in 2005 perry bamonte and roger o’donnell left the band and porl thompson joined for a third time. the quartet’s debut show was headlining live 8 paris, followed by a number of other summer european festivals. the first 4 cure albums (three imaginary boys, seventeen seconds, faith and pornography) were re-released, with robert providing 'rarities' for deluxe edition extras cd's, as part of an ongoing campaign to remaster and re-issue all the cure albums. immediately after closing a week of teenage cancer trust shows at the royal albert hall in april 2006, the band started recording their 13th studio album.