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The Cure Bestival Live 2011

The Cure Bestival Live 2011

The Cure To Release Live Album For Charity

by Paul Cashmere on November 6, 2011

in New Music,News

The Cure will release a live album from their Bestival performance to help raise money for the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.

The Cure Bestival Live 2011

The Cure Bestival Live 2011

The Isle of Wight youth trust is a charitable, independent organization offering counseling, advice and information and support services to people under the age of 25 on the Isle of Wight, the home of Bestival.

In a statement, The Cure singer Robert Smith said, “We had such a great time in the Isle of Wight at Bestival that we wanted to release this show as a way of thanking fans and islanders alike. Bestival IS the best!”

Bestival founder Rob da Bank added, “Since I was 15 and backcombing my hair, donning my sisters eyeliner and singing the lyrics to ‘A Forest’ into my hairbrush I’ve had an unhealthy fascination with The Cure. To say it reached its peak at Bestival 2011 is an understatement, as after seven years of pestering I not only landed The Cure to headline Bestival, but now appear to be putting out one of their live records on my own record label. How strange! For any of the 50,000 who were at Bestival and saw all or some of the two and a half hour set, this live album will transport you back. For fans of The Cure who didn’t make it I know this will be a legendary addition to your Cure collection!”

The tracklisting is:

CD1:
01. Plainsong
02. Open
03. Fascination Street
04. A Night Like This
05. The End Of The World
06. Lovesong
07. Just Like Heaven
08. The Only One
09. The Walk
10. Push
11. Friday I’m In Love
12. Inbetween Days
13. Play For Today
14. A Forest
15. Primary
16. Shake Dog Shake

CD2:
01. The Hungry Ghost
02. One Hundred Years
03. End
04. Disintegration
Encore1:
05. Lullaby
06. The Lovecats
07. The Caterpillar
08. Close To Me
09. Hot Hot Hot!!!
10. Let’s Go To Bed
11. Why Can’t I Be You?
Encore 2:
12. Boys Don’t Cry
13. Jumping Someone Else’s Train
14. Grinding Halt
15. 10:15 Saturday Night
16. Killing Another

The album will be released in December through Universal.

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