Today, The Cure have shared an upgraded and extended HD version of Play Out, their 1991 behind the scenes documentary. All two hours of it can be watched via YouTube. It is directed by Peter Fowler, and follows The Cure across a handful of performances. From small scale English clubs to a headlining set at Wembley Arena, and a spot on MTV Unplugged, the expanded version offers an even closer look at how one of history’s most influential goth-rock bands came to be.
The re-release of Play Out coincides with the 30th anniversary reissue of The Cure’s most successful album to date, Wish, which features “Friday I’m In Love.” The reissue was made up of 45 songs and includes the original tracklist as well as demos, four tracks from the band’s 1993 mail order only cassette Lost Wishes, a previously unreleased song titled, “A Wendy Band,” and much more.
Meanwhile, The Cure is supposed to release their long awaited new album Songs of a Lost World which Smith described as being, “relentlessly doom and gloom” — any minute now.
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