Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds set 'Wild God' tour in the UK and Europe

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds will take their dark art to arenas across the UK and Europe later this year in support of wild Godthe band's 18th studio album.

The alternative rock outfit will kick off their multi-month continental European tour on September 24 at the Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with a string of UK dates set for November. As it stands, the action will conclude on November 17 at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.

Cave and Co. will use a previously announced tour of Australia in April and May as a launching point for the northern run.

“I never think about how a record will come out live, it never, ever crosses my mind,” Cave explains in a statement. “The lyric writing process is very difficult to take such ideas into account. But, when I hear wild God Now, I think we can really do something epic with these songs live. We're really excited about it – the record feels like it was made for the stage.”

wild God will be released on August 30 via Cave's label Bad Seed via a new, exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Play It Again Sam, an imprint of the indie [PIAS] tag group.

Earlier, the ARIA Hall of Fame inductee band leader said of wild God, “there is no conflict with this disk. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you up. It moves you. I like that about it.”

Led by Cave, the current Bad Seeds lineup consists of Thomas Wydler, Martyn Casey, Jim Sclavunos, George Vjestica and longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, who is producing the upcoming album with Cave.

wild God spans 10 tracks and was cut at Miraval Studios in Provence, France and Soundtree Studios in London, England, with contributions from Radiohead's Colin Greenwood (bass) and Luis Almau (nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar).

It is the continuation of it Ghosteenthe critically-acclaimed 2019 two-disc full-length, which explored Cave's exposure to grief and pain following the sudden death of his son Arthur in 2015;

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