Rock legends The Cure has released their highly acclaimed live album ‘CURÆTION-25’ on ‘The Coda Collection‘ on Amazon Prime. 

The band’s live performance from London’s Meltdown Festival in 2018 is available to stream for the first time. Previously it was only available on DVD.

‘CURÆTION-25: From There To Here | From Here To There‘ is a 138-minute long concert film where The Cure plays 28 songs from each of the band’s 13 albums. In the first part ‘From There To Here‘ tracks are played in chronological order from 1978 to 2018 finishing off with the latest release ‘It Can Never Be The Same‘. Then in part two ‘From Here To There‘, tracks are played in reverse, ending with ‘Boys Don’t Cry‘.

Meltdown Festival is an annual art and music show held in London. In 2018 the 25th anniversary of the festival was curated by Robert Smith himself. 

Smith commented at that time: “Curating this 25th Meltdown festival is a dream come true, a fantastic experience… albeit getting 60 wonderful artists, including many of my all time favourites, to come together for 10 days in June is not without its challenges – as one of my predecessors noted, it ios akin to figuring out a giant psychadelic puzzle.”

He continued: “But as each invitee confirms, as each shimmering piece falls into place, I pinch myself – this is really happening… and the complete picture will undoubtedly be out of this world!”.

In an interview, Smith stated how different the 2018 show was as it marked the band’s 40th years. He said: “To me, it’s there even through some songs that you wouldn’t normally like together. It was a concept, which is why I called it ‘CUREATION 25’ instead of The Cure. I thought, ‘Let’s go full hog, this will probably be the only conceptual thing I ever do in my life“.

At the moment the two-set performance is available only to US subscribers. The subscription offers an exclusive view of the iconic music concerts and documentaries. A free 7-day trial for ‘The Coda Collection‘ is available here.

Meanwhile, Smith and Chvrches collaborated on a new song ‘How Not To Drown’. 

Photo credit: Raymond Flotat