{"id":2040596,"date":"2026-07-12T14:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2040596"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:04:06","slug":"nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-live-at-mad-cool-the-once-dark-lord-delivers-a-big-dose-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2040596","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool: the once-dark lord delivers a big dose of joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nick_cave_mad_cool_javierbragado-0F4A4627-031.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nick_cave_mad_cool_javierbragado-0F4A4627-031-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado\" title=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Live Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool: the once-dark lord delivers a big dose of joy<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Iberdrola Music arena, Madrid, Saturday July 11: \u201cFucking Spain\u201d gets taken to church, with the doors blown clean off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Andrew Trendell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-12T15:04:06+01:00\">12th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>\u201cGet ready for looooove<\/em>,\u201d bellows Nick Cave as he and his Bad Seeds drag us into Saturday night and use the closing hours of Mad Cool 2026 to take us to church and blow the bloody doors off with an explosive blues-rock opener. Grabbing the outstretched hands of his clamouring devotees as he balances from one to the other, resplendent in a pristine but unseasonable three-piece suit, Cave appears every bit the cult preacher man, returning the love in kind: \u201cThank you, Madrid. Thank you, fucking Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: \u201cThere\u2019s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFucking Spain\u201d and \u201cfucking Madrid\u201d will get repeated shout-outs throughout the evening. \u201cYou\u2019re awesome. This is beautiful,\u201d he beams after a feral outing of \u2018From Her To Eternity\u2019. Here we are in 2026, the once prince of darkness, the tortured poet, the Vampire\u2019s Wife\u2019s husband, grinning like a kid in a candy store. \u201c<em>Woo-wooooooo woo<\/em>!\u201d he makes the sound effects for mid-80s deep-cut \u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019, \u201c<em>In the name of paaaain<\/em>!\u201d Let the kid play.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It takes a special energy to bring such a sense of euphoria to this level of gloom, but Cave has been open about his journey from grief to open-heartedness via his Red Hand Files and every album he\u2019s made since the passing of his son Arthur, over a decade ago. For him and the Bad Seeds, this is all about exorcism and the celebration of the human spirit. You feel it in the growing celestial glow of \u2018Wild God\u2019 beckoning all to \u201c<em>BRING. YOUR. SPIRIT. DOWN.\u201d <\/em>You feel it as Warren Ellis contorts himself to hammer at his violin through the pained \u2018Oh Children\u2019, before strutting and thrusting his pelvis like some Rasputin-Elvis hybrid. You definitely feel it in every breath exhaled from the Bad Seeds\u2019 backing gospel choir, particularly when Janet Ramus comes to the front of the stage to take up PJ Harvey\u2018s part in \u2018Henry Lee\u2019 and really give it some fucking pipes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956543\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nick_cave_mad_cool_2_javierbragado-0A2A8459-013.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For every jet black booming thunderclap like \u2018Tupelo\u2019, there\u2019s a moment of reflection. \u2018Carnage\u2019 kicks off a slower section of the set which coincides with a mild exodus of British people finding a corner of the festival to watch the England vs Norway match in the World Cup, while the majority who remain for the sermon are rewarded in kind with a lesson in \u201ca tiny little world with a great big heart\u201d, \u2018Joy\u2019. A heavenly ode to better times for those who have \u201call had too much sorrow,\u201d the song seems to bring the glint of a tear to each of Cave\u2019s eyes. He\u2019s not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Through the gossamer tenderness of \u2018Rings Of Saturn\u2019 to the \u201clong, terrible, grotesque beautiful story\u201d of \u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You Henry\u2019, Cave and his travelling circus of fabulous freaks are in full crowd-pleasing mode with impish spirit. \u201cYou don\u2019t like that Super Mario t-shirt?\u201d he offers to a nearby fan, altering the lyrics to eternal goth banger \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019. \u201cHe\u2019ll get you a completely different new one\u201d. Imagine that, by order of the Peaky Blinders!