Nick Cave Radio and TV Sessions
This is a list of Radio and TV sessions that I know of. I call a
TV or Radio appearance a session when it contains at least one exclusive
performance of a song, or a special reading. This list does not
contain TV broadcasts of footage of regular concerts.
Dates are usually broadcast dates.
10/09/80 John Peel session, the first (officially released)
Figure Of Fun - Yard - Cry - King Ink
28/04/81 John Peel session, the second (officially released)
Pleasure Heads - Rowland Around In That Stuff -
Release The Bats - Loose
10/12/81 John Peel session, the third (officially released)
Big Jesus Trash Can - Bully Bones - She's Hit -
Six Inch Gold Blade
15/03/82 Riverside TV, BBC2
Dead Joe - Big Jesus Trash Can
21/07/82 Götterdämmerung, VPRO TV
Junkyard
22/11/82 John Peel session, the fourth (officially released)
Sonny's Burning - Deep In The Woods -
Pleasure Avalanche - Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)
09/04/84 John Peel session
I Put A Spell On You - From Her To Eternity - Saint Huck
19/06/85 Wilde Wereld, VPRO radio, session Nick, Mick and Blixa
Black Crow King
13/06/87 Wings Of Desire premiere, Berlin, Kinofest (TV broadcast 2/88)
The Singer - From Her To Eternity - Scum
88 Tele 5 TV, "City of Refuge" acoustic solo, incomplete
03/03/89 Snap radio, KCRW, LA, Santa Monica, KCRW
The Mercy Seat - 500 Miles - Oh, I Love You Much Too Much
(poem) - Helpless - The Carny (instrumental attempt) - Sunny
28/01/90 Night Music TV, New York, live with house band
The Mercy Seat - Hey Joe
14/03/90 Nozems A GoGo, VPRO radio, acoustic
The Mercy Seat - The Ship Song
08/04/90 Onrust, VPRO TV
The Mercy Seat - The Ship Song (both from 14/3)
Foi Na Cruz - The Weeping Song - The Ship Song
14/04/90 Megamix, French TV
The Mercy Seat
24/04/90 2 Meter Sessies, VARA Radio The Netherlands, recorded 21/3/90
Sad Waters - City Of Refuge - The Good Son - The Mercy Seat
11/06/90 The Late Show, BBC2 (date varies)
Cindy, Cindy - The Weeping Song
28/07/90 Megamix, French TV, same as 14/04/90
14/12/90 New West Special, BBC, (same as 11/6/90)
23/07/92 David Letterman Show, (1st time), US TV
I Had A Dream, Joe
12/08/92 Morning Becomes Eclectic, LA, KCRW
Jack The Ripper - Lucy - God's Hotel - The Mercy Seat -
New Morning
12/11/92 Later with Jools Holland (1st time) w. MacGowan, BBC TV
Lucy - Rainy Night In Soho - What A Wonderful World
14/03/94 Mark Radcliffe show, BBC radio 1
Do You Love Me? - Nobody's Baby Now - Loverman -
I Let Love In
14/03/94 Mark Radcliffe show, BBC Radio, 22-25/3/94, readings
St Andrew, St Christina, St Lawrence, St Cecilia,
from Butler's Lives Of The Saints
14/05/94 Later with Jools Holland, (2nd time) BBC TV
Red Right Hand - Thirsty Dog
23/06/94 MTV's Most Wanted
I Let Love In - The Mercy Seat
09/08/94 Late Night With Conan O'Brian, Red Right Hand
Red Right Hand
06/10/94 Poetry Nation, BBC TV, Nick reads a poem
Infant Sorrow (by William Blake)
05/10/95 Top Of The Pops, BBC TV, with Kylie
Where The Wild Roses Grow
06/10/95 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal +, France
Where The Wild Roses Grow
12/10/95 Top Of The Pops, BBC TV, with Kylie (different)
Where The Wild Roses Grow
13/10/95 MTV Most Wanted with Kylie & Shane
Where The Wild Roses Grow - Death Is Not The End
24/02/96 The White Room, Channel 4, TV UK
Stagger Lee - Henry Lee
26/02/96 Mark Radcliffe show, BBC Radio 1
Henry Lee - O'Malley's Bar
29/02/96 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal+, France
Stagger Lee
28/07/96 The Proms, London, BBC Radio 3
The Word Made Flesh - Into My Arms
24/02/97 The Peter Curran Show, Greater London Radio
Into My Arms
02/03/97 GLR's Greatest Hits, rebroadcast of the Peter Curran Show above
Into My Arms
04/03/97 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal +, France
Into My Arms
05/03/97 Recovery, ABC TV Australia
Into My Arms
24/04/97 Willemsens Woche, ZDF Germany
Brompton Oratory
18/05/97 Live & Loud, MTV, (date = recording date)
Into My Arms - Brompton Oratory - West Country Girl
Far From Me - The Carny
04/10/97 The Great Hunger, BBC 2, Shane MacGowan documentary
Rainy Night In Soho
26/10/97 World Food Day, RAI TV Italy, Rome, FAO Benefit,
Into My Arms
06/05/98 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal +, France
The Mercy Seat
08/05/98 Later with Jools Holland, (3rd time), BBC TV
Do You Love Me? - Nobody's Baby Now
11/05/98 Keith Cameron show, XFM Radio England
Brompton Oratory - Into My Arms - Lime Tree Arbour -
The Mercy Seat
15/05/98 The Late Late Show, RTE TV Ireland, Nick and Martyn
Into My Arms
19/05/98 The Black Sessions, Paris, France Inter, Radio
James Johnston replaced Blixa Bargeld.
