The Cure — Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, 2012

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Why this recording

Premiered on 18 October 2025 on Pinkpop's official archive channel, more than thirteen years after the show, the video runs 2 hours 15 minutes and follows a 28-song set. It opens with Plainsong and saves a tight run for the end: The Lovecats, Close to Me, Let's Go to Bed, Why Can't I Be You? and then Boys Don't Cry. In the middle, Bananafishbones, Doing the Unstuck and Trust sit next to A Forest and Lullaby. The band appears as a five-piece, with Reeves Gabrels on guitar beside Robert Smith.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelPinkpop Archive
Broadcast
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Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

Published on August 9, 2026 by

Live concert film of The Cure at the Pinkpop festival, recorded on 26 May 2012 at the Megaland site in Landgraaf, Netherlands, and released by the festival’s official archive. Formed in Crawley in 1978 around Robert Smith, The Cure remains a reference of post-punk, new wave and gothic rock. This full concert of nearly three hours also marks the live debut of guitarist Reeves Gabrels with the band. The sprawling setlist mixes hits and rarities: « Plainsong », « Pictures of You », « Lovesong », « Just Like Heaven », « A Forest », « Lullaby », « Friday I’m in Love », « Disintegration », « Boys Don’t Cry » and « Close to Me ». Around Robert Smith, the line-up features Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels. Filmed in the midst of the Dutch festival, this live recording conveys the scale of a marathon set typical of the band’s concerts. An essential live concert film for rediscovering the dark, melodic world of The Cure on a major European stage.

Setlist

  1. Plainsong
  2. Pictures of You
  3. High
  4. The End of the World
  5. Lovesong
  6. Push
  7. In Between Days
  8. Just Like Heaven
  9. From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
  10. Hungry Ghost
  11. Play for Today
  12. A Forest
  13. Bananafishbones
  14. Lullaby
  15. The Walk
  16. Mint Car
  17. Friday I'm in Love
  18. Doing the Unstuck
  19. Trust
  20. Want
  21. Wrong Number
  22. One Hundred Years
  23. Disintegration
  24. The Lovecats
  25. Close to Me
  26. Let's Go to Bed
  27. Why Can't I Be You?
  28. Boys Don't Cry

Personnel & credits

  • Robert Smith — vocals, guitar
  • Simon Gallup — bass
  • Jason Cooper — drums
  • Roger O'Donnell — keyboards
  • Reeves Gabrels — guitar
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