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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 1d

OTD 1977 Robert Smith of post-punk wannabe upstarts Easy Cure took the mike for first time

Previous lead singer Peter O'Toole left the band, and country for good measure
Band took a month off before returning for their second gig Crawley's bandstand, this time with new vocalist Bob

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 2d

Mexico OTD 2013 Cure debuted Stop Dead, b-side to CTM

1st of just 6 outings for Stop Dead, compacted into 6mo window

This gig paired Stop Dead into Sleep When I'm Dead for a one-off double-Dead. The other five Stop Deads followed with Push

Revivalist Cure also revived GMI Treasure Birdmad Sinking

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 3d

Evening moods

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 3d

Correction
Perry back after almost 18ys

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 4d

The almost 3 year interval between gigs in Austin 2019 and Riga 2022 is the longest sabbatical in Cure history, and for Rob

However individual members have had longer time-outs between shows
Porl, Reeves, Perry and Lol all returned to stage with The Cure after 12y+ spells out in the wilderness

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 4d

CGS was born a week later
A very emotional season

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 4d

Alone and Endsong live debuting at Cure's first ever gig in Lativa 3ys ago today is the first time Cure have premiered a new song at a country debut gig since IBD & Baby Screams first stepped out in Barcelona 1985 at Cure's first gig in Spain

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 4d

3ys ago today Cure debuted Alone in Riga
First live song since signing off Austin City limits with BDC almost 3ys earlier

First song debut since 2019 Pirate Ships at Disintegration30 (+6 other deepcuts), before that Exploding Boy 2016

Alone has opened 92 of last 92 gigs
youtu.be/tatpXDPNOKk?...

ALONE@thecure

YouTube video by My The Cure Tour Borges

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 4d

OTD 2022 Cure launched #SOALW tour in Riga

Lativa debut!
Alone/Endsong debuts!
Perry back after 20+ys!

2y359d gap since Austin City limits 2019 longest ever sabbatical
46 gigs in 10wks, tour saw returns of Figurehead & Faith after long time outs

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 5d

OTD 1978
Ink on Fiction contract still wet Parry booked his fledgling pros' biggest gig yet, supporting The Wire at Canterbury Uni

Atmospheric minimalism of headliners left influential impressions on young Cure who nearly crashed on way home & unprofessionally no-showed 2nd Wire gig next day
£1 tix

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll be cooking up some special trivia for 2026

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 5d

Cure song titles spelt entirely with 1 point Scrabble letters

There Is No If...
This Is A Lie
Treasure
Alt.End
Torture
Return
Alone
Trust
Lost

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 5d

Top 10 Cure song titles by Scrabble score

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

C in the first line

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Mumbling aside, Three only has one word Scream

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Cure songs with highest and lowest mean Scrabble scores of words in the lyrics

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Relative to letter frequency in English language, the most overindexed letters spelling Cure lyrics are J, K and Y

Predominantly this effect can be attributed to high use of the words Just, Know & You

Object, Shake & Flicker & Eyes also make significant contributions to Cure letter frequencies

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Stop me if I'm getting too niche

Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Anniversary and micro-ditty Breathe are the only Cure songs not to require the letter C to spell their lyrics

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Anniversary and micro-ditty Breathe are the only Cure songs not to require the letter C to spell their lyrics

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

HBYA achieves this unique status by incorporating in the lyrics words containing rare letters such as Joy, Quiet, Six and Gazed

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

How Beautiful You Are is the only Cure song to require all 26 letters of the alphabet to spell the lyrics

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Plenty of title options with Quizzical

Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Q and Z are only letters of alphabet not needed to spell any of Cure’s 223 song titles

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Conceded and learned a new word

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 6d

Disappointing post Rose
Back to Cure/grammar school with you

Multiple punctuation marks:
How Beautiful You Are...
There Is No If...
Round And Round And Round...
(I Don't Know What's Going) On
Hey You!!!
This. Here And Now. With You

Gone! & WCIBY? have single, not multiple punctuation marks

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