Robert Smith and The Cure delivered a flawless mix of old and new at Dos Equis Pavilion on Saturday.For decades, lead singer Robert Smith has vehemently denied that The Cure is a goth band, but that didn’t stop a crowd of fans dressed head to toe in black, some donning white face makeup, heavy black eyeliner and fishnet tights, from selling out the Dos Eqius Pavilion on Saturday night for the band’s third stop on their Songs of a Lost World tour.
The 29-song set included the big crowd pleasers everyone remembers, such as “Friday I’m In Love, “In Between Days” and “Pictures of You.” But what really stood out were the deeper cuts, like some surprise gems including “Six Different Ways” off the 1985 album, both of which the band hadn’t played live since 1987 until this tour kicked off May 11.The band’s Dallas stop was their first in seven years, and they began the night with the new song “Alone” off their highly anticipated new album.
This led to the first major crowd reaction with “Pictures of You,” and later, the dreamy ballad “Lovesong,” both off the band’s 1989 magnum opus. This is when Smith first spoke directly to the crowd with a simple greeting and introduced another new song, “Nothing Is Forever,” which led to a dip in crowd enthusiasm as many sat back down or continued earlier conversations with friends.
Although it was impossible to notice, Smith admitted to a bit of a struggle: “These songs are getting harder and harder to sing,” he joked after the fifth song of the night. The truth is, the live concert felt a lot like an album listening party with near-flawless instrumentation and the 64-year-old Smith still sounding like a 20-something-year-old, prancing around the stage.
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