Manager Brian Message on Nick Cave’s slow-burning rise through the live ranks

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ climactic All Points East set became the defining moment of the festival’s maiden year. 

The already legendary performance represented a new peak on the live scene for the 60-year-old Australian, coming on the back of his first UK arena tour last year, which marked the first time his 2016 Skeleton Tree album had been performed on these shores.

The band’s manager, ...