Category: Video

Video: The Cure at Belgium's Rock Werchter 2012 festival — watch full hour-long webcast

Video: The Cure at Belgium’s Rock Werchter 2012 festival — watch full hour-long webcast

Another festival, another webcast: The Cure tonight played Rock Werchter 2012 in Belgium, and, as has become customary, part of the band’s set was broadcast live over the web. Above, you can watch the first hour of Robert Smith and Co.’s 24-song set, from opener ‘Open’ through ‘Play for Today’ (via Chain of Flowers).

Video: The Stone Roses faux documentary 'The Second Second Coming'

Video: The Stone Roses faux documentary ‘The Second Second Coming’

With The Stone Roses opening their three-night homecoming stand at Manchester’s Heaton Park tomorrow night, now comes the ‘inside’ look at their reunion: a cheeky 9-minute mockumentary called ‘The Stone Roses: The Second Second Coming,’ which was posted to YouTube today and is quickly making the social media rounds.

Video: The Cure at Germany's Southside Festival —  watch full 70-minute webcast

Video: The Cure at Germany’s Southside Festival — watch full 70-minute webcast

The Cure played a pair of German festivals this weekend, and, lucky for us, one of them — tonight’s set at the Southside Festival — was webcast in part, and you can now watch a capture of that full 70-minute stream, via Chain of Flowers. The video above features the first 14 songs of the 28-song set.

Vintage Video: Echo & The Bunnymen on 'Rockpalast' in 1983 — full 90-minute gig

Vintage Video: Echo & The Bunnymen on ‘Rockpalast’ in 1983 — full 90-minute gig

Been a while since we dusted off the Vintage Video series, so now’s a great time to dip into the vast reaches of YouTube for this 90-minute Echo & The Bunnymen concert filmed in March 1983 shortly after the release of Porcupine and broadcast by the renowned German TV show “Rockpalast.”

Video: Icehouse performs 1980 debut 'Flowers' at Australia's Homebake festival

Video: Icehouse performs 1980 debut ‘Flowers’ at Australia’s Homebake festival

On Dec. 3 last year, Iva Davies led the current incarnation of Icehouse through selections from the group’s 1980 debut ‘Flowers’ at the Homebake 2011 festival in the band’s native Australia. Six months later, superb-quality video has emerged of the hour-long set.

Video: The Cure plays 'The Top' for first time in 28 years at Sweden's Hultsfred Festival

Video: The Cure plays ‘The Top’ for first time in 28 years at Sweden’s Hultsfred Festival

The Cure’s run of summer festival appearances continues to delight the band’s longtime fans, as Robert Smith and Co. mix up their sets and trot out songs not played in decades, if ever. The latest uber-rarity to creep into The Cure’s set: the title track of 1984’s ‘The Top,’ a song not played live since that year’s tour.