Nick Cave is smiling again as he enjoyed a romantic getaway with his wife in London after years of tragedy.
The Australian rocker, 66, and his wife of 25 years, Susie Bick, shared a passionate kiss while shopping in Notting Hill this week.
The Bad Seeds musician, known for hits such as Into My Arms and One More Time With Feeling, wrapped his arms around Susie before pulling her close.
The pair then locked lips while holding several shopping bags before continuing on the trail.
Nick dressed to impress for the outing in a gray patterned suit, light blue button-up shirt and black dress shoes.
Nick Cave was smiling again as he and his wife Susie Bick enjoyed a romantic getaway in London on Thursday after years of tragedy
The Australian rocker, 66, and his wife of 25 years packed on the PDA as they shared a kiss while shopping in Notting Hill
Susie, 55, looked stylish in white trousers, a matching colored shirt and a beige jacket.
She accessorized her ensemble with a pair of black boots, a black designer handbag and sunglasses.
Susie recently stopped trading her fashion label The Vampire’s Wife after ten years, amid the brand’s struggle to recover from the pandemic and repay an outstanding tax debt.
She published an emotional statement on the British fashion brand’s website earlier this month saying they were closing their doors due to “factors beyond our control.”
The legendary ’80s London ‘It’ girl founded the label in 2014 with friend and business partner Alex Adamson.
The ‘strange, sexy and unforgettable’ name is taken from the title of her husband’s unfinished book, which Susie described as a ‘gift’ from the Bad Seeds frontman.
Susie’s fashion label is worn by Kate Middleton, Cate Blanchett, Kate Moss and Kylie Minogue, among others.
Nick and Susie currently live with their son Earl, 23, in a quirky house in Brighton, 75km south of London.
The couple settled into a gothic lifestyle on the south coast of England, with their lives chronicled by Susie on her popular Instagram account.
The Bad Seeds musician, known for hits such as Into My Arms and One More Time With Feeling, wrapped his arms around Susie before pulling her close and giving her a kiss
Nick and Susie currently live with their son Earl, 23, in a quirky house in Brighton, 75km south of London
But the couple’s glamorous life has been hit by unimaginable tragedies over the years, including the shocking death of their son Arthur at the age of 15.
Arthur died in 2015 after falling 60 feet from a cliff in Ovingdean, near Brighton, while taking LSD.
The teenager was described by his family as a ‘beautiful, happy, loving boy’.
Losing Arthur left Susie completely bereft.
“I’m struggling with some things that have happened in my life that can sometimes take place in a pretty dark place,” she said in 2018.
‘I get lost while designing. Time flies. It’s actually an absolute gift because the worst thing has happened to me. I channel all the positive energy I can into making clothes.’
Unable to work, leave the house or meet anyone, Susie withdrew. Photos from Arthur’s inquest show her hiding her face behind a curtain of raven hair as she clings to Nick for support.
And then, three months later, a phone call came.
‘I got a call from Daisy Lowe – Pearl Lowe’s model daughter and a family friend – saying she needed a dress for an awards show and would I make one for her?
“So I dragged myself to the office to look for the red cloth. And she wore it. And I saw it photographed. That was kind of a breakthrough. From then on I went to work every day.
‘Because I had something to do that was physically demanding, I temporarily couldn’t think about anything else.
‘When Arthur died I didn’t think I could carry on. When you lose a child, nothing can take away the pain, ever. But I did realize that if I could focus on something outside of what had happened, that if I could somehow separate myself from all of this, even if just for a few seconds, and start creating things in that moments of escapism, which might be important. .’
The couple have settled into a gothic lifestyle on the south coast of England, with their lives chronicled by Susie on her popular Instagram account
The couple experienced further tragedies in 2022 when Nick’s eldest son Jethro Lazenby died at the age of 30.
“It is with great sadness that I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” Nick said in a statement.
“We would be grateful for the family’s privacy at this time.”
Jethro was born to his Melbourne-based model mother Beau Lazenby in 1991, just 10 days before Nick’s second son Luke was born.
The musician and his firstborn had a ‘strained’ relationship and did not meet until Jethro was seven or eight years old.
Nick and Susie’s son Arthur (right) tragically died aged 15 after falling 60 feet from a cliff in Ovingdean, near Brighton, in July 2015. He is pictured here with his twin brother Earl.
The couple suffered further tragedy in 2022 when Nick’s eldest son, Jethro Lazenby (pictured), died at the age of 30.
In addition to Earl, Nick has another son, Luke, 32, from his first marriage to Brazilian journalist Viviane Carneiro.
His son Earl, Arthur’s twin brother, is an actor and has appeared in The End of the F***ing World, television series Alex Rider and The School for Good and Evil.
Susie was introduced to Nick by Bella Freud, a mutual friend, who arranged for their paths to cross at a party at the Natural History Museum in London.
“He found me under the T-Rex,” Susie recalled.
They married in a registry office in Richmond, south-west London, followed by a blessing in a chapel in Surrey, in 1999.
