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👇

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

OTD 2004 Robert Smith determined ponderous Cure too slow for his ambitions so joined Blink-182 at Wembley to set new PB for fastest Boys Don’t Cry

BDC 1979/1986 recordings
168bpm 2:32 duration

Modern Cure live renditions
150bpm in 2:44

B182 rocking 205bpm in 2:02

Each with c.420 total beats

To celebrate tonight’s final full moon of 2025 here are 14 moons of The Cure
#coldmoon #supernoon #fullmoon

Animals of The Cure

ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN
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33 kisses of The Cure 💋

Here is The Cure’s solitary recorded live performance of mediocre teutonic novelty funk number Do The Hansa in NY 14ys ago today