{"id":105514,"date":"2026-08-17T23:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/105514\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:44:32","slug":"the-cranberries-to-release-newly-unearthed-performance-live-at-the-london-astoria-ii-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/105514\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cranberries to release newly unearthed performance &#8216;Live At The London Astoria II, 1994&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A previously \u201clost recording\u201d of a 1994 live performance by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-cranberries?before=YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjM1ODQ1Mjc=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Cranberries<\/a> in London is set to be released for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/music-interviews\/cranberries-final-album-album-celebrates-work-dolores-gives-something-back-fans-like-little-gift-left-behind-2435965\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Cranberries on their final album: \u201cIt\u2019s like a little gift Dolores left behind\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entitled \u2018The Cranberries: Live At The London Astoria II, 1994\u2019 the recently unearthed performance saw the band perform at the now defunct venue and showcase nine songs from their landmark album \u2018No Need To Argue\u2019, which was released later that year and featured their massive hit \u2018Zombie\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Comprised of 15 stripped back live recordings, it also features a host of songs from their 1993 debut \u2018Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can\u2019t We?\u2019 including \u2018Pretty\u2019, \u2018Linger\u2019 and \u2018Dreams\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in multiple formats including a 2xLP Limited Edition Molten Lava Vinyl, standard black vinyl, CD, and digitally on September 4 via Island\/UMe. You can pre-order\/pre-save it <a href=\"https:\/\/shopuk.cranberries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was such a buzz playing in The Astoria,\u201d said drummer Fergal Lawler, reflecting on the show. \u201cWe had returned from the US and taken a bit of time off for Christmas. This was our first concert back in London after achieving such success in America. We were delighted to see a few of our hardcore fans at the front of the stage, I think we felt proud that all our hard work had finally come to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frontwoman Dolores O\u2019Riordan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-died-aged-46-2219731\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away\u00a0in a London hotel in 2018<\/a>, with her death subsequently ruled a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dolores-oriordans-cause-death-revealed-inquest-2374828\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accidental drowning in a bath, caused by alcohol intoxication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s hit single \u2018Linger\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/every-song-on-the-cape-fear-2026-soundtrack-3949270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently featured on<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>\u00a0adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/cape-fear\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Fear<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/javier-bardem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javier Bardem<\/a>\u00a0stars as Max Cady in the latest version of the classic psychological thriller story, based on the 1957 novel\u00a0The Executioners\u00a0by John D. MacDonald.<\/p>\n<p>Cady is a vicious and unreformed ex-convict, who is released from prison and\u00a0sets\u00a0about seeking revenge on Tom and Anna Bowden (Patrick Wilson and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/amy-adams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Adams<\/a>), the couple who\u00a0represented\u00a0him 17 years earlier in court.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Fear\u00a0has been made into two acclaimed films: the first in 1962 directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, and the second in 1991 directed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/martin-scorsese\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Scorsese<\/a>\u00a0and starring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robert-de-niro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert De Niro<\/a> and Nick Nolte.<\/p>\n<p>The tracklisting for \u2018The Cranberries: Live At The London Astoria II, 1994\u2019 is:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Pretty\u2019<br \/>\u2018Dreaming My Dreams\u2019<br \/>\u2018Linger\u2019<br \/>\u2018Ridiculous Thoughts\u2019<br \/>\u2018Daffodil Lament\u2019<br \/>\u2018How\u2019<br \/>\u2018Everything I Said\u2019<br \/>\u2018Not Sorry\u2019<br \/>\u2018Waltzing Back\u2019<br \/>\u2018Dreams\u2019<br \/>\u2018Zombie\u2019<br \/>\u2018Liar\u2019<br \/>\u2018So Cold In Ireland\u2019<br \/>\u2018Empty\u2019<br \/>\u2018Still Can\u2019t\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A previously \u201clost recording\u201d of a 1994 live performance by The Cranberries in London is set to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[27,6513],"class_list":["post-105514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-london","tag-rock"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117113511248045326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}