At long last, The Cure kicked off their North American tour last night (May 10th) in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center, and the setlist was a career-spanning treat.
Robert Smith and Co. ripped through a whopping 29 (!) songs throughout the night, opening with "Alone," closing with "Boys Don't Cry," and then slipping in two other songs that they haven't played live in 36 years!
In the middle of their first encore, the band busted out Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me's "A Thousand Hours," and during their second encore, they included the Door's "Six Different Ways" — neither of which the Cure have played since 1987.
See footage of those two performances above and below via YouTube, and check out the full setlist in all its glory, courtesy of Setlist.fm.
The Cure May 10th, 2023 setlist:
Alone
Pictures of You
A Night Like This
Lovesong
And Nothing Is Forever
The Last Day of Summer
A Fragile Thing
Cold
Burn
Fascination Street
Push
Play for Today
Shake Dog Shake
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Endsong
Encore 1:
I Can Never Say Goodbye
Want
A Thousand Hours
At Night
A Forest
Encore 2:
Lullaby
Six Different Ways
The Walk
Friday I'm in Love
Doing the Unstuck
Close to me
In Between Days
Just Like Heaven
Boys Don't Cry
