Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are coming to Melbourne in December

They'll be performing at St Kilda's Palais Theatre on December 2; the location of The Bad Seeds' first ever live show.

With two very special performances at the iconic Hanging Rock in the Macedon Ranges on November 25 and 26 now sold out, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis announce a full run of Australian Carnage tour dates with indoor shows in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Tamworth and a Melbourne city show in St Kilda.

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The 15 show Australian Carnage tour kicks off in Adelaide on November 22 and finishes up at the Sydney Opera House on December 17.

Nick Cave said, “I can’t begin to tell you how happy Warren and I are to be finally returning to Australia to perform. The wait has been way too long. See you all soon for the Carnage experience!”

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While Ellis is a long-term member of The Bad Seeds, and he and Cave have composed and recorded scores and worked on many other projects together, this is the first time the pair have toured Australia as a duo. With The Bad Seeds’ playing their first ever live show in St Kilda in 1983, the December 2 Palais show is a fitting recognition of the bands’ history.

The Australian Carnage tour follows the release of Cave and Ellis’ widely acclaimed CARNAGE album.

Cave and Ellis’ creative chemistry is rooted in their long history of music making, both as collaborators and as individual artists. They first crossed paths in 1993, when Ellis played violin on several songs for the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, Let Love In, before going on to join the band as a full-time member. The two have also recorded as Grinderman, formed in 2006, and have composed and recorded numerous, film, TV, and theatre soundtracks together.