Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce Live God, their transcendent Wild God live album
23 October 2025, 09:00
The band have detailed the upcoming live record for their acclaimed 2024 studio album's accompanying tour.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced the release of a the live album from their Wild God tour.
Live God - which is out on 5th December - is a stunning testament to the band's Wild God Tour, which wowed audiences across the UK, Europe and North America from 2024 - 2025.
Consisting of 18 live tracks, the album captures the nature of their unforgettable shows, which Nick Cave himself dubbed “an antidote to despair.”
The expansive tracklist includes performances of the entirety of the acclaimed 2024 studio album as well as mind-blowing versions of From Her To Eternity, Red Right Hand, Tupelo and Into My Arms.
Live God is available in several formats, including a double LP presented in a premium tip-on gatefold sleeve with spot-UV gloss inside panels with vinyl housed in full colour printed inner sleeves and a double CD presented in a premium remus spine digisleeve with spot-UV gloss inside panels with CDs housed in full colour card wallets.
Live God is available to pre-order now on Premium Double Gatefold LP, Double CD and Digital.
It's first single, Wild God (Live God), is available to stream and download now:
Live God Tracklist:
- Frogs
- Wild God
- O Children
- From Her to Eternity
- Long Dark Night
- Cinnamon Horses
- Tupelo
- Conversion
- Bright Horses
- Joy
- I Need You
- Carnage
- Red Right Hand
- White Elephant
- O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She is)
- Papa Won’t Leave You Henry
- Into My Arms
- As The Waters Cover The Sea
The news of the the Live God album comes after the band announced European dates for 2026.
The critically acclaimed band will lead out on a run of outdoor shows and festival appearances, which will kick off on 10th June and include dates at Dublin’s Malahide Castle and include dates Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, France, UK, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Norway and Lithuania.
Cave and co’s run of shows will conclude with a date at France’s Rock en Seine with the band taking to the stage at the Partisan festival on the 28th August.
The dates add to the previously announced semi-homecoming UK date at Preston Park next year.
The show - which will take place on Friday 31st July - marks Cave’s return to his adopted city of Brighton, where he lived for over two decades.
The Red Right Hand singer and his band will be joined at the outdoor gig by special guests, who are still to be announced.
Speaking of the news Cave said: "I am thrilled beyond words to return to my beloved Brighton with The Bad Seeds to play Preston Park. It’s a homecoming! It’s going to be big, bad and beautiful. An epic show!!!"
The forthcoming outdoor show will mark the band's only UK gig of that year.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - BRIGHTON PRESTON PARK ANNOUNCEMENT
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See Nick Cave's 2026 UK & Europe dates below:
- Wednesday 10th June 2026 — Malahide Castle, Ireland
- Tuesday 16th June 2026 — Open Air an der Emslandarena, Germany
- Thursday 18th June 2026 — Heartland Festival, Denmark
- Saturday 20th June 2026 — Metronome Prague , Czech Republic
- Sunday 21st June 2026 — Burg Clam, Austria
- Wednesday 24th June 2026 — Release Athens Festival, Greece
- Friday 26th June 2026 — La Prima Estate, Italy
- Sunday 28th June 2026 — Live is Live, Belgium
- Tuesday 30th June 2026 — Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
- Monday 6th July 2026 — Jazz Open, Germany
- Thursday 9th July 2026 — NOS Alive Festival, Portugal
- Tuesday 14th July 2026 — Festival de Nîmes, France
- Wednesday 15th July 2026 — La Belle Soirée de Vienne, France
- Friday 17th July 2026 — Les Vieilles Charrues, France
- Friday 31st July 2026 — Preston Park, UK
- Sunday 2nd August 2026 — Filmnächte am Elbufer, Germany
- Wednesday 5th August 2026 — Arena Pula, Croatia
- Friday 7th August 2026 — Donji grad Kalemegdan Fortress, Serbia
- Sunday 9th August 2026 — Summer Well Festival, Romania
- Thursday 13st August 2026 — Øyafestivalen, Norway
- Tuesday 18th August 2026 — Kalnai Park, Lithuania
- Friday 21st August 2026 — Cabaret Vert, France
- Sunday 23rd August 2026 — Königsplatz, Germany
- Tuesday 25th August 2026 — Kunst!Rasen, Germany
- Friday 28th August 2026 — Rock En Seine, France
Visit nickcave.com for the full dates and ticket information.
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