Cure Gig Stats
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Clues
Both songs from same 80's album
Both songs mononyms
Both songs from same 80's album
Both songs mononyms
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Clues
Both songs from same 80's album
Both songs mononyms
Both songs from same 80's album
Both songs mononyms
Here’s a clue
Song A has only ever been followed by Song B in concert
Both songs have single word titles
Song A has only ever been followed by Song B in concert
Both songs have single word titles
MONDAY QUIZ
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here’s a clue
Song A has only ever been followed by Song B in concert
Both songs have single word titles
Song A has only ever been followed by Song B in concert
Both songs have single word titles
MONDAY QUIZ
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
MONDAY QUIZ
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
What is the only Cure song played 65 or more times in concert to be followed at 100% of gigs by only one other song?
A personal fav from this account
Did you know
The first two Cure songs to register on the official UK singles charts, A Forest and Primary, reached their peak chart position, #31 and #43 respectively, on the same week that a Eurovision Song Contest winner was Number One
#StrangeButTrue
#CureFacts
The first two Cure songs to register on the official UK singles charts, A Forest and Primary, reached their peak chart position, #31 and #43 respectively, on the same week that a Eurovision Song Contest winner was Number One
#StrangeButTrue
#CureFacts
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A personal fav from this account
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Combinations of Top 10 most-played Cure songs never performed back-to-back
Forest>Walk
BDC>Walk
Walk>BDC
Walk>FTEOTDGS
P4T>IBD
P4T>Lullaby
P4T>CTM
P4T>POY
Lullaby>Forest
Lullaby>P4T
FTEOTDGS>BDC
FTEOTDGS>CTM
CTM>Forest
CTM>P4T
CTM>FTEOTDGS
CTM>POY
POY>Forest
POY>BDC
POY>Walk
POY>P4T
POY>FTEOTDGS
Forest>Walk
BDC>Walk
Walk>BDC
Walk>FTEOTDGS
P4T>IBD
P4T>Lullaby
P4T>CTM
P4T>POY
Lullaby>Forest
Lullaby>P4T
FTEOTDGS>BDC
FTEOTDGS>CTM
CTM>Forest
CTM>P4T
CTM>FTEOTDGS
CTM>POY
POY>Forest
POY>BDC
POY>Walk
POY>P4T
POY>FTEOTDGS
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Combinations of Top 10 most-played Cure songs never performed back-to-back
Forest>Walk
BDC>Walk
Walk>BDC
Walk>FTEOTDGS
P4T>IBD
P4T>Lullaby
P4T>CTM
P4T>POY
Lullaby>Forest
Lullaby>P4T
FTEOTDGS>BDC
FTEOTDGS>CTM
CTM>Forest
CTM>P4T
CTM>FTEOTDGS
CTM>POY
POY>Forest
POY>BDC
POY>Walk
POY>P4T
POY>FTEOTDGS
Forest>Walk
BDC>Walk
Walk>BDC
Walk>FTEOTDGS
P4T>IBD
P4T>Lullaby
P4T>CTM
P4T>POY
Lullaby>Forest
Lullaby>P4T
FTEOTDGS>BDC
FTEOTDGS>CTM
CTM>Forest
CTM>P4T
CTM>FTEOTDGS
CTM>POY
POY>Forest
POY>BDC
POY>Walk
POY>P4T
POY>FTEOTDGS
Manchester Wish Tour OTD 1992
SDS > IBD UNIQUE SET OPENER
IBD > Dressing Up UNIQUE
Dressing Up > Big Hand UNIQUE
Apart > Catch > P4T UNIQUE TRIPLET
P4T > In Your House > FTEOTDGS UNIQUE TRIPLET
At Night > Never Enough UNIQUE
ANLT > Forest UNIQUE
Forest > Unstuck UNIQUE
Gig close with Unstuck UNIQUE
SDS > IBD UNIQUE SET OPENER
IBD > Dressing Up UNIQUE
Dressing Up > Big Hand UNIQUE
Apart > Catch > P4T UNIQUE TRIPLET
P4T > In Your House > FTEOTDGS UNIQUE TRIPLET
At Night > Never Enough UNIQUE
ANLT > Forest UNIQUE
Forest > Unstuck UNIQUE
Gig close with Unstuck UNIQUE
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Manchester Wish Tour OTD 1992
SDS > IBD UNIQUE SET OPENER
IBD > Dressing Up UNIQUE
Dressing Up > Big Hand UNIQUE
Apart > Catch > P4T UNIQUE TRIPLET
P4T > In Your House > FTEOTDGS UNIQUE TRIPLET
At Night > Never Enough UNIQUE
ANLT > Forest UNIQUE
Forest > Unstuck UNIQUE
Gig close with Unstuck UNIQUE
SDS > IBD UNIQUE SET OPENER
