The Cure have unveiled their plan for a cinematic release of their ‘The Show of a Lost World’ concert at London’s Troxy.
The show took place on November 1st, 2024. Just over 3,000 fans were in attendance at the show, which was also livestreamed for free on YouTube. Over one million people tuned into the stream.
The gig coincided with the release of their most recent album, Songs Of A Lost World. They played the album in its entirety at the show, following a set of tracks from 1980s Seventeen Seconds.
Soon after the show finished, the Songs Of A Lost World portion of the night was released as a live album titled Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV. All of the royalties were donated to the charity War Child.
Finally, The Cure have announced that the footage from the show won’t go to waste. It will be available to watch worldwide in cinemas from December 11th. Later that month, the performance will be released on Blu-ray and DVD.
Named The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World, the huge 31-song performance has been remixed, recut, and 4K remastered.
Many famous names attended the show last November, such as Billie Joe Armstrong, Boy George, members of Duran Duran, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, My Bloody Valatine icon Kevin Shields and Fantastic Four actor Pedro Pascal.
There have been rumblings of a new project in the works. They have confirmed 13 new songs have been recorded for a new album, after their website was updated to say: “In March 2025 the band went back into Rockfield Studios to record 13 more songs for a follow up album.”
Additionally, they will be headlining one night at Primavera Festival next summer, in Barcelona.
In a four-star review of their latest album, Far Out wrote, “Songs Of A Lost World has a vibrancy that echoes eras gone by, matching The Cure’s signature motifs without neglecting the album’s broader message. What more is there to say about the record’s intrinsic theme of the beginning of the end? More than usual, Smith forcefully stamps his impending finality, enhancing lyrical precision while loosening his grip on the band’s usual tropes, creating something that feels liberated in every sense.”
