64 beasts of The Cure

A Reflection

Iron Maiden's touring record is hugely impressive Founded around same time as The Cure, Maiden have clocked 2,583 gigs since 1976 with very few fallow years, dwarfing Cure total of 1,654 and Depeche Mode 1,506 Maiden's 777 US gigs vs 382 for Cure Source:http://setlist.com

71% of Cure album tracks contain the song title in the lyrics There is a marked shift pre/post the wedding of Mary & Robert: Up to KMKMKM 82% of Cure song lyrics mention the song title From Disintegration that proportion drops to 59%

While you celebrate the first full moon of 2026 pause to remember the 14 moons of Cure #supermoon #wolfmoon #fullmoon

First song of the new year played by Cure in concert Shake Dog Shake x6 Open x6 Out Of This World x5 Plainsong x4 Want x3 Alone x3...

Stunning NYE at Brean Carla admiring Steep Holm in the channel and a new crop circle on the beach

27 years of The Cure Happy 2026 ftom all the team at Cure Gig Stats x

Perry's final gig was Cure's last gig at Troxy in London 2024 The gig revived Secrets for the first time since Reflections 2011, and before that pre-Kissing Tour in Brazil 1987 "One look relives the memory Remember me the way I used to be" Thank you Perry for the memories <end>

Celebrating the life of Perry Bamonte respectfully through the medium of trivial statistics <Thread>

RIP to much loved Perry Bamonte of The Cure 498 gigs in 37 countries 1990-2004 & 2022-24 12,572 performances of 144 different songs most commonly IBD x473 Perry's 1st song/gig was SDS in Paris His last was BDC in London 4 studio albums on record "The time always comes to say goodbye" Goodbye Perry

Wishing everyone in the Cure community a very merry Christmas with love from all the team at CGS 🎄🎄🎄

It's the Cure infographic they said was impossible Euler Diagram showing gig counts for different combinations of band members

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I want a Cure Christmas song so much

I try not to post personal stuff about Cure members relationships, private lives etc but this I determine to be fair usage Rob's childhood home is listed on Zoopa with house name The Cure, likely fan humour not recognised in title deeds 👇 www.zoopla.co.uk/property/upr...

And if you would like to see Cure play JLH live before an audience that included Madonna, Cher, Michael Hutchence, Richard Marx, Neneh Cherry, Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, Tone-Loc, Jon Bon Jovi & The Stones, then today is your lucky day www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pVQ...

OTD 1983 Robert Smith pulled possibly unique stunt of appearing on Top of the Pops twice in a single episode with 2 different bands: Cure Lovecats/Siouxsie Dear Prudence Rob accustomed to moonlighting with SATB since '79, this time with shirt change Frankie GTH appeared 3x on TOTP Xmas Special 1984

OTD 2014 show 2 of jolly Xmas Hammersmith hattrick Happily CGS bagged a ticket for exceptional gig and braced for ultra-rarities ahead Night 1 Shock of hearing full suite from Top, Man inside Mouth debut + thawing of frozen Cockatoos & Hey You must have been quite something 12min commute home after👇

Waiting for winter solstice sunrise at CGS Farm #solstice

From tomorrow the days get longer

Happy 49th Birthday to The Cure and its prototypes 🎉🎈🥂

OTD 1976 band that would become The Cure played 1st proper gig Malice had done a church floor acoustic set 2 days earlier but this one had stage amps & purportedly 300 ppl Singer Martin Creasy so humiliated he left Crawley within weeks Malice was no more but Rob Lol Porl Mike stayed for Easy Cure

OTD 1978 teenage Cure played Islington's Hope and Anchor giving first quality photos of band onstage Debut Cure coverage in national music press in NME 3 days earlier (see below) prompted a full house of curious punters Poor Rob had the flu and was doped up on Night Nurse and Carling Black Label

4 pints milk bottle split in car boot on way home from Sainsbury's Being a lesser Cure fan I've decided to listen to this song for the first time www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bhb...

