Australian songwriter Nick Cave is set to perform a rare book reading from his latest novel as part of the iTunes Live Festival.
Nick Cave began life as the enfant terrible of rock. His first group The Birthday Party helped launch the goth and psychobilly movements, with their dark clothes and deranged take on rock ‘n’ roll.
Since then, however, the singer has reached a form of respectability. His albums are waited for patiently by fans, and are often lauded as the work of a profound and sensitive writer – all a far cry from his early reputation.
Yet Nick Cave has continually evolved as an artist, remaining as challenging as ever. Branching out into literature, the singer’s first novel ‘And The Ass Saw The Angel’ was released in 1989 and contained many of the themes that dominated his songwriting.
Celebrated by music fans and literary critics alike, the novel followed on from Cave’s first book – the rather more experimental ‘King Ink’. Deeply influenced by scripture, Nick Cave even went as far as writing a foreword for a new printing of The Gospel According To Mark.
Teaming up with Bad Seeds cohort Warren Ellis, the pair have spent much of their time recently working on soundtracks. In addition to work on films such as ‘The Assassination Of Jesse James’ the singer also write his own Western, the blood soaked film ‘The Proposition’.
However Nick Cave is due to return to literature for his new book ‘The Death Of Bunny Munro’. Not much is known about the novel, which is due for release in September.
Fans can get a glimpse of the new book during a reading at the Roundhouse in London. Taking place in the venue’s Freedom Studios the performance will feature Nick Cave reading extracts of his new novel.
A limited number of tickets to the reading are available from the book’s official website. The reading will be recorded and later released via iTunes.
Nick Cave has confirmed the following appearance:
July
24 London Roundhouse Freedom Studios
