The
Cure Live Performances
last updated: 27 february 2001
Ratings:
A
- excellent
B - very good
C - good
D - not too great
Note
1: My boots are in general of good quality, the only reason why some of them
have grades lower than C is that they have really SOMETHING in themselves eg.
an awesome atmosphere or incredible versions of songs. I'm pissed when I
receive poor quality boots and I'm not willing to piss others off the same way.
Note
2: Some info may be missing. That is because it's a fresh stuff, so I haven't
had time to check it. However if you need it feel free to ask.
Note
3: 'soon' means that I'm expecting this show soon (obviously) :). "Yellow" shows are the ones I have received
recently (during ca. last 2 months)
Note
4: MD Masters from 2000 gigs are made by myself on Sharp MD-MS722H MiniDisc
Recorder and Soundman OKM-II stereo microphone, standing very close to the mixing
table during each concert.
date
/ (title of a boot) / venue / time / medium (generation) / quality /
comments... (sometimes)
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11.03.79 / London Marquee / 50 / TAPE / C
01.06.79 / Carlshalton Park Festival, England / 45 / TAPE / C
10.09.79 / Girls Don't Cry / New Pop Festival Rotterdam (killing an arab,
10.15) / 8 / LP / B-
28.11.79 / Birmingham New University, England / 40 / TAPE / C-
12.12.79 / The Melkweg Amsterdam / 50 / TAPE / D
12.12.79 / Imaginary Songs / The Melkweg Amsterdam / 30 / CD / A-
17.12.79 / Paris Bataclan / 45 / TAPE /
15.04.80 / New York Hurra's Club / 45 / TAPE / B
20.04.80 / Allston / 30 / TAPE / C
24.05.80 / Play For Today / Arnhem Stocvishol Holland / 60 / CD / A-
31.05.80 / In Concert 1980 / Herford Scala / 75 / CD / B
31.05.80 / Girls Don't Cry / Herford Scala (p. passion, subway s., h. birthday,
g. halt) / 12 / LP / A
28.06.80 / Imaginary Songs / Veenendaal Zomerpop Festival / 35 / CD /
18.07.80 / Apeldoorn Festival, Holland / 15 / TAPE / B-
16.08.80 / Gravedigger / Sydney Bondy Lifesaver / 60 / CD / B
26.08.80 / Melbourne Prospect Hill / 70 / TAPE / B-
03.10.80 / Stockholm Rock Palais / 90 / TAPE / B-
14.10.80 / Girls Don't Cry / Berlin Neue Welt / 65 / LP / A
17.10.80 / Amsterdam (i hate rock'n'roll, holy hour, play for today, primary,
m) / 20 / TAPE / B-
24.10.80 / Liege Salle de Foire / 90 / TAPE/ C
28.10.80 / Rennes L'Espace / 90 / TAPE / D
15.01.81 / John Peel Session (forever, all cats are grey, holy hour, primary) /
15 / LP / B-
26.04.81 / Reading Hexagon / 77 / CD / D
16.05.81 / Edinburgh Odeon / 90 / TAPE / B-
18.06.81 / Dusseldorf Phillipshalle, Germany / 90 / CD / B-
20.06.81 / Essen Saalbau (incl. Carnage Visors) / 135 / CD / C
27.06.81 / Rotterdam Het Park / 110 / TAPE / C
05.07.81 / Werchter Festival / 60 / CD / A- / with a famous 'Fuck Robert
Palmer' version of Forest...
23.07.81 / New York The Ritz / 110 / TAPE / B-
27.07.81 / Live In L.A. / Whiskey-a-go-go, Los Angeles / 73 / CD / B
28.07.81 / I-Beam, San Francisco CA / 75 / TAPE / C
17.08.81 / Capitol Theatre, Sydney / 70 / TAPE / B
12.10.81 / Lille Palais St. Sauveur / 100 / TAPE / C
12.10.81 / Accuracy / Lille Palais St. Sauveur / 85 / CD /
27.11.81 / Glasgow Pavillion / 90 / CD / C
30.11.81 / Coventry Apollo / 90 / TAPE / B
01.12.81 / Brighton Dome, England / 90 / TAPE / D
03.12.81 / London Hammersmith Palais / 90 / TAPE / B / the last gig of the
tour... with a couple of great early versions of 'pornography' songs...
