

Bonus features included the Play at Home TV special from 1983, the 'Dear Prudence' music video and performances from.The album was for a cd reissue in 2009. To date, these Nocturne performances of 'Head Cut' and 'Running Town' have not been released in any other format.A video version of Nocturne was released on in 2006. With the September 1983 release of the 'Dear Prudence' single, Smith became an official member of the Banshees a few weeks later, they recorded Nocturne in London.Release Live performances of 'Head Cut' and 'Running Town' from the 1 October show were not included on the release of Nocturne, but in December 1983, a double A-side 7' vinyl single featuring both tracks was given away as a Christmas gift to members of the band's fan club, The File. In 1983, the band toured in Japan for the second time in less than a year and also visited Australia and New Zealand. In late 1982, when guitarist left the band prior to the tour, asked Smith to join the band for the British and European tour. A friendship had started at the time between the members of the Cure and the Banshees.

Contents.Background The Banshees had already performed live with Smith on guitar in September and October 1979, when he and his band the Cure served as tour support for the Banshees. Siouxsie & The Banshees were often described at that time, as the best unsigned group in London and it would not be until 1978, that they were taken on by Polydor records (now part of the Universal Music Group) The European tour began on June 14th 1981 in Brussels, and ran to the end of the summer before the group flew to North America for. It also contained a couple of ('Pulled to Bits' and 'Eve White/Eve Black') as well as a live version of ' ', a song the Banshees had recorded in the studio earlier that year in and issued as a single in September.The music heard at the introduction of 'Israel' is an excerpt from, composed in 1913. Co-produced by, Nocturne featured performances recorded at two shows at the in London, on 30 September and 1 October 1983, featuring (of ) on guitar.Most of the material came from 1981's and 1982's. Released25 November 1983Recorded1983Length76: 47(US)Siouxsie and the Banshees,live albums chronologyNocturne(1983)(2003)Nocturne is a live double album and video by English rock band, released on 25 November 1983 by in the UK, and by in the United States.
