The first show of the year and a radical change with the past. Robert Smith was extremely chatty. Maybe because that was a secret gig in a small club. He questioned the crowd a few times ("How many of you have seen The Cure play that before ? Oh no, not that far back."). He also revealed that the group only had four days of rehearsals before this. Which explained some different drum beats on some songs and Robert, in a good mood and excited about playing live again, didn't mind this actually. Some of the lyrics were improvised on Play For Today as well.This concert was also Lol Tolhurst's debut on keyboards, playing parts on every track of the set. More surprising was the encore, as Robert replied to somebody requesting Boys Don't Cry over and over ("We can't play Boys Don't Cry, anything else ?") before starting Jumping Someone Else's Train (another audience's request). How come they knew that song when it hasn't been part of the live repertoire since 1981. And yet, that was a one-off. The song wouldn't be played until 1990. The last track of tonight's show was an alternate version of Forever, different guitar chords and bass line but in the same spirit. Maybe as a joke, The Walk's tune was included (played on guitar) towards the end of the song.