The rumours are true! The Cure join Sydney’s Vivid LIVE and will play their first three albums.
Curator Steve Pavlovic is credited with “securing” the UK legends, and the performance is going to be extra special.
The Cure will play not one, not two, but three albums live in succession on two dates – Tuesday 31 May and Wednesday 1 June – at the Sydney Opera House.
The massively influential new-wave/post-punk heroes will play their 1979 debut Three Imaginary Boys, 1980’s Seventeen Seconds and 1981’s Faith.
Pavolic said in a statement, "From my teenage years to the present day, The Cure have always been one of the most inspiring bands I have ever come across. To have the opportunity to include them in the line up is an honour equal to curating Vivid LIVE."
The band’s figurehead Robert Smith adds, “Vivid LIVE is an exceptional event, and we are very excited to be taking part. We have played a lot of memorable shows in Australia – we first performed here in 1980, and this will be our seventh trip – but it will be our first time onstage in the Sydney Opera House, and we want to do something unique to mark the occasion. Combining Cure members past and present in a live filmed interpretation of our first three albums feels to me like it should do the trick!”
The shows will go for three hours, with two intermissions, and feature different members for each album.
Tickets for these once-in-a-lifetime shows will go on sale via the Sydney Opera House website on Thursday 12 May.
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