Setlist and show notes are here.
Photos - MySpace Secret Shows / Day 19 / Getty Images / COF / Heron /Pure People
Reviews - Rev. Heron (line) (show), COF / Kittencult / LA Times / Reuters / LA Weekly / Glossolalia / NME
Articles - Plug In Music / All Headline News / Live Daily / AntiMusic
Audio - Full show in 24 bit or 16 bit / Real Snow White
Video - Underneath The Stars / Pictures of You / Lullaby Part 1 Part 2 / alt.end / Reasons Why / Reasons Why (short) / The Walk 1 / The Walk 2 / Lovesong / Real Snow White / Hungry Ghost / Andy rocks out to Wrong Number / Sleep When I'm Dead / Push Part 1 Part 2 / Inbetween Days / One Hundred Years / Freakshow 1 / Freakshow 2 / Freakshow 3 / Close To Me 1 / Close To Me 2 / Why Can't I Be You / A Forest / Boys Don't Cry / Grinding Halt / Killing An Arab /
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Thanks V!
ReplyDeleteeveryone KNOWS you're a loon Rose... we don't need to use cryptic language to explain it.
ReplyDeleteNo Elise, I haven't, I will have to Youtube it.
ReplyDeleteAndrew - yes, Percy is my fave
ReplyDeleteBut we love you anyway.
ReplyDelete10:15 Saturday Night
ReplyDeleteit's a Pulp Fiction quote... which took place in LA. so there!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Blackadder Back and Forth special at The Dome back before it became the O2.
ReplyDeleteI love Blackadder.
Killing an Arab to close out this encore set?
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking of the "the big mac is called a Royal with Cheese in France" quote a few days ago too. fancy that.
ReplyDeleteand the tap drips on the striplight...
ReplyDeletedrip drip drip drip..
waiting for the telephone to ring..
10:15 saturday night
Thanks Helsbot, I was staying up nights worrying about that?
ReplyDeleteDang, My old high school friend lives 2 blocks from the troubedor. Why couldn't the azzhat have gotten a wristband for me? He was in a class until 5 pm today. SOB already has his Master's Degree! He didn't believe me when I told him the Cure were playing there.
Midnight curfew?
ReplyDeleteCool, Andrew - the Millenium DOme!!!
ReplyDeleteKAA ends the show?
ReplyDeleteIn L.A.?? I would doubt it! Does anyone know?
ReplyDeleteYeah the Millenium Dome.
ReplyDeleteIt was actually quite crap. The Blackadder thing redeemed it though.
Rose- um, you're the one who asked? :p
ReplyDeleteaww rose!! YOU SHOULD BE THERE!!
ReplyDeleteI agree D.J. I went to the Wish Concert with this guy in 93!! He didn't get that excited over it either. What the heck is wrong with people!!
ReplyDeleterose, dont you mean 92?
ReplyDeleteI guess the shows over?!?
ReplyDeleteAnyway I must be off now. Pleasure as always guys. Bye
Good night all!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was very fun as usual : )
bye andrew bye morris!
ReplyDelete:* :*
get some sleep!
Goodnight Morris.
ReplyDeletegood night Morris!
ReplyDeletesee ya, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to chat again!!!
Goodnight Andrew.
ReplyDeleteI would have to go look at the t-shirt! 92 or 93. It was in San Diego.
ReplyDeletesee ya, Morris (hug)
ReplyDeleteThanks once again for all your work Craig!!! You ROXXXOR : )
ReplyDeleteKeep the dream alive!
Rose: No need to look Wish tour was 92.
ReplyDeleteGood Night everyone and D.J. be good or we will have to call your teacher or your mom!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Morris!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Rose.
ReplyDeleteYou guys have good memories! I don't even remember what year I was born!!
ReplyDeleteGnite Rose!!!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Craig, and thanks for not banning my fat azz!
ReplyDeleteRose - hard for me to forget my year of birth..... 69 dude!!!!
ReplyDeleteSteph still hasn't said it was over.
