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last update: 19. Mar 2024

1989-09-21 Philadelphia - Spectrum (USA/PA)
 

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Mainset:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
Closedown
Piggy In The Mirror
A Night Like This
Just Like Heaven
Last Dance
Fascination Street
Lovesong
The Perfect Girl
The Walk
A Forest
In Between Days
The Same Deep Water As You
Prayers For Rain
Disintegration
Encore 1:
Lullaby
Close To Me
Let's Go To Bed
Why Can't I Be You?
Encore 2:
M
A Strange Day
Hot Hot Hot!!!
Three Imaginary Boys
Boys Don't Cry
10.15 Saturday Night
Killing An Arab
Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
Roger O'Donnell
Songs played: 27  (16 | 4 | 7)

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

Attendance: 13,820
Capacity: 13,820
Sold out
Gross sales: $247,982

thanks to: Chain of Flowers
Mainset:
[unknown]
Plainsong
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Pictures Of You
thank you. [...] to be back. the next song is from 'disintegration' as well. this is called 'closedown'
Closedown
thank you. [...] go back to 'the top' record. this is called 'piggy in the mirror'
Piggy In The Mirror
thank you. next song is from 'the head on the door'. this is called 'a night like this'
A Night Like This
thank you. next one is from the 'kiss me' album. it's a single. this is called 'just like heaven'
Just Like Heaven
thank you. the next song is from 'disintegration' [...] this is called 'last dance'
Last Dance
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Fascination Street
thank you. what hangs one's neck? this is from 'disintegration' as well. and is a single as well. it's called 'lovesong'
Lovesong
thank you. next one is another song about a girl. this is called 'the perfect girl'
Perfect Girl
thank you. the next song is another 'disintegration' song ... aaahhh ... [...] all over me. this is a single from a few years ago. this is called 'the walk'
The Walk
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A Forest
thank you. the next song is a single as well. this is called 'inbetween days'
In Between Days
thank you. next one was [...] this is from the sssss. all is good? [...] music playing ...??... to dance. the next song is called 'the same deep water as you'
The Same Deep Water As You
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Prayers For Rain
it's the last song of this bit. it's called 'disintegration'
Disintegration
thank you
Encore 1:
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Lullaby
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Close To Me
thank you. another one to [...] . this is called 'Let's Go To Bed'
Let's Go To Bed
fourth and least is called 'Why Can't I Be You'
Why Can't I Be You
thank you [unknown]
Encore 2:
[unknown] this is for everyone who's holding that up [...] wrong. it's called 'm'
M
[...] song from 'pornography' tonight. this is called 'a strange day'
A Strange Day
could be enough. this is called 'hot hot hot'
Hot Hot Hot!!!
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Three Imaginary Boys
- ['fire in cairo' snippet]
Boys Don't Cry
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10.15 Saturday Night
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Killing An Arab
thank you, good night. thank you.
stage banter segments may be wrong or incomplete
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thanks to Gilbert A.
thanks to Gilbert A.
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CD 'Cats Have No Manners' / 8 songs
list of recordings may be incomplete and could contain wrong informations
The Cure
Shelleyan Orphan
Venue address:
3601 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19148
Venue naming history:
1967-1994 | Spectrum
1994-1998 | CoreStates Spectrum
1998-2003 | First Union Spectrum
2003-2009 | Wachovia Spectrum
Venue related links:
General concert capacity of the venue:
18'369 - 19'456
Venue trivia:
  • The arena was demolished between November 2010 and May 2011
  • The Cure appearances at this venue:
    1. 1986-07-10 Spectrum
    2. 1987-08-06 Spectrum
    3. 1989-08-23 Spectrum
    4. 1989-09-21 Spectrum
    5. 1992-05-16 Spectrum
    6. 1992-05-17 Spectrum
    7. 1996-07-10 CoreStates Spectrum
    8. 2007-09-21 Wachovia Spectrum (cancelled)
    9. 2008-05-10 Wachovia Spectrum
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