The Cure Announce Seven New Shows

The Cure have announced seven new shows, billed as ‘final performances’ of their 1979 album ‘Three Imaginary Boys’, 1980’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’, and 1981’s ‘Faith’.

The dates - an extension of their ‘Reflections’ run - are all set for November, starting with a date at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

A post on the band’s website reads: ”REFLECTIONS’ sees an evolving line up of band members past and present playing the first three Cure albums live in their entirety - from the punchy, offbeat, starkly unadorned songs of Three Imaginary Boys (1979), through the increasingly shadowy and quixotic pieces of Seventeen Seconds (1980), to the singular melancholic grandeur of Faith (1981) - in a truly extraordinary concert experience.’

Here are the details:

NOVEMBER
15 Royal Albert Hall, London
21 Pantages Theatre, LA
22 Pantages Theatre, LA
23 Pantages Theatre, LA
25 Beacon Theatre, NYC
26 Beacon Theatre, NYC
27 Beacon Theatre, NYC

Tickets for the London show will go on sale on Friday 30th September.

Here’s a run down of what fans can expect at the shows:

SET 1 (approx 40 minutes)
‘THREE IMAGINARY BOYS’ (1979)
The Cure Trio - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums

approx 15 minute changeover interval

SET 2 (approx 40 minutes)
‘SEVENTEEN SECONDS’ (1980)
The Cure Quartet - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums / ROGER O’DONNELL: Keys

approx 15 minute changeover interval

SET 3 (approx 40 minutes)
‘FAITH’ (1981)
The Cure Quintet - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums / ROGER O’DONNELL: Keys & Percussion / LAURENCE TOLHURST: Keys & Percussion

approx 5 minute interval

SET 4 (approx 30 minutes)
‘ENCORES’ of the period…