04.01.82 / John Peel Session (100 years, figureahead, siamese twins) / 20 / CD
/ A-
11.04.82 / Paris Studio Devout (primary, forest, 100 years, play for today) /
20 / TAPE / C
26.04.82 / Edinburgh Playhouse / 100 / CD (AUD0) / B
27.04.82 / Manchester Apollo / 90 / TAPE / B-
01.05.82 / London Hammersmith Odeon soundcheck / 35 / CD (AUD0) / B
01.05.82 / London Hammersmith / 105 / CD (AUD0) / A- / show during which they
played 'all mine' (complete version is over 11 minutes long!) put later by
Robert onto 'curiosity' compilation...
05.05.82 / Rotterdam De Doleen Theater (splintered, forever) / 14 / CD /
06.05.82 / Amsterdam Care Theatre / 130 / TAPE /
07.05.82 / Njemen Verengerring Theater, Holland (incl. 12 mins Airlock) / 115 /
CD (AUD1) / A-
12.05.82 / Turnhow Alpheusdal, Nuremburg / 90 / TAPE / C-
17.05.82 / Berlin Metropol / 90 / TAPE / C
21.05.82 / Neu Issenburg Hugenotenhalle (charlotte, cold ) / 10 / CD /
21.05.82 / Neu Issenburg Hugenotenhalle (5 last songs) / 30 / CD (AUD1) / A-
27.05.82 / Strasbourg Halle Tivoli, France / 90 / CD / C- / this was after
this gig when Simon hit Robert in the face.....
27.05.82 / Strasbourg Halle Tivoli, France / 90 / TAPE / B
05.06.82 / Lyon Palais De Hiver / 95 / CD / B-
07.06.82 / M / Paris L'Olympia / 95 / CD / B / with 'forever' known as 'all i
have to do is kill her'...
07.06.82 / Pornography Tour / Paris L'Olympia / 90 / TAPE / B-
11.06.82 / Bruxelles Ancienne Belique / 100 / CD / B / the last gig of the
tour.... the last song (after 'Pornography') was an 11 min improvisation with Robert
on drums, Lol on bass, Simon on guitar and Gary Biddles - roadie and Simon's
friend - on vocal.... The Cure are dead....
27.11.82 / Kid Jensen Show (ariel) / 3 / CD / A
27.07.83 / Bournemouth Midnight Express / 90 / TAPE (AUD1) / A / first gig of
this mini tour... only 9 gigs (3 in UK)... the band not so down as in '82
though still very intense and 'pornographic' concerts...
28.07.83 / Bath Moles Club / 90 / TAPE / B-
30.07.83 / Cornwall St.Austell (soundcheck) / 55 / CD (AUD0) / A-
30.07.83 / Cornwall St.Austell / 95 / CD (AUD0) / A-
01.09.83 / Kid Jensen Session (lovecats, mr. pinkeyes, speak my language) / 9 /
TAPE / C
12.02.84 / Richard Skinner Session (bananafishbones, piggy, give me it, empty
world) / 13 / TAPE / C
06.04.84 / The Tube / / CD /
25.04.84 / Newcastle City Hall / 90 / TAPE / B
26.04.84 / Edinburgh Playhouse / 90 / CD (AUD0) / A-
06.05.84 / Portsmouth Guildhall / 90 / CD (AUD0) / A-
08.05.84 / London Hammersmith Odeon (soundcheck) / 6 / MD / B-
09.05.84 / London Hammersmith Odeon / 105 / TAPE / B
21.05.84 / Milano Rolling Stone / 90 / TAPE / C
30.05.84 / Forever / Hertogenbosh / 70 / CD / A-
30.05.84 / Live In Den Bosh (four songs not included on 'Forever') / 15 / CD /
A-
25.08.84 / Glasgow Barrowlands / 25 / CD / C
02.09.84 / Marl Jahnstadion, Germany / 90 / TAPE / D
17.10.84 / soon / Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza Hall / / CD / / last gig with
Andy Anderson
02.11.84 / Austin Opera House, Texas / 85 / CD (AUD0) / A- / one of few gigs
with Vince Ely (drums)
10.11.84 / Ann Arbor Michigan / 90 / TAPE / B- / 3rd gig with Boris Williams
15.11.84 / Cold / Washington Post Pavilion / 90 / CD / A
17.11.84 / San Francisco Beacon Theater / 100 / TAPE / B- / final gig of the
tour, great show with very intense versions of the top, forest, 100 years, m,
secrets, happy the man, forever and others... plus one of quite rarely played
versions of lovecats...
