Nick Cave was one of the artists participating in a tribute concert which took place in Los Angeles last night [April 7, 2015] in honour of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

Cave performed “The Ship Song” with Beth Orton, which you can watch in footage below.

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The show was organised by the David Lynch Foundation and took place at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel to celebrate the 60th anniversary Ginsberg’s most famous poem, “Howl“.

Aside from Cave, Amy Poehler, Peaches, Courtney Love, Devendra Banhart and Macy Gray were among the guests.