Encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, Close To Me, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry.
Note: First time Inbetween Days hasn't been played at a regular show (excluding Reflections and TV shows) since Feb. 23rd, 2008 in Vienna, Austria.
Thanks so much to Olivier (
Reviews: Rolling Stone / Crave Online / Examiner / Austin Chronicle / Houston Press / Noise 11 / Austin 360
Photos: Karen / Spin / Reverb / It's A Perfect Day / Brooklyn Vegan / BV Austin / B-Sides On-Air/Online / N / Simon Gallup / Robert Smith / Robert & Reeves / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 -
Video clips: Roger playing a bit of Trust / Pictures of You - High - End of the World - Lovesong
Videos: Plainsong 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby / High / End of the World / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / The Walk / Mint Car / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Trust 1 - 2 / Want / The Hungry Ghost / Wrong Number / One Hundred Years / Disintegration / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Hot Hot Hot / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2
10:04 PM - Scott: Robert said they are playing really fast before they pull the plug.
7:44 PM - @JeffLove_23 Reception is spotty (sprint)... people sitting and being territorial. Stupid festivals.
7:28 PM - @JeffLove_23 Wind is kicking... perfect.
7:15 PM - @JeffLove_23 Just talked to their t-shirt designer. Requested shirts with no print on back or v necks. :p
6:22 PM - Scott: Informal poll but I don't think anyone is going to see Kings of Leon! The area in front of The Cure stage is stacked way out"
6:07 PM - @JeffLove_23 just hanging out backstage. Dare him to knock? :)
6:05 PM - Olivier confirms that the Cure shirts do not have a tour name on them. Just the 5 dates and the 2013 circle. Also, there's a misspelling on the Cure shirts...Monterrey Nueva Leon Mexico instead of Nuevo León.
5:30 PM - @TigerBuckeyeat: At ACL waiting for Passion Pit, in place to get closer for The Cure, will try to tweet out if I can. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BV2MAIyCUAAt7uk.jpg
5:27 PM - Just heard from Olivier...sounds like it will be a challenge getting info out tonight, but we'll do our best. If you're at the show, can get a signal, and wouldn't mind helping out, please do! Thanks!
4:51 PM - @kafdancer: Tried to send pics again. No deal. It says 2 13 with a gray blob and a white circle around it? And the recent promo pic.
4:37 PM - Merch update from @kafdancer: No baseball hats :-(. But new tees with the Mexico, Austin, El Paso and NO dates. I have a pic but my phone won't send it.
4:30 PM - Scott: An update on tickets. Wristbands yesterday were going for about $80 for the weekend, saw some today sell for $65!"
1:28 PM - Philip: The Cure soundchecked Lullaby this morning. Here's a shot of their gear at the AMD stage. pic.twitter.com/mbanAISoSf
1:19 PM - Austin 360 is reporting that wristbands are selling for $100 or less today, so if you wanted to go, but couldn't afford the full price, this could be an option. Just be careful of scams.
10:37 AM - @kafdancer: My new cure shirt! They had black baseball hats and buttons.
9:10 AM -
Seems like The Great Circle Tour just ended yesterday, yet here we go with another short tour. I think we could all get used to this, right? :)
The Cure are scheduled to play from 8 - 10 PM tonight (check the current time in Austin here), so probably another short festival setlist like Osheaga/Lollapalooza, though none of us would mind a big (or even small) change to the sets. Don't expect it, but we're always hoping for a couple of surprises. Either way, it's sure to be another great show, so enjoy the hell of it if you're going.
No webcast tonight, though there's some hope for weekend 2. Live reports tonight should be from Olivier at It's A Perfect Day, but would like to have some backup in case the signal fails, etc. So if you're going and wouldn't mind helping me out with the live setlist and reports, please let me know. Thanks and have a fantastic time at the show!
I have a wristband.... Ill sell for $30. Just to get a t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteemail me at @ deadeyephoto@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteCraig... I'll CC you on tweets.
ReplyDeleteWow. Really mixing things up.
ReplyDeleteYou're joking, right?