Lime Tree Arbour - I Let Love In - Stranger Than Kindness -
Red Right Hand - Nobody's Baby Now - Do You Love Me? -
Into My Arms - The Ship Song - The Mercy Seat - Brompton Oratory
24/05/98 Talk Music, VH-1 TV, UK, session.
Red Right Hand - From Her To Eternity
24/06/98 The Black Sessions, on French "Paris Premiere" TV
11/09/98 David Letterman Show, (2nd time)
Into My Arms
08/10/98 Roy & HG's Planet Norwich, Ch. 4 UK, interview and
Into My Arms
13/10/98 The Gospel of Mark, reading on Radio 4, UK,
12/04/99 In Tune Concert, MTV, shortened version of 18/05/97
Into My Arms - Brompton Oratory - Far From Me - The Carny
01/06/99 NHK, Japan TV, recorded at Greenwich Naval College UK
The Mercy Seat
06/07/99 The White Room, Danish TV, rebroadcast from 1996
Stagger Lee - Henry Lee
09/07/99 Songwriter's Circle, BBC2, w. J. Cale and Chr. Hynde
Recorded May 12 at London's Subterania Club
West Country Girl - Henry Lee - Into My Arms -The Ship Song
Nick played piano on John Cale's "Ship Of Fools" and
Chrissie's "I'll Stand By You". Recorded but not broadcast were
Sad Waters - The Mercy Seat -I'm Waiting For My Man
27/10/00 Tenco Awards, San Remo, Italian TV
West Country Girl - Henry Lee - Into my Arms -
The Mercy Seat - And No More Shall We Part - The Ship Song -
Papa Won't Leave You Henry
05/01/01 ABC Studios, Melbourne, Australia TV and radio (Triple J); January 5, 2001
And No More Shall We Part - God Is In The House - Love Letter
Little Janey's Gone
19/03/01 David Letterman Show, (3rd time)
Love Letter
30/03/01 Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW, Santa Monica CA
The Mercy Seat - God Is In The House - Sad Waters
Papa Won't Leave You Henry - Into My Arms
08/04/01 Vienna, RadioKulturhaus, Bad Seeds concert:
Long Time Man - As I Sat Sadly By Her Side -
God Is In The House - And No More Shall We Part -
The Mercy Seat - The Weeping Song -
Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow - Love Letter
12/04/01 Scottish TV, live show with small audience
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side - Lime Tree Arbour - Do You Love Me?
God Is In The House - Red Right Hand - Hallelujah
No More Shall We Part - The Sorrowful Wife - The Weeping Song
The Mercy Seat - Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
10/04/01 FM4, Austria, Radio broadcast of the 8/4/1 show
12/04/01 ORF1, Austria, TV broacast of the 8/4/1 show
14/04/01 FM4, Austria, Radio broadcast of the 8/4/1 show
11/05/01 Later With Jools Holland, (4th time) BBC TV
Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow - God Is In The House
13/05/01 Later With Jools Holland, BBC TV (repeat)
25/06/01 Boxed Set, Scottish TV, broadcast of 12/4/1 Show
11/10/01 John Peel tribute, BBC Radio, performance from 25/9/01,
The Mercy Seat - Into My Arms - God Is In The House
17/04/02 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC
Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
03/05/02 Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC TV
God Is In The House
18/01/03 Loose Ends, BBC 4 Radio, session with Nick, Warren, Martyn, Jim.
Wonderful Life - He Wants You
20/06/03 Later with Jools Holland, (5th time) BBC TV, UK
He Wants You
22/10/04 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, BBC1, the Bad Seeds did
Nature Boy
25/10/04 Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2, interview and session at Maida Vale
Hiding All Away - Babe, You Turn Me On - There She Goes, My Beautiful World
29/10/04 Later with Jools Holland, (6th time) BBC TV, UK
Nature Boy - Abattoir Blues - There She Goes, My Beautiful World
02/05/07 The Treacle Sessions, Radio session UK; Footage can be viewed at YouTube.
When My Love Comes Down - Depth Charge Ethel - Electric Alice
Man In The Moon
03/05/07 Marc Riley's Brain Surgery, BBC Radio6, interview + three songs:
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - When My Love Comes Down - Man In The Moon
05/05/07 Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4, Grinderman interview + two live songs:
Go Tell The Women - Electric Alice
11/05/07 Later with Jools Holland, (7th time) BBC TV, UK, Grinderman
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - No Pussy Blues
23/07/07 David Letterman Show, (4th time) US TV, Grinderman
Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)
18/04/08 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, BBC1, the band performs
More News From Nowhere
13/05/08 Later with Jools Holland, (8th time), BBC TV
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Today's Lesson
17/05/08 Later with Jools Holland, BBC TV (recorded May 13, note different song)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Jesus Of The Moon - Midnight Man
04/07/08 Nick Cave Night, special on BBC 4 including a broadcast of the May 14, 2008
concert at St Luke's, numerous past BBC sessions (mostly Jools Holland)
and "Songwriter's Circle" from 1999.
24/09/08 KEXP radio session, Seattle, with 4 live songs:
Moonland - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Jesus Of The Moon - Midnight Man
03/10/08 Late Night with Conan O'Brien, US TV,
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
31/10/08 Sound Opinions, Chicago Public Radio, interview + 3 songs live
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Tupelo - Midnight Man
24/11/08 Mark Radcliffe Show, BBC Radio 2, interview and session
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Midnight Man - More News From Nowhere
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