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Looking back on almost three decades of live performances, from legendary laundromat shows to answering the calls of nature onstage
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Rock’s gothic preacher man and his Bad Seeds deliver a triumphant sermon on finding the light after unimaginable loss
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From a rained-out first visit to China to an unforgettable headline show in Texas, Shane Told walks us through some of his most memorable performances