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Nick Cave And Warren Ellis
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NICK CAVE and the bad seed Warren Ellis are quite the double act.
A towering stage presence, Cave commands attention as he strides across the stage in his trademark black suit and white shirt, like an unwritten member of the Addams family, jumping back and forth from a grand piano while variously praising and insulting the audience as he goes.
Ellis, wizard-like, is happy to sit conjuring magic from his synthesizer — and violin.
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