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Warren Ellis on his new book ‘Nina Simone’s Gum’: “You can take a leap of faith inspired by the most ridiculous thing in your head”

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Nick Cave collaborator and Bad Seeds multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis has opened up about his forthcoming memoir Nina Simone’s Gum ahead of its publication early next month.Set to be released in the UK on September 2 via Faber, the non-fiction work is about a piece of Simone‘s chewed gum that Ellis acquired in 1999, when the jazz singer performed at London’s Meltdown Festival – which Cave curated that year.Following Simone’s performance, Ellis climbed onstage taking a piece of gum from her piano.

The composer held onto it for two decades, eventually casting the gum in a silver and gold display as part of Cave’s Stranger Than Kindness exhibition.“All I have seen the gum do is bring out love and care in the people who have come in contact.

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