More than 30,000 fans braved a red weather warning and soaring temperatures to see The Cure<\/strong> deliver a career-spanning headline set in Cardiff.<\/p>\n The show took place on Wednesday, June 24, as part of the Blackweir 2026 concert series, marking the band\u2019s biggest ever headline performance in Wales.<\/p>\n The Cure live in Cardiff. Picture: Lizi Birt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Robert Smith<\/strong> personally selected the support acts, with north Wales\u2019 The Joy Formidable<\/strong> and Scotland\u2019s The Twilight Sad<\/strong> opening the evening. It was great to finally catch The Joy Formidable<\/strong> live after having them on rotation for a while\u2014they kicked things off just 15 minutes after gates opened, playing to a steadily building crowd in the blistering heat. Tracks like Cradle<\/em>, Whirring<\/em> and Wolf\u2019s Law<\/em> went down well.<\/p>\n The Twilight Sad<\/strong> followed and took a moment to shout out Manic Street Preachers<\/strong>, saying the band wouldn\u2019t exist without them, having bonded over their shared love of the Manics<\/strong>. Their set included VTr<\/em>, Last January<\/em> and There\u2019s a Girl in the Corner<\/em>. Both bands were solid choices to warm up the crowd.<\/p>\n The Cure live in Cardiff. Picture: Lizi Birt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When The Cure<\/strong> took to the stage, they delivered a two-and-a-half-hour set covering more than four decades of music. Smith<\/strong> opened with a simple \u201cDiolch\u201d before launching into a run of classics including Pictures of You, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Lovesong, A Forest and Disintegration<\/em>. They also played Burn<\/strong>, taken from the soundtrack to The Crow.<\/p>\n The Cure live in Cardiff. Picture: Lizi Birt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Smith<\/strong> kept dropping in \u201cdiolch\u201d throughout the night, joking about his pronunciation and saying that, of all the languages he should have learned, Welsh probably should have been top of the list\u2014something that got a great reaction from the crowd.<\/p>\n The Cure live in Cardiff. Picture: Lizi Birt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The band returned for a 10-song encore featuring Hot Hot Hot!!!, The Walk, The Lovecats, Friday I\u2019m in Love, Close to Me, Why Can\u2019t I Be You<\/em> and Boys Don\u2019t Cry<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/altcorner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4241-480x360.jpeg\")
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