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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have announced the dates for their 2017 European tour. The beloved curmudgeon will begin his eight-week tour with a month in the UK in September before heading to Europe.

This is the first time in three years that the sometime singer, sometime actor and sometime artist has toured Europe and fans will no doubt be eager to hear what the music from his latest album, Skeleton Tree, sounds like live.

Skeleton Tree is Cave’s first album since the death of his son, Arthur. He discussed the tragedy in One More Time With Feeling, the documentary that accompanied the album’s release. “Most of us don't want to change really,” he said. “But what happens when an event occurs that is so catastrophic that you just change?”

“You change from a known person to an unknown person. So that when you look at yourself in the mirror, do you recognize the person that you were?”

The full list of tour dates is below. Tickets go on sale on Friday 11 February and you can get them here.

September
24 Bournemouth UK Bournemouth International Centre
25 Manchester UK Arena
27 Glasgow UK The SSE Hydro
28 Nottingham UK Motorpoint Arena
30 London UK The O2

October
3 Paris France Zénith
6 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
7 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
9 Hamburg Germany Sporthalle
10 Luxembourg Rockhal
12 Düsseldorf Germany Mitsubishi Electric Halle
13 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
16 Oslo Norway Spectrum (on sale at 9am CET on 17 February)
18 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
20 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
22 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling Halle
24 Warsaw Poland Torwar
26 Prague Czech Rep. O2 Arena
28 Belgrade Serbia Kombank Arena
30 Ljubljana Slovenia Dvorana Tivoli

November
1 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
2 Munich Germany Zenith
4 Padova Italy Kioene Arena
6 Milan Italy Forum
8 Rome Italy PalaLottomatica
12 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
13 Geneva Switzerland Arena
16 Athens Greece Faliro Sports Arena (Tae Kwon Do)
19 Tel Aviv Israel Menorah Arena (on sale at 8am IST on 8 February)

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