 On 11 October 2008 Nicely played his first ever live show, supporting friends and long-time supporters the Bevis Frond at The Luminaire in London.Since then Nicely has performed a handful of concerts (often under the band name nick nicely's Unlived Lives), including the Green Man Festival in 2009, and, inspired by the surrealists, always wearing a veil.In 2012 Nicely was invited to play two shows by Kasper and Herlinde Raeman, at Meneer Malasch (Amsterdam) and Wastelands Festival (Ghent).