Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Photo by Cat Stevens)
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader periodically. Keep your eyes open for opportunities to find out what tickets we’re giving away, and leave a comment for your chance to be the lucky winner!
Today, the 9:30 Club has announced that it is presenting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday, July 23, 2014–and we are giving away a pair of tickets before you can buy them!
Wow! Lots of my friends sure adore Nick Cave and his often bluesy take on Americana-flavored post-punk. He’s certainly blazed his own trail throughout his career, beginning in the 70s with The Birthday Party and for much longer with the Bad Seeds. For many, his iconoclastic, bad boy image is part of his appeal, but the man and the band certainly are prolific so there is no shortage of music to explore.
The latest album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Push the Sky Away, is a mostly compact race through nine songs dealing with seemingly unconnected sources of inspiration that Cave and his writing partner Warren Ellis picked up through some spare reading. On the whole, it may be a good jumping on point for those new to the works of Nick Cave, as it’s not terribly fussy or complicated outside some ornate arrangements.
For your chance to win these tickets, simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address between 10am and 5pm today. Feel free to leave any comment, but perhaps share your favorite song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds! (Grinderman doesn’t count…. although I’ll tally your entry either way.) One entry per email address, please. Tickets for this show are available to the public through Ticketmaster beginning Friday, Nov. 22, at 10am.
For the rules of this giveaway…
Comments will be closed at 5pm and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner.
Tickets will be available to the winner at the box office of DAR Constitution Hall one hour before doors open on the night of the concert. The tickets must be claimed with a valid ID. The winner must be old enough to attend the specific concert or must have a parent’s permission to enter if he/she is under 18 years old.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
DAR Constitution Hall
Wednesday, July 23
show @8pm
$41.25-$70.35
All ages
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, I’d love to go, he will entertain you for sure.
straight to you
(from we love dc to me, referring to tickets)
Into My Arms, no doubt!
The Mercy Seat, so good Cash covered it
Warren Ellis is my hero. Anything off Murder Ballads for me.
Stagger Lee
Into My Arms for me too, but… People Ain’t No Good has been stuck in my head a lot this week, and I have a lot of love for that.
Kicking it against the pricks.
Kicking against the pricks.
I dig “Night of the Lotus Eaters”.
Favorite songs are too hard for me. This should be a great show, though!
He was really good in that National Treasure movie.
when my husband and i got married, our first dance was to “Into My Arms”! lovelovelove Nick Cave…
And I ain’t down here for your money
I ain’t down here for your love
I ain’t down here for your love or money
I’m down here for your soul
Henry’s Dream is my go-to.
The Mercy Seat!!
Into My Arms…
Ooooh I’ve never seen Nick Cave before!
Uh, o children
We Call Upon the Author
(with love from fan who is going to be in dc in summer from India)