DeleteCan not WAIT for next week! It will be my 1st time seeing The Cure. Driving all the way from a Alabama!
ReplyDeleteGoing to Voodoo, Whit?
DeleteNot planning on it :/ Unless I can find a cheap ticket and cheap place to stay! :P
DeleteYes. I'm joking. Find it a little pathetic at this point.
ReplyDeleteOkay. Thought you were being serious. :)
DeleteI won't say pathetic, just disappointing. But this is festivals, and I really can't expect anything else. This is one reason I avoid them..
Now if Monterrey and El Paso are like this.... :(
a small part of me thinks the El Paso show might skew to something similar to Bogota COL. not nearly as dark though, but in that direction.
Deleteoh my goodness. im glad im not the only one that thinks that way. i too feel disappointed but as stated before, it is a festival. cross my finger and hope Mx and El Paso show be different. i was debating to go to El paso but as the day approaches i starting getting excited and decided to make the trip from California. So to el paso here we go! longest trip ive gone for a cure show :)
DeleteSo glad to be going to El Paso and not a festival :)
ReplyDeleteThe show was very singles heavy tonight, but they looked and sounded great..... even from about 100 metres away.
ReplyDeletethat setlist is exactly what i expected it to be. only surprise to me is that they dropped inbetween days and kept hungry ghost. i mean nobody wants to hear that ghost song.
ReplyDeleteI think that it's a pretty good song, but I'd honestly like to see them start playing 'The Real Snow White', 'The Scream', and 'It's Over', which I'd still rather call 'Baby Rag Dog Book', again.
DeleteI've never heard Hungry Ghost live, so hope it stays in for a few more shows. Then I won't mind if they drop it. :)
DeleteIs there actually any point in them releasing the Tim Pope movie? I've seen them performing essentially the same setlist for two years now, whether in person at Leeds, the many live streams/uploads and the Reading broadcast I still have in perfect HD from the night it was live on BBC. It'll take a glowing review for me to give the band more money for another live release, considering the last release by them was also a live release and similar setlist. Jesus, I never imagined they'd turn out this dull. They literally have turned into the freaks at the end of the pier from the Never Enough video, only (slightly) more famous. At least Depeche Mode still make records. Almost 6 years since 4:13 and still doing the greatest hits circuit. Fucking tragic.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I KNOW Bestival cd money went to charity.
DeleteYeah, and with DM you get two hour sets filled mostly with hits, even when they're NOT doing festival shows.
DeleteWell, I can't comment on that as I don't know much about them live, only seen them once around 13 years ago, but I do know they at least make new music, not just exist to be their own tribute band.
DeleteThe term Nostalgia Act has been thrown around lately, and I'm finding it hard to disagree, unfortunately.
DeleteIn a recent interview, Robert said something to the effect of there really wasn't any reason they needed to record a new album, in order to play shows, that they have so many songs they've never played, or rarely play, that they could do shows that were like having a new album out.
But they don't. It's been the same basic set for years now. Though to be fair, SummerCure did give us something new...Just One Kiss, Bananafishbones, Fight, return of Cold & A Strange Day, The Kiss, etc. And LatAm had some great sets, too.
But they really seem to be stuck in a rut. Only speaking in terms of the setlists. There's no questioning that they are playing fantastic shows, sound as good as ever, and there are very few complaints about the actual shows themselves.
But what many of us really liked about going to as many shows as possible, was that sense that if you missed a show, you could miss out on hearing some rarely played song. Or just that you never knew what they were going to play that night. The Cure were one of the least predictable bands when it came to setlists. Yeah, you knew the basic set structure, that didn't change much each night, but there were always 5 or 6 songs that were changed. And if you missed that one show where they played YOUR song, you would die. :)
But this is the way it is now, and we know it, so you either go to the shows and enjoy them for what they are, or you sit at home "crying for yesterday". There's absolutely nothing we can do to change anything.
Still think there's hope for Monterrey and El Paso, though. We'll see.
Damn, that was much longer then I thought. Sorry for the wall of text!
DeleteIm going to chime in here for a few reasons:
Delete1. DM maybe still be releasing new albums, but if ever there were a band that are truly grinding their own niche into the ground - its their new material.
