Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate
The Royal College of Art in London have announced Nick Cave will receive an honorary doctorate later this month.
In a ceremony, set to be held at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank on September 23rd, Cave will be bestowed with the privileged honour by the Chancellor of the Royal College of Art, Sir Jony Ive.
The Royal College of Art say of the doctorate: “These awards are the highest recognition the College can bestow upon an individual and they celebrate exceptional accomplishments.” Over a thousand students graduating from the Royal College of Art in Design and Communication will also graduate at the ceremony on September 23rd.
Cave is no stranger to receiving honours. In July, he was the subject of two prestigious honours during a visit to the French city of Arles while on his summer solo tour.
He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Bertrand Burgalat, the president of the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing. Additionally, as a way of Arles expressing gratitude to Cave’s “special ties” to the city, the city’s Mayor, Patrick de Carolis, presented the Australian musician with the City of Arles Medal. In his speech, de Carolis told Cave: “You are a citizen of the world and a citizen of Arles.”
This week, Cave will conclude his summer solo tour with two shows in Luxembourg. He will return to the road in January with The Bad Seeds for a series of huge headline dates in his native Australia as well as shows in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, the Sky six-part adaptation of his novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, starring Matt Smith, is set to arrive later this year. Cave has scored the project alongside Warren Ellis, and a special preview event for the series is scheduled for the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, held at the Royal Festival Hall, on October 30th.
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