Pitchfork

Check your clocks and calendars, because Festival 2005 is set to land in, yes, 2006. Your favorite mascara'd mopers the Cure have unveiled the release of a new live DVD by that bland-ass name, due December 5 on Suretone/Geffen Records.

The folks behind the film culled footage from the band's nine-date series of European festival appearances last year. At these events, band members, crew, and a few very lucky fans received video cameras to document the Cure's wily onstage exploits. At the time, the band was celebrating the return of guitarist Porl Thompson.

This material-- in addition to video taken with professional cameras-- was mixed together to form the 30-track DVD that is Festival 2005. Daren Butler handled editing duties, while Keith Uddin mixed in collaboration with Robert Smith. Sounds like it will be the perfect remedy for all those A Christmas Story marathons.

Festival 2005:

01 Open
02 Fascination Street
03 alt.end
04 The Blood
05 A Night Like This
06 The End of the World
07 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
08 The Kiss
09 Shake Dog Shake
10 Us or Them
11 Never Enough
12 The Figurehead
13 A Strange Day
14 Push
15 Just Like Heaven
16 In Between Days
17 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
18 The Drowning Man
19 Signal to Noise
20 The Baby Screams
21 One Hundred Years
22 Shiver and Shake
23 End Encores
24 At Night
25 M
26 Play for Today
27 A Forest
28 Plainsong
29 Disintegration
30 Faith