Curaetion-25: From There To Here From Here To There

The one and only performance of ‘CURÆTION-25: From There To Here From Here To There’, took place on the 10th and final night of the 25th Meltdown Festival, curated by Robert Smith at London’s Royal Festival Hall in June 2018.Beginning with the title track from the ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ album, CURÆTION-25 - Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels - played in chronological order a song from every Cure studio album, performing a couple of current unreleased songs at the heart of the show, before retracing their steps, ending around 145 minutes later with the title track from the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ album. The Nick Wickham directed HD / 5.1 film of this unique show shares an incredible audiovisual trip, showcasing the truly kaleidoscopic 40 year musical history of The Cure. “The most perfect distillation of everything that makes The Cure, well, The Cure” [Drowned In Sound]“The height of understated minimalism” [The Guardian]