The Cure have announced a new live album, their seventh. “Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXlV” was recorded at the band’s show last month at the 3100-capacity Troxy in East London, an event scheduled to celebrate their new album release “Songs Of A Lost World”, The record is the rock outfit’s first album in 16 years, and it’s been heavily anticipated for years now. And with the success of the new record, and features live versions of the album’s eight songs. The somewhat private concert celebrated the release of the highly-anticipated album “Songs Of A Lost World“. The performance included live versions of songs like “Alone”, “And Nothing Is Forever”, “I Can Never Say Goodbye”, and more.
The Troxy London set went much longer than what will be available on “Songs Of A Live World“. Eight songs from the set will make it to the live album. However, the performance itself spanned a whopping 31 songs. The set featured the entirety of “Songs Of A Lost World” performed live. The band also performed a few well-known Cure hits and fan-favourite songs.
The album will be released on December 13th, and The Cure’s royalties will be donated to War Child, the charity that works to support children living with the effects of war and conflict. It’ll be released across a number of different formats, including standalone single CD, LP and cassette. It’ll also be packaged as a double set with the studio album, wrapped in a variation of the original album artwork. The vinyl versions of both albums will ship in February 2025.
At the same time, the band have launched single and double “blood red moon” vinyl editions of “Songs Of A Lost World”. The double set features a second disc featuring instrumental versions of the studio tracks.
The Cure’s royalties from sales of “Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXlV” will be donated to War Child
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