IBD > Dressing Up UNIQUE
Dressing Up > Big Hand UNIQUE
Apart > Catch > P4T UNIQUE TRIPLET
P4T > In Your House > FTEOTDGS UNIQUE TRIPLET
At Night > Never Enough UNIQUE
ANLT > Forest UNIQUE
Forest > Unstuck UNIQUE
Gig close with Unstuck UNIQUE
Disintegration or The Top this morning? Ronnie is undecided
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Disintegration or The Top this morning? Ronnie is undecided
Today we remember All I Want last played OTD 2016 Portugal
Canophilic hard rocker AIW played 36/ first 38 gigs of K Tour then 4/last 24 skipping last 11
Dropped altogether until 2016 x18
Most played Cure song x58 never to play UK
2nd most played of 4 Cure songs with titles beginning with All
Canophilic hard rocker AIW played 36/ first 38 gigs of K Tour then 4/last 24 skipping last 11
Dropped altogether until 2016 x18
Most played Cure song x58 never to play UK
2nd most played of 4 Cure songs with titles beginning with All
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today we remember All I Want last played OTD 2016 Portugal
Canophilic hard rocker AIW played 36/ first 38 gigs of K Tour then 4/last 24 skipping last 11
Dropped altogether until 2016 x18
Most played Cure song x58 never to play UK
2nd most played of 4 Cure songs with titles beginning with All
Canophilic hard rocker AIW played 36/ first 38 gigs of K Tour then 4/last 24 skipping last 11
Dropped altogether until 2016 x18
Most played Cure song x58 never to play UK
2nd most played of 4 Cure songs with titles beginning with All
Carla and her fav tree through seasons
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November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Carla and her fav tree through seasons
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NY OTD 1984 Phil Thornalley played final gig with Cure
Final stop of chaotic NZ/AU/Japan/US/CA Top Tour with 3 drummers
9th gig with this lineup
Back home, Phil didn't want to continue so Rob went for conciliatory pint with Simon b4 Xmas and rest is history
Tickets $12.50
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Final stop of chaotic NZ/AU/Japan/US/CA Top Tour with 3 drummers
9th gig with this lineup
Back home, Phil didn't want to continue so Rob went for conciliatory pint with Simon b4 Xmas and rest is history
Tickets $12.50
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November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
NY OTD 1984 Phil Thornalley played final gig with Cure
Final stop of chaotic NZ/AU/Japan/US/CA Top Tour with 3 drummers
9th gig with this lineup
Back home, Phil didn't want to continue so Rob went for conciliatory pint with Simon b4 Xmas and rest is history
Tickets $12.50
More👇
Final stop of chaotic NZ/AU/Japan/US/CA Top Tour with 3 drummers
9th gig with this lineup
Back home, Phil didn't want to continue so Rob went for conciliatory pint with Simon b4 Xmas and rest is history
Tickets $12.50
More👇
Today we remember Catch and Sleep When I'm Dead, last played 9 years ago today in Lyon
Catch has caught just 22 outings since 1997 while SWID has enjoyed greater prominence with 50 plays since Reeves joined Cure in 2012
Vids👇
Catch has caught just 22 outings since 1997 while SWID has enjoyed greater prominence with 50 plays since Reeves joined Cure in 2012
Vids👇
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Today we remember Catch and Sleep When I'm Dead, last played 9 years ago today in Lyon
Catch has caught just 22 outings since 1997 while SWID has enjoyed greater prominence with 50 plays since Reeves joined Cure in 2012
Vids👇
Catch has caught just 22 outings since 1997 while SWID has enjoyed greater prominence with 50 plays since Reeves joined Cure in 2012
Vids👇
46ys ago today Simon Gallup & Matthieu Hartley debut gig with Cure
Mike's final gig 15 Oct 1979
