Nick Cave review: Aussie star is magnificent, malevolent and moving at 3Arena, Dublin 

Nick Cave was in mighty form for the first of two gigs at the Dublin venue 

A file picture of Australian star Nick Cave, who played 3Arena in Dublin on Tuesday night.  (Photo by ANNA KURTH/AFP via Getty Images)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★★

It doesn’t take long. Nick Cave strolls on stage in Dublin, sharp-suited like a Byronic bank teller, and by the second song ‘Wild God’, when his four-person backing choir erupt with the command to “Bring your spirit down!” and he leaps from behind the piano to press the flesh of the front row, he has every soul mesmerised.