Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Celebrate Decade of ‘Push the Sky Away’ with Limited Stream

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are celebrating a decade of their acclaimed album, Push The Sky Away, with a limited stream of their performance at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on Feb. 21, 2013.

At that show, the band played Push The Sky Away in its entirety followed by a second set of Bad Seeds classics. The performance will be available to stream for free for a limited time. A new website will host the film and will feature more about the record, plus more exclusive content and merchandise.

The 15th studio album from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – then consisting of the frontman, Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos, Martyn Casey, Thomas Wydler, and Conway Savage – marked a distinct shift for the outfit and their music.

“Push The Sky Away was the start of a new, wild adventure for the Bad Seeds,” Cave explained in a statement. “The record opened up a whole different approach to the way we created our music. It was the beginning of a way of writing – a kind of controlled improvisation. Because of this shift, the record was to some extent divisive – but it was the necessary reinvention that the Bad Seeds desperately needed. For that reason Push The Sky Away continues to stand as one of my most loved of all the Bad Seeds’ albums.”

Watch their performance of “Mermaids” from the 2013 show below.

Live at Fonda Theatre Setlist

1. “We No Who U R”
2. “Wide Lovely Eyes”
3. “Water’s Edge”
4. “Jubilee Street”
5. “Mermaids”
6. “We Real Cool”
7. “Finishing Jubilee Street”
8. “Higgs Boson Blues”
9. “Push the Sky Away”

Second Set

10. “From Her to Eternity”
11. “O Children”
12. “The Ship Song”
13. “Jack the Ripper”
14. “Red Right Hand”
15. “Deanna”
16. “Love Letter”
17. “The Mercy Seat”

Encore

18. “Stagger Lee”

Photo by David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns