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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Alternative Cure Video #3 Let’s Go To Bed #AltCureVid #CarlaAndWeasel Amazingly LGTB is the song Boris played in concert more than any other (x349 vs 347 Forests) LGTB doesn’t even feature in any other members personal Top10 most played, except for Porl for whom it ranks #5

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was strange Cure didn’t play Happy the Man (Caterpillar bside) at Hammersmith Xmas shows 2014 when The Top was played in full Instead we got Man Inside My Mouth Hypothesis: Rob got his bsides muddled

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OTD 1984 began eventful Top Tour of NZ/AU/JA/CA/US featuring 3 drummers in 7wks Schedule documents gruelling 30h journey on 3 flights London to Wellington 100 hours in NZ: Recover from jetlag 2 gigs Press day Journeying Auckland to Wellington and back Credit to magical cure-concerts.de

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ewe’s eye view of Yr Wyddfa summit from Crib Goch yesterday Memorable Snowdon horseshoe in stunning weather 1055m total ascent 7h 5min

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

14 moons of The Cure to celebrate the harvest moon #CureWords #fullnoon #harvestmoon 🌕

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SRTR is a better album than any the Durans did as the Durans

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The English football league club most remote from any venue Cure have played is Grimsby Town FC, 36 miles and an awkward navigation across the Humber from Hull's City Hall where Cure played in 1979 supporting SATB The Mariners play at Blundell Park built 1898

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Premier League table if it was based on how many minutes walk to the nearest music venue played by The Cure

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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 · 23/09/2026

Pancakes at Scotty’s Kitchen in Weston Super Mare

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Alternative Cure Video #7 Close to Me #AltCureVid CTM last played Troxy London 1st Nov 2024

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Denver Riot Fest OTD 2014 Last time Cure played a full gig* with no songs beginning with indefinite article A Lifetime A-song plays👇 Also only Cut Here since 2002 *excl Disintegration30 shows in Sydney

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Meet the team: Carla, Weasel and Fat Ronnie

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bloodflowers has longest song titles of any album 3.1 mean word count/15.7 characters Preceding album Wild Mood Swings has shortest song titles 1.9 words on average/9.1 characters Strong positive correlation between album's mean word count and mean character count Linear regression R²=0.70

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Leicester OTD 1979 SATB Join Hands tour resumed 11 days after Aberdeen bust up & 6 cancelled gigs, now with Bob The Banshee on double shift Filling the lull Cure productively went to Rotterdam New Pop Fest then came home to record JSET which got live debuted before De Montford students #JSETat47

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Comprehensive list of Cure songs needing all five vowels in the spelling How Beautiful You Are... Jumping Someone Else's Train A Man Inside My Mouth The Upstairs Room A Few Hours After This Why Cant I Be You? This. Here And Now. With You

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Top doublets in Cure history # plays as consecutive songs #1 is an understatement with many early sets undocumented

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Riot Fest 3ys ago today Last time Cure play 10:15 & KAA 10:15 into KAA is Cure's #1 doublet x432 and most common finale medley x210 In certain seasons (87 96 08 notably) KAA followed by Forest Faith or Forever (CTM>WCIBY is #2 doublet x278) Cure sometimes bashful about KAA but never abandoned

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cure have played at least 20 gigs in 8 ice rinks in 5 countries Whitley Bay 85 UK Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck 85 87 89 92 Lausanne Patinoire de Malley 89 92 Helsinki Jäähalli 92 22 +Hartwall Arena 16 Stockholm Isstadion/Hovet 87 89 96 08 +Avicii/Globe 92 16 22 Gothenburg Scandinavium 92 16 22 👇

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OTD 1985 Cure take Head Tour to Whitley Bay for REMARKABLE gig MOST NORTHERLY of 343 England gigs! ONLY UK GIG IN ICE RINK! But no I'm/Cold KINKS COVER! Repeated just twice: '85 & '87 I DIG YOU REVIVED, after Brighton 2days b4, this time sans Frank Bell Only one future IDY: Barfly'04 Tix £5 👇

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OTD 1985 Cure held Cult Heroes reunion in Brighton, inviting Frank Bell to sing I Dig You for final song Closest gig to Crawley since 1980 just 22 miles away so Postman Frank got his invite Cure had so much fun I Dig You repeated 2 days later in Whitby sans Frank www.youtube.com/watch?t=5110...

