09.11.1984 Chicago - Bismarck Theatre (USA/IL)

Mainset:

shake dog shake
m
secrets
wailing wall
primary
cold
the hanging garden
charlotte sometimes
the walk
one hundred years
play for today
let's go to bed
give me it
a forest

Encore 1:

happy the man
the caterpillar

Encore 2:

three imaginary boys
boys don't cry

Encore 3:

10.15 saturday night
killing an arab
forever

Mainset:

hello. this is called 'shake dog shake'

shake dog shake

thank you. can i ... could you turn me up a bit. this is called 'm'

this is called 'secrets'

secrets

thank you. this is called 'the wailing wall'

wailing wall

thank you. this is called 'primary'

primary

thank you. this is ... this is called 'coooold'. 'cold'

cold

i couldn't rememeber the words for 'so what'. this is called 'the hanging garden'

the hanging garden

yeah you're right whoever said that. 'charlotte sometimes'

charlotte sometimes

this is called 'the walk'

the walk

thank you. ah ah ah. this is called 'a hundred years'

one hundred years

thank you. this is called 'play for today'

play for today

'let's go to beeeeed'

let's go to bed

this is called 'give me it'

give me it

a forest

thank you, good night. thank you

Encore 1:

thank you. this is called 'happy the man'

happy the man

thank you. auuuuu. this is the other side of that, it's called 'the caterpillar'

the caterpillar

thank you, good night. thank you

Encore 2:

thank you. sorry about this. [...] here 'three imaginary boys'

three imaginary boys

thank you

boys don't cry

thank you

Encore 3:

thank you. it's a long way to the caravan and back

10.15 saturday night

killing an arab

forever

thank you and good night. see you next time. thank you

stage banter segments may be wrong or incomplete

Robert Smith
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
Laurence Tolhurst
Phil Thornalley

thanks to gnfnr & Kati for the scan

thanks to Robert R. for the scan

from Jeffrey W:

I attended the above mention show in the fall of 1984. The Bismarck Theatre was in a state of horrible disrepair and the show was held in a sort of banquet room on the second floor...Rather odd to say the least. We packed into this small room and my date and I were perplexed at the venue as we thought it was going to be held in the actual theatre.
Well, to the point. I was a real music hound, and still am I guess. This was their first Chicago appearance. I was a fan since "Boys Don't Cry" lp. Most bands of the time had performed in Chicago several times in that span of time. So, we were "chomping at the bit" top see the band. They did not disappoint. The crowd was electrified and the whole room was shaking and the floors were bouncing up and down with the actions of the crowd dancing. We had waited a LONG time to see them perform and were pumped up. A damn fantastic show with several encores !! Caterpillar being one song....my fav.
I found out later that the building was being condemned and ready to collapse.No wonder ! I guess we bid a fine farewell to that landmark building as it was the last show ever at that original part of the theatre. It was completely gutted and refurbished after that night. I guess The Cure tore the house down ! :)

Venue address:

151 W. Randolph St
Chicago IL
60602

Venue naming history:

New Palace Theatre (1926-1931)
RKO Palace Theatre (1931-1953)
Eitel's Palace Theatre (1953-19xx)
Bismarck Palace (1965-1984)
Bismarck Theatre (1984-1999)
Cadillac Palace Theatre (1999-....)

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09.11.1984