Have you seen the setlists for the Delta Machine Tour? Horrendous. I saw that tour at Jones Beach just last month - and I couldnt wait to get the freak out of there.
The Cure may be in a "rut" right now - but to compare them to DM - who have never strayed from performing the identical show every night, and have NEVER been on stage anywhere near as long as The Cure have in one night....is very near-sighted of all us.
2) Yes, there is a point in them releasing Tim Pope's footage. It was shot all in South America...and for fans down there that waited their whole lives to see them? I would very much want to buy it. And to be quite honest - when was the last time The Cure packed them into a proper stadium in the States? AGES. So maybe I want to see footage of fans in Mexico DF or Argentina, living it up and throwing off an energy that begs to be captured on video.
Other than that - we all sound like spoiled brats, who have been incredibly lucky to have seen our musical idols countless times.
Personally is rather see a DM greatest hits show than them touring behind another weak record.
DeleteI've never seen DM live, but an acquaintance of mine rather enjoyed their recent Toronto performance. By the way, she's also a huge Cure fan.
DeleteNail on the head, Crimson
ReplyDeleteNail on the head, Crimson
ReplyDeletewell 4:13 was unlistenable and s/t was just embarrassing so i'd rather them never release anything new. unless it actually is good.
ReplyDeleteThe "festival setlist" answer it's becoming a ridicolous excuse. I really don't understand this, considering the large amount of "hardcore" fans wich go to the festival to see them live.
ReplyDeleteThing is, it literally makes no difference what you play when you have a captive audience. The festivals are sold out, they're headlining, the crowd are stood there, they could perform Trilogy and it would go down well. The Stones played a fucking awesome '2000 Light Years From Home' at Glastonbury and got a huge response to it, yet I bet that 95% of the crowd comprising teens/early twenties had never heard it before.
DeleteI remember years ago Robert said they've never been asked back to Glastonbury since 1995 as Michael Eavis didn't like the setlist one bit. That had plenty of hits in it and was heavy with tunes from Wish, their last and most successful album at that point, so I can only assume he wanted more than just easy crowd-pleasers.
But the crowd is not captive. They can leave at any time. And from reading reviews from many recent festivals, they have. Well before the end of The Cure's set. But is that due to the setlist or length of some of them? Only diehards are staying for the full 2.5 - 3 hours. These 2 hour sets are actually better from that standpoint.
DeleteBut if a casual fest goer samples a bit of The Cure's set, doesn't care for it, he/she can move on to another band's set.
I'd love to think Figurehead would have more of a hold on the crowd than Friday, but that's naive.
Fair point. I suppose if one or more newer acts are playing simultaneously, that would give scope for people to drift away.
DeleteThey are perhaps their own worst enemy by giving value for money, but they should perhaps start leaving the crowd wanting more rather than be falling asleep.
They could do something to shake that setlist up though, turn it upside down even.. Having said that, I've always thought compiling a setlist is one of Robert's major weak points. He always sticks to his 'wild mood swings' ethos, which often doesn't really work live.
But look at that review from Austin 360. Even with the miniscule amount of "dark" songs, they still complained, saying there's no need to end with 100 Years and Disintegration at a festival show.
ReplyDeleteThese "Drive By Cure Fans" only want the hits and nothing but the hits. They don't want to hear Want, 100 Years, Trust, etc.
Solution? Never go see The Cure at a festival show. You know what you're going to get.
It's the "normal" shows that are more concerning. There's no excuse for Monterey & El Paso, which will be packed with diehard Cure fans. Yes, trot out the now worn out pop parade, but throw us a few surprises along the way. Where's Figurehead? Sinking? A Strange Day? Jupiter Crash? Cold? A Night Like This? Cut? Underneath The Stars? Anything from Bloodflowers. Oh I know, BF songs "don't fit" in the current sets. What sort of stupidity is that? If you don't like Bloodflowers now, that's fine. But then don't say it's one of 3 crucial Cure albums.