If Cure don't play a gig in London in 2026 it will be the first time they will have played more than 3 UK gigs in a year without visiting London Other years when Cure have gigged in UK but not London 1983 Bath, Bournemouth + Cornwall 1995 Glastonbury Fest 2012 Leeds/Reading 2019 Glasto + Glasgow

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8 of 14 Cure albums have been released in a Summer Olympic year 8 of the last 12 Olympic years have been marked by a new Cure album including both held in USA The next Summer Olympics is to be held in USA Just sayin' (If not interested in sport substitute Olympic Year for Leap Year)

Since 2000 Cure have been 59% more likely to play 10:15 when the gig is held on a Saturday 10:15 played 40% of Sat gigs vs 25% on other days of the week Since Reeves joined the Sat uplift factor is more than double, albeit from smaller base: 21% Sat gigs vs 10% on other days of week

40ys ago Head Tour reached final destination en Paris where Glitter cover Do You Wanna Touch Me? was retired after plaguing 29 of final 35 shows that year Those resenting predictability of modern sets will be horrified to learn of generic 1985 setlists, uniform gig-to-gig occasionally +/- 1or2 songs

It's back by popular demand, new and improved THE CURE TITLE-O-GRAM

Cure famously played a Roman amphitheatre for 1986 concert film Cure in Orange but also played other venues of classical antiquity Theatre Antique d'Orange 1986 Roman 1stC BC Les Arènes d'Arles OTD 1989 Roman 90AD Arènes de Fréjus 1986 Roman 1stC AD Teatro antico di Taormina 2005 Greek 3rdC BC

Most Cure gigging years reached a final terminus in glamourous W London but not Swing Tour where subtopian Birmingham staged show #96 in '96 No setlist surprise or extended encore but emotional gig remembered for playing final outings of WMS relics This Is A Lie/Bare/Trap/Gone/Strange Attraction 👇

Open is the anatomical champion of Cure songs, referencing more body parts than any other

Today we remember cultural misappropriation The 13th last played OTD 1996 Absurd Latin novelty number 13 a-waited 42 Swing Tour gigs before a-buzzing into sets, even then only bashfully repeated 5th & final concert 13th in Manchester👇 with unique prelude/epilogue in TSDWAY/Catch But it feels good!

3ys ago Wembley

OTD 2008 Second transatlantic trip that year, 4-piece Rock Cure started packing up 4:13 by playing Real Snow White, Scream & Reasons Why for the last time Hollywood's Troubadour should not be confused with same-named club in Port Talbot where Cure played in 1979 locked up in 1990s as time capsule👇

IGLOO UPDATE Current hypothesis lunaphile Rob has one of these floating moon lights, at time of filming neither floating nor lit

Today we remember Figurehead, last played OTD 2022 Wembley One of Bob’s favs recurred on tours post-82 but never more than occasionally and low down in rotation rankings Revived 2022 after 14ys in the cold Reeves played 167 gigs before bagging Figurehead Only the second UK Figgy of 21stC👇

Covid Christmas 5ys ago today Bob filmed a couple of solo sessions from his home studio, closest insight Cure fans have had to life chez les Smith Not much to go on but I see chaotic tangles of leads, plush rug, curtains firmly drawn, barefoot Rob in stage dress, possible fossil/igloo on L?

Sadly missed yesterday's nugget: 2y anniversary of highest altitude Cure gig 2,640 meters (8660 ft) asl in Bogota World's 3rd highest altitude capital after La Paz & Quito Pop 8.0m venue capacity 14k Full Colombian Breakfast Support from Slowdive Vid👇 Mike Lord loving life/LatAm crowd participation

Today we remember Faith, last played OTD 2022 Wembley Epic miserablism par excellence is a Bob's fav Faith played recurring bit part on all major tours, most inclusively 44% 1986-90 / 47% 2000 Rudely dumped post Reflections, F revived x11 in 2022 on back of fan campaign youtu.be/B7Y1vmJrpes?...

In Your House and Watching Me Fall are the only two Cure songs to juxtapose two Cure song titles in the lyrics

RIP Ginger sorely missed

OTD 1987 Cure closed 61-show 13-country Kissing Tour at Wembley with then-longest gig Famously climaxed with one-off Slade cover, anniversary of which marks start of festive season for many Cure fans Fast forward to end to hear Simon’s “It’s Christmas!” 726nd and final Lol gig until Reflections👇

86% of all Cure album tracks contain within the lyrics at least one of the following ten words: Something Everything Nothing Sometimes Always Never Forever Sleep Night Dream

If Cure were to appear at Teenage Cancer Trust next year it would have to be Sunday 22nd March as that is only available date in RAH's calendar

Faith in Cardiff was an emotional moment for CGS 3ys ago today www.youtube.com/watch?v=diML...

Amazing CGS namecheck (or just CS) in @rogerodonnell.com interview to make my day

Today we remember Kyoto Song last played OTD 2023 Paraguay Kyoto was setlist regular up to Prayer Tour then just 6 outings 1990-2006 Rotational inclusion in Reeves era 17% of gigs 5th most played Head song overall x201 Absent Cure lyrics: old cold happy laugh smile kiss sleep never moon rain