16.07.85 / Lido Di Camaiore (pressmeeting) / 15 / CD (AUD?) / A-
16.07.85 / Viareggio La Bussola / 85 / CD (AUD0) / A-
03.08.85 / Turku Ruisrock Festival (soundcheck - exploding boy) / 2 / CD / C
07.08.85 / John Peel Session (exploding boy, six different ways, screw, sinking)
/ 14 / TAPE / C
12.09.85 / Wembley Arena / 90 / TAPE / B- / classic show with very
"saxophonic" 'forever'...
13.09.85 / Saturday Live Session London / 19 / TAPE / B
16.09.85 / Whitley Bay Ice Rink, England / 90 / TAPE / C
20.09.85 / The 1985 European Tour / Birmingham NEC / 60 / CD / A
22.09.85 / Edinburgh Playhouse / 110 / CD (AUD0) / A-
07.12.85 / Live In Italy / Bologna Palasport / 90 / LP / B
25.04.86 / London Royal Albert Hall / 100 / CD (AUD0) / A- / first concert in
'86 with 'faith' played for the first time since 1983, great 'other voices' and
'pornography' for the very end...
19.05.86 / Pinkpop Festival, Geleen / 90 / CD (AUD0) / B
21.06.86 / Glastonbury Festival / 90 / TAPE / B
20.07.86 / Mad Bob And The Screwtones / Houston Southern Star Amphitheatre
(missing inbetween days) / 110 / CD / A
20.07.86 / Houston Southern Star Amphitheatre / 110 / TAPE / B
09.08.86 / Orange Theatre Antique / 110 / CD / A (taken from Laserdisc -
awesome quality)
17.03.87 / Buenos Aires Estadio Ferro Carvil Oeste / 115 / CD / C
13.07.87 / Sweet Torture / Santa Barbara Bowl / 65 / CD / A
13.07.87 / Kiss Me Deadly / Santa Barbara Bowl / 60 / TAPE / B
15.07.87 / Los Angeles Forum / 120 / CD (AUD0) / B- / the one and only show
when they played 'hey you' and 'a thousand hours' live...
11.08.87 / New York Ritz / 85 / CD (AUD1) / B- / the only '87 american show
with "non-regular" setlist, starting with 'shake dog shake' and
ending with 'killing everyone in the world' ('killing an arab' with different
lyrics), 'forever', 'wild thing' and 'you really got me'!...
01.11.87 / Brussels Vorst National / 125 / CD / A-
05.11.87 / Rotterdam Ahoy / 145 / TAPE / C
12.11.87 / Paris Palais Omnisports Bercy (soundcheck) / 40 / CD / C
12.11.87 / Paris Palais Omnisports Bercy / 135 / TAPE / C-
06.12.87 / BBC Classic In Concert 7 / Birmingham NEC / 60 / CD / A / official
BBC release...
7 or 8.12.87 / Wembley Arena / 90 / TAPE / B-
09.12.87 / Wembley Arena / 180 / TAPE / C-
06.05.89 / Heerenveen Thailf Isstadion, Holland (soundcheck) / 16 / MD (AUD1) /
B-
06.05.89 / Heerenveen Thailf Isstadion, Holland / 160 / CD (AUD0) / B / nice
show with few surprises... 'figurehead' with additional lyrics, improvised
'let's go to bed', very dynamic (and extended) 'why can't i be you?', great
version of 'faith'...
11.05.89 / Dark Night / Essen Grugahalle, Germany / 130 / CD / A-
13.05.89 / Lorelei Bizarre Festival / 155 / TAPE / B
14.05.89 / Frankfurt Festhalle - Aim Main Festival / / CD (AUD0) / A
26.05.89 / Budapest Kisstadion / 130 / TAPE / B
04.06.89 / Rome the Palasport / 145 / CD / C / with a famous 'Tiananmen'
version of Faith...