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The Cure 1985 09 14 Brighton 23 sur 23

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

8/14 Cure studio albums were released in an Olympic year

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OTD 1985 Wembley debut! Blood debut! Cure dispel doubts 12.5k capacity Wembley could be filled Tix £6.25 Boozy Blood on boozy head tour may be first live debut caught on film Wembley records #1 gigs at one venue 17 #1 longevity 1985-2022 #1 song performance count 495 #1 different songs 111

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

15 long years today since fans last heard smutty ditty The Only One Bestival 2011 sandwiched between Reflections gigs prompted Rob to recruit fresh guitar support Fun The Only One was top of setlist charts from late 2007-09 Here the only Only One sans Porl www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBB...

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The Only One (Bestival Live 2011)

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

OTD 1989 Prayer Tour Am Leg show 14/24 Cure play doublet Catch/Cold for first time Mildly amusing medley would be repeated just twice, both 1996 1st/7 gigs at open air Shoreline spanning 6 different visits W coast of San Fran bay but closer to San Jose than SF 2 cities being just 1h apart by car

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OTD 1979 Cure followed The Specials to headline New Pop fest Rotterdam Earliest quality vid 2 days after Aberdeen SATB bust up 10k crowd=biggest after Reading 2nd mike for Mike Cure fee £450+expenses +12 cans of beer All 3 age 20 Great 1015 funky bass breakdown finale Cure went home to record JSET

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OTD 1985 Head Tour opened at Cornwall Coliseum near St Austell followed by "one of the worst night's drinking in Cure history" according to Rob Cure's most westerly AND most southerly GB gig Long-gone beachside venue Live debuts: Screw Push ANLT Box Office No1: Rambo First Blood Part II UK Top 10 🔥

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

OTD 1979 SCOTLAND DEBUT DRAMA! Aberdeen infamous 4th date supporting SATB Join Hands Tour By happenstance 50% of SATB quit while Cure about to start Siouxsie & Sev explained runaways to disappointed Scots then Cure back on stage to debut under-rehearsed instrumental demos + Lords Prayer with S&S

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Where in the world has Figurehead played

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trust and Other Voices have never played at the same gig Neither have Faith & Bananafishbones Before Three & Hanging Garden or Cold Sinking & Last Dance Alone & Caterpillar Mint Car & At Night or Closedown All I Want & Strange Day Push & All Cats

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#curewords blood mouth lips/tongue knees sun seasons rain red blue black white dark shadow happy smile dance win care look kiss love life live I am/want/know/wish forget drown whisper please stop goodbye song round nothing perfect truth room girl religion animals numbers dairy

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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 · 02/09/2026

Did you know The first two Cure songs to register on the official UK singles charts, A Forest and Primary, reached their peak chart position, #31 and #43 respectively, on the same week that a Eurovision Song Contest winner was UK Number One #StrangeButTrue #CureFacts

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Walk is Cure's 6th most played song in concert, with 786 live outings, yet has never been performed on a Thursday in February

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Cure songs that have the words Moon, Garden, Thousand, Rain and Angels in the lyrics

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

After 31 shows in 2026 it’s time to say goodbye to The Cure #CureWords

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1st September means one thing GIGGING SEASON IS OVER Sept = 4th slowest touring month Only first quarter has fewer gigs while Rob hibernates Drop off from Sept wk1 is sudden and profound Aug 6.5 gigs/day then Sept 2.5 Service resumes Oct wk1 Peak week commences 30th May =9.1 gigs/day

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Robert Smith with other musicians <thread> Interpol

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

OTD 1980 Matthieu Hartley played final shows with The Cure at fancy art deco Raffles Hotel Perth: Sunday double bill on final stop of maiden NZ/AU tour Claustrophobic life on tour + lack of veggie food got to Matt who jumped ship once home

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sixth Cure album Head on the Door was their first not to close with an album title track

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

To avoid accusations of northern hemisphere chauvinism, Cure's aversion to playing The Last Day of Summer inside the window that marks the end of meteorological/astronomical summers, also applies to latitudes south of equator Cure have never played TLDOS in AU/NZ/S Am/S Africa in Feb or March

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Cure Gig Stats @curegigstats.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

No Cure song features the words Disappoint or Disappointing in the lyrics

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