A week later Lol "executed the sever" via telephone
Cure's bassless period lasted 0 mins with Si waiting in wings
3wks intense practice and off to Eric's
Si knew he'd hit the big time with free beer
Mike's final gig 15 Oct 1979
A week later Lol "executed the sever" via telephone
Cure's bassless period lasted 0 mins with Si waiting in wings
3wks intense practice and off to Eric's
Si knew he'd hit the big time with free beer
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
46ys ago today Simon Gallup & Matthieu Hartley debut gig with Cure
Mike's final gig 15 Oct 1979
A week later Lol "executed the sever" via telephone
Cure's bassless period lasted 0 mins with Si waiting in wings
3wks intense practice and off to Eric's
Si knew he'd hit the big time with free beer
Mike's final gig 15 Oct 1979
A week later Lol "executed the sever" via telephone
Cure's bassless period lasted 0 mins with Si waiting in wings
3wks intense practice and off to Eric's
Si knew he'd hit the big time with free beer
Today we remember The Drowning Man last played 3 years ago today in Nantes
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today we remember The Drowning Man last played 3 years ago today in Nantes
OTD 2023 Nantes
Cure played the familiar 17S foursome of At Night, M, Play for Today and Forest but non-consecutively with not just one but two breaks between songs
First time this has happened in Europe since RAH 2006
Also the last time Drowning Man was played
Cure played the familiar 17S foursome of At Night, M, Play for Today and Forest but non-consecutively with not just one but two breaks between songs
First time this has happened in Europe since RAH 2006
Also the last time Drowning Man was played
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
OTD 2023 Nantes
Cure played the familiar 17S foursome of At Night, M, Play for Today and Forest but non-consecutively with not just one but two breaks between songs
First time this has happened in Europe since RAH 2006
Also the last time Drowning Man was played
Cure played the familiar 17S foursome of At Night, M, Play for Today and Forest but non-consecutively with not just one but two breaks between songs
First time this has happened in Europe since RAH 2006
Also the last time Drowning Man was played
OTD 1980 Cure played Lancaster University
Something presumably terrible happened because Cure have not returned to the ceremonial county of Lancashire since
Something presumably terrible happened because Cure have not returned to the ceremonial county of Lancashire since
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
OTD 1980 Cure played Lancaster University
Something presumably terrible happened because Cure have not returned to the ceremonial county of Lancashire since
Something presumably terrible happened because Cure have not returned to the ceremonial county of Lancashire since
Happy Friday
I’m in
Love from Carla
I’m in
Love from Carla
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy Friday
I’m in
Love from Carla
I’m in
Love from Carla
Don’t usually post about other bands but Bleach Lab in Bristol tonight were ace
First night of UK tour
55min set only
Tiny venue and destined for bigger things
Support from Sandhouse rocked it
Vids👇
First night of UK tour
55min set only
Tiny venue and destined for bigger things
Support from Sandhouse rocked it
Vids👇
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Don’t usually post about other bands but Bleach Lab in Bristol tonight were ace
First night of UK tour
55min set only
Tiny venue and destined for bigger things
Support from Sandhouse rocked it
Vids👇
First night of UK tour
55min set only
Tiny venue and destined for bigger things
Support from Sandhouse rocked it
Vids👇
Sandhouse support for Bleach Lab tonight are ace!