09.06.89 / Hot Hot Hot / Torino Palasport / 140 / CD / A-
16.06.89 / Frejus Les Arenes, France / 150 / TAPE / B- / really great show with
an awesome and very long version of 'faith', acoustic 'it's not you', long
'wciby/lovecats/others'...
30.06.89 / Madrid Bullring Rockodromo, Spain / 165 / TAPE / B / very good
show... Rob in very good mood and with energetic vocal... and the first time
when 'lovesong' was played during the tour...
07.07.89 / Caen Hall de Exposition (lullaby extended) / 6 / CD /
09.07.89 / Paris Palais Omnisports Bercy / 150 / CD / A- / another great 89
show with pretty unique encores - holy hour, drowning man, all cats are grey,
m, fire in cairo (rob + simon on bass)...
24.07.89 / London Wembley Arena (soundcheck) / 30 / MD (AUD2) / C
24.07.89 / London Wembley Arena / 200 / CD / B / the longest show played by The
Cure ever...
08.09.89 / Los Angeles Dodger Stadium / 145 / CD (AUD1) / A-
10.09.89 / San Francisco Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheater / 130 / CD / A-
12.09.89 / San Diego Sports Arena (soundcheck) / 6 / MD (AUD2) / B-
22.09.89 / Great Woods Mansfield MA (prayers for rain, disintegration) / 12 /
CD /
23.09.89 / Great Woods Mansfield MA / 165 / TAPE / C / this was to be the last
cure gig ever... so it was the only time 'faith' had been played in america,
'forever' - first time since '87, with female backing vocal (shelly &
orphan), plus some other rare songs...
23.09.89 / Great Woods Mansfield MA (forever) / 7 / CD /
21.06.90 / Paris La Republique / 90 / TAPE / C
23.06.90 / Never Enough / Glastonbury Festival / 110 / CD / A
30.06.90 / Roskilde Festival / 90 / TAPE / C
06.07.90 / Full Moon Concert / Leysin Rock Festival / 105 / CD / A
08.07.90 / Mad Bob And The Screwtones / Werchter Festival / 50 / CD / A
04.08.90 / Leipzig Festival, Germany / 130 / CD (AUD0) / A-
11.08.90 / London Cristal Palace / 140 / CD (AUD0) / A-
17.01.91 / 5 Imaginary Boys / T&C Club London / 110 / CD / B-
19.01.91 / Disintegration / The Great British Music Weekend, Wembley Arena / 65
/ CD / A
20.01.91 / Disintegration / Jon Ross Show (hello i love you) / 5 / CD / B
22.01.91 / MTV Unplugged Rehearsals (the walk) / 4 / CD / A-
24.01.91 / MTV Unplugged, London / 25 / CD / A-
27.04.92 / Wish Comes True / Nottigham Rock City / 150 / CD / B- / great show
with unique versions of 'forest' and 'forever'...
28.04.92 / Cambridge Corn Exhange / 110 / TAPE / B- / Robert became ill during
this show...
03.05.92 / And Dreams Come True In '92 / London Kilburn / 145 / CD / B
03.05.92 / High In Heaven + Lullaby / London Kilburn / 90 / TAPE / A-
11.07.92 / St. Louis Riverport Ampitheater / 140 / CD / A-
13.07.92 / Minneapolis Target Center / 125 / CD / A-
15.07.92 / Chicago World Music Theatre (soundcheck) / 30 / MD (AUD2) / B-
20.07.92 / Cleveland Richfield Coliseum / 135 / CD (AUD0) / A-
23.07.92 / Friday I'm In Live '92 / Long Island NY / 70 / CD / A
23.07.92 / Live New York City Vol. 2 / Long Island NY / 52 / CD / A
23.09.92 / Helsinki Jaahalli / 120 / TAPE / B-
06.10.92 / Hamburg Alsterdorf / 135 / CD / A-
08.10.92 / Bremen Sporthalle / 125 / CD (AUD2) / B
21.10.92 / Paris Zenith / 140 / CD (DAT0) / A-
24.11.92 / Manchester GMEX Arena / 150 / TAPE / C- / great setlist... big hand,
in your house, strange day, at night, 100 years, foxy lady...
