There are few leaps in rock history as profound as the one Nick Cave has taken. Once the dark prince of alternative blues-punk and gothic fantasy, he has now transformed into something approaching a prophet-like presence. A Wild God if one will. And while Cave continues to explore grief, suffering, loss and death he now conjures a world also capable of providing comfort, joy and jubilation. Nowhere is this transformation clearer than on “Wild God”, an album where Cave and The Bad Seeds turn lament into light, and darkness into something strangely redemptive. And once again his band The Bad Seeds are fully present. Their sweeping arrangements and raw intensity grounding his vision in a sound that feels both cosmic and profoundly human.

Anyone that ever witnessed a show with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds knows that it’s a potentially life-altering experience. Less a concert than a ritual, Nick Cave invites participation as he converts sorrow into exaltation. With The Bad Seeds at his side, he turns the stage into a place of deep intimacy. A gathering where despair and beauty collide, where songs become prayers and the audience becomes his congregation. This summer, that communion will come alive at Way Out West!