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 was in Paris attending court hearings against his former manager. Partly influenced by the Krautrock sound of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Neu!, "Low" evinced a move away from narration in Bowie's songwriting to a more abstract musical form in which lyrics were sporadic and optional. "Low" and "The Idiot" were mostly recorded in France, and of Bowie's trilogy only "Low" and ""Heroes"" were recorded at Hansa Studios in Berlin, nicknamed "Hansa by the Wall" for its proximity to the imposing structure that divided West from East Berlin. Although he completed the album in November 1976, it took his unsettled record