November 15th, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Live Report

Those were some lucky buggers!! I still hold to my original thoughts. An all day Cure Festival with just them where they play everything. haha

^^^^^^^^^^^ This has me most concerned yes.  

I remember thinking the 2008 Tour was their final one. For some reason I didn't expect to ever see them live again. Every single show and now this entire tour feels like such an amazing gift. I've been a fan since the early 80s and yes I love the darker stuff but I don't care they play a lot of singles/hits. I just feel incredibly lucky to be able to experience it. 

Well, they're still dropping in curve balls from time to time. Other Voices, 39, Before Three. & don't forget that Pronography didn't get an airing until New York, so anything could happen over the next 10 shows really.
I think the only real major factor on this leg has been Robert battling with his voice. Since Sweden, they've lopped 15-20 minutes off the set times. Probably a sensible move to ensure he lasts the distance. Perhaps, as a result, some songs have been shelved to make sure they can still deliver what they know is going to be well received. If you look at the US sets, they are largely the same as the Euro ones, but with a more "random" selection of rarities added from time to time.
I guess it's a question of not letting thousands of people down at the expense of dropping a 4th encore. I'd rather 160 minutes than no The Cure at all  

Not really, they played those songs you mentioned quite rarely even in the US.

True.
So let's wait the nexts shows and dream about the tracks.
Let's wait also for another tour...robert said at the end of the show "see you...again" so the story is not finished :-)