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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Release New Live LP

1997’s Royal Albert Hall performance now available

Mute’s specialist live music label Live Here Now has today announced the release of a recording of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 1997 concert at the Royal Albert Hall, a prestigious stop-off on The Boatmans Call European tour.

The LP, Recorded over two shows on the 19th and 20th of May 1997, is being made available for the first time and features 12 tracks including Bad Seeds standards ‘The Mercy Seat’, ‘Red Right Hand’ and ‘Henry Lee’.

As an added bonus, the album also includes a rare live performance of ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ featuring Blixa Bargeld filling Kylie Minogue’s vocal duties.

The Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds live CD is available here.

WATCH: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds awesome Glastonbury ‘98 performance of ‘Red Right Hand’.

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