Photo by Heather Kaplan
On Friday night, The Cure returned to the stage for their first performance in 2014, appearing at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit. Despite six months off, the band showed little rust, as they tore through a 45-song set that was full of rarities and live debuts.
Among the highlights: the live debut of Disintegration-era B-Side “2 Late”, the first performance of Mixed Up B-Side “Harold and Joe” since 1991, and the first performance of “Jupiter Crash” since 2004. They also played “Freakshow” for the first time in six years during the second of three encores. See the full setlist below.
Update: Watch video of The Cure performing “2 Late”, “Jupiter Crash”, and “Harold and Joe” below.
The Cure will perform again at Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night. Their only other confirmed performance is an appearance at Napa Valley’s Bottlerock Music Festival in May.
“2 Late” and “Jupiter Crash”:
“Harold and Joe”:
Setlist:
Plainsong
Prayers for Rain
A Strange Day
A Night Like This
Stop Dead
Push
In Between Days
2 Late (Live Debut)
Jupiter Crash (First time since 2004)
The End of the World
Lovesong
Mint Car
Friday I’m in Love
Doing the Unstuck
Trust
Pictures of You
Lullaby
High
Harold and Joe (First time since 1991)
The Caterpillar
The Walk
Sleep When I’m Dead
Just Like Heaven
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Want
The Hungry Ghost
Wrong Number
One Hundred Years
Disintegration
Encore 1:
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
Shake Dog Shake
Fascination Street
Bananafishbones
Play for Today
A Forest
Encore 2:
Catch
The Lovecats
Hot Hot Hot!!!
Let’s Go to Bed
Freakshow (First time since 2008)
Close to Me
Why Can’t I Be You?
Encore 3:
Boys Don’t Cry
10:15 Saturday Night
Killing an Arab
