I was at the Glasgow gig last night and I have to say that while I thought that it was good, I have seen better Nick cave concerts. The visuals were impressive and the delivery of the performance by Nick and the band was good, I felt that Nick was trying just a bit too hard. Perhaps he felt that the step up to arena shows requires a different approach. The interaction with the audience felt a bit contrived to me. Interesting that you mention Iggy because that's the person that I thought that it seemed like he was drawing inspiration from for the performance. I'd much rather see Nick Cave doing a full blown, no holds barred, rock-out with interspersed moments of subtlety and tenderness (in a slightly smaller venue).
Also, I have never seen Nick Cave laugh and joke with the audience as much as last night. Not necessarily a bad thing, just not seen Nick do it before.
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