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sandhouse support for Bleach Lab tonight are ace!
Looking forward to seeing Bleach Lab on first night of their tour tonight
Their last album is my fav of recent years
Their last album is my fav of recent years
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looking forward to seeing Bleach Lab on first night of their tour tonight
Their last album is my fav of recent years
Their last album is my fav of recent years
OTD 1980 moody 3-piece outfit The Cure took Primary Tour to Loughborough University
Gig remarkable for being furthest Cure have played from the sea in UK, some 55 miles eastwards to The Wash
UK pole of inaccessibility Coton in the Elms 18miles away
Memories of And Also The Trees singer is charming
Gig remarkable for being furthest Cure have played from the sea in UK, some 55 miles eastwards to The Wash
UK pole of inaccessibility Coton in the Elms 18miles away
Memories of And Also The Trees singer is charming
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
OTD 1980 moody 3-piece outfit The Cure took Primary Tour to Loughborough University
Gig remarkable for being furthest Cure have played from the sea in UK, some 55 miles eastwards to The Wash
UK pole of inaccessibility Coton in the Elms 18miles away
Memories of And Also The Trees singer is charming
Gig remarkable for being furthest Cure have played from the sea in UK, some 55 miles eastwards to The Wash
UK pole of inaccessibility Coton in the Elms 18miles away
Memories of And Also The Trees singer is charming
OTD 2002 3rd of 3 Trilogy gigs
Albums Porno/Disintegration/Bloodflowers played in full
Last 2 Berlin gigs recorded for DVD
36 song set then a record equalling 3x36 sets from 1996
Short Term Effect exhumed from 1982 grave & then returned
Also last plays: There Is No If/Where Birds.../Loudest Sound
Albums Porno/Disintegration/Bloodflowers played in full
Last 2 Berlin gigs recorded for DVD
36 song set then a record equalling 3x36 sets from 1996
Short Term Effect exhumed from 1982 grave & then returned
Also last plays: There Is No If/Where Birds.../Loudest Sound
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
OTD 2002 3rd of 3 Trilogy gigs
Albums Porno/Disintegration/Bloodflowers played in full
Last 2 Berlin gigs recorded for DVD
36 song set then a record equalling 3x36 sets from 1996
Short Term Effect exhumed from 1982 grave & then returned
Also last plays: There Is No If/Where Birds.../Loudest Sound
Albums Porno/Disintegration/Bloodflowers played in full
Last 2 Berlin gigs recorded for DVD
36 song set then a record equalling 3x36 sets from 1996
Short Term Effect exhumed from 1982 grave & then returned
Also last plays: There Is No If/Where Birds.../Loudest Sound
Today we remember Piggy in the Mirror last played OTD 2016
Poor Bob struggling with voice in Leipzig
4th most played from Topx122
Piggy had reasonable run on 80s rotation bagging 32% sets 1986-89
Nada until 12/98 Swing Tour sets then AWOL again
Meagre 7 outings 2014-16 and off to slaughterhouse
Poor Bob struggling with voice in Leipzig
4th most played from Topx122
Piggy had reasonable run on 80s rotation bagging 32% sets 1986-89
Nada until 12/98 Swing Tour sets then AWOL again
Meagre 7 outings 2014-16 and off to slaughterhouse
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Today we remember Piggy in the Mirror last played OTD 2016
Poor Bob struggling with voice in Leipzig
4th most played from Topx122
Piggy had reasonable run on 80s rotation bagging 32% sets 1986-89
Nada until 12/98 Swing Tour sets then AWOL again
Meagre 7 outings 2014-16 and off to slaughterhouse
Poor Bob struggling with voice in Leipzig
4th most played from Topx122
Piggy had reasonable run on 80s rotation bagging 32% sets 1986-89
Nada until 12/98 Swing Tour sets then AWOL again
Meagre 7 outings 2014-16 and off to slaughterhouse