The Cure: Trilogy in Brussels on 7 November was not used. Robert Smith is quoted on the sleeve about the "trilogy" concept and its eventual execution: "The albums "Pornography", "Disintegration" and "Bloodflowers" are inextricably linked in so many ways, and the realisation of this "Trilogy" show is one of the highlights of my time in The Cure." Smith began arranging the concerts days after seeing David Bowie's Heathen Tour concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 29 June 2002, when Bowie played 10 of the 11 "Low" tracks consecutively (though not in album order), and the whole of the "Heathen" album
Berlin Trilogy company another three months to release it. It received considerable negative criticism upon its release—a release which RCA, anxious to maintain the established commercial momentum, did not welcome, and which Bowie's ex-manager, Tony Defries, who still maintained a significant financial interest in the singer's affairs, tried to prevent. Despite these forebodings, "Low" yielded the UK number three single "Sound and Vision", and its own performance surpassed that of "Station to Station" in the UK chart, where it reached number two. Echoing "Low"s minimalist, instrumental approach, the second of the trilogy, ""Heroes"" (1977), incorporated pop and rock to a greater extent,