Just found out that Nick Cave will perform in Denver September 26th

I've always said I won't die a happy man until I've had the opportunity to see Nick Cave perform live. Cave is my favorite, absolute favorite musical talent and peformer for a very long time now. Harkening back to my days as a art-house cinema proejectionist, when the film "Wings of Desire" came out it opened up a whole new world to me both in regards to the director Wim Wenders who had an exceptional back-catalog of films to be cherished, but moreso for his inclusion of Nick Cave performing his material in the film itself. There was nothing more transfixing for me at that time, and upon further engaging with Cave's music it was obvious that this was one of the worlds most rare and talented human beings ever. Cave's early music had a real edge to it, particularly his time with "The Birthday Party" but not the sort of edge that could really be pigeonholed very easily, and in time I learned that his range is incredibly broad while always retaining the essence of what makes Cave undoubtedly unique and so iconic. I've collected his music ever since, and had the opportunity to see him perform when we first moved to Denver but a trip to Ireland came up that superceded that moment and I've been simply waiting ever since for him to return on a tour or get the opportunity to travel to see him peform. My wife karen did get to see the tour that came through denver, which coincided with the album "No More Shall We Part" which in my opinion is Cave's most formidable masterpiece and probably my favorite album of all time. Apparently the audience wasn't expecting such a display of dynamic range and subtlety (he performed the material without the Bad-seeds) and Karen declared it might be a long, long time if ever that he would return to Denver based on the crowds behavior during the show. Fortunately Cave documented parts of the tour where he performed material from that album in European venues, and the resulting DVD is one of the greatest live-peformances ever captured for someone interested in his music. He has released other live-material on DVD, some of it very good and all of it really leaving one wanting to see this musician play live. So now's our chance, its a long time to wait but will give the summer another degree of anticipation on top of our already intense plans for the fall. Cave's new album "Dig Lazarus, Dig!" is easily one of his most pleasing in a while and should make for a rousing live performance. What's also of note with the album is the cover art, which is a photograph of a piece by international superstar contemporar artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster that is essentially a light sculpture that spells out the title of the album. Its an interesting choice, which makes me wonder if the piece existed or was commissioned by Cave for the album. It also brings to mind the Sonic Youth album "Day Dream Nation" of many years back that used a painting by Gerhard Richter for the cover (and of course Richter is now one of the most incredible living contemporary artists).