Live report November 1st Troxy, London

I have it on good authority that the youtube video won't be up indefinitely, so enjoy it while you can

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The Troxy venue may have been selected for excellent acoustics and to optimize video and audio quality so as to prioritise offering a superb, free global live stream.

The largest cameras were mounted just in front of the first-balcony seating area, but didn't interfere with sightlines. The camera on a huge boom ranged above half the front floor area width-wise and nearly the entire area front-to-back. Again without obstructing views.

If I had to guess, I'd say that having a physical audience was icing on the cake. Having a larger venue and larger audience would likely have nixed the streaming.

With a global fan base, which would we rather have for an album-release show: one concert in one city in a more "full service" venue of say 15,000-30,000, but NO live-stream?

Or what the Troxy setting accomplished: a free global live stream to watch in real time, plus for a while afterwards on one's own schedule, broadcast from a great-sounding space with pro camera footage?

I say the latter, even if it was a bit cramped up front and seating started half-way back. Yet even from those seats, all could see facial expressions and hands on instruments (without a Jumbotron).

My review is up on Rock News!

www.rocknews.co.uk/blog/2024/11/04/the-cure-unveil-songs-of-a-lost-world-in-an-unforgettable-troxy-performance/

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