Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds pull the plug on North American tour


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing at Manchester Arena (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing at Manchester Arena (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have pulled the plug on the North American tour which would have taken place during September and October.

“We have taken the difficult decision to cancel the upcoming Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds North American 2020 Tour,” a social media message confirmed. “Tickets purchased will be refunded in full. We are working hard on plans to return to the US and Canada in 2021, and will announce details this fall.”




Plans are already in place for a European tour in 2021, including UK and Ireland gigs in Birmingham, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin and Cardiff.

Tour dates:

April 2021
10 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
11 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK
15,16 – The O2, London, UK
18 – First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
20 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
21 – Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
23,24 – 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
26 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
28 – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
29 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany

May 2021
1,2 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
4 – Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
5 – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
7 – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany
8 – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
10 – Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland
12 – Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
13 – László Papp Budapest Sportaréna, Budapest, Hungary
15 – Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
17 – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
19 – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
20 – Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
23 – WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
24 – Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
27 – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
28 – Zénith Toulouse Métropole, Toulouse, France
31 – Rome Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy

June 2021
3 – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
7 – Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel


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