Awesome. Welldone. Would be great to see them guys.

So pleased I got tickets to see them at the Forum, just heard that Suicide are supporting them which is very good news

Really? Fucking brilliant!

Time for luxinterior to start saving her pocket money:

Grinderman have been invited to play with The White Stripes at Madison Square Garden on 24th July, they will then play their own shows in Chicago and San Francisco.

US Dates:
24th July Madison Square Garden, NYC (Supporting The White Stripes)
25th July Metro, Chicago
26th July Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
27th July Slims, San Francisco

holy fucking shit they're playing new york when i'm there! too bad i hate the white stripes like nobody's business.

anyways, they put the 'rock' in rock.

Said it before.
Grinder man is awesome, No pussy blues rules.

totally. we were going to add that song to rotation at our station, but couldn't because of the dirty words. that's sad, because that song about sums up their aesthetic.

I will consider going to the Chicago date but I don't know how I would manage that.

This October, two bands come to Australian shores: Nick Cave Solo and Grinderman. This is an opportunity, a chance you may never have again to see Nick Cave and his cohorts Warren Ellis (violin/mandolin/bouzouki), Martyn Casey (bass) and Jim Sclavunos (drums) through two completely different prisms in one evening and on one intimate stage.

Each of these special shows will open with a Nick Cave Solo set which sees Nick holding court from behind the concert grand piano, aided and abetted by the now longstanding solo line up of Warren, Marty and Jim. After this “solo” set, Cave will emerge from behind the ivory, shoulder an electric guitar and become one quarter of the mighty Grinderman, these same four musicians utterly transformed. If you’ve heard the record, you understand.

Just imagine it. Many of your Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds favorites reinterpreted in singular style by Nick at the piano, followed by the full-blown catharsis of Grinderman’s existential howl. This will be one for the ages and it happens only here, in Australia - this October.

TOUR DATES:*
13 - 15 October, The Forum, Melbourne
20 - 21 October, Enmore Theatre, Sydney
24 - 25 October, The Tivoli, Brisbane
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.

Tickets on sale Friday July 20, approx AU$75.

www.grinderman.com

http://premier.ticketek.com.au

Go Australians, go! Having seen both Nick Cave "solo" and Grinderman, I can assure you, these will be fantastic shows.

I am going to try my hardest to go to the Chicago show. It would be nice to revisit after Pitchfork.

i'd really love to make it to that madison square garden gig, but i refuse to spend any amount of money on teh whack stripes.

got my tickets today

Excellent! I envy you.

As did I. :D

There's this nice, beautiful feeling knowing I'm seeing Nick Cave live. Nick Cave solo AND Grinderman, what a special thing.

I envy you too.

anyone saw them on letterman? i didn't expect them to be so good live!

i went to see them yesterday opening for the white stripes, sweet mother of baphomet it was amazing...nick cave fell on his ass during the first song.

really powerful, amazing.

Grinderman rocked the shit out of Adelaide last night, it was awesome.......

fuck. lucky folk seeing grinderman. i would kill to see them. i love the primevil guitar thing nick is doing. thank christ he hasnt learned how to play it properly yet!

the solo show after was fucking awesome too, first time in 7gigs i have seen tupelo and deanna played, tupelo was amazing

Oh, you lucky lucky bastard!

Those solo shows are brilliant. I almost prefer them to full Bad Seeds shows.