The Cure Kick Off North American Tour

Robert Smith and The Cure kicked off the highly anticipated Shows of a Lost World Tour last night in New Orleans, and the band did not disappoint as they barreled through 289 songs at the Smoothie King Center.

The crowd was treated to some new songs including "Alone" and "Endsong" which opened and closed the show respectively, plus "A Fragile Thing" and "Nothing is Forever." A couple of tour rarities were in the set including  Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me's "A Thousand Hours" and "Six Different Ways" from Head on the Door which hadn't been played live since 1987.

A lengthy set was followed by a five song encore culminating with "A Forest," followed by a packed second encore which featured big hits like "Boys Don't Cry," "Just Like Heaven," and "In Between Days."

Here's the full set list from New Orleans:

Alone
Pictures of You
A Night Like This
Lovesong
And Nothing Is Forever
The Last Day of Summer
A Fragile Thing
Cold
Burn
Fascination Street
Push
Play for Today
Shake Dog Shake
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Endsong

Encore 1:

I Can Never Say Goodbye
Want
A Thousand Hours
At Night
A Forest

Encore 2:
Lullaby
Six Different Ways
The Walk
Friday I'm in Love
Doing the Unstuck
Close to me
In Between Days
Just Like Heaven
Boys Don't Cry

The Cure will be at Madison Square Garden June 20-22.