Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds surprise Brighton fans with rooftop gig ahead of huge homecoming show

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds surprised fans in Brighton today (Friday July 31) by performing a surprise pop-up gig on the roof of Resident Records ahead of their huge homecoming show tonight. See photos, footage and what went down below. READ MORE: Nick Cave interviewed: “There’s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art” The band will be headlining Preston Park tonight with special guests The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon and Warmduscher, and have been celebrating their return to the town Cave has often called home with treasure hunts and selling exclusive merch and records at Resident via a takeover. Then, word got out that the Bad Seeds would be performing a Beatles-style rooftop gig on the record store with fans flocking to fill up the street on North Flaine. The band arrived promptly at 11am in the blazing sun with Cave greeting the crowd: “Fucking Brighton! What a thing to be doing. Can you all see?” Oh we do like beside the seaside with @nickcave & The Bad Seeds on the roof of @residentmusic. pic.twitter.com/NrvncronjY — Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) July 31, 2026 The stripped-back set opened with the mid-’80s deep-cut ‘Train Long-Suffering’ befor...