Seeing Nick Cave with his then-band The Birthday Party is one of my more memorable concert experiences from a lifetime of gigs. And when Cave brought the Bad Seeds to the Miller High Life Theatre in 2014, it marked my kid’s first concert.
So, I admit I was let down last week when Cave announced his 2020 tour and didn’t see Milwaukee on the itinerary.
But, it turns out it was premature disappointment, as the band has snuck Milwaukee in the night before Chicago at the start of the tour and now Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will return to the Miller High Life Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave., on Friday, Sept. 18 for an 8:30 p.m. show.
The tour is in support of the 17th Bad Seeds record, "Ghosteen," released in October.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28 at the Miller High Life Theatre box office and Ticketmaster.com. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets at Ticketmaster.com before the general public from 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 through 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
Here’s my review of the 2014 gig.
I’ll see you there!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
