Humour and Larkin Amid the Gloom ; Nick Cave the Bad Seeds Brixton Academy

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THERE is a school of thought that suggests all musicians should be packed off to the glue factory the instant they hit 40, but two artists are currently proving that middle age is a fine vintage.

Both 54-year-old Tom Waits with Real Gone and Nick Cave with his double album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus have made supremely intelligent, challenging and unique recordings - and are selling more copies than ever.

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Humour and Larkin Amid the Gloom ; Nick Cave the Bad Seeds Brixton Academy

Not many men could put out 17 songs taking in Greek myths, cannibals and Philip Larkin in Se...

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