Watch Nick Cave & The Dangerous Seeds play ‘Hollywood’ dwell for the primary time at Merciless World 2025

Nick Cave And The Dangerous Seeds performed ‘Hollywood’ for the primary time ever at Merciless World 2025 this weekend – watch footage under.

The band topped the invoice at Brookside Park in Pasadena, California on Saturday evening (Could 17) and in a career-spanning set, they gave a debut dwell listening to to ‘Hollywood’, the sprawling 14-minute closing observe on 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’.

“That is for LA,” Cave mentioned to introduce the tune, the lyrics for which the band projected on the display screen behind them. Take a look at fan-captured footage of the meditative, non secular efficiency of the observe right here:

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Nick Cave And The Dangerous Seeds performed:

‘Frogs’
‘Wild God’
‘Tupelo’
‘Jubilee Avenue’
‘Pleasure’
‘Crimson Proper Hand’
‘From Her To Eternity’
‘The Weeping Track’
‘Hollywood’

‘Hollywood’ references the Buddhist story of Kisa Gotami, an enlightened character who seeks assist from the Buddha after the dying of her youngster and discovers that “nobody is untouched by loss”. Cave wrote it, and the remainder of ‘Ghosteen’, within the aftermath of the dying of his son Arthur in 2015.

Though this was the primary time it has made a Dangerous Seeds setlist, it was a daily presence on Cave and Warren Ellis’ ‘Carnage’ tour in 2021.

The Merciless World efficiency got here on the finish of The Dangerous Seeds’ first North American tour in seven years, which have additionally seen the band’s first dwell renditions of ‘Skeleton Tree’ in seven years, in addition to tracks from their acclaimed 2024 album ‘Wild God’.

Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood is enjoying with Nick Cave and co. on the exhibits, after it was introduced final yr that Martyn Casey wouldn’t be capable of be part of as a consequence of sickness. Greenwood had beforehand performed with Cave dwell on his latest solo excursions, in addition to a number of dates of the ‘Carnage’ tour. Greenwood additionally contributed components to ‘Wild God’, too.

Earlier than the discharge of ‘Wild God’ and subsequent dwell exhibits, Cave spoke to NME about his outlook on life, and opened up about how he thinks social media contributes in direction of the pessimistic outlook of youthful generations.

“I feel social media is a large drawback and is having an enormous demoralising impact on society. Younger individuals are shedding religion on this planet normally and what the world has to supply them. That’s a significant drawback,” he mentioned. Take a look at the complete interview right here.

Cave has additionally been writing not too long ago about how his “love” for his dwell viewers is “solely true” and “profoundly intimate”, whereas additionally increasing on why he believes ‘Into My Arms’ is so impactful.