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Nick Cave and actor Andy Serkis are planning to create a stop-motion version of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera. News of this project was announced while Serkis was promoting the Ian Dury biopic, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll in Berlin.

The Threepenny Opera is a loose adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century Beggar's Opera, which tells the story of Macheath, the anti-hero, and his problems with his father-in-law.  Featured in the opera is the song "Mack the Knife," which Cave recorded for the album, September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, released in 1995.

At this time, information about cast and crew is unknown.

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Following up the reissues of the first four Bad Seeds albums, their fifth, sixth, and seventh albums are slated for re-release on April 5, 2010. Tender Prey, The Good Son, and Henry's Dream are being released, as were the first four albums, in 5.1 Surround Sound as two-disc collector's editions. 

Each album will feature the remastered stereo album, the new surround sound mix, further segments of the documentary by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and b-sides, live tracks, videos, and liner notes.

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In the January 2010 issue of Q Magazine, Nick Cave is featured as one of the artists of the century. A full-page photo and interview are included, in which he speaks of his love of Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious," among other things.  Other artists featured include Coldplay, The Killers, U2, and others. 

Editor Paul Rees says, “All of the 34 artists who feature on the cover of the Artists Of The Century issue are there because they have significantly shaped or connected with our readers’ lives during the past 10 years – and as such they represent a reflection of the breadth and diversity of Q’s musical world.”

The magazine is on newsstands now.

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Along with such artists as The Raveonettes, Debbie Harry, Mick Harvey, Lydia Lunch, and Kid Congo Powers, Nick Cave appears on the just-released tribute album We Are Only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project.  The album is a tribute to late Gun Club frontman, Jeffrey Lee Pierce.  The album, comprised of songs composed by Pierce prior to his death, was largely put together by Pierce's former  bass player, Cypress Grove.  

 Cave performs the first track, "Ramblin' Mind," as well as a duet with Debbie Harry entitled "Free to Walk".  The album is out now.

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