1989-05-11 Essen - Grugahalle (Germany)

Mainset:

Plainsong
Pictures Of You
Closedown
Kyoto Song
A Night Like This
Just Like Heaven
Last Dance
Fascination Street
Cold
Charlotte Sometimes
The Walk
A Forest
Inbetween Days
The Same Deep Water As You
Prayers For Rain
Disintegration

Encore 1:

Lullaby
Close To Me
Let's Go To Bed
Why Can't I Be You?

Encore 2:

Three Imaginary Boys
Boys Don't Cry

Encore 3:

Homesick
Untitled
Faith

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
Roger O'Donnell

Songs played: 25 (16 | 4 | 2 | 3)

Day of the week: Thursday
Tour: 'The Prayer Tour'

Attendance:
Capacity:

Mainset:

hello

Plainsong

Pictures Of You

thank you. this is staying new [...] . this is called 'closedown'

Closedown

thank you. [...] take ages [...] tonight. to make sense of it. this is called 'the kyoto song'

Kyoto Song

thank you. same bit. this is called 'a night like this'

A Night Like This

aaarrr. if only. this is called 'just like heaven'

Just Like Heaven

Last Dance

that is a good suggestion. we might do that one later, yeah. but for the moment [...] . this is called 'fascination street'

Fascination Street

well, that will be close but it's like [...] same bit. 'cold' is the next

Cold

[...] anyway. this is called 'charlotte sometimes'

Charlotte Sometimes

thank you. i'll pull this [...] standing inside a very small room and everything you hate beeing inside with me. ah the other shoe. this is called 'the walk'

The Walk

A Forest

thank you. you wouldn't guess but [...] . this is called 'inbetween days'

In Between Days

[...] again, but we're still [...] 'the same deep water as you'

The Same Deep Water As You

Prayers For Rain

Disintegration

thank you. [unknown]

Encore 1:

thank you. [...] again

Lullaby

thank you. this is like getting older but [...] to it

Close To Me

thank you. [...] nearly. until this is called 'let's go to bed'

Let's Go To Bed

the last one [...] . this is called 'why can't i be you'

Why Can't I Be You

thank you. thank you

Encore 2:

thank you

Three Imaginary Boys

Boys Don't Cry

thank you

Encore 3:

thank you. [...] i know you intimetly. i don't know what. [...]invited up here to speak in place of me. first something new again. no this is for us, it's called 'homesick'

Homesick

Untitled

who knows? this is called 'faith'

Faith

thank you, good night. thank you

stage banter segments may be wrong or incomplete
[...] marks unknown banter segments

thanks to Dirk

from Josef K.:

I was at this concert with two friends and we met two girls there before the start. When the concert started, we lost sight of each other, because the hustle became too big. The group played great and especially Kyoto Song, Cold, A Forest and Faith stayes in my mind. I remember they used a lot of colored light, especially blue light. After the concert we met again and one of the girls said that was her shoe (Robert Smiths announcement before The Walk). She not have thrown him intentionally onto the stage, someone undressed it and throw it there. She wanted to bring it back, but I don't know if she made it.

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BT '1989' /
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list of recordings may be incomplete and could contain wrong informations

Shelleyan Orphan

Prayer Tour @ Chain of Flowers website

Venue address:

Grugahalle
Norbertstraße 56
45131 Essen

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The Cure appearances at this venue:

1979-12-21 Herenthout
1981-12-21 "John Peel Session"
2014-12-21 London

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