The Cure Play Rarities, Fan Favorites at First Show of 2026 Tour

The Cure kicked off their 2026 tour — thier first in three years — at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound on Friday night. The severe weather that canceled many sets on Thursday, including Massive Attack’s, was gone and the the crowd was ready to party, gloomy-style, and The Cure brought the hits for their first performance since the special London shows for the release of 2024’s Songs of a Lost World .

The two-and-a-half-hour performance opened with “Alone” from Songs of a Lost World and the main set closed with “Endsong,” much like they had done for their 2022/2023 tour. In between it was a parade of classics, including “Pictures of You,” “High,” Lovesong,” “Fascination Street,” “In Between Days,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Push,” “A Forest,” and more.

The did dust a few songs off for Primavera including “Mint Car” which got its first play in 10 years, “alt.end,” which hadn’t been performed since 2018 and “2 Late” and “Wrong Number” which hadn’t been played since 2019.

The nine-song encore was all singles: with Lullaby,” “Hot Hot Hot!!!,” “Wrong Number,” “Let’s Go To Bed,” “The Lovecats,” “Friday I’m in Love,” “Close to Me,” Why Can’t I Be You?” and finally “Boys Don’t Cry” which had the whole of the Parc del Fòrum singing the guitar hook.

The whole set was also streamed live on Amazon Prime Video.

Check out The Cure’s Primavera setlist, and a few fan pics and videos from the show below.

Next stop on The Cure’s tour is Porto’s North Festival on June 7. All dates are listed below.

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SETLIST: The Cure at Primavera Sound 2026

Alone

Pictures of You

High

A Night Like This

Lovesong

2 Late

The Last Day of Summer

Burn

Fascination Street

alt.end

The Walk

Mint Car

In Between Days

Just Like Heaven

Trust

Push

Play for Today

A Forest

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

Endsong

Encore:

Lullaby

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Wrong Number

Let’s Go To Bed

The Lovecats

Friday I’m in Love

Close to Me

Why Can’t I Be You?

Boys Don’t Cry

THE CURE – 2026 TOUR DATES

Jun 7, 2026 – Porto, Portugal – North Festival

Jun 12, 2026 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock 2026

Jun 14, 2026 – Florence, Italy – Firenze Rocks

Jun 20, 2026 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop

Jun 21, 2026 – Newport, UK – Isle of Wight Festival 2026

Jun 24, 2026 – Cardiff, UK – Blackweir Fields

Jun 26, 2026 – Dublin, Ireland – Marlay Park

Jun 28, 2026 – Belfast, UK – Belsonic

Jul 1, 2026 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival

Jul 3, 2026 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival 2026

Jul 5, 2026 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter 2026

Jul 8, 2026 – Trenčín, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival

Jul 10, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Wuhlheide

Jul 11, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Wuhlheide

Jul 12, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Wuhlheide

Jul 15, 2026 – Athens, Greece – EJEKT Festival

Jul 17, 2026 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Phill Good Festival

Jul 19, 2026 – Cluj, Romania – Electric Castle

Jul 22, 2026 – Nyon, Switzerland – Paléo Festival

Jul 24, 2026 – Nîmes, France – Festival de Nîmes

Jul 25, 2026 – Nîmes, France – Festival de Nîmes

Jul 26, 2026 – Nîmes, France – Festival de Nîmes

Aug 7, 2026 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Kalnų Parkas

Aug 9, 2026 – Tallinn, Estonia – Unibet Arena Kvartal

Aug 12, 2026 – Oslo, Norway – Øyafestivalen 2026

Aug 14, 2026 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival

Aug 21, 2026 – Manchester, UK – Live From Wythenshawe Park 2026

Aug 23, 2026 – Edinburgh, UK – Summer Sessions

Aug 28, 2026 – Bordeaux, France – Pagaille Festival

Aug 30, 2026 – Paris, France – Rock En Seine

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-cure-dusted-off-mint-car-alt-end-more-for-hit-filled-primavera-set-1st-show-since-2024/)._