Blixa will read Bunny in Hamburg
Duetting: Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld, circa 1994
An Evening Of Reading, Music and Conversation with Nick Cave
The Death Of Bunny Munro
As lead singer of The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds and Grinderman, Nick Cave has been performing music for more than 30 years. And even though his career as an author was much less active over the years, he did begin one 20 years ago with his debut novel “And the Ass Saw the Angel”. His second novel “The Death of Bunny Munro” is going to be released in Germany on September, 24th 2009 and will be presented in a very special way at Hamburg’s Kampnagel. Nick Cave will not only read selected extracts from his new novel accompanied by live music from Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey, but will be joined by his friend and long-term member of The Bad Seeds, Blixa Bargeld. The lead singer of Einstürzende Neubauten, who read in the German audiobook, is as well reading extracts of the book during the evening. Moreover the musicians will play a selection of songs from Cave’s extensive catalogue and fans will be given the rare opportunity to interact with the shows, as Cave takes questions from the audience. VENUE/TIX/LINK
Der Tod Des Bunny Munro
By Nick Cave
German Edition Audio Book
(6 CDs | 427 min)
Blixa Bargeld, Rede Speech performance, Italy 2009. Photo: Ranessa
No, we won’t be weeping long…
Blixa onstage with Grinderman @ Slim’s, San Francisco, 2007
Nick Cave, Waterstone’s, London 8 Sep 2009. Photo: Neil Mockford/Getty Images
A Night With Nick Cave
Nick Cave has announced a series of events throughout Europe to coincide with the publication of The Death of Bunny Munro. Taking place in intimate theatre settings these unique shows will be a mix of readings and live music, with Cave joined by Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey.
- 11th October: Palace Theatre, London, UK. Tickets on sale 7th September.
- 12th October: Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland. Tickets on sale 10th September.
- 13th October: Picture House, Edinburgh, UK. Tickets on sale 7th September.
- 14th October: Royal Theater Carre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tickets on sale 12th September.
- 15th October: Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium. Tickets on sale 19th September.
- 17th October: Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany. Tickets on sale 11th September.
- 19th October: Theatre Marigny, Paris, France. Tickets on sale 10th September.
- 20th October: China Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden. Tickets on sale 10th September.
- 22nd October: Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, Italy. Tickets on sale 7th September.
- 24th October: Casino Alianca Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain. Tickets on sale 15th September.
- 25th October: Palace Theatre, London, UK. Tickets on sale 7th September.
SUGGESTED BOOKMARKS:
- ‘Bunny Munro’ Events:
http://www.thedeathofbunnymunro.com/events.html - Audiobook Chapters:
http://www.thedeathofbunnymunro.com/audiobook.html (up to ch 4) - Videos:
http://www.thedeathofbunnymunro.com/videos.html (ch 17) - nickcaveandthebadseeds forum discussion on Bunny Munro:
http://forums.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/viewforum.php?f=27
Two of my photos, really not that exiting, but yeah..Martin, Nick and Warren performing together Saturday evening
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/Urrrrg/dies%20und%20das/S7309145.jpg?t=1256056578
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/Urrrrg/dies%20und%20das/S7309144.jpg?t=1256057586
Oh no i didn`t see Blixas wife or daughter. His daughter must be really beautiful
There were some press-people with huge cams, i hope they took pictures. I have managed it to take some pictures – not very good ones, because of my cam, the light and the security guys, looking very grim at everybody who took pictures and if we took to much, but some people took some good ones, i found some in the german nick cave board, one is the nice nixa-pic you linked i think. Then you surely also have seen the other few ones.
I`m going to upload my photos as well the next days and show them, but they are really not that impressive, but good for personal memory
I also missed Blixa because i was so busy watching, listening and beeing exited about that whole thing, i`m glad someone filmed a little bit of it.
I found one pressphoto of Nick by Hamburger Abendblatt: http://www.abendblatt.de/multimedia/archive/00230/cavenick_HA_Kultur__230794c.jpg
Oh, thank you for this write up! Love the description of Nick watching Blixa reading. BIG laugh at the problem of translation (DIVORCE).
