The Cure Perform Epic, 40-Song Set in London

The Cure opened up the first of a three-night residency at London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo on Sunday (Dec. 21), for which the Robert Smith-fronted rockers promised two-and-half-hour sets complete with “songs drawn from their entire 37-year-old catalog, including deep cuts, pop songs, fan favorites and surprises galore.” Check out the full set list below.

Fans in attendance certainly weren’t disappointed, as the first of the trio of Christmas shows offered up a staggering 40-song set with four encores. Beloved Cure staples including ‘Close to Me’ (watch it above) and ‘Just Like Heaven’ (watch below) were all heard alongside rarer tracks, including ‘The Wailing Wall’ and ‘The Empty World’which were both played live for the first time in 30 years.

The Cure’s most recent album, ‘4:13 Dream,’ arrived back in 2008, and it will be followed next year with a new album made up of new material and previously unreleased songs.

Full set list:
Shake Dog Shake
Kyoto Song
A Night Like This
alt.end
Wailing Wall
Bananafishbones
The Caterpillar
The Walk
A Man Inside My Mouth
Close to Me
Lullaby
High
Birdmad Girl
Just Like Heaven
Pictures of You
Before Three
Lovesong
Like Cockatoos
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Want
The Hungry Ghost
One Hundred Years
Give Me It