The Cure will live stream Disintegration 30th anniversary show

By Scott Munro
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The Cure announce that they’ll stream their show at the Sydney Opera House on May 30 to celebrate Disintegration’s 30th anniversary

The Cure

Thirty years ago today, The Cure (opens in new tab) released their classic album Disintegration (opens in new tab).

It’s regarded by fans as one of The Cure’s finest works and features a range of live favourites such as Plainsong, Pictures Of You, Lovesong, Lullaby and Fascination Street.

Robert Smith and co revealed back in February that they’d play four special Disintegration shows at the Sydney Opera House on May 24, 25, 27 and 28 (opens in new tab). 

Now, fresh from their induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (opens in new tab), they’ve added a fifth night on May 30 – and it’ll be live streamed around the world for all those unable to attend.

The Cure say: “Today marks 30 years since the release of the Disintegration album – and we are very pleased to announce to Cure fans around the world that we will be global live streaming our final performance from the Sydney Opera House on May 30, where we will be playing the album in its entirety – plus extras – at Vivid Live.

“We look forward to celebrating the anniversary of this special album with you all. And remember, this album was mixed to be played loud… so turn it up!”

The show will start at 8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (11am GMT) on SOH Music’s YouTube channel (opens in new tab).

Following the Australian shows, The Cure have more performances lined up throughout the summer (opens in new tab), including shows in Dublin, Glasgow, at the Roskilde festival and a headline slot at Glastonbury.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.