The Cure have announced a live movie of last year’s epic Troxy show. Find all the details below.
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The show took place exactly one year ago, on November 1 2024, at London’s Troxy in front of 3000 fans, and was livestreamed for free on YouTube to more than a million people.
It coincided with the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ – their most recent album – which they played in full, followed by a set of vintage songs and a selection of tracks from 1980’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’, and a high-octane encore.
Shortly after the gig, the ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ section was released as a live album titled ‘Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV’, with all of the band’s royalties being donated to the charity War Child.
Since then, fans have been keen for the entire show to be released, and last month the band teased that they were working on the concert film.
Now, The Cure have finally announced that the intimate show will be available to watch in cinemas worldwide from December 11, ahead of a physical Blu-Ray and DVD release later in the month,
Named The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World, the entire, 31-song performance has been remixed, recut, and 4K remastered, including a new Dolby Atmos sound mix by Robert Smith.
Tickets for showings at cinemas around the world go on sale on November 20 at 2pm GMT/10am EST/6am PST. Find further details here.
Among those in attendance at the show were Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien, Boy George, Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite, members of Duran Duran, actor Mathew Horne and comedian Stewart Lee, Pale Waves, Just Mustard, Dr Brian Cox, Chris Packham, My Bloody Valentine icon Kevin Shields and Pedro Pascal.
NME was also there, and noted: “The feel of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ with its long introductions and heavy tapestry of sound felt so complete and natural for the band – landing live like an addition to the ‘dark trilogy’ of ‘Disintegration’, ‘Pornography’ and ‘Bloodflowers’. As Cooper’s shuddering and monolithic drums brought in ‘Endsong’ before Gabrels’ howling and epic guitar solo, the first set closed as one that will go down in history for fans of The Cure.”
They played ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in full at the show, their first new album in 16 years, and treated those in attendance to a run of hits and favourites from across their career, although the live album will be limited to just the tracks from the new album.
Last month, the band also confirmed they have recorded 13 songs for a new album – the follow-up to ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, which Smith has been hinting at for over a year.
Around the time of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, Smith said the band had another LP that was “virtually finished”, as well as a third new record in the works. He also indicated that he would be reluctant to head back on the road until at least one of those albums had been completed.
There are also rumours that The Cure might play a special show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust gig series. Smith took over as curator for the 2026 edition, after The Who’s Roger Daltrey stepped down from the role.
In a five-star review of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, NME concluded: “Merciless? Yes, but there’s always enough heart in the darkness and opulence in the sound to hold you and place these songs alongside The Cure’s finest. The frontman suggested that another two records may be arriving at some point, but ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career. Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”
