In 2018 The Cure played two career-spanning shows in the U.K. in celebration of their 40th anniversary. Today The Cure announced CURÆTION-25 and Anniversary 1978 - 2018 Live In Hyde Park London will be released as a double concert film titled The Cure: 40 on DVD/Blu-Ray/CD on October 18th.
CURÆTION-25 took place June 24th, 2018 on the tenth and final night of the Meltdown Festival at Royal Festival Hall in London. The 28 song set featured two songs from each of the Cure's 13 studio albums performed in chronological order along with two new non-album tracks.
Two weeks later -- July 7th, 2018 -- The Cure performed another career-spanning set at Hyde Park in London to a crowd of 65,000 fans. The 29 song Anniversary 1978 - 2018 Live In Hyde Park London performance went on to screen at select theaters worldwide last month.
The Cure - 40 Live will be released as a 2DVD/4CD deluxe box (DVD of each concert; the audio portion of each concert spread over two discs), 2Blu Ray/4CD deluxe box (blu ray of each concert; audio portion spread over two discs each), 2DVD hardbook, and 2Blu Ray hardbook. Head here to view all the pre-order options.
View the trailer and the tracklisting for the release below:
Disc 1 - CURÆTION 25 (DVD or Blu Ray)
01. Three Imaginary Boys
02. At Night
03. Other Voices
04. A Strange Day
05. Bananafishbones
06. A Night Like This
07. Like Cockatoos
08. Pictures Of You
09. High
10. Jupiter Crash
11. 39
12. Us Or Them
13. It's Over
14. It Can Never Be The Same
15. Step Into The Light
16. The Hungry Ghost
17. alt.end
18. The Last Day Of Summer
19. Want
20. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
21. Disintegration
22. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
23. Sinking
24. Shake Dog Shake
25. One Hundred Years
26. Primary
27. A Forest
28. Boys Don't Cry
Disc 2 - Anniversary 1978 - 2018 (DVD/Blu Ray)
01. Plainsong
02. Pictures Of You
03. High
04. A Night Like This
05. The Walk
06. The End Of The World
07. Lovesong
08. Push
09. Inbetween Days
10. Just Like Heaven
11. If Only Tonight
12. Play For Today
13. A Forest
14. Shake Dog Shake
15. Burn
16. Fascination Street
17. Never Enough
18. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
19. Disintegration
20. Lullaby
21. Caterpillar
22. Friday I'm In Love
23. Close To Me
24. Why Can't I Be You
25. Boys Don't Cry
26. Jumping Someone Else's Train
27. Grinding Halt
28. 10:15 Saturday Night
29. KAA
Disc 3 - CURÆTION 25 (audio CD)
01. Three Imaginary Boys
02. At Night
03. Other Voices
04. A Strange Day
05. Bananafishbones
06. A Night Like This
07. Like Cockatoos
08. Pictures Of You
09. High
10. Jupiter Crash
11. 39
12. Us Or Them
13. It's Over
14. It Can Never Be The Same
Disc 4 - CURÆTION 25 (audio CD)
01. Step Into The Light
02. The Hungry Ghost
03. alt.end
04. The Last Day Of Summer
05. Want
06. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
07. Disintegration
08. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
09. Sinking
10. Shake Dog Shake
11. One Hundred Years
12. Primary
13. A Forest
14. Boys Don't Cry
Disc 5 - Anniversary 1978 - 2018 (audio CD)
01. Plainsong
02. Pictures Of You
03. High
04. A Night Like This
05. The Walk
06. The End Of The World
07. Lovesong
08. Push
09. Inbetween Days
10. Just Like Heaven
11. If Only Tonight
12. Play For Today
13. A Forest
14. Shake Dog Shake
Disc 6 - Anniversary 1978 - 2018 (audio CD)
01. Burn
02. Fascination Street
03. Never Enough
04. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
05. Disintegration
06. Lullaby
07. Caterpillar
08. Friday I'm In Love
09. Close To Me
10. Why Can't I Be You
11. Boys Don't Cry
12. Jumping Someone Else's Train
13. Grinding Halt
14. 10:15 Saturday Night
15. KAA
Published August 8th, 2019
