The Cure at Hyde Park (July 7th, 2018)

The Cure's 40th Anniversary Party
July 7th, 2018
BST at Hyde Park
London, England

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, High, A Night Like This, The Walk, End of the World, Lovesong, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Play For Today, A Forest, Shake Dog Shake, Burn, Fascination Street, Never Enough, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Disintegration

1st encore: Lullaby, The Caterpillar, Friday I'm in Love, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.

"Thank you very much. See you again very soon. Thank you."

Articles & Reviews: Independent / Drowned in Sound / NME / Metro / Clash Music / Rolling Stone / Louder / Disarm / Big Issue / MusicOHM / Musik Express / Radio X / Yahoo / Muzikalia / Outside / Independent.IE / Spin / Le Temps / Mic / Statuesque Music Reviews / Slicing Up Eyeballs / Post Punk / NWI Times / Sopitas

Photos: Consequence of Sound / Sing Birds Sing: Twilight Sad - The Cure - Kathryn Joseph / Sound of Violence: Twilight Sad - The Cure / Marsworld: The Cure - Slowdive - Editors - Interpol / Paige K. Parsons: The Cure - The Twilight Sad / Aaron Law /

Scopes: Snuffybear (audio only)

Videos: Plainsong / A Night Like This 1 - 2 / Push / Just Like Heaven / Play For Today 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake / Burn / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Disintegration 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love / Close to Me / Boys Don't Cry / Boys Don't Cry & Jumping Someone Else's Train & Grinding Halt / Jumping Someone Else's Train & Grinding Halt & 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing An Arab  / 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing An Arab / Boys Don't Cry & Jumping Someone Else's Train & Grinding Halt & 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing An Arab


Thank you so much to Snuffybear and everyone who shared photos and videos and reports and everything else! Thank you for letting fans who couldn't be there, celebrate the band that they love! Happy 40th anniversary, The Cure! We love you!

Today/Tonight! The Cure celebrate their 40th anniversary with a massive party @BSTHydePark! It's going to be a great day filled with great bands & music, so get out and enjoy it! Here's a look at the schedule for today. 1st band up is @palewaves at 1:40 on the Great Oak Stage. pic.twitter.com/mRJPK9ojAO

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) July 7, 2018

Set-list for #TheCure’s London show tonight via @lyndseyparker

cc: @slicingeyeballs #BSTHydePark pic.twitter.com/39y0zFCscA

— Jake Rudh (@JakeRudh) July 7, 2018

Tim Pope, Andy Vella, Dave Allen. pic.twitter.com/T3opEnRzV3

— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) July 8, 2018

All clear? pic.twitter.com/RzF5dZS2Fl

— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) July 8, 2018

A visually stunning show and Robert in the best vocal style! pic.twitter.com/3cypXbhiT6

— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) July 8, 2018

Last one for now... pic.twitter.com/FnRJAZo7Fb

— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) July 8, 2018

Tim >> 😅 pic.twitter.com/hGMXAhYZOr

— simone marie (@simonemarie4) July 8, 2018

Thanks to everyone that caught the @_TWDY_ set at The Cure’s 40th anniversary in Hyde Park. It was amazing to only see human bodies for as far as the eye could see! Thanks to Robert/The Cure for the invitation and unbelievable hospitality. I NAPPED IN A YURT FOR CHRISSAKES. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/NE5FdkgQIu

— Dark Operative (@dark0perative) July 10, 2018

BST Hyde Park merch

@CraigatCoF BST sweatshirts #TheCure40 pic.twitter.com/eRqQCYEx8d

— John Peterson (@antzona) July 7, 2018

@CraigatCoF BST shirts #TheCure40 pic.twitter.com/tIrncb219V

— John Peterson (@antzona) July 7, 2018

More merch from @jchristophem67 on Facebook. https://t.co/oLmTvO8W9l pic.twitter.com/lq0o0FYksf

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) July 7, 2018

Cure pins from @jchristophem67 on Facebook - https://t.co/RW6Xd81YU0 pic.twitter.com/p1icQNCsfx

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) July 7, 2018

Tim will be filming the Hyde Park show

Yes, I am filming it. No, I don’t know when you’ll see it. Don’t even ask. pic.twitter.com/ciGa7GoNDP

— Tim Pope🎥 (@timpopedirector) July 2, 2018

Hyde Park t-shirt, lanyard, and mug

Cure Hyde Park T-shirt (£25) and Lanyard (£8) are up for ordering.

