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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
More👇
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
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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
10 Imaginary Years remembers Andy’s final weeks with Cure
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
10 Imaginary Years remembers Andy’s final weeks with Cure
OTD 1984 Boris Williams joined The Cure
Top Tour thrown into chaos after Wild Andy kicked off drummers stool
Faced with unpalatable options of cancelling US leg or Lol assuming stool, Phil's contact book saved the day twice, first by drafting Vince Ely for a few weeks and then Boris
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Top Tour thrown into chaos after Wild Andy kicked off drummers stool
Faced with unpalatable options of cancelling US leg or Lol assuming stool, Phil's contact book saved the day twice, first by drafting Vince Ely for a few weeks and then Boris
More👇
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
OTD 1984 Boris Williams joined The Cure
Top Tour thrown into chaos after Wild Andy kicked off drummers stool
Faced with unpalatable options of cancelling US leg or Lol assuming stool, Phil's contact book saved the day twice, first by drafting Vince Ely for a few weeks and then Boris
More👇
Top Tour thrown into chaos after Wild Andy kicked off drummers stool
Faced with unpalatable options of cancelling US leg or Lol assuming stool, Phil's contact book saved the day twice, first by drafting Vince Ely for a few weeks and then Boris
More👇
When did Cure fans start doing singalong Play for Today?
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When did Cure fans start doing singalong Play for Today?
Geneva OTD 2022
Rob so entranced by crowd singalong that he forgot opening verse of Play for Today
Rob so entranced by crowd singalong that he forgot opening verse of Play for Today
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Geneva OTD 2022
Rob so entranced by crowd singalong that he forgot opening verse of Play for Today
Rob so entranced by crowd singalong that he forgot opening verse of Play for Today
Don't think I'm weird but...
I wrote a short story using only Cure song titles about a predator who kidnaps a girl, subjects her to a 13 day ordeal before releasing her, then wrestles with his conscience and kills himself
/thread/
I wrote a short story using only Cure song titles about a predator who kidnaps a girl, subjects her to a 13 day ordeal before releasing her, then wrestles with his conscience and kills himself
/thread/
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Don't think I'm weird but...
I wrote a short story using only Cure song titles about a predator who kidnaps a girl, subjects her to a 13 day ordeal before releasing her, then wrestles with his conscience and kills himself
/thread/
I wrote a short story using only Cure song titles about a predator who kidnaps a girl, subjects her to a 13 day ordeal before releasing her, then wrestles with his conscience and kills himself
/thread/
In Your House and Watching Me Fall are the only two Cure songs to juxtapose two Cure song titles in the lyrics
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In Your House and Watching Me Fall are the only two Cure songs to juxtapose two Cure song titles in the lyrics
At Night and In Your House are the only pair of Cure songs with multi-word titles to mention each other's song title within the lyrics
Is it a coincidence that the two songs are from the same album?
CGS doesn't believe in coincidences
Is it a coincidence that the two songs are from the same album?
CGS doesn't believe in coincidences
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
At Night and In Your House are the only pair of Cure songs with multi-word titles to mention each other's song title within the lyrics
Is it a coincidence that the two songs are from the same album?
CGS doesn't believe in coincidences
Is it a coincidence that the two songs are from the same album?
CGS doesn't believe in coincidences
Today we pause to remember Round & Round & Round last played OTD 1996
Inconsequential ode to fakeness within showbiz party scene R&R&R played 60 of 1st 76 gigs of WMS launch/tour then skipped remaining 22 shows
R&R&R is longest Cure song title to feature in lyrics of another song: Disintegration
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Inconsequential ode to fakeness within showbiz party scene R&R&R played 60 of 1st 76 gigs of WMS launch/tour then skipped remaining 22 shows
R&R&R is longest Cure song title to feature in lyrics of another song: Disintegration
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today we pause to remember Round & Round & Round last played OTD 1996
Inconsequential ode to fakeness within showbiz party scene R&R&R played 60 of 1st 76 gigs of WMS launch/tour then skipped remaining 22 shows
R&R&R is longest Cure song title to feature in lyrics of another song: Disintegration
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Inconsequential ode to fakeness within showbiz party scene R&R&R played 60 of 1st 76 gigs of WMS launch/tour then skipped remaining 22 shows
R&R&R is longest Cure song title to feature in lyrics of another song: Disintegration
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OTD 2022 show 20/46 of that year's Euro roadtrip Cure introduced A Fragile Thing into setlists
1st of 59 outings for AFT
Perhaps more curious is unique starkness of 1st encore
Figgy into Faith done just once before, La Coruna 1998, but Faith into Dis is an unrepeated and emotional novelty
1st of 59 outings for AFT
Perhaps more curious is unique starkness of 1st encore
Figgy into Faith done just once before, La Coruna 1998, but Faith into Dis is an unrepeated and emotional novelty
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
OTD 2022 show 20/46 of that year's Euro roadtrip Cure introduced A Fragile Thing into setlists
1st of 59 outings for AFT
Perhaps more curious is unique starkness of 1st encore
Figgy into Faith done just once before, La Coruna 1998, but Faith into Dis is an unrepeated and emotional novelty
1st of 59 outings for AFT
Perhaps more curious is unique starkness of 1st encore
Figgy into Faith done just once before, La Coruna 1998, but Faith into Dis is an unrepeated and emotional novelty
Today 9th anniversary of last time Cure played Boy's Don't Cry in the main set
Such positioning of Cure's second most-played song feels quaint today but was delivered 9x in 2016 alone
Since Basel BDC played 141/147 gigs, 114x as show finale else preceding CTM JSET or 10:15 mostly in final encore
Such positioning of Cure's second most-played song feels quaint today but was delivered 9x in 2016 alone
Since Basel BDC played 141/147 gigs, 114x as show finale else preceding CTM JSET or 10:15 mostly in final encore
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Today 9th anniversary of last time Cure played Boy's Don't Cry in the main set
Such positioning of Cure's second most-played song feels quaint today but was delivered 9x in 2016 alone
Since Basel BDC played 141/147 gigs, 114x as show finale else preceding CTM JSET or 10:15 mostly in final encore
Such positioning of Cure's second most-played song feels quaint today but was delivered 9x in 2016 alone
Since Basel BDC played 141/147 gigs, 114x as show finale else preceding CTM JSET or 10:15 mostly in final encore