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s only something of a dip in the meandering and cerebral \u2018Hollywood\u2019 filling up a large bit of the end of the set, but who else could get a clap-along going for something like \u2018The Weeping Song\u2019, bring Mad Cool to a teary delighted chorus for \u2018Into My Arms\u2019 or get us lost in the inescapable upward tornado of \u2018Jubilee Street\u2019. That\u2019s the song that captures what nights like this are for Cave and these Bad Seeds: \u201c<em>I\u2019m transforming, I\u2019m vibrating, look at me now!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nick_cave_mad_cool_3javierbragado-0A2A8358-008.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. 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Grabbing the outstretched hands of his clamouring devotees as he balances from one to the other, resplendent in a pristine but unseasonable three-piece suit, Cave appears every bit the cult preacher man, returning the love in kind: \u201cThank you, Madrid. Thank you, fucking Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: \u201cThere\u2019s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFucking Spain\u201d and \u201cfucking Madrid\u201d will get repeated shout-outs throughout the evening. \u201cYou\u2019re awesome. This is beautiful,\u201d he beams after a feral outing of \u2018From Her To Eternity\u2019. Here we are in 2026, the once prince of darkness, the tortured poet, the Vampire\u2019s Wife\u2019s husband, grinning like a kid in a candy store. \u201c<em>Woo-wooooooo woo<\/em>!\u201d he makes the sound effects for mid-80s deep-cut \u2018Train Long-Suffering\u2019, \u201c<em>In the name of paaaain<\/em>!\u201d Let the kid play.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It takes a special energy to bring such a sense of euphoria to this level of gloom, but Cave has been open about his journey from grief to open-heartedness via his Red Hand Files and every album he\u2019s made since the passing of his son Arthur, over a decade ago. For him and the Bad Seeds, this is all about exorcism and the celebration of the human spirit. You feel it in the growing celestial glow of \u2018Wild God\u2019 beckoning all to \u201c<em>BRING. YOUR. SPIRIT. DOWN.\u201d <\/em>You feel it as Warren Ellis contorts himself to hammer at his violin through the pained \u2018Oh Children\u2019, before strutting and thrusting his pelvis like some Rasputin-Elvis hybrid. You definitely feel it in every breath exhaled from the Bad Seeds\u2019 backing gospel choir, particularly when Janet Ramus comes to the front of the stage to take up PJ Harvey\u2018s part in \u2018Henry Lee\u2019 and really give it some fucking pipes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956543\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nick_cave_mad_cool_2_javierbragado-0A2A8459-013.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool 2026. Credit: Javier Bragado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For every jet black booming thunderclap like \u2018Tupelo\u2019, there\u2019s a moment of reflection. \u2018Carnage\u2019 kicks off a slower section of the set which coincides with a mild exodus of British people finding a corner of the festival to watch the England vs Norway match in the World Cup, while the majority who remain for the sermon are rewarded in kind with a lesson in \u201ca tiny little world with a great big heart\u201d, \u2018Joy\u2019. A heavenly ode to better times for those who have \u201call had too much sorrow,\u201d the song seems to bring the glint of a tear to each of Cave\u2019s eyes. He\u2019s not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Through the gossamer tenderness of \u2018Rings Of Saturn\u2019 to the \u201clong, terrible, grotesque beautiful story\u201d of \u2018Papa Won\u2019t Leave You Henry\u2019, Cave and his travelling circus of fabulous freaks are in full crowd-pleasing mode with impish spirit. \u201cYou don\u2019t like that Super Mario t-shirt?\u201d he offers to a nearby fan, altering the lyrics to eternal goth banger \u2018Red Right Hand\u2019. \u201cHe\u2019ll get you a completely different new one\u201d. Imagine that, by order of the Peaky Blinders!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s only something of a dip in the meandering and cerebral \u2018Hollywood\u2019 filling up a large bit of the end of the set, but who else could get a clap-along going for something like \u2018The Weeping Song\u2019, bring Mad Cool to a teary delighted chorus for \u2018Into My Arms\u2019 or get us lost in the inescapable upward tornado of \u2018Jubilee Street\u2019. 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Credit: Javier Bragado ReviewsLive Reviews Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds live at Mad Cool: the once-dark lord delivers a big dose of joy Iberdrola Music arena, Madrid, Saturday July 11: \u201cFucking Spain\u201d gets taken to church, with the doors blown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2040596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}