"Enter unique code from your email if you paid for shirt with Hyde Park ticket." Thanks @GMFree1.

Update (July 2nd, 2018): And now there's a mug, too

All Cure edition of Dark Wave this Sunday

An early heads up for next Sunday night's #DarkWave: It'll be an all-Cure episode. Yes, 3 hours of nothing but The Cure. That's 10 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, July 8, on @1stwave

— Slicing Up Eyeballs (@slicingeyeballs) July 2, 2018

Photos from the Crawley Museum Cure Exhibit

Our exhibition on The Cure: Crawley to the World is now up and running. My office has turned into the backstage area. I may be in for a noisy few weeks! #crawley #crawleymuseum #cureexhibition

A post shared by CrawleyMuseum (@crawleymuseum) on Jul 1, 2018 at 9:06am PDT

Lovely to meet some #Cure fans at our exhibition opening today. As promised, here is a photo of the back of the Love Cats artwork #Crawley #crawleymuseum #crawleymuseumtoday pic.twitter.com/ZEgdKBNpAm

— Crawley Museum (@CrawleyMuseum) July 1, 2018

I met Wendy, she was charming. She said that because of the noise, they would call the police all the time.

A post shared by @ _all_decay on Jul 1, 2018 at 6:47am PDT

A post shared by @_all_decay on Jul 1, 2018 at 8:40am PDT

Great exhibition on The Cure by @CrawleyMuseum @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/VoO2PAec7c

— Magali Cambe (@Mags_in_London) July 1, 2018

Original artwork from Pearl for the lovecats. @CraigatCoF @CrawleyMuseum pic.twitter.com/lXZrYtqDT5

— Magali Cambe (@Mags_in_London) July 1, 2018

And some more @CrawleyMuseum @CraigatCoF @MauroParis @godwinafaith pic.twitter.com/WHfV3dsCpq

— Magali Cambe (@Mags_in_London) July 1, 2018

More pics of The Cure exhibition. @CrawleyMuseum @CraigatCoF @godwinafaith @MauroParis pic.twitter.com/0NlLjq73zv

— Magali Cambe (@Mags_in_London) July 1, 2018

Excellent #exhibition on the #Cure's rise to #international #stardom from #Crawley @CrawleyMuseum from today. With original #Artworks #posters & #memories. #anniversary #SundayMotivation #popular #music #history #Monday #Tuesday closed pic.twitter.com/gRSitCeXoR

— Sohaya Visions (@SohayaV) July 1, 2018

Updates from the Crawley Museum Cure Exhibit

Having fun CURE-ating our new temporary exhibition... #crawley #crawleymuseum #cureexhibition pic.twitter.com/aujaORJEtV

— Crawley Museum (@CrawleyMuseum) June 28, 2018

Today’s temporary exhibition update. All a bit busy this end! Will be glad when the post its have turned into labels! #crawleymuseum #cureexhibition #lookingforapen pic.twitter.com/1ujY5DfujK

— Crawley Museum (@CrawleyMuseum) June 29, 2018

Today I seem to be making an early 80s mix tape . . . #crawleymuseum #cureexhibition #80sthrowback pic.twitter.com/XR72HnFOcz

— Crawley Museum (@CrawleyMuseum) June 30, 2018

I promise not to put this in the cassette player! #cureexhibition #mixtape #crawleymuseum pic.twitter.com/y823W0Axzg

— Crawley Museum (@CrawleyMuseum) June 30, 2018

The Cure exhibition will run from July 1-22. Opening times are Wednesday to Saturday 10.30am to 4pm, Sunday 2-4.30pm.

Hyde Park schedule

Primary Entry: 12:30
Doors open for general admission: 13:30
Last entry: 21:00
Curfew: 22.30

Great Oak Stage
The Cure 20:10 - 22:20
Interpol 18:35 - 19:35
Goldfrapp 17:15 - 17:55
Editors 16:00 - 16:45
Slowdive 14:50 - 15:30
Pale Waves 13:40

Barclaycard Stage
Ride 19:25 - 20:10
Lisa Hannigan 17:55
Twilight Sad 16:35 - 17:15
This Will Destroy You 15:20


Summer Stage
Kathryn Joseph 17:55
Kaelan Mikla 16:35 - 17:15
PG Lost 15:20


Update (June 30th, 2018): Some updates to the schedules...Allthingsmata and Gallops have been removed. End time for The Twilight Sad added. Kaelyn Mikla and Kathryn Joseph have switched spots, so no more conflict between the Sad's set and Kathryn's set.

