The Cure celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album ‘Paris’ with the publication of an expanded reissue

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The Cure has announced the reissue of Paris, their live album from 1993. Thus, the group will publish an expanded and remastered version of the album. The new edition will celebrate the 30th anniversary from the original album release.

Paris was the second live album that documented the band’s 1992 tour when they were promoting their ninth album, wish. The first album, Showwas published in September 1993 and reissued in July of last year.

The album, with 14 songs, was recorded in three nights at Le Zènith in Paris in October 1992 and was published in October 1993. It includes the singles love song, catch, A Letter To Elise, Charlotte Sometimes, Close To Me and two live fan favorites: Play For Today and One Hundred Years.

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The 30th anniversary reissue of Pariswhich will see the light of March 22 It has been remastered by Robert Smith and engineer Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios in London. In addition, it will include two previously unreleased live songs: Shake Dog Shake and Hot Hot Hot!!!. The album’s track listing has been modified according to the new additions, which now open and close the album.

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This new edition will be released on vinyl and CD. The double album has not had an official vinyl release in the UK since its initial release in 1993.

In December The Cure finished their tour Shows Of A Lost World after 90 concerts in more than thirty countries, to the delight of fans and critics.

Robert Smith v Ticketmaster

A few months ago, Robert Smith He harshly attacked the ticketing platform Ticketmaster’s pricing policy for the band’s US tour.

Apparently, the British formation had been warned about the resale business in various parts of North America, so Ticketmaster apparently told them that it had certain strategies to prevent tickets from being distributed illegally and at unfair prices. In this sense, the group was convinced that Ticketmaster’s strategy could help them regulate the resale situation.

The famous singer was disappointed because when the tickets went on sale they were far from what was expected, since thousands of fans began to denounce the extremely high prices for the group’s shows. After several conversations, it seems that they finally reached an agreement and the platform also promised to lower costs in future locations.

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