30.11.92 / London Olympia (soundcheck) / 40 / MD (AUD?) / B-
30.11.92 / London Olympia / 150 / TAPE / B- / last (fourth) london show in this
tour, brilliant setlist... starting with 'the kiss', 'drowning man' and
'tsdway' in the middle, 'pornography' for the end...
03.12.92 / Dublin The Point Theatre / 160 / CD / C / the last show of the
tour... ending with 'forever' performed together with the cranes
00.00.92 / Shellfish's Advice / USA - various / 58 / CD / A
13.06.93 / Great X-pectations, London Finsbury Park / 90 / TAPE / C
10.06.95 / Sonoria Festival, Milan (close to me, lgtb, wciby) / 15 / TAPE /
25.06.95 / Glastonbury Festival / 100 / CD / A-
25.06.95 / Glastonbury Festival / 100 / TAPE (FM Master) / A
15.12.95 / Strawberry Kisses / MTV Most Wanted (friday, mint car, jlh) / 11 /
CD / A-
??.??.96 / Conan O'Brien Show (strange attraction) / 5 / CD /
27.01.96 / Cure Carnival / Rio De Janeiro, Brasil / 145 / CD / A-
26.04.96 / TF1 Friday - UK TV program (friday, the 13th) / 8 / CD /
30.04.96 / Strawberry Kisses / Later With Jools Holland (club am, tial, gone!)
/ 15 / CD / A-
07.05.96 / Strawberry Kisses / London Adrenaline Village / 45 / CD / A-
07.05.96 / London Adrenaline Village / 45 / TAPE / A(radio)
10.05.96 / New York (tial, 13th, gone, bare) / 21 / CD /
01.06.96 / London Earl's Court / 150 / TAPE / B-
20.06.96 / French Radio Session (just like heaven) / 3 / CD / C
25.06.96 / Harald Schmidt's Late Night (mint car) / 4 / CD / A
02.07.96 / Worchester (soundcheck) / 135 / CD (DAT0) / A-
04.07.96 / Montreal Arena / 155 / CD (DAT0) / A-
05.07.96 / David Letterman's Late Show (mint car) / 5 / CD /
09.07.96 / US MTV 120 Minutes (strange attraction) / 4 / CD /
22.07.96 / Milwaukee, Bradley Center / 160 / TAPE / B
27.07.96 / Denver McNichols Arena / 170 / TAPE / B-
31.07.96 / Portland Schnitzer Concert Hall / 180 / CD (DAT0) / A-
03.08.96 / George Amphitheatre / 170 / CD (DAT0) / A-
11.08.96 / King's Head Pub-KROQ Tea Party, Santa Monica (with intvw) / 25 /
TAPE / A-
11.08.96 / Los Angeles The Forum / 135 / CD (DAT0) / B / unique start (acoustic
Fire In Cairo and Boys Don't Cry) and unique end (Forest and Forever with Wayne
Hussey replacing Robert who left to catch his plane back to London for a week
off)...
17.08.96 / Irvine CA, USA / 30 / CD /
25.08.96 / New Orleans LA, USA (the 13th) / 4 / CD / / tour debut of 'the
13th'...
31.08.96 / Orlando Arena / / CD (DAT0) /
14.09.96 / Patriot Center, Fairfax VA, USA / 160 / TAPE / B- / first
'Plainsong', 'Trust' and 'Figurehead' of the tour...
17.09.96 / Radio City Music Hall NY / 165 / CD (DAT0) / A / last gig of the
american leg of the tour...
12.10.96 / Rotterdam Ahoy Stadium / 170 / CD (DAT0) / B / first gig of the
european leg of the tour...
15.10.96 / Bercy Center, Paris (soundcheck) / 18 / CD / D
15.10.96 / Bercy Center, Paris / 170 / CD (32 songs FM0 + 3 songs DAT0 compiled
perfectly) / A / classic, great and complete (35 songs!) '96 show...
21.10.96 / Florence (disintegration) / 11 / CD /
23.10.96 / Swinging Crowds / Milan Forum / 160 / CD / A- / great show with an
awesome version of 'faith'...
