Another scorching day at Hyde Park and another sell out crowd to see The Cure celebrate their 40th anniversary, yes 40 years since their first appearance at at The Rocket pub in Crawley.  As they walked on stage The Cure received one of the most rousing receptions I have ever heard for a band at Hyde Park.  The band kicked off their 29 song set with 'Plainsong' full of  from their   walked on stage Robert Smith , jokingly blocking the sunlight with his hands.

“I honestly can’t talk until the sun goes down, it’s taking up all my energy not to dissolve into a pile of dust.”

The Cure Setlist

Plainsong, Pictures of You, High, A Night Like This, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Play for Today, A Forest, Shake Dog Shake, Burn, Fascination Street, Never Enough, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Disintegration
Encore: Lullaby, The Caterpillar, Friday I'm in Love, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing an Arab