1989-07-11 Reims - Parc des Expositions (France)

Mainset:

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

Encore 1:

Lullaby
Close To Me

Encore 2:

Three Imaginary Boys
Boys Don't Cry
10.15 Saturday Night
Killing An Arab

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

Songs played: 22 (16 | 2 | 4)

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

Attendance: 4'500
Capacity:

'A Girl From Ipanema' intro for 'Three Imaginary Boys'
Robert, Porl and Roger were attacked by sickness in the afternoon (according to Rolling Stone, it was a stomach virus), which is why the concert was cut short.

thanks to: Eric P.

Article links:

Rolling Stone: Searching for the Cure

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from Cure News 8:

question: what was your best/worst gig on the european stretch of the "prayer tour" and why?
robert: the best was the last night at wembley because of the atmosphere and playing so many old songs. it was nostalgic.
the worst was reims in france because everyone was sick.

from Cure News 9:

question: is it true that you collapsed on stage in bordeaux and couldn't continue with the show? what was wrong with you?
robert: we played a shortended set in reims in france as porl, roger and i were attacked by sickness in the afternoon and vomited all night.