The Cure – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonFew bands have had such a fan-pleasing middle age as the Cure. With or without a new album to promote, Robert Smith and his crew sporadically go on the road with hit-heavy sets and endless encores. To paraphrase Linda Evangelista, they won't get out of bed for a set shorter than three hours. So while most bands recreate one classic album, it's entirely in character for the Cure to opt for a chronological trilogy.The sequence illustrates the startling speed of their music...

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