The Cure announce free livestream of intimate London show
As The Cure prepare to release their upcoming album, Songs of a Lost World, they have unveiled plans to livestream an intimate London show which will see the LP performed in its entirety.
The long-awaited record is set for release on November 1st, and on the same day, The Cure will perform Songs of a Lost World in full at The Troxy in London. The venue has a capacity of 3,000, which makes it one of the smallest shows that The Cure, who are used to headlining arenas and stadiums, have played in many years.
Tickets for the show are expected to sell-out immediately. To be in with a chance of securing access to their performance at The Troxy, fans of The Cure must pre-order a copy of Songs of a Lost World before 11:59pm on October 16th. Anyone who had already pre-ordered the album prior to the announcement is already in contention for tickets. The official sale is set to take place at 3pm on October 17th.
Fortunately, for the many that will be unsuccessful in their attempts to secure tickets or live outside of London, The Cure are also planning on live-streaming the concert on YouTube for free.
The latest live announcement from The Cure arrives a week after they previously shared plans to perform two special shows for BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2 later this month.
The Cure’s set for BBC 6 Music will be broadcast on October 31st and also promises to include special interview with the band on The Huw Stephens Show. Furthermore, they will also record a set for BBC Radio 2 on October 30th in-front of a small audience which will be broadcast on the station on Jo Whiley’s programme the following day.
In a statement, Smith told the BBC of the upcoming shows: “It’s not often we perform such intimate shows, so we’re really looking forward to this, and to sharing more tracks from the new album for the first time.”
Furthermore, the two live sets will be available to view on BBC iPlayer from October 31st for 30 days. Additionally, on November 2nd, BBC Two will air the band’s recording for BBC Radio 2 as part of a brand new The Cure at the BBC compilation set. The channel is also roll out previous films That Was Then…This Is Now: The Cure, The Cure at Glastonbury 2019, and Rock Around the Clock: The Cure.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, The Cure continued to tease their forthcoming album with the new single, ‘A Fragile Thing‘. The new release is the follow-up to ‘Alone’, which acts as the opening track on Songs of a Lost World.
Upon the release of ‘Alone’, Smith explained how the song was key to getting the album over the finishing line, stating, “‘Alone’ is the track that unlocked the record. As soon as we had that track recorded, I knew it was the opening song and I felt the whole album come into focus. I’d been struggling to find the right opening line for the right opening song for a while, working with the simple idea of being ‘Alone’ always in the back of my mind.”
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World tracklist:
- ‘Alone’
- ‘And Nothing is Forever’
- ‘A Fragile Thing’
- ‘Warsong’
- ‘Drone:Nodrone’
- ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’
- ‘All I Ever Am’
- ‘Endsong’
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