Unreleased Cranberries Live in London '94 album on the way

The time between The Cranberries’ debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1993) and commercial breakthrough No Need to Argue (1994) included the hits “Linger” and “Dreams.” 

Live at The London Astoria II documents the young Irish rock band playing before an intimate crowd at the legendary venue in 1994. Once a long-lost recording of that performance, it was was recently unearthed and will be released via Island/UMe on Sept. 4. It will be available in multiple formats including 2LP Limited Edition Molten Lava Vinyl, standard black vinyl, CD, and digitally for streaming and download.

“It was such a buzz playing in The Astoria,” remembers drummer Fergal Lawler. “We had returned from the U.S. 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.”

Fresh off a stadium tour in the U.S. in support of their debut album, The Cranberries scaled back for this special and intimate concert. Featuring six songs that would eventually find themselves on their second album No Need to Argue, Live at The Astoria II, 1994 offered the attending fans an inside peek at never-before-released music, including a one-of-a-kind performance of “Zombie.” Seven months later, the single would be released, achieving worldwide chart-topping status in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland and was #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US. Currently amassing over 1.8 billion views on YouTube, it remains one of the most streamed ‘90s songs globally to this day.

“Playing the Astoria after returning from the States was a real buzz. We’d started playing small clubs in London a few years earlier, so coming back to headline the Astoria felt like a huge show for us. Seeing so many familiar faces who’d supported the band over the years made it even more special. It was an exciting time for the band.” - Noel Hogan, guitarist for The Cranberries

Comprised of 15 live recordings, Live at The Astoria II, 1994 culls seven tracks from their debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, including “Pretty,” “Linger,” and “Dreams,” and six from their follow-up No Need to Argue, including “Dreaming My Dreams,” “Daffodil Lament,” “Empty” and, of course, “Zombie.” It also features two non-studio album tracks - “Liar” which was originally released on the Empire Records Soundtrack (1995) and “So Cold In Ireland,” a B-side for their single “Ode to My Family.”

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Track listing:

Pretty

Dreaming My Dreams
Linger
Ridiculous Thoughts
Daffodil Lament
How
Everything I Said
Not Sorry
Waltzing Back
Dreams
Zombie
Liar
So Cold in Ireland
Empty
Still Can’t…