Last week, The Cure launched their latest US tour with a jaw-stopping set in New Orleans. The show spanned 28 songs and four encores, including the debut of two new tracks in “Step Into the Light” and “It Can Never Be the Same”. It also featured a handful of rarities, some of which hadn’t been played live in some three decades.

The band has played five more shows since then, and the setlist have gotten more and more nuts. During their second shows in New Orleans, Robert Smith & co. dusted off “Screw”, from 1985’s The Head on the Door, for its first live performance in 30 years. The Disintegration tracks “Closedown” and “Last Dance” also appeared on the band’s setlist for the first time in over a decade. What’s more, “This Twilight Garden”, the b-side to the 1992 single “High”, received its live debut.



In Austin, The Cure performed their 1985 b-side “The Exploding Boy” for the first time in 30 years, and also waxed nostalgic with rare live renditions of “Bloodflowers” and “Out of This World”. Meanwhile, in Houston, they dusted off “The Last Day of Summer” after 14 years.

Perhaps most impressive was the set given in El Paso. Amid a 35-song, five-encore set (!), the band rolled out “The Perfect Girl” for the first time in 26 years, as well as “(I Don’t Know What’s Going) On” for the first time since 2004. Additionally, Smith led the English outfit to unearth “Watching Me Fall” for the first time since 2007 and “The Snakepit” for the first time in 16 years.

Fan-caught footage of “Last Dance” has surfaced and can be seen above. Below, watch them play “Screw”, “Closedown”, “Last Dance”, This Twilight Garden”, “The Perfect Girl”, and “The Snakepit” via YouTube user edgeofthewind. The full setlists for each show can also be found below.

“Screw”:

“Closedown”:

“The Twilight Garden”:

“The Perfect Girl”:

“The Snakepit”:

New Orleans #2 Setlist:

Plainsong

Pictures of You

Closedown (first performance since 2004)

A Night Like This

The End of the World

Lovesong

Doing the Unstuck

Just Like Heaven

Last Danceb(first performance since 2002)

This Twilight Garden (live debut)

Lullaby

Fascination Street

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Screw (first performance since 1985)

Want

Us or Them (first performance since 2008)

The Hungry Ghost

Prayers for Rain

Disintegration

Encore:

The Same Deep Water as You

Encore 2:

Other Voices

Charlotte Sometimes

Primary

Encore 3:

Step Into the Light

Never Enough

Wrong Number

Encore 4:

Burn

It Can Never Be the Same

Encore 5:

Boys Don’t Cry

Austin Setlist:

Out of This World (first performance since 2008 )

Pictures of You

Closedown

A Night Like This

All I Want

Push

Last Dance

Lovesong

Just Like Heaven

This Twilight Garden

Lullaby

Fascination Street

Screw

The End of the World

Want

Us or Them

The Hungry Ghost

Prayers for Rain

Bloodflowers (first performance since 2008)

Encore:

Step Into the Light

Shake Dog Shake

Never Enough

Wrong Number

Encore 2:

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Close to Me

The Exploding Boy (first performance since 1985)

In Between Days

Doing the Unstuck

Friday I’m in Love

Encore 3:

Burn

It Can Never Be the Same

Encore 4:

A Forest

Boys Don’t Cry

Houston Setlist:

Open

High

A Night Like This

Lovesong

Pictures of You

Lullaby

A Strange Day

Push

In Between Days

Just Like Heaven

The Last Day of Summer (first performance since 2002)

At Night

M

Play for Today

Want

Shake Dog Shake

The Hungry Ghost

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

One Hundred Years

End

Encore:

Burn

It Can Never Be the Same

Encore 2:

Step Into the Light

Fascination Street

Never Enough

Wrong Number

Encore 3:

The Lovecats

Close to Me

The Caterpillar

The Walk

Let’s Go to Bed

Why Can’t I Be You?