I heard Blixa’s wife and daughter were there, did you get to see little Anna? She must be walking now. Also, were there no press photos allowed? Here’s one pic of Nick/Blixa in Hamburg, 17 Oct 2009
Here’s a repost of the only video currently available:
As I saw in the great Blixa-Post you already got the important information about Nick praying that his man Blixa should come back
I was SO exited that evening, my head turned into a tomato when i sat down on my seat in front row directly in front of Warren, which was great, he is such a genius with all his instruments. In the first question-part i said something to my neighbor and raised my arm while talking, Casey must have seen that, looked at me and said: “Oh that girl there has a question”, smiling at me. I thought: Oh fuck, i have no real question – the only thing that was in my mind was: Fucking seurity, i want to take photos. Luckily Nick was answering another one at that moment at the other side of the stage ;D
Blixa was amazing and really cool as always. His reading was so ironic and funny, i laughed my ass off. They kissed and hugged each other quite often, it was cute. While Blixa was reading his chapter alone on stage i saw Nick standing and smoking at the side of the stage, watching it all the time even if he does not speak german, he looked so young in that moment, because his face was shadowy and he was floundering in his typical way there…really special in some kind of way that moment, because it seemed to me so lovely how much interest he has for his old friend and also how much respect.
Why Nick said that with the altar for Blixa was, because a woman in the audience asked how it is to be on stage with Blixa now again since they are DIVORCED and if it is difficult for him. The woman felt sorry for her bad Englisch. Nick was a bit confused at the beginning of course, not knowing which divorce she meant
I was a funny and lovely evening. A bit too relaxed for my taste, we all had no real chance to stand up (i badly wanted that because i was exited, the chair was really fucked and my neck was twisted
), the music was not very loud..but ok…it was no concert of course, i knew that and it was really good, special and unique. I dont really want to complain about something 
Here’s a blog entry from studio where Blixa was recording the Bunny Munro book. On Aug 9, the post indicates Blixa had been there for 4 days ‘working on a book’. Nic Atamantiuk was engineering. PHOTO HERE Caption: An intense individual to say the least.
Love how this ties up so many loose ends:
Blixa Bargeld and Nick Cave together again at last… in book form?
Bunny Munro, German audiobook version, read by Blixa Bargeld
Why no Australia???
I wasn’t sure where to put this but I think a thread about Nick and Blixa is appropriate. Caroline has this terrific post up at Nick Cave Collection: Viva la poesia (Book + CD) that you simply must-see. Scans galore to entice the eye and enchant those with an hunger for fine Cave collectibles. Well done! The kind of post I think many people would love to see more of.
got great tickets to the dublin show, plus vicar street in a great venue
Hopefully this will be a new start of further collaboration or the return of Blixa with The Bad Seeds.
You were there, Vin? Oh, man.
Blixa lived in San Francisco for a few years while his wife taught at Stanford. They also lived in Beijing and Berlin whenever Neubauten were recording or webcasting. Last December, Blixa brought his wife and little daughter Anna home to Berlin to meet the family. They drove straight from the airport to the new house where they spend most of their time now that Blixa’s on tour with Rede Speech.
Hey, I was at that San Francisco show you have a picture of. But I was on the balcony. Amazing to see Blixa come out, but than I heard he lives in San Francisco?
I’ve just bought my online ticket, Tribüne, 1st row.
Again, a big thank you to Morgan, without your blog, I should have missed the bus. I will gladly share my experiences. 
wow. lucky mary and anna. of course do let us know how it goes. you two are soo lucky!!!
Yeah of course, i hope for some good pictures to take home from that very very special evening which i can share and of course unforgettable memories
I am already dying, sometimes i think “This can`t be true, i dreamt it” because i was already thinking about going to Amsterdam because there was no event in Germany…and than…wow…Hamburg…Blixa…front row…price ok for me…what more can you expect to get? Thats simply unbelievable.
Monica & Free, I agree, it’s amazing and wonderful. Anna & Mary, you’re very lucky. Congrats!!! I hope you will be kind enough to share your experiences with us. I’d be dying if it were me, seeing them together on stage again. A truly miraculous event. The gods must be smiling. I know I am.
I thought someone was joking when i found out that they are going to do a show in my hometown…i never expected that they come to Hamburg…WITH BLIXA. Of course i bought tickets in front row 2 minutes later
I am soooooo exited.
OMG! D: I will be there! It may be my only chance to see them together. (I became a fan after Blixa left the Bad Seeds.) Thank you very much for this precious info!
Wow.
I am going to the two London dates.
Really wish Blixa was coming to those as well as Hamburg.
This is going to amazing. Nixa, together again once more.