Live God is a live double album by the Australian band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 5 December 2025 on the labels Bad Seed Ltd. and PIAS Recordings and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Background and recording Live God was recorded between September and November 2024 while the band was on tour in Europe in support of their album Wild God (2024). The last show of that leg of the Wild God Tour was at the Accor Arena in Paris, where they recorded at least some of the album, including "Wild God".
In Live God, the Bad Seeds perform most of Wild God, interspersing the record with various songs from Cave's career.
Promotion and release On 22 October 2025, the band announced Live God and previewed the record with a video of their performance of "Wild God". The album was later released on 5 December 2025 on the band's label Bad Seed Ltd. and PIAS Recordings. The CD and digital versions additionally contain "Long Dark Night" and "O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)" from Wild God and "White Elephant" from the Nick Cave and Warren Ellis album Carnage (2021).
Critical reception
In an 8 out of 10 review for Clash, Chris Connor said that the set "captures the breadth of sounds Cave has dabbled in" and that it "should entice anyone who hasn't had the chance to see the icon in concert, still with plenty of fire in his belly."
Track listing
Notes
Personnel Musician credits are adapted from Uncut magazine, with technical credits from Tidal.
Musicians Nick Cave – vocals, piano Warren Ellis – violin, tenor guitar, synthesiser George Vjestica – guitar Colin Greenwood – bass Larry Mullins – drums, timpani, percussion Carly Paradis – keyboards Jim Sclavunos – percussion, vibraphone, tubular bells, drums Wendi Rose, Janet Ramus, T. Jae Cole, Miça Townshend – backing vocals, percussion
Technical Nick Cave, Warren Ellis – production, mixing Luis Almau – mixing
Charts + Chart performance for Live God Chart (2025) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 22 Croatian International Albums (HDU) 5 French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) 4 German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 4 Irish Albums (IRMA) 53 Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) Note: Select 12-Dec-25 on the date selector. 8 Portuguese Albums (AFP) 87
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