ReplyDeleterose - wish tour WAS 92. ROFLMAOO!! you make me feel old that i remember these things!
ReplyDeletedo you wear the shirt often? i once saw a wish tour crew shirt - light blue tyedye, completely light blue. it was from a girl whos father worked as management for the shoreline in mountain view (google hq).
Good Night Elise!! See you at Cure.com
ReplyDeleteaww bye rose! it was great finally getting to chat with you :)
ReplyDeletewhen is the band going to cat's hotel room?
you betcha, Rose
ReplyDeleteGood nite Rose!
ReplyDeleteIt's the one with Roberts big face and it's gianormous. I feel too fluffy when I wear it, so I have it in my closet.
ReplyDeleteG'night Morris, Andrew... Remember, don't reuse a used lovesock!
ReplyDeleteNight All! Happy Holidays etcetera!!
Thank you Craig... what the hell would we do without you?
<3 <3
Craig, Steph said it was It's Over as the last song of the main set!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I know I am being an idiot
Good night thistle!! Btw, what the heck is a thistle? It sounds kinda nasty!!!
ReplyDeleteBye Helsa!!!! Have a safe and happy festive season
ReplyDeleteThanks Helsa!
ReplyDeleteElise: We love idiot humor here. : )
You know, Craig - for an office christmas party - this was pretty good!!!
ReplyDeleteI mean, I didn't drink nearly as much as I did on Friday night - but maybe that isn't a bad thing.
thistle's a weed. A very pretty one, but also prickly.
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard from Steph, so I'm going to call it.
ReplyDeleteEnd of show.
Thistle, I think we can all be a little prickly at times
ReplyDeletetime for stalker updates
ReplyDeleteI better go because Hubby asks me if I am PMSing when I don't get enough sleep. B@STARD always blames everything on PMS. I oughta use a nut cracker on his balls!! Oops, sorry it's that time of month again!
ReplyDeleteGOOD NIGHT!
Who has a little prick?
ReplyDeleteMaybe Robert needs longer for the toilet break!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat happened in Adelaide - LOL
He said the loos were a long way from stage
I must admit defeat and call it a night. Have fun as the lucky attendees report in! It's been a blast tonight. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLOL Rose - and as if to prove his argument!!!!! Just as well we love the hubbys - otherwise we would never let them get away with shit like that
ReplyDeleteSteph was out back, leaning on the band's van, during Arab. : )
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Thistle.
ReplyDeletegnite Thistle
ReplyDeletegoodnight thistle!! ((hugs)))
ReplyDeleteoh - I just remembered I have twinkies in the cupboard!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love my COF Peeps!!!!
that steph :)
ReplyDeletemmmm twinkie devoured!!!
ReplyDeleteawww.... end of show - and now the room goes quiet :(
ReplyDeleteoh man.. im wondering whats happening now
ReplyDeleteDJ - it would be a dilemma - do you hang around inaide, just in case they come out to mingle, or do you wait outside by the van?????
ReplyDeleteYep, just heard from Steph. Arab was the final song. Show is over.
ReplyDelete-split the group into three and use walkie talkies :P
ReplyDeleteOh. Wow. Gee, the band sure surprised us with that setlist, now, didn't they? :P What the heck, Rob? Where were the freaking rarities? I wasn't expecting b-sides, but seriously, what's the deal?
ReplyDeleteDJ - the walkietalkies are a great plan!!!!
ReplyDeletenaturally theres an afterparty.
ReplyDeletesara - "We're being left out of an after party"
so leo's gonna be there, but no cof peeps? :(
Sara had a beer? What the heck? Come on, no underage drinking! I wonder, who bought it for her?
ReplyDeletei think it was roberts left over beer from onstage, and then porls techie gave it!
ReplyDeletecome on shawn, ITS ROBERT SMITH's!!
I don't care whose beer it is. She shouldn't be drinking!
ReplyDeletei'm outta here.
