1980-10-17 Amsterdam - Jaap Edenhal (Netherlands)

Mainset:

I Hate Rock'N'Roll
The Holy Hour
Play For Today
Three Imaginary Boys
Primary
10.15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
At Night
M
Boys Don't Cry
Fire In Cairo
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Another Journey By Train
Grinding Halt
A Forest
Seventeen Seconds

Encore 1:

Forever
Plastic Passion
Killing An Arab

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Laurence Tolhurst

Songs played: 19 (16 | 3)
Set length: 71 min

Day of the week: Friday
Tour: -

Attendance:
Capacity:

When The Cure took the stage, they had to do their soundcheck because they were late, and then played a 50 second instrumental that Robert titled 'I hate Rock N Roll'.
'The Holy Hour' was dedicated to Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who had died 5 months earlier.

Mainset:

before we start, because we didn't arrive in time for a soundcheck, this is our soundcheck for the next three minutes right? but, it .. because everything is nice to have a name, this is called 'i hate rock'n'roll'

I Hate Rock'N'Roll

this is called 'the holy hour'. it's dedicated to ian curtis

The Holy Hour

Play For Today

thank you. [...] a home. and this is called 'three imaginary ...'

Three Imaginary Boys

this is called 'primary'

Primary

10.15 Saturday Night

Accuracy

this is called 'at night'

At Night

[...] if you took it seriously and you'd be dead anyway. this is called 'm'

thank you. this is really painfull to [...] tune up on stage now. this is called 'Boys Don't Cry'

Boys Don't Cry

Fire In Cairo

it's two songs about trains

Jumping Someone Else's Train

Another Journey By Train

[...] as us. this is about any country you choose to live in. it's called 'grinding halt'

Grinding Halt

this is called 'a forest'

A Forest

it's the final song, it's called 'seventeen seconds'

Seventeen Seconds

thank you, good night. thank you

Encore 1:

this song is about boring old rock'n'roll. everybody [...] shit [...]

Forever

Plastic Passion

Killing An Arab

thank you, good night.

Stage banter may be inaccurate or incomplete.
[...] = not clearly understandable [???] = unclear whether additional banter occurred

thanks to Ger P.

NRC Handelsblad (1980-10-18) | from Ger P.

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