{"id":63704,"date":"2020-07-13T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63704"},"modified":"2020-07-13T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T12:17:09","slug":"watch-trailer-for-idiot-prayer-nick-cave-alone-at-alexandra-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/watch-trailer-for-idiot-prayer-nick-cave-alone-at-alexandra-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Trailer For IDIOT PRAYER: Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace – Nick Cave performs solo at the piano in a film shot this June, at the iconic London venue. Join the global live streaming event on 23 July 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cIdiot Prayer\u2019 evolved from my \u2018Conversations With\u2026\u2019 events, performed over the last year or so. I loved playing deconstructed versions of my songs at these shows, distilling them to their essential forms\u2014with an emphasis on the delivery of the words. I felt I was rediscovering the songs all over again, and started to think about going into a studio and recording these reimagined versions at some stage\u2014whenever I could find the time.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, the world went into lockdown. The Bad Seeds\u2019 global 2020 tour was postponed.\u00a0 Studios shut down. Venues shut down. And the world fell into an eerie, self-reflective silence.<\/p>\n

It was within this silence that I began to think about the idea of not only recording the songs, but also filming them – and so we started to assemble a small team, including the great cinematographer, Robbie Ryan, sound man, Dom Monks, and editor, Nick Emerson, with the intention to film as soon as it became feasible to get back to business in some way.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I sat at home working out how to play more songs in the \u2018Conversations\u2019 format\u2014new songs and songs from the Ghosteen album, Grinderman songs and early Bad Seeds stuff, and everything in between.<\/p>\n

We worked with the team at Alexandra Palace – a venue I have played and love – on securing a date to film just as soon as they were allowed to re-open the building to us. We had an amazing production team and crew, and what they did within this extraordinary situation was a marvel. Surrounded by Covid officers with tape measures and thermometers, masked-up gaffers and camera operators, nervous looking technicians and buckets of hand gel, together we created something very strange and very beautiful that spoke into this uncertain moment, but was in no way bowed by it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Idiot Prayer\u2019 serves as the final film in a trilogy\u2014 along with \u201920,000 Days on Earth\u2019 and \u2018One More Time with Feeling\u2019\u2014and is its luminous and heartfelt climax. \u2018Idiot Prayer\u2019 is a prayer into the void\u2014alone at Alexander Palace. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Cave<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In this very special show, audiences around the world will see Cave play his songs in a rarely seen stripped back form. From early Bad Seeds and Grinderman, right through to the most recent Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album, Ghosteen,\u00a0 Cave will perform over 20 songs from his extensive catalogue.<\/p>\n

The performance was filmed by award winning Cinematographer Robbie Ryan (The Favourite, Marriage Story, American Honey) in Alexandra Palace\u2019s stunning West Hall. It was edited by Nick Emerson (Lady Macbeth, Emma, Greta).<\/p>\n

Tickets are now on sale to view the film online, which will be streamed at three times globally:<\/p>\n

Australia & Asia: 8pm AEST
\nUK & Europe: 8pm BST \/ 9pm CEST
\nNorth & South America: 7pm PDT \/ 10pm ED<\/p>\n

For tickets and information on your local time visit DICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Important information:<\/u><\/p>\n