ReplyDeletethx for everything, Craig!!!
it was great to catch up with the 'old' 4tour gang!!!!
take care everyone
Goodnight Jo! Have a good day. See you tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteCraig, I'll be at work tomorrow, but will try to make guest appearances :)
ReplyDeletebye elise!
ReplyDeletehugs and kisses
*hug* deejie
ReplyDeletecraig, the setlist is missing a song. they played FREAKSHOW before Let's Go To Bed, to start the 1st encore. i know because i was there AND i have a copy of the setlist.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised they didn't get Freakshow - now we know they did
ReplyDeleteback already zeph??
ReplyDeleteno stalking??
no, no stalking for me. great show, didn't want to spoil it. goodnight all, another Cure show tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteThis was the best Cure show I've ever seen...maybe just being so close to the band helped, but really it was amazing...I'm so glad I was able to go, thank you to Craig for posting the info...Push and Edge of the Deep Green Sea were standouts....I'm totally deaf now though, but it was worth it
ReplyDeleteBest Day Ever. I don't think I will ever top this. Many thanks to The Cure for an Awesome night.
ReplyDeletegood news about the smoke machines - fantastic set
ReplyDeletegreat show. lots of celebs:
ReplyDelete-ryan gossling
-pete yorn
-leo dicaprio
-jared leto
i blogged about it on my blog!
http://gloriahawa.tumblr.com
enjoy!
we were right in front of porlxxx and our eardrums are BUSTED
ReplyDeletefucking phenomenal and we are so fortunate!
we tried to meet them but just ended up seeing them get into the van...
but the show was worth every bit of suffering: severe lack of sleep, freezing asses off, deliriousness, dehydration, hunger
best weekend EVER
Cat - we have lived vicariously through you.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased you had a fantastic time!!!
im so happy for you guys, i bet it rocked!!!!
ReplyDelete1125 WWWWWTTTTTFFFFF
ReplyDeleteWhat on gods green earth have i missed out on???!!! Just got home after a very long day at work. *sob*
Swifty - I missed you!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteElise - believe me i missed you a lot too....what have i missed out on
ReplyDeleteThe secret show proved to be a complete concert. Total 33 songs - possible 34 (Zephyr advised that freakshow was played too).
ReplyDeleteAll the COF peeps in LA managed to get into the show.
And all the old COF 4Tour crowd who couldn't be in LA, were here at COF.
It was FANTASTIC!!!
What a shame you had to work.
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ReplyDeleteCPG - hear, hear!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to be able to share the night with you here (and in meebo).
And now, after what has been an amazing day (even though I was over 9000miles (15000 kms) away), I felt like I was a part of something special.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who made it great.
Q and gnite!!!
I was just about to say good morning, Elise!
ReplyDelete*nighty night* :)
It was good hanging out with you too!
AWESOME X INFINITY by the sounds of it
ReplyDeleteIf they played TRSW followed by THG and i missed it then I have to go and slit wrists now
MUST.SEE.CURE.LIVE.2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I must have missed the part where we found out if the COF sign got in?????
ReplyDeleteshawn-w said...
ReplyDeleteSara had a beer? What the heck? Come on, no underage drinking! I wonder, who bought it for her?
December 14, 2008 2:33 AM
Shawn - dude, you know I love you and all, but can you please lighten up just a teeny tiny bit?
CAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT SARAAAAAAAA KELBELLLLL! THANK YOU GIRLS SOOOOO FREAKING MUCH. THANK YOU! THANK YOU THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU!
What an amazing night for them! COF/Meebo was 2nd best...but hot damn I wish I'd have gone.
Thank you Andy, Sara and Stephanie and Rev for all the updates and photos! You all rock so much for doing that for us! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, Robert was talkative??? What did he say? Or...could you understand him? jk. Did he mention a Dark Tour??? Please tell...when you wake from your 12:13 dreams.....waiting....
ReplyDeleteI have to say, Sofia's emoticon was fanfuckingtastic! Wow.
ReplyDelete:P (|)
Wait, you guys got posters too? Can I pay one of you for one?
