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After a distinguished career spanning over four decades in the music industry, Nick Hartley has announced his retirement. 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will take their show on the road in early 2026, visiting greenspaces and arenas in Australia and NZ.

Cave was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, a prestigious accolade recognising great contributions to French culture.

"Wild God" opens at No. 5 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart -- the top debut of the week -- for Cave and Co.’s seventh U.K. top 10 album.

In Australia, the album will be worked by [PIAS] Australia, formed in 2021 following the indie company’s acquisition of Inertia Music.

Lee Sugar is the latest signing to [PIAS], scoring a global deal with the independent music powerhouse, reps confirm.

Rigney, a 15-year label veteran with international experience, is welcomed as inaugural head of label, TMN can exclusively reveal.

Financial terms of the arrangement, announced late Wednesday (Nov. 30), were not disclosed.

The alternative-pop artist is the music company's third local signing announcement for 2022, TMN can exclusively reveal.

Inertia Music and [PIAS] Australia have promoted a string of key staffers within the indie group’s Label Services, Marketing and A&R teams.