1991-01-17 London - The T & C 2 (England)

 

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Boris Williams
Porl Thompson
Perry Bamonte

Songs played: 23  (15 | 4 | 4)

Day of the week: Thursday

Attendance:
Capacity: 200 ??

• The Band was billed as '5 Imaginary Boys'.
• 'Away', an early version of 'Cut', was played live in concert for the first time ever and then never again.
• 'The Big Hand', 'A Letter To Elise' and 'Wendy Time' were played live in concert for the first time ever.

media type:	Concert
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The band plays a secret gig at London's Town and Country Club 2, billed somewhat unsubtly as the Five Imaginary Boys. The set includes three new unrecorded songs: 'Wendy Time', 'The Big Hand' and 'Away'. These are recorded as a proposed EP (the second such project in under a year), but this is never released as Smith feels it would be seen as 'too big a statement' rather than a stopgap between longplayers. The last three named were likely to appear as a single B-sides, 'Elise' being slated for the next studio album.
Both gig and soundcheck are recorded as part of a video, 'The Cure Play Out', for release later in the year.

unknown whether there was an opening act

20-22 Highbury Corner
London N5 1RD

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____-____ | Town & Country Club 2 / T&C 2
1993-____ | The Garage

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not to be confused with "The Town & Country Club" (aka "The Forum") concert venue in Kentish Town, London

1. 1991-01-17 The T & C 2