The Cure Play Give Sydney 3 Hours Rock History

The Cure’s Australian tour is underway with their first stadium show at Sydney’s Qudos Arena on Monday night.

The Cure do not skimp on songs delivering 36 songs over three plus hours for Sydney.

The Cure setlist list is equal parts deep cuts and hits. The first part of the show is designed for the die-hard long-time fans who know every song off every album. For them 18 tracks dating back to 1981 and not so obvious album tracks are what is in-store.

For the Cure-Curious fan, encore three and four is your greatest hits with encore one even dropping in a new and unreleased song ‘It Can Never Be The Same’ giving fans a peak at what is to come.

The Cure, Sydney, 25 July 2016

Plainsong (from Disintegration, 1989)
Pictures of You (from Disintegration, 1989)
Closedown (from Disintegration, 1989)
High (from Wish, 1992)
A Night Like This (from The Head On The Door, 1985)
All I Want (from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987)
Push (from The Head On The Door, 1985)
In Between Days (from The Head On The Door, 1985)
Primary (from Faith, 1981)
Like Cockatoos (from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987)
The End of the World (from The Cure, 2004)
Lovesong (from Disintegration, 1989)
Just Like Heaven (from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987)
Want (from Wild Mood Swings, 1996)
The Hungry Ghost (from 4:13 Dream, 2008)
One Hundred Years (from Pornography, 1982)
Disintegration (from Disintegration, 1989)

Encore:
It Can Never Be the Same (new, unreleased)
Burn (from The Crow soundtrack, 1994)
A Forest (from Seventeen Seconds, 1980)

Encore 2:
Shake Dog Shake (from The Top, 1984)
Fascination Street (from Disintegration, 1989)
Never Enough (from Galore, 1997)
Wrong Number (single, 1997)

Encore 3:
Lullaby (from Disintegration, 1989)
Hot Hot Hot!!! (from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987)
Let’s Go to Bed (from Japanese Whispers, 1983)
Sleep When I’m Dead (from 4:13 Dream, 2008)
Friday I’m In Love (from Wish, 1992)

Encore 4:
The Lovecats (from Japanese Whispers, 1983)
The Caterpillar (from The Top, 1984)
The Walk (from Japanese Whispers, 1983)
Close To Me (from The Head On The Door, 1985)
Why Can’t I Be You (from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987)
Boys Don’t Cry (single, 1979)