Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Image credit: Megan Cullen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce Wild God outdoor park shows

The Australian and New Zealand tour will take place in parks throughout January and February.

The Australian Prince of Darkness, Nick Cave with his band The Bad Seeds will be celebrating his 2024 album Wild God with a return to the stage.

Whilst Cave has collaborated live with Warren Ellis and Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood, it is the first concert with The Bad Seeds outfit since 2017. The tour will see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds play in six cities with three homecoming shows announced at Melbourne’s Alexandra Gardens across the weekend of Friday 30, Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Wild God tour

• Saturday 17 January 2026 – Fremantle Park, Perth
• Tuesday 20 January 2026 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
• Friday 23 January and Saturday 24 January 2026 – The Domain Sydney
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 – Victoria Park, Brisbane
• Friday 30 January, Saturday 31 January, and Sunday 1 February 2026 – Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne
• Thursday 5 February and Friday 6 February 2026 – TSB Arena, Wellington

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Of the upcoming tour, Cave comments, “I can’t wait to get to Australia and New Zealand with The Bad Seeds and to bring you our epic Wild God show,” Cave said. “It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve missed both Australia and New Zealand very much. It will be a wild and mighty joy.”

The tour sees Cave and co dive into his latest offering Wild God. Wild God, the eighteenth studio album from the Australian rock band as released on 30 August 2024 on PIAS, continued the band’s acclaim, earning two nominations at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance for track ‘Song of the Lake’. Locally, the album was also nominated for the 2024 Australian Music Prize, and was shortlisted for Best LP/EP at the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards.

The tour further sees the band tap into their celebrated discography across two and a half hours including the 2019 Ghosteen, 2016’s Skeleton Tree, and fan favourites Let Love In, Murder Ballads, and The Boatman’s Call which produced haunting single ‘Into My Arms’.

Tickets to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in this special concert performance go on sale Friday 29 August at 10am local time. For further information, head here.