This set list from Dallas Friday night should put the kybosh on any debates about whether or not to plunk down that hundy to see The Cure Sunday night at Austin Music Hall (courtesy Dallas Observer review)
Underneath the Stars – Unreleased
Prayers for Rain – Disintegration, 1989
A Night Like This – The Head on the Door, 1985.
The Walk – Single, 1983.
The End of the World – The Cure, 2004.
Lovesong – Disintegration, 1989.
To Wish Impossible Things – Wish, 1992.
Pictures of You – Disintegration, 1989.
Lullaby – Disintegration, 1989.
Fascination Street – Disintegration, 1989.
The Perfect Boy – Unreleased.
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea – Wish, 1992.
Sleep When I’m Dead – Unreleased
Push – The Head on the Door, 1985.
Friday I’m In Love – Wish, 1992.
In Between Days – The Head on the Door, 1985.
Just Like Heaven – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987.
Primary – Faith, 1981.
Shake Dog Shake – The Top, 1984
Never Enough – Mixed Up,1990
The Only One – Single from as-yet-untitled new album, 2008.
Wrong Number – Single, 1997.
The Baby Screams – The Head on the Door, 1985.
One Hundred Years – Pornography, 1982.
Baby Rag Dog Book – Unreleased.
First Encore:
Three Imaginary Boys – Three Imaginary Boys, 1979.
Fire in Cairo – Three Imaginary Boys, 1979.
Boys Don’t Cry – Single, 1979.
Jumping Someone Else’s Train – Three Imaginary Boys, 1979.
Grinding Halt – Three Imaginary Boys, 1979.
10:15 Saturday Night – Three Imaginary Boys, 1979.
Killing an Arab – Single, 1979.
Second Encore:
The Lovecats – Single, 1982.
Let’s Go to Bed – Single, 1982.
Freakshow – Single from as-yet-untitled new album, 2008.
Close to Me – The Head on the Door, 1985.
Why Can’t I Be You? – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987.
Third Encore:
A Forest – Seventeen Seconds, 1980.
