The Cure Average Setlist (2024)

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How many songs are in an average setlist? ›

How many songs does a band usually play in a set? 50–60 minutes worth. For a jazz group that would be around 6 or 7 tunes typically; for a rock or pop band maybe 11 to 14 songs. For a funk/jam band, maybe 5.

Both sleek and melancholy, the two-hour 45-minute show is ticking down to its final concerts, with a July 1 finale in Miami followed by festival spot dates this fall.

Things vary a lot depending on the type of music and length of the sets you'll be playing, but if 12 songs is an average set, think of the tunes in three- or four-song clusters. Try to find movement in those segments, from slower to faster tempos (or fast to slow), or group similar themes or moods together.

How big should your playlist be for a 5-6 hour party? well, if you use 3 mins as an average song length, to fill 6 hrs. or 360 mins. you'd need roughly 120 songs.

At the outset, The Cure played jagged, edgy pop songs before slowly evolving into a more textured outfit.

Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the goth subculture that eventually formed around the genre.

The Cure opening act

On this run of shows, the goth icons will be joined by Scottish post-punk/indie rock outfit The Twilight Sad.

So 6–10 songs depending on their length and make sure you consider some time to engage with your audience.

There's no set answer, but a typical Broadway-style musical usually has between 15 to 20 songs. This includes a variety of different song types, including your showstopper main songs (usually between 4 and 6), reprisals and character songs.

Pack twice as much music as you need

You're a pop DJ, and you guess the average length of each song you want to play is three minutes. That means about twenty songs an hour. So you'll probably end up playing sixty songs in your set. Therefore, the crate you pack should contain 120 songs.

How many songs does the average musical have? ›

First, you will want a good idea of how many songs you need to write for the musical. A book musical (one with both spoken dialogs and songs) usually centers around four or six main songs, their reprisals, and a few lesser songs. Some musicals, such as Les Misérables, push the limits with 20 different tracks.