The Cure Stream Live Concert

British goth rock legends The Cure are currently streaming a 30 song live show on their Myspace page.

Formed by singer Robert Smith in the late 70s, The Cure emerged from the post-punk era with thin, wiry guitars and lust for make up. Inspiring an army of fans, The Cure have lasted through a variety of trends and fads to become a seminal British group.

The band have even notched up a couple of bona fide hit singles, with Smith putting down his mascara long enough to pen lilting pop odes such as 'Friday I'm In Love'. Of course, the group are not all sweetness and light, with The Cure also producing works that veer towards industrial rock.

Currently, the band are enjoying a boom in popularity in the United States. Long regarded as a legendary musical force, last year's album '4:13 Dream' saw them return in style. A mature work, it nonetheless captured the vitality that made them such a potent pop force.

The Cure were recently picked to headline Coachella, disobeying a curfew in order to play to a massive main stage audience.

Now to celebrate the band are giving away a new thirty song live set from a show in New York last year. A strange move, perhaps, given Robert Smith's much publicised dis-taste for free downloads. In a statement on The Cure's message board the singer claims that "AN ARTIST HAS TO VALUE THE ART THEY CREATE. OTHERWISE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN BELIEVE IT TO BE ART".

However the show is available to stream right now, giving a taste of just what went on at Coachella. The set contains classics such as 'Pictures Of You' and 'In Between Days' alongside early material. The band are on good form, jesting with the audience and wringing out the nuances in those famed early singles.

You can listen to The Cure's live set on their Myspace page now!