- The Cure: 'Reflections'
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The Cure: "Reflections" refers to a set of shows in which The Cure played their first three albums Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith in full (as well as other tracks) at the VividLive festival at the Sydney Opera House on May 31 and June 1, 2011. All three albums were played in their entirety on both nights, along with several other tracks; the first show featured 45 songs, the second included an additional two non-album songs.
The Cure announced that these "Reflections" shows would involve a 'uniquely evolving' line-up, which includes former keyboardists Lol Tolhurst and Roger O'Donnell (who left the band in 1989 and 2005 respectively), but notably did not include guitarist Porl Thompson who rejoined the band in 2005. It was not immediately clear whether Tolhurst and O'Donnell would be rejoining the band permanently. [1] It is also unclear as to whether Porl Thompson has left the band or simply not taking part in these particular performances.
Later in 2011, O'Donnell confirmed he would be rejoining the band on a permanent basis. The status of Tolhurst and Thompson is still unconfirmed.
According to a statement released by Vivid LIVE, "this will be the first, and only, time The Cure perform these albums in succession." However, on 27th September 2011, the band announced on their website, that they would be performing 7 final 'Reflections' gigs in November: 1 in London, and 3 each in Los Angeles and New York. "[2]
Contents
Show Lineup
The lineup for each album is as follows:
Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Cure Trio: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums)
Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure Quartet: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys)
Faith (1981)
The Cure Quintent: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys & percussion), Laurence Tolhurst (keys & percussion)[3]
Setlist
Three Imaginary Boys: 10.15 Saturday Night, Accuracy, Grinding Halt, Another Day, Object, Subway Song, Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix Cover, for the first time sung by Robert Smith), Meathook, So What, Fire In Cairo, It's Not You, Three Imaginary Boys, The Weedy Burton (only performed on the 2nd night)
Seventeen Seconds: A Reflection, Play For Today, Secrets, In Your House, Three/Forever (& "Happy Birthday Simon", only performed on the 2nd night), The Final Sound, A Forest, M, At Night, Seventeen Seconds
Faith: The Holy Hour, Primary, Other Voices, All Cats Are Grey, The Funeral Party, Doubt (for the first time performed live), The Drowning Man, Faith
Encore 1: World War (for the first time performed live), I'm Cold, Plastic Passion, Boys Don't Cry, Killing An Arab (performed as "Killing Another"), Jumping Someone Else's Train, Another Journey By Train
Encore 2: Descent, Splintered In Her Head, Charlotte Sometimes, The Hanging Garden
Encore 3: Let's Go To Bed, The Walk, The Lovecats
Video Release Information
The Cure: "Reflections" concert is set to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray.[4][5]
References
- ^ "[1]". "TheCure.com". Retrieved on 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Vivid Live 2011|The Cure "Reflections": Vivid Live 2011". Vivid Live. http://www.modularpeople.com/vivid/the-cure-reflections-vivid-live-2011/5972.html. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Smith, Robert. "The Cure: News: THE CURE "REFLECTIONS" LIVE AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE". The Cure. http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=35390&cmnt=1#s_comments_anchor. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ Smith, Robert. "The Cure: News: THE CURE "REFLECTIONS" LIVE AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE". The Cure. http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=35390&cmnt=1#s_comments_anchor. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Twitter / @ Sydney Opera House". Twitter. https://twitter.com/#!/SOHnews/status/68550654397919232. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
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