ReplyDelete*tear
elise, swifty, cpg: i missed you all so much at the show. i thought about each of you. they played 10 songs from the new album. TRW and the scream and UTS and BRDB in particular were PHENOMENAL! THG is one of my faves but not as good untl the end - his voice was very weak at first. the scream and brdb were fucking MANIC. oh, and the fucking old skool encore - HOLY FUCK! i have never jumped around so much in my fucking life. KAA is just maniacally freakishly crazy! and porl is a fucking GOD - we screamed all night at him and he smiled at us a lot. i told him he fucking ruled several times and he laughed. he kissed his guitar a few times and was so FUCKING SEXY. RSX was just darling. he smiled at us too a few times. our little group (sara, chris, andy and me) was so animated a woman came up to us after the concert and said she enjoyed watching us rock out so much! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteoh my fucking god - i just saw the cure UP CLOSE in the most intimate fucking venue. think TINY neighborhood bar! 200 or so peeps MAX!
my ears are shot, my voice is NON-existent! my legs are jelly but i am SO FUCKING HAPPY! i am forever spoiled by this experience.
it was exhilirating and moving and tear-inducing and ecstatically fucking euphorically phenomenally yummyliciously fuck-me-in-the-ear AMAZING, with cream and strawberries on top!
i love you all and hope you had a nice chat. i will look forward to reading through what i am sure was pure hilarity.
ps yes, si si was rockin' the P o the H to the Ts - but as someone in our group said, they should be called AHTs because we saw more of his ass than his P!
porl looks a bit less glammy but tons and tons of yummy tats and he even has some muscles - he is so sexy
RSX was squeezably adorable as ever - he is really handsome up close, and looks a-fucking-MAZING for his age
jason sounded grand - especially during Jumping Simon Gallup's train and the old skool, but really throughout the whole show!
i am so fucking in love with the cure. the old skool encore blew me the fuck out of the building. yes, yes, i still have my nipples - i nailed them on so i wouldn't lose them this time. ;-)
i fervently hope for all cure peeps to have such a deliciously delirious experience. i am forever changed.
also, i just wanted everyone to know that andythecurefan is one of the sweetest cutest cure fans EVER. i would like to adopt him. he is really just darling and was so sweet the entire weekend.
ReplyDeleteandy, you rock AND roll. it was so much fun meeting you. i will see you in a few minutes, of course.
:-)
rev's pix of fans are amazing and she is a wonderful person.
ReplyDelete*waves to rev*
she and shawn are the sweetest cutest couple. :-)
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT!!!!!
ReplyDelete*HUGE HUG*
im so so happy you guys had such a great time, it mustve been a perfect dream come true!! i cant wait to read what you guys are going to say about the show - it sounded nothing less than incredible.oh what stories will our insane (now slightly more insane) friends tell us? :)
it was exhilirating and moving and tear-inducing and ecstatically fucking euphorically phenomenally yummyliciously fuck-me-in-the-ear AMAZING, with cream and strawberries on top!
ReplyDeleteCat....I loves you :)
oh deejy, you have NO CLUE! sara is the funniest fucking DORK! we had NO SLEEP and acted like the biggest juvenile IDIOTS! we have stories about drive-throughs and sleeping in the car and singing songs and DILDOs, even! LOL...
ReplyDeletecpg, i loves you too, so so much! i missed you terribly but am so glad we got to talk by phone.
andy, chris and sara are amazingly fun peeps. i wish deejy and cpg and elisey and swifties coulda been there too.
glo, i was too immersed in the cure to notice the celebs - although we did see Lol - the celebs were upstairs and seemingly fairly unanimated - we the icky masses on the floor were so animated the floor practically fell through - and our nipples became inverted. ;-)
ReplyDeletei would have liked to see leo decap, but whateverzzzzz...
LAWLLLL on inverted nipples! Haha!
ReplyDeleteI wish wish wish I could have been there too. I really was..in spirit.
Awww!!! So glad you guys had a blast and thanks so much for all the great reports and set list. Thanks to Craig as always for the outlet for our little addiction. We are eternally grateful.