Encore 4:

A Forest

Boys Don’t Cry

Dallas Setlist:

Plainsong

Pictures of You

Closedown

A Night Like This

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The Walk

Sleep When I’m Dead

Lovesong

Just Like Heaven

Trust

Last Dance

Lullaby

Fascination Street

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

Want

Us or Them

The Hungry Ghost

Prayers for Rain

Disintegration

Encore:

Charlotte Sometimes

Push

In Between Days

Primary

Encore 2:

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Close to Me

Let’s Go to Bed

Why Can’t I Be You?

Encore 3:

Step Into the Light

Shake Dog Shake

Never Enough

Wrong Number

Encore 4:

Burn

A Forest

Boys Don’t Cry

El Paso, TX Setlist:

Out of This World

Watching Me Fall (first performance since 2007)

Pictures of You

Closedown

High

Lovesong

Push

In Between Days

Just Like Heaven

A Letter to Elise

The Snakepit (first performance since 2000)

Lullaby

Fascination Street

Want

Shake Dog Shake

39 (first performance since 2004)

Bloodflowers

Encore:

Other Voices

The Drowning Man (first performance since 2011)

Charlotte Sometimes

Primary

Encore 2:

If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

Catch

The Perfect Girl (first performance since 1990)

Why Can’t I Be You?

Encore 3:

Hot Hot Hot!!!

(I Don’t Know What’s Going) On (first performance since 2004)

Let’s Go to Bed

Close to Me

Encore 4:

Step Into the Light

Never Enough

Burn

It Can Never Be the Same

Encore 5:

A Forest

Boys Don’t Cry

The Cure 2016 Tour Dates:

05/19 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea Theater at the Cosmopolitan *

05/20 – Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater *

05/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *

05/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *

05/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *

05/26 – Mountain View, CA @ Shorline Amphitheatre *

05/28 – Ridgefield, WA @ Sunlight Supply Amphitheater *

05/29 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival

05/31 – Vancouver, BC @ Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park *

06/02 – Boise, ID @ Century Link Arena *

06/03 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center *

06/05 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *

06/07 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center *

06/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre *

06/10 – Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *

06/11 – Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *

06/12 – Toronto, ON @ Bestival Toronto

06/14 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *

06/16 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena *

06/18 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *

06/19 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *

06/20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *

06/22 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *

06/23 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion *

06/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater Lakewood *

06/26 – Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *

06/27 – Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park Amphitheater *

07/16 – Honolulu, HI @ Neal S Blaisdell Arena

07/17 – Honolulu, HI @ Neal S Blaisdell Arena

07/21 – Auckland, NZ @ Vector Arena

07/23 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass

09/08 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival

10/07 – Helsinki, FI @ Hartwall Arena *

10/09 – Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe Arena *

10/11 – Oslo, NO @ Spektrum *

10/12 – Gotenburg, SE @ Scandinavium *

10/14 – Copenhagen, DK @ Forum *

10/17 – Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena *

10/18 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena *

10/20 – Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena *

10/22 – Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena *

10/24 – Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle *

10/26 – Vienna, AT @ Marxhalle *

10/27 – Budapest, HR @ Papp Lazlo Sports Arena *

10/29 – Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena *

10/30 – Rome, IT @ Palalottomatica *

11/01 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *

11/02 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *

11/04 – Basel, CH @ St. Jakobshalle *

11/06 – Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle *

11/07 – Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle *

11/08 – Leipzig, DE @ Arena *

11/10 – Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena *

11/12 – Antwerp, BE @ Sportspaleis *

11/13 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome *

11/15 – Paris, FR @ AccorHotels Arena *

11/17 – Lyon, FR @ Halle Tony Garnier *

11/18 – Montpellier, FR @ Park & Suites Arena *

11/20 – Madrid, ES @ Barclaycard Center *

11/22 – Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena *

11/24 – Bilbao, ES @ BEC *

11/26 – Barcelona, ES @ Palau St Jordi *

11/29 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena *

12/01 – London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *

12/02 – London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *

12/03 – London, UK @ SSE Wembley Arena *

* = w/ The Twilight Sad