All times taken from the official BST Hyde Park app.

Hyde Park tickets for sale or trade

Had a bunch of requests for this lately, so here you go. If you have tickets for sale or trade, post them in the comments.

As always, only list tickets at face value or below (plus the ticket fees & shipping).

Hyde Park Aftershow Party

Facebook Event Page

Hyde Park pre-show party

Was just talking on the show about me DJing on a boat. Here’s the info - tickets: https://t.co/Psb1LjWfrR See you there? 🍺🛳💕 pic.twitter.com/HZ28kP1g7k

— Andy Bush (@bushontheradio) April 18, 2018

CURÆTION-25 at Meltdown Festival

Meltdown Festival
June 24th, 2018
Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre
London, England

Twilight Sad set: It Never Was The Same, VTR (new), The Arbor (new), There's A Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory, Keep Yourself Warm (Frightened Rabbit cover).

CURÆTION-25 set

Set 1 (From There to Here): Three Imaginary Boys, At Night, Other Voices, A Strange Day, Bananafishbones, A Night Like This, Like Cockatoos, Pictures of You, High, Jupiter Crash, 39, Us or Them, It's Over, It Can Never Be The Same.

Set 2 (From Here to There): Step Into The Light, The Hungry Ghost, alt.end, Last Day of Summer, Want, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Disintegration, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Sinking, Shake Dog Shake, One Hundred Years, Primary, A Forest, Boys Don't Cry.

Note: Faith was listed on the official setlist, but was not played. Primary took its spot in the set.


Reviews & Articles: The Guardian / The Times / The Telegraph / The Arts Desk / NME / Slicing Up Eyeballs / CoS / Alternative Press

Periscope: A bit of soundcheck / The Twilight Sad audio / Cure Audio (all thanks to Snuffybear!)

Videos: 21 minutes, mix of songs / Three Imaginary Boys / Three Imaginary Boys & At Night / A Strange Day 1 - 2 - 3 / Bananafishbones / Like Cockatoos 1 - 2 / Jupiter Crash / Us or Them / It's Over / It Can Never Be The Same / Last Day of Summer / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 1 - 2 / Sinking 1 - 2 - 3 / Shake Dog Shake / One Hundred Years /


"Curator Robert Smith closes the 25th Meltdown festival with an exclusive show at Royal Festival Hall, with support from The Twilight Sad.

He is joined onstage by four of his curious friends – and other, imaginary accompanists – to perform special interpretations based on a very particular selection of songs he has sung throughout the years."

Setlist @thecureofficial #meltdown missed Faith

A post shared by Chris White (@chriswhite65) on Jun 25, 2018 at 2:24am PDT

@CraigatCoF @Snuffybear new schedule ;) pic.twitter.com/nJe5ll0tUq

— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) June 24, 2018

@CraigatCoF schedule from reception desk , not see this one is still valid 😅🙄 pic.twitter.com/vqWqIPI6TK

— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) June 24, 2018

@CraigatCoF @Snuffybear It will be filmed !!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/4YBsGky4Er

— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) June 24, 2018

CURÆTION-25 shirts

Curaetion-25 shirt from @iapdtweet on Facebook - https://t.co/ILLswm4BP0 pic.twitter.com/rbVIkbOiIc

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) June 24, 2018

pic.twitter.com/UJ23fwZT0d

— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) June 24, 2018

'Prayers For Rain' (2018 Mark Saunders Remix)

From @drbeeching:
"So, whilst giving CD3 a spin & thinking it a pity Mark Saunders wasn't asked to contribute, I stumbled across:
Prayers for Rain (Mark Saunders 2018 mix)."

Manics cover 'In Between Days' on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show

Thanks, @AaronLaw92.

Deftones cover 'If Only Tonight We Could Sleep' at Meltdown

Libertines cover 'Boys Don't Cry' at Meltdown

Placebo covers 'Let's Go To Bed' at Meltdown

Manics cover 'In Between Days' at Meltdown

Joycut covers 'Hanging Garden' at Meltdown