Editing Nick Cave (section)

==== 2000–present (as of 2025) ====
In 2004, Cave gave a hand to [[Marianne Faithfull]] on her sixteenth studio album, ''[[Before the Poison]]''. He co-wrote and produced three songs ("Crazy Love", "There Is a Ghost" and "Desperanto"), and the Bad Seeds are featured on all of them. He is also featured on "The Crane Wife 3" (originally by [[the Decemberists]]), on Faithfull's seventeenth studio album, ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (2008).

He collaborated on the 2003 single "Bring It On", with [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]], formerly of the Australian punk group, [[The Saints (Australian band)|the Saints]]. Cave contributed vocals to the song "Sweet Rosyanne", on the studio album ''Catch That Train!'' (2006) by Dan Zanes & Friends, a children's music group.

In 2010, Cave began a series of duets with [[Debbie Harry]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] for ''[[Jeffrey Lee Pierce|The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – We Are Only Riders|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=13|website=[[Glitterhouse Records]]|access-date=11 January 2010|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516103156/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – The Journey is Long|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=152|website=Glitterhouse Records|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-date=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415120334/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=152|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – Axels & Sockets|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=190|website=Glitterhouse Records|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-date=6 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706161023/http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=190|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, Cave recorded a cover version of [[the Zombies]]' "[[She's Not There]]" with [[Neko Case]], which was used at the end of the first episode of the fourth season of ''[[True Blood]]''.

In 2014, Cave wrote the libretto for the opera ''[[Shell Shock (opera)|Shell Shock]]'' by the Belgian composer [[Nicholas Lens]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert-Jan Bartunek |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/ww1-century-opera-idINKCN0ID2GX20141024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306172730/http://in.reuters.com/article/ww1-century-opera-idINKCN0ID2GX20141024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2016 |title=Shell Shock opera brings trauma of World War One to stage |website=[[Reuters]] |date=25 October 2014 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/scenes/article/2014/10/29/shell-shock-fait-eprouver-le-traumatisme-des-tranchees_4514105_1654999.html |title='Shell Shock' fait éprouver le traumatisme des tranchées |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date=29 October 2014 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ |title=Nicholas Lens – Mute Song |website=Mutesong.com |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> The opera premiered at the Royal Opera House [[La Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]] on 24 October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/opera/421/Shell-Shock |title=Program (Opera) &#124; La Monnaie / De Munt |website=[[La Monnaie]] |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>
and was also set up at the international Weekend of War and Peace, [[Paris]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Laspière|first=Victor Tribot|date=9 November 2018|title=Shell Shock, un opéra de Nicholas Lens en hommage aux victimes de la Grande Guerre|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/opera/shell-shock-un-opera-de-nicholas-lens-en-hommage-aux-victimes-de-la-grande-guerre-66905|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[France Musique]]|language=fr}}</ref> on 10 and 11 November 2018 performed by L' [[Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France]] at [[Cité de la Musique]] ([[Philharmonie de Paris]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shell Shock, A Requiem of War|url=https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/spectacle/19070-shell-shock-requiem-war|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Philharmonie de Paris]]|language=fr|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220174154/https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/spectacle/19070-shell-shock-requiem-war|url-status=dead}}</ref> with live television broadcasting on [[Arte]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Opera in the Media: Week 46 of 2018 |date= 9 November 2018|publisher= [[Place de l'Opéra]]|url=https://www-operamagazine-nl.translate.goog/binnenkort/46093/opera-in-de-media-week-46-van-2018/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|access-date= 22 May 2024}}</ref> and [[France Musique]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicholas Lens – "Shell Shock" (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Silesia Opera Choir)|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/en/concerts/music-performances/shell-shock-requiem-war-22350|access-date=14 March 2021|website=France Musique|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Cave wrote the libretto for ''[[L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S]]'', a trance-minimal chamber opera by [[Nicholas Lens]]. A recording produced by both writers was released by [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – Insights|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-nicholas-lens-nick-cave-12128/insights|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Deutsche Grammophon]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2020|title=Nick Cave teams up with composer Nicholas Lens for "lockdown opera" 'L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S'|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/nick-cave-teams-up-with-composer-nicholas-lens-for-lockdown-opera-l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-2777504|access-date=14 March 2021|website=NME|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens Collaborate on New Opera L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nick-cave-nicholas-lens-collaborate-160534870.html|access-date=14 March 2021|website=[[Yahoo News]]|date=9 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 October 2020|title=Il 4 dicembre uscirà la "lockdown opera" di Nick Cave|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/il-4-dicembre-uscira-la-lockdown-opera-di-nick-cave/534553/|access-date=14 March 2021|website=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it-IT}}</ref>

In 2004, Cave said: "I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]." The line is widely quoted in discourse around the band; their bassist, [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], a fan of Cave, wrote that it had hurt him. In 2025, Cave wrote an apology on his website, saying it was "an offhand and somewhat uncharitable remark" with "no malice intended", and announced that he had recently contributed to a record by Flea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2025-03-12 |title=Nick Cave clarifies stance on Red Hot Chili Peppers, discusses forthcoming Flea collaboration |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2300054/nick-cave-clarifies-stance-on-red-hot-chili-peppers-discusses-forthcoming-flea-collaboration/news/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=[[Stereogum]] |language=en}}</ref>