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1987-04-29 Bussum - Televisiestudio Concordia (Netherlands)
"Countdown"

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Why Can't I Be You?
Catch


Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
Laurence Tolhurst
Songs played: 2  (2)

Day of the week: Wednesday

stage banter segments may be wrong or incomplete
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event: TV Show "Countdown"
hosted by: Netherland TV 'Veronica'
recording: ?
broadcast: 1987-04-29
performance: Playback
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Interview + Why Can't I Be You
Catch
Why Can't I Be You
It is very likely that there was only one 'Countdown' programme with Cure in 1987, in which they mimed to W.C.I.B.You and Catch, but both songs were broadcast in two different series, one in April, one in June. The stage set-up and the band's clothes are identical in both programmes.
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