman
Season 6/Episode 10-Show #1075

Setlist: Into My Arms.

Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 11-Sep-98.

Line-up: Nick Cave (vocals, piano), Martyn P. Casey (bass) and Thomas Wydler (percussion).

Note: Broadcast on 11-Sep-98. "The Late Show" debuted on 30-Aug-93, it's final episode aired on 20-May-15. Davis Letterman hosted late night talk shows for NBC TV from 1976-1980 ("The David Letterman Show") and 1982-1993 ("Late Night with David Letterman").

11-Sep-98
CA PQ,Montréal,Théatre L'Olympia
[with Freakwater]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Jack the Ripper/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Poster: Photo of poster (sourced from MCPA).

Review: Scan of review from The Gazette 12-Sep-98.

Note: 1,150 attended.

12-Sep-98
CA ON,Toronto,The Phoenix Concert Theatre
[with Freakwater]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Tupelo/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody's Baby Now/ From Her To Eternity/ I Let Love In/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ West Country Girl/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Jack the Ripper/ Stagger Lee.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Globe and Mail 12-Sep-98.

Note: Theatre capacity 1,350.

13-Sep-98
US IL,Chicago,The Metro
[with Low]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Tupelo/ Brompton Oratory/ Nobody's Baby Now/ From Her To Eternity/ I Let Love In/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Review: Scan of review from Chicago Tribune 16-Sep-98.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Theatre capacity 1,100. Sold-out show.

15-Sep-98
US WA,Seattle,Fifth Avenue
[with Low]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Tupelo/ Henry Lee/ Stagger Lee.

Poster: Poster designed by Justin Hampton.

Review: Scan of review from The Rocket 23-Sep-98.

Note: "This poster was created for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for a show at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle. This gig got pretty rowdy. Nick told an audience member to defy a security guard who tried to stop him from leaving his seat and approaching the stage [during "From Her To Eternity"]. Nick welcomed the guy to come up and dance in front of the stage. Once he did, people rushed the stage to do the same. Security couldn’t stop them. Chairs were ripped out of the floor and ruined. Afterward, the 5th Ave Theater announced they’d never host another rock concert, and they haven’t since 1998." From Justin Hampton's "Visual Feast" (2025). Theatre capacity 2,100. Sold-out show.

16-Sep-98
US CA,San Francisco,Warfield Theater
[with Clovis de la Foret]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Tupelo/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee.

Ad: Scan of ad from The San Francisco Examiner 13-Sep-98.

Article: Scan of article The San Francisco Examiner 13-Sep-98.

Note: Theatre capacity 2,400.

17-Sep-98
US CA,San Francisco,Warfield Theater
[with 16 Horsepower]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Tupelo/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Into My Arms/ Henry Lee/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Deanna/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Stagger Lee/ The Ship Song/ Your Funeral...My Trial.

Ad: Scan of ad from The San Francisco Examiner 13-Sep-98.

Note: Theatre capacity 2,400.

18-Sep-98
US CA,Los Angeles,Wiltern Theater
[with 16 Horsepower]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Stranger Than Kindness/ Red Right Hand/ From Her To Eternity/ West Country Girl/ Brompton Oratory/ I Let Love In/ Do You Love Me?/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ The Ship Song/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Deanna (*)/ Henry Lee/ Stagger Lee.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 30-Jul-98.

Article: Scan of article from LA Weekly 24-Sep-98.

Photo: Photo credit Jim Steinfeldt (Getty Images).

Note: Theatre capacity 2,300. Sold-out show. Track (*) with Donita Sparks and Dee Plakas [both L7] on guest vocals.

21-Sep-98
US LA,New Orleans,House of Blues
[with Low]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Tupelo/ Brompton Oratory/ West Country Girl/ From Her To Eternity/ I Let Love In/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ Into My Arms/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Jack The Ripper/ Henry Lee/ Stagger Lee.

Listing: Scan of listing from the News-Star 04-Sep-98.

Note: Club capacity 1,000. First time in New Orleans (not counting the Lollapalooza stop).

22-Sep-98
US NY,New York City-Manhattan,Irving Plaza
[with Gunga Din]

Setlist: Far From Me/ Do You Love Me?/ Lime Tree Arbour/ Red Right Hand/ Tupelo/ Brompton Oratory/ West Country Girl/ From Her To Eternity/ I Let Love In/ The Mercy Seat/ The Weeping Song/ Nobody's Baby Now/ Into My Arms/ Where The Wild Roses Grow (Blixa Bargeld on vocals)/ Henry Lee/ Stagger Lee/ Plain Gold Ring [Nina Simone]/ Jack The Ripper.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 22-Sep-98.

Note: Final date of the North American tour.

Sep-98/Aug-00
[The Bad Seeds take a two-year break, resuming work only by August 2000 with the start of the "No More Shall We Part" album recording sessions in London].

25/28-Sep-98
[AT Nick Cave lectures at the Schule für Dichtung, Vienna on "The Love Song & How to Write One"].

19-Nov/19-Dec-98
[EU Warren Ellis tours Europe with Dirty Three].

07-Dec-98/04-Jan-99
[US/CAN Blixa Bargeld tours North America with Einstürzende Neubauten].

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