I could go on and on and on, but what's the point? Robert seems really happy these days, and if he's in some sort of quirky pop band phase, and having fun with these shows, I hope he enjoys it.
And I hope that he grows out of it and goes into a dark & emotional phase as soon as possible. :)
AMEN!
DeleteWell said!
DeleteThe end is very near, let's face it..
ReplyDeleteMy 20 cents worth:
ReplyDeleteWhen you're sitting far away, it's very easy to bitch about the set lists. "They're playing the same stuff." "It's JUST a festival set list."
But when you're there, in the moment, it really doesn't matter two fucks.
The show was great.
I didn't care what they played.
And as to the discussion about festival set lists, I'd say it was about 5-10% Cure fans in the area where I was (rail, right side). The majority weren't interest in the 'other stuff'. This was a chance for them to hear songs they knew, hell they might even go and buy the 'Greatest Hits' album, which is a good thing.
That's great for you, Brad, but for many of us, yes, it does matter.
DeleteCall it "bitching" all you want, but it's a legitimate complaint. We all like different things and aspects of the band. Nothing wrong with that.
It's just a feeling that the pop/singles crowd has been catered to much more than those of us who prefer that darker, more emotional side of The Cure. That might be an unfair assessment, but that's certainly how it feels.
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ReplyDeleteAh, it's not just me then.
ReplyDeleteI won't start worrying unless they try to do another round of Euro festivals next summer! I suspect that after the NO show, they will probably go home, and get to work on something new (if they haven't already done so). If they have something good at the end of that process, then it will get released. If not, this may be it, so let's all just go have fun in El Paso! (But, I don't believe for one second they are going to end their career with pop songs--impossible!--I think they are just having fun with this year of waking up the band from its slumber.)
ReplyDeleteI don't think we're close to the end, but as Robert has said himself, we are certainly closer to the end.
DeleteBut don't forget the possible Top/Head on the Door/Kiss Me trilogy shows that Robert has mentioned as possibilities for next year. Could have just been joking, getting our hopes up, but I'm going to be crazy and believe he's being honest. :)
If he goes through with that, and plays at least one of these shows in the US, he can play all of the pop/singles shows he wants. :)
In fact, there's your perfect solution! Play 5-10 shows a year. In the even years, play the pop parade shows. In the odd years, play the dark dream shows. Or vice versa. Everyone gets what they want, they just have to wait a bit. And if you love every side of The Cure, don't care what they play & just want to go to shows, you're in absolute heaven.
I'll be taking that Nobel Peace Prize now, thank you. :)
At some point he will do the Top/Head/KM shows, maybe not in 2014, but certainly it will happen.
DeleteThat is really the 'capstone' that I am looking forward to as a fan.
Did anyone actually think you would get dark or rare stuff in Austin? Why would Robert play anything but singles at American festivals 80% of the people at these festivals are very casual fans and MAY have Standing on a Beach and or Kiss Me or Wish. This is the way it is and Robert knows the 80/20 rule. If 80% of the people are there to socialize, have a few beers, and enjoy the music with a date - why pull out the dark stuff? Most festival goers are simple minded and would bolt if they played more than 2 or 3 songs in a row that were not hits. Gone are the days of improvision, vastly rotated set lists, and dedicated dark shows with the exception of Reflections type shows. If you want to hear the Cure at their live performance peak break out a few WMS mid tour. As for Blood flowers Robert is entirely correct for not playing any of this again. Listen to some the blood flower shows. All songs are played very slow - thanks to Jason's drum clicks, have a ridiculous amount of back up tapes, and frankly was not a strong album or tour.
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy talk. Dream Tour was fantastic! My 2nd favorite Cure tour, behind the Prayer Tour.
DeleteExactly. Most of the people around me at Lolla were in their early 20s and knew only a few songs (even among the hits). But, they were clearly having fun. Robert knows his audience. The show was really fun and sounded way better than you can tell from the webcasts. For fans, Want and Fascination Street rocked really hard and those two songs alone were worth the effort to get to the show for me. Those of you going to El Paso will understand in a few short days!
