Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds plan live webcast, add to tour

The Los Angeles “launch party” for the band’s latest album will be streamed online.

Push The Sky Away is due out next week (although, in the style du jour, it is streaming online already). As previously announced, the band has planned launch parties in four cities (London, Paris, Berlin, and LA) that include a performance of the album — with accompanying strings and choir — and a screening of a short film about the making of the record.

The Los Angeles launch party takes place on February 21 at the Fonda Theatre and will be presented live by Rockfeedback on their Youtube channel. Also, on February 19, Nick Cave will be hosting “the world’s first-ever Vine Q&A on Twitter.”

Both of these Internet-friendly developments dovetail nicely with Cave’s description of the album: “these songs convey how on the internet profoundly significant events, momentary fads and mystically-tinged absurdities sit side-by-side and question how we might recognise and assign weight to what’s genuinely important.” [via Pitchfork]

Update: The band has added more North American dates and an expansive European slate to their tour; the full list is below, via Consequence of Sound.

02/18 – Mexico City – El Plaza
02/19 – Mexico City – El Plaza
02/26 – Sydney, NSW – Sydney Opera House
02/27 – Sydney, NSW – Sydney Opera House
02/28 – Sydney, NSW – Sydney Opera House
03/02 – Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl *
03/03 – Adelaide, AU @ Thebarton Theatre *
03/06 – Perth, AU @ Red Hill Auditorium *
03/08 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage *
03/09 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore *
03/12-13 – Austin, TX @ South by Southwest
03/14 – Dallas, TX @ McFarlin Auditorium $
03/16 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium $
03/17 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel $
03/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theater $
03/20 – Washington, DC @ Strathmore $
03/22 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis $
03/23 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall $
03/24 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater $
03/28 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater $
03/29 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater $
04/01 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theater $
04/03 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater $
04/06 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre #
04/07 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre $
04/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic $
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
04/16 – San Diego, CA @ The Balboa Theatre $
04/21- Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
05/25 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
05/30- Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/13 – Bergen, NO @ Bergenfest
06/15 – Aarhus, DK @ Northside Festival
06/17 – Normandie, FR @ Festival Beauregard
07/13 – Trencin, SL @ Pohoda Festival
07/28 – Paaren Im Glien, DE @ Greenville Music Festival
08/09 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/15 – St. Malo, FR @ Festival le Route du Rock
10/26 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo
10/27 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo
10/30 – Manchester, UK @ Apollo
10/31 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
11/01 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
11/06 – Stockholm, SE @ Annex
11/09 – Copenhagen, DK @ Falconer
11/10 – Hamburg, DE @ Sporthalle
11/12 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11/13 – Offenbach, DE @ Stadthalle
11/15 – Luxembourg, CH @ Rockhal
11/17 – Amsterdam, NL @ Music Hall
11/18 – Antwerp, BE @ Lotto Arena
11/19 – Paris, FR @ Zenith
11/21 – Munich, DE @ Zenith
11/22 – Prague, CZ @ Tipsport Arena
11/25 – Ljubljana, SI @ Hala Tivoli