ReplyDelete*bells bows*
so many thanks to the band for doing the show and existing, thanks to craig for being our glue, and thanks to the fans for the updates and sharing, and for their support of The Cure.
ReplyDeleteWhen is someone going to post what Robert said during the show???
ReplyDeleteThe Cure stalkers don't need sleep do they???
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ReplyDeleteOMG my first time to try beer and its roberts!!!! it was so great I dont give a damn if the drinking age is 21 I wasnt going to let that stop me, it was awesome, the day before when we were waiting in line for carson keith and jeremy came out and I gave jeremy my sunglasses so at carson he gave me roberts pick (unused) and then at the troubador (spelling?) he gave me the original setlist and roberts beer and it was fucking awesome i drank some of the beer as soon as I got it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=61&p=5470
ReplyDeleteREVIEW
Sara, how old are you?? So you swapped spit with Robert so to speak?? Can I kiss you?? Just kidding. What did Robert say during the show? Did you understand anything he mumbled??
ReplyDelete(((((((running hug to sara))))))
ReplyDeleteyes, you are a very LUCKY LUCKY girl!!! you need some sleep too LOL
DAVEY HAVOK WAS THERE, FRICK!!!
getty images has NEW IMAGES FROM YESTERDAY + THE NEW MERCH FROM THE SHOW!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84028345/Getty-Images-Entertainment?axd=DetailPaging.Generic|1&axs=0|84028267%2c84028268%2c84028269%2c84028264%2c84028265%2c84028266%2c84028270%2c84028277%2c84028278%2c84028279%2c84028273%2c84028275%2c84028276%2c84028252%2c84028253%2c84028254%2c84028244%2c84028248%2c84028250%2c84028255%2c84028260%2c84028261%2c84028263%2c84028256%2c84028258%2c84028259%2c84028281%2c84028368%2c84028370%2c84028380%2c84028350%2c84028363%2c84028367%2c84028381%2c84028406%2c84028419%2c84028781%2c84028390%2c84028392%2c84028397%2c84028320%2c84028324%2c84028327%2c84028283%2c84028284%2c84028311%2c84028330%2c84028342%2c84028343%2c84028345%2c84028333%2c84028335%2c84028338|0
ReplyDeleteCOF LOVES THE CURE ON GETTY
LOL rose!! first thing you do is attack her with questions! FREAKINGLAWWL
ReplyDeleteDUDE OUR FREAKING FRIENDS ON GETTY!! OUR COF PEEPS!!
ReplyDeleteTHEYRE FAMOUS NOW!!
She is young and doesn't need much sleep or anything...so what did he say????????????/
ReplyDeleteHa! Shawn! you want to complain about Robert's beer? What about Robert Juice? Something you apparently are not aware of. Red wine + Orange Juice in 30 degree weather at 3am, what's wrong with that?
ReplyDeleteHad a great time. Still haven't been home since Wednesday night and I can't imagine me going home any sooner than tonight after the KROQ show. I will be going to Kimmel tomorrow, but I have a Music 103 Final Exam and need to take that. Then I'll go back to Kimmel. Great great great FUCKIN' TIME!
I love my friends Clockwise Cat, ChrisP, and Sarab543. Love love love.
:)
COF LOVES THE CURE ON GETTY
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool. :) Yay for COF and all who were there last night. :)
Andy you legend! :P
ReplyDeletei see you on getty!
Andy: Are you going to KROQ?
ReplyDeleteCool photo on Getty!
ReplyDeleteI see ChrisP with her rose!!!!!!!!!!! And sara holding the sign. :)
Lurve it!
cat again.
ReplyDeletechris and i drank some of RSX's backwash
LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWL times a gazillion!
and you know what? i LOVE that sara's first SIP of beer (for that is all it was, SHAWN!) was RSX's.
actually, SHAWN, she CHUGGED the fucker! LAWLLLLLLZZZZZZZ
just kidding shawn. :-)
V! Yes, I will be going to KROQ or crock as Laura from Italy said.
