Nick Cave takes Conversations to North America for 25 nights in April and May 2027

Nick Cave is going back to the format that turned his theatre shows into something closer to a long evening with the man himself. Conversations With Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk and Music plays 25 nights across the US and Canada between 9 April and 21 May 2027, according to the official announcement on his site.

For anyone new to it: Cave, the Australian songwriter behind Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, sits at a piano, plays songs from across his catalogue and answers questions from the audience that nobody has screened beforehand. The run is a return to the tour of the same name he first took out in 2019. He describes the plan simply: "I'll have my piano with me, play some songs, and answer questions."

The dates

All shows are in 2027, in theatres:

• 9 April: Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• 12 April: Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
• 13 and 14 April: Seattle, The 5th Avenue Theatre
• 16 and 17 April: San Francisco, Orpheum Theatre
• 20 and 21 April: Los Angeles, The Orpheum Theatre
• 24 April: Minneapolis, State Theatre
• 26 April: Chicago, The Chicago Theatre
• 27 April: Detroit, Masonic Jack White Theatre
• 29 and 30 April: Toronto, Massey Hall
• 2 May: Montreal, Théâtre St-Denis
• 4 and 5 May: Boston, Boch Center Shubert Theatre
• 7 and 8 May: Brooklyn, Kings Theatre
• 10 May: Philadelphia, The Met Philadelphia
• 11 May: Washington, D.C., Lincoln Theatre
• 13 May: Asheville, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
• 14 May: Atlanta, Atlanta Symphony Hall
• 16 May: Nashville, Ryman Auditorium
• 18 May: Memphis, Orpheum Theatre
• 21 May: New Orleans, Saenger Theatre

Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston and Brooklyn each get two nights.

How to get tickets

An artist presale opens on Wednesday 11 November at 10am local time and runs until 10pm local time on Thursday 12 November. Fans register for access at nickcaveconversations.com. General sale follows on Friday 13 November at 10am local time, with Montreal on sale at 11am local time.

Prices were not listed in the announcement. We will add them to the gig guide once the ticketing pages go live.

Why it matters

Cave's recent years have leaned into direct contact with his audience, through his Red Hand Files letters and solo piano tours. This run puts that exchange back in a room, which is where it works best: the questions are unpredictable, and so are the songs that follow them.