The Cure played two concerts in Sydney this week as a part of the Sydney Vivid Live Festival – and fans were certainly not disappointed. The concert lasted just under an incredible four hours each night, with the band playing a whopping total of 44 songs.
This include their first three albums in their entirety (Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith), and then 3 unforgettable encores consisting of 14 songs. The concerts were played at the Sydney Opera House, the first time The Cure had played in this smaller venue which only holds about 2500 people.
What was interesting was the reuniting of former keyboardists Lol Tolhurst and Roger O’Donnell, who I have not seen live for quite some time. That added a nice nostalgic touch to the performance.
What songs were played? Well, check out this playlist and tell me if you’re not impressed:
1st Set: Three Imaginary Boys
1. 10:15 Saturday Night
2. Accuracy
3. Grinding Halt
4. Another Day
5. Object
6. Subway Song
7. Foxy Lady
8. Meathook
9. So What
10. Fire In Cairo
11. It’s Not You
12. Three Imaginary Boys
2nd Set: Seventeen Seconds (with Roger O’Donnell)
13. A Reflection
14. Play for Today
15. Secrets
16. In Your House
17. Forever
18. The Final Sound
19. A Forest
20. M
21. At Night
22. Seventeen Seconds
3rd Set: Faith (with Lol Tolhurst and Roger O’Donnell)
23. The Holy Hour
24. Primary
25. Other Voices
26. All Cats Are Grey
27. The Funeral Party
28. Doubt
29. The Drowning Man
30. Faith
1st Encore:
31. World War
32. I’m Cold
33. Plastic Passion
34. Boy’s Don’t Cry
35. Killing An Arab
36. Jumping Someone Else’s Train
37. Another Journey By Train
2nd Encore:
38. Descent
39. Splintered in Her Head
40. Charlotte Sometimes
41. The Hanging Garden
3rd Encore:
42. Let’s Go to Bed
43. The Walk
44. The Lovecats
Here are some pics from the two nights:
As far as videos go, I cannot wait for the DVD(s) to come out. Until they do, search on youtube for people that took videos on their mobile phones during the night, such as….
Personally, I think the concerts were by far the best Cure concerts I have been to, and am eternally grateful for the band coming down under to play. There are a lot of dedicated fans here in Australia.
Did you see it? And what did you think?