DeleteCraig we just have different tastes - and that is great! I know you liked the Dream tour - saw you meet Robert after the Sound Check in New Orleans. Yes THOSE were good shows. We are in agreement that the Prayer Tour Was THE best tour for the Cure and probably best tour in my opinion for the bands I like. The Prayer shows in Europe (or most) were absolutely brilliant! A few came close on the WMS tour - some were very emotional
DeleteAre you for real?? The Dream Tour was manic?! I still remember practically dying, when I hrad Cold and Like Cockatoos back to back!!
DeleteIn terms of performance and playing. You are saying that the performance of Cold on the Dream Tour was better than Prayer? Are you saying like Cockatoos was performed better than the Kiss Me tour? Nice to have those songs in '00 but better performances in the early years.
DeleteTo me, Bloodflowers is the strongest Cure record :D
DeleteBut that is just a taste, not a fact. Dream Tour was fantastic.
"Wolf Man" When have time listen to: these Prayer Tour Shows and get back to me. Bordeax, Rome, London (night 3), Prato, and Lyon.
DeleteI saw the Prayer Tour at Dodger's Stadium but I was 13 at the time. the Kissing Tour Ive only ever heard on bootlegs - but I can flat out say, that from the point of musical skill and prowess, then yes - The Cure have only gotten better and stronger on stage, since then. And therefore, their musicianship in '00 was better than in '87 and '89.
DeleteYou are entitled to your opinion and I respect it. I don't want to get into debates but I am sure many people would rather have had Porl and Boris over Perry and Jason on that tour. That would be something.
DeleteDavid, I know the Prayer Tour was great. The sound was amazing and unique. I will not denie.
DeleteIn my taste, there where better Set Lists on Dream Tour. Like Munich 00 e.g.
We better call it: The Cure Business Tour.
ReplyDeleteStarted in 2004.
Ending soon.
The Cure are very good, better than ever, bur Robert should take care of the dinosaur syndrome. Same setlist all the time, no new stuff, no release of announced gems... sorry, wrong number. Hoped Keith Udin was there for the magic boxset I was dreaming of.
ReplyDeletewell as artist when you have nothing new to say, maybe you can just change the mix..i mean, try something. like playing just acoustic, or the wish kiss me disintegration trilogy or..i dont know. but going aroung the world playing the singles is simply boring. may he wants to get so boored to be ready to do something new as reaction
DeleteBoring is not the right word. I mean, The Cure have always had those two (and in fact it´s far too reductive to say two but anyway...) sides with dark and pop stuff. That´s the reason why they're so unique. But I think they would just not forget they have so many good songs to play on stage. And they even can play the hits they actually play but why avoiding other ones, even pop ones like "Maybe Someday", "The Exploding Boy", "Jumping Someone Else's Train" or "I Don't Know What´s Going On". Robert has been bashed for years not because what he writes is shit but because a major part of listeners are into this fucking stupid nostalgia. I remember him saying in 1985 "I hate fans that say 'they used to be good' because we released some pop stuff after the trilogy". "The Cure" and "4:13 Dream" contain fucking great songs ! Even in festivals, show the audience this kind of material is not an issue and it doesn't mean you can't play "Never Enough" or "Lullaby".
DeleteYes. There were flashes of brilliance in 2004 - no question - but you are correct.
ReplyDeleteMy 2 cents on setlists:
ReplyDeleteFirst, I agree with much of what Craig stated, The Cure are getting predictable with very few exceptions. That being said; what other band plays 3 albums in full, 50 song sets, and plays rare b-sides, etc? Yes, the 'festival' setlists are predictable - but even with those there are still a few nuggets here and there. Of course I would like to see more diversity, but when 95% of the crowd are casual fans you have to play to that group.
El Paso and Monterrey will be 3 hour shows with 35 - 40 songs. Don't forget, most of those people have not seen the current setlist, and songs like 'Bananafishbones' 'Caterpillar', etc haven't been played live there ever. I am driving out for the El Paso show from Phoenix, sure 90% of the songs I will have seen already, but I'm going for the 10% I haven't.
The Cure do a better job that any other band from their genre with setlists, and special shows like Reflections are a real fan treat