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
The Cure: Trilogy said that the two extra songs were included as a preview of "what was to come" in future Cure releases, despite later saying that the Trilogy concerts were supposed to be the Cure's swan song, though Smith has been notorious for saying such things in the past, usually coinciding with the release of new albums. In the two Trilogy shows at the Tempodrom a second encore was performed consisting of "M", "Play For Today" and "A Forest" the first night, and the same plus "Grinding Halt" and "Boys Don't Cry" the second night. ""Pornography"" ""Disintegration"" ""Bloodflowers"" Encore section The Cure: