2011-05-31 Sydney - Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall (Australia/NSW)
"Vivid Live"

Part 1:

10.15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
Grinding Halt
Another Day
Object
Subway Song
Foxy Lady
Meathook
So What
Fire In Cairo
It's Not You
Three Imaginary Boys

Part 2:

A Reflection
Play For Today
Secrets
In Your House
Three
The Final Sound
A Forest
M
At Night
Seventeen Seconds

Part 3:

The Holy Hour
Primary
Other Voices
All Cats Are Grey
The Funeral Party
Doubt
The Drowning Man
Faith

Encore 1:

World War
I'm Cold
Plastic Passion
Boys Don't Cry
Killing An Arab
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Another Journey By Train

Encore 2:

Descent
Splintered In Her Head
Charlotte Sometimes
The Hanging Garden

Encore 3:

Let's Go To Bed
The Walk
The Lovecats

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Jason Cooper
Roger O'Donnell

Guests:

Laurence Tolhurst during Part 3 and parts of the encores

Roger O'Donnell just played during Part 2, Part 3 and parts of the encores

Songs played: 44 (12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3)

Day of the week: Tuesday
Tour: 'Reflections'

Attendance:
Capacity:
Sold out

This was the first The Cure concert of Roger O'Donnell after he left the band in 2004.
'So What', 'Doubt', 'World War', 'Descent' were played live in concert for the first time ever.
'Accuracy' was played for the first time since October 1981, apart from a short teaser of the song at 1989-07-03 Bordeaux.
'Another Day', 'Meathook', 'Object', 'Plastic Passion', 'A Reflection', 'The Final Sound' and 'Three' were played for the first time since 1980.
'Foxy Lady' was played for the first time since 1992-12-03 Dublin.
'It's Not You' was played for the first time since 1993-06-13 London.
'Subway Song' was played for the first time since 1996-12-16 Birmingham.
'Another Journey By Train' was played for the first time since october 1980.
'In Your House' was played for the first time since 2004-03-05 London.
'Secrets' was played for the first time since march 1987.
'Seventeen Seconds' was played for the first time since 2002-07-20 Carhaix.
'All Cats Are Grey' was played for the first time since 2000-10-19 Canberra.
'Splintered In Her Head' was played for the first time since 1982-06-11 Brussel.
'The Funeral Party' was played for the first time since 1996-12-14 Manchester.
All the songs from the albums 'Seventeen Seconds' and 'Faith' were played at this concert. Also all songs 'Three Imaginary Boys' except 'The Weedy Burton'.

Splintered In Her Head
All Cats Are Grey
Primary
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Another Journey By Train

thanks to Olivier

thanks to Robert R.

thanks to JC Moglia

The Sydney Morning Herald (2011-06-01) | from JC Moglia

Photo links:

Soundcheck photos @ smh.com.au

from thecure.com/blog

The Cure to perform for Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House. Appearing onstage with a uniquely evolving line-up of band members past and present, The Cure "Reflections" will see the band perform their first three albums live, in their entirety, in an extraordinary concert experience exclusively for Vivid LIVE on May 31 and June 1.

TheCure "Reflections"

Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Cure Trio: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums)

Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure Quartet: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup(bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys)

Faith (1981)
The Cure Quintent: Robert Smith (voice & guitar), Simon Gallup(bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys & percussion), Laurence Tolhurst (keys & percussion)