30.10.96 / Barcelona Palau d'Esports / 145 / CD / A-
06.11.96 / Le Bataclan, Paris / 110 / CD / B / unique chronological songs
order... 2 songs from each album...
12.11.96 / Hannover Music Halle / 130 / CD (DAT0) / A- / interesting gig with
really exceptional versions of forest and forever... one and only version of a
forest with neverending intro
15.11.96 / Katowice Spodek, Poland / 165 / CD (reg. show DAT Master /Marantz
mic/ + encores AUD Master) / A+B / the first (out of 2) Cure gig in Poland and
very emotional...
16.11.96 / Wien Stadthalle, Austria (soundcheck incl. mission impossible) / 19
/ MD (DAT1) / C
24.11.96 / Kiel Ostseehalle, Germany / 150 / CD / B / very interesting
setlist...
26.11.96 / Hanau Schaertner Halle / / CD (DAT0) / A
14.12.96 / Manchester The Nynex Arena / 150 / CD (DAT0) / A-
13.06.97 / Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre / 100 / CD / A
14.06.97 / Irvine Meadows / / CD (FM0) / A-
26.10.97 / Modern Rock Live - US radio show (lovesong) / 4 / CD /
29.10.97 / The Tonight Show - US TV program (jlh) / 4 / CD /
31.10.97 / Irving Plaza NY / 130 / TAPE / C / jumping someone else's train
played (Robert solo) for the first time in U.S. since 1981...
31.10.97 / A Scary And Spooky…/ Irving Plaza NY / 70 / CD / A
08.12.97 / Almost Acoustic Christmas / San Jose State Event Center / 110 / CD /
A / great show with a few rarely performed songs, also with Reeves on guitar on
a couple of tracks...
10.12.97 / X-Mas Seattle Show / Seattle Mercer Arena / 100 / CD / A
11.12.97 / Chicago United Centre (+ interview) / 120 / TAPE / C
17.12.97 / Shake Dog Shake / London Shepherds Bush Empire / 60 / CD / A- / the
last gig of the tour..
19.07.98 / Forestglade Festival, Wiesen Austria / 120 / CD (FM0) / A-
23.07.98 / Festival Of Nimes, France / 110 / CD (DAT0) / A
25.07.98 / Festival Of Fourvieres, Lyon France / 130 / CD (MD0) / A- / half ppl
hate this show half love it (eg. me)... robert seems to be ill/tired/drunk...
and makes quite many guitar and lyrics mistakes...
07.08.98 / Sudoest Festival, Odemira Portugal / 105 / CD (DAT0) / A-
14.08.98 / Dresden Junge Garde, Germany / 135 / CD (DAT0) / A- / the only '98
show with Forever...
21.08.98 / Gampel Festival, Sierre Switzerland / 110 / CD (DAT0) / A-
22.08.98 / Bizarre Festival, Cologne Germany / 110 / CD (TV0) / A
23.08.98 / Sun Festival, Brno Czech Republic / 135 / CD (MD0) / A / the last
gig of the summer tour...
01.02.2000 / Hamburg Markthalle / 120 / MD Master (german radio broadcast) / A
/ note: so far i got only half of the show, 2nd part is on the way...
03.02.2000 / Brussels Ancienne Belique / 120 / CD (FM0) / A
21.02.2000 / Dallas Deep Ellum Live / 125 / CD /
23.02.2000 / Atlanta The Roxy / 110 / CD /
11.04.2000 / Vienna Libro Hall / 160 / CD (MD0 - FM broadcast) / A
14.04.2000 / Lodz Hala Sportowa / 170 / MD Master / A
16.04.2000 / Berlin Arena / 165 / MD Master / A
17.04.2000 / Hamburg Sporthalle / 165 / MD Master / A
19.04.2000 / Rotterdam Ahoy (with whole 'Adagio' intro recorded) / 160 / MD
Master / A-
22.04.2000 / London Wembley Arena / 160 / MD Master / A
25.04.2000 / Paris Zenith / 160 / MD Master / A
26.04.2000 / Paris Zenith / 160 / MD Master / A
28.04.2000 / Oberhausen Arena / 165 / MD Master / A
08.05.2000 / Roma Palaeur / 180 / CD (MD0) / A-