ReplyDeleteAndy: Awesome! :) Have a great time! (As if you wouldn't... ;D)
ReplyDeleteI am not Ryan.... and my ears hurt. a lot. Literally, still ringing over 13 hours later.
ReplyDeleteLA Weekly review and YouTube clip linked here.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I apologize for spreading misinformation about needing a printout to get in. MySpace's publicist told me that earlier in the week, but she was wrong.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/live-in-la/if-youre-anything-like-the/index.php
oh my god I can't believe I read through this entire thread, lol. Sounds like it was amazingly fantastically awesome. Congrats on getting Robert's beer (ROBERT effing SMITH's BEER) sara! My mom wouldn't let me stay up to go online and chat, so I missed out on the at-home late night fun. I'm so effing excited for you all, I hope it was the best night ever, and I hope to god that there is another cure tour!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I turn my back on COF for 5 minutes, go on to look for links to Leno and see what I missed out on. The whole Myspace Gig thing! All you american COF'ers are soooo lucky to have got a "real" gig for your efforts to get to the TV shows. You deserve it I know but what a TREAT!
ReplyDeleteI'm now cranking up the excitement meter ready for the O2 in Feb (when I get my own back and make you jealous!)
Ryan, I mean Jeff: Now I know what you are talking about! I thought you had gone insane. Hahaha...beware of fans from Atlanta! Always!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you guys got in!
My apologies to Stephanie for joking about her Hungry Ghost text. She is threatening to misspell every text tonight!
ReplyDeleteSteph, please accept Craig's (and all of our) apologies - we loved your texts and look forward to tonight's!!!!!
ReplyDeletehey this is sarab,
ReplyDeletechris and i will be at aac with vip passes so we will give you guys updates through craig, my phone wont die because i slept in a hotel tonight rather than the streets lol
Sara: If you read this, I don't need setlist updates tonight. We can all watch the webcast and Stephanie will be running backup for us. So enjoy the show and only send in "special reports". : )
ReplyDeleteThe Reasons Why video from Troubadour just posted on YouTube.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1tKVaWg4w
Thanks Roberts!
ReplyDeleteCurse the work firewalls that bans youtube!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I can see Sara and Andy rocking out to Freakshow! NICE youtube link! I am 99% sure that's Cat's hand rocking out and pointing at Porl....
ReplyDeletethis is sara again, the vip passes were fake and luckily we didnt buy them, instead we turned them in to security. thankfully we still have tickets though :)
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ReplyDeleteFor anyone who got one of the posters from the Troubadour, I was putting mine in a frame last night and noticed that they are numbered. Mine was 278 out of 450.
ReplyDeleteCraig, here's another Troubadour review from Anti-music
ReplyDeletehttp://www.antimusic.com/news/08/dec/16The_Cure_Played_Secret_Show_In_LA.shtml
Rev. I got 240/450. just noticed also.
ReplyDeleteSo the question is, who got #413? And would you like to sell it to me? : )
ReplyDeleteAlso posted Underneath The Stars :)
ReplyDeleteENJOY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXP1SmlVT4A
ReplyDeleteOops...here's the link!
Thank you Yvonne!
ReplyDeleteHelp POSTER from show wanted!!! - I went to the MS Troubadour concert last week - an AMAZING NIGHT!! BUT I did not walk out until too late - they were all gone. :( I NEED a poster - any one have an extra? I have TONs or RARE Cure posters for trade or $ I will buy one off of you. This is what I want for Christmas. and it will go to a very good home - I will frame it along with my red glitter wrist band and hang it in my Cure room... Come one... make my christmas....
ReplyDeletePlease oh please.. anyone..?
xo
Autumn
Hey peeps! I've posted my reviews from the Carson Daly show and the Troubadour show at my site, here are the links:
ReplyDeleteA Very Merry Curemas! (Carson Daly)
A Curemas Miracle(Secret Show line)
12:13 Dream - An Evening with The Cure
(Troubadour Show Review)