The Cure 2014-12-23 Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London, Eng.

The Cure

Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London 2014-12-23

The third of three Christmas Cure shows which were unofficially celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of The Top album and subsequent tour. I nice gesture by Robert was to invite And Also The Trees along as support as they were 30 years ago. I attended the Liverpool show on that tour, my first Cure show. These three are the 54th, 55th and 56th times IÕd seen the band, most of them great and lots unforgettable. This run of three compare well with other runs of three in London on the Kissing  and Prayer tours. Although the set lists maybe lacking the variation of those shows, they definitely benefit from extra energy of the band not being worn out after a long World or European tour. Robert was chattier in these shows than heÕd been in in the previous 50 odd IÕd seen. Another nice touch, which I havenÕt seen acknowledged elsewhere, was RobertÕs dedication of Lovecats to ex manager Chris Parry, referred to as Bill.  Anyway, enough of me, time to enjoy the show.

Recorded and uploaded by Pennyghael
Location Ð Balcony fourth row slightly right of centre
Source Ð Church Audio CA11> Sony PCM m10> iMac> Audacity v2.06> xACT to FLAC

Set list as playedÉ.
1. Intro
2. Shake Dog Shake
3. Kyoto Song
4. A Night Like This
5. Wailing Wall
6. The Caterpillar
7. The Walk
8. Sleep When IÕm Dead
9. A Man Inside My Mouth
10.  Bananafishbones
11.  Push
12.  Inbetween Day
13.  Friday IÕm In Love
14.  Doing The Unstuck
15.  Pictures Of You
16.  Lullaby
17.  Birdmad Girl
18.  Lovesong
19.  Just Like Heaven
20.  Like Cockatoos
21.  From The Edge OF The Deep Green Sea
22.  Want
23.  One Hundred Years
24.  Give Me It
25.  Encore applause
26.  The Empty World
27.  Charlotte Sometimes
28.  Primary
29.  The Top
30.  Encore applause
31.  Three Imaginary Boys
32.  M
33.  Play For Today
34.  A Forest
35.  Encore applause
36.  Piggy In The Mirror
37.  Never Enough
38.  Fascination Street
39.  Wrong Number
40.  Wrong Number cont..
41.  Encore applause
42.  Dressing Up
43.  The Lovecats (dedicated to ÒBillÓ ex-manager)
44.  Close To Me
45.  Why CanÕt I Be You?
46.  Boys DonÕt Cry
47.  Hey You!

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