the The Cure thread

Nice article about last night includes some pics



https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/26/the-cures-first-tour-since-2016-is-one-of-the-best-of-2023/70355063007/

Good story lily… also, the "curfew" is false.

They're not doing 3 hours anywhere….the closest was NYC 3rd night with 31 songs - 2 hr 50 min.

I wish they did something from Pornography or Faith.

They did the same amount of songs in Philly and DC: 29.

7 years ago at merriweather they did 32…factor in 5 new songs (that people are unfamiliar with) and that means 8 less slots for deep cuts/classics on this tour. That’s a big difference. I can’t knock them for playing new music but only one of the new songs gave me anything to grab onto.

Having said all that, we got SEVEN songs from Disintegration including Prayers of Rain which I adore!! And the song Disintegration which was incredible. We got a set list very heavy on disintegration. And Fascination Street has only been played at 6 of 31 shows this tour. To me that’s a crowd pleasing set list . First show in 31 to get seven…numbers have varied from 3-6.

Now what does this all mean ..if you add the new as yet unreleased songs, from the edge of the deep green sea, 3 from seventeen seconds (an album that has been critically reappraised the last 10-15 years) and SEVEN from disintegration it means more than half of set were darker, slower more droning less pop songs accounting for probably two thirds of concert time…the other songs like the walk, just like heaven, in between days, boys, the walk, Friday were knocked out quickly and all in the end! There are pros and cons to this approach..we got the up wow bang finish but at same time first two thirds of show were more lumbering drony long songs

The Walk was fantastic

I don’t understand what was going on with the big screens but assume it’s the way the band wanted it.

I couldn’t make out what Robert Smith was saying between songs.

We did not find Robert Smith at the Lakehouse Hotel earlier today….don’t think he stayed there..oh well

Merriweather was so nice last night.

I wasn't able to secure tickets for the show for myself when they originally went on sale (never got selected to even purchase tickets) - but a friend had extra tickets, so i was able to go into the venue with them…..however that meant I was on their schedule - and they switched tickets around to have pavilion seats, so weren't sussed about getting there early….so anyway I HATE the lawn at Merriweather..might as well go home and watch recordings on youtube lol.    also, the video screens for the lawn were pretty terrible..wide angle showing the entire band - about half the screen taken up by Roberts monitors and lighting.  They switched to show the drummer 3 times…but never got to see Simon, Gabrielle, etc (it seemed like the screens inside the pavilion switched it up quite a bit, but they were hard to see from the lawn)

the cure sounded fantastic though, so i guess there is that.  for the most part, i don't think i would ever get lawn seats at Merriweather..i made an exception for the cure, since it was the only thing i could get

Hutch wrote:
We did not find Robert Smith at the Lakehouse Hotel earlier today….don’t think he stayed there..oh well

I have it on good authority he's a HILTON HONORS guy.

He was not at the Hampton Inn we stayed at either….

Didn’t run into him at Grotto’s

Anyone else see one of the road crew walking a teeny tiny dog around what would be stage left?

Why did they close access to the pit? There were legit pit ticket holders that were told they had to go elsewhere and staff were holding up signs that the section was closed. Did they oversell the section? Or was it just too damn hot to safely smush more folks in?

They have champagne at 932 and other places at MPP. Much enjoyed that…

I watched some of my videos from last night…boy was the sound great… I feel like the sound at shows I go to lately has been really good…anyways I was reminded that Friday I’m in love got the biggest reaction and most singing along.

Playing In Between Days/Just like heaven back to back was sick. Tiffiny’s complaint is they didn’t intersperse the pop tunes during the whole show and instead played them all at the end.

Every set list approach is going to have its pluses and minuses.

https://98kupd.com/the-cure-earns-highest-grossing-tour-of-career-with-shows-of-a-lost-world-north-american-outing/

And they did it while keeping ticket prices reasonable relative to other comparable acts.