The Cure: 'Reflections'
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The Cure: "Reflections" refers to a set of shows in which The Cure played their first three albums Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith in full at the VividLive festival at the Sydney Opera House on 31 May and 1 June 2011. All three albums were played in their entirety on both nights, along with several other tracks from the same era.
The Cure announced that these "Reflections" shows would involve a 'uniquely evolving' line-up, which includes former keyboardists Lol Tolhurst and Roger O'Donnell (who left the band in 1989 and 2005 respectively), but notably did not include guitarist Porl Thompson who rejoined the band in 2005. It was Tolhurst's first performance with The Cure for 22 years,[1] and O'Donnell's first performance for six years.[2] At the time of the shows, it was not immediately clear whether Tolhurst and O'Donnell would be rejoining the band permanently.[3]
Later in 2011, O'Donnell confirmed he would be rejoining the band on a permanent basis. Tolhurst departed again after the 'Reflections' reunion, whilst Thompson remains absent from the current line-up.
According to a statement released by Vivid LIVE, "this will be the first, and only, time The Cure perform these albums in succession." However, the band went on to perform seven additional 'Reflections' gigs in November: one in London, and three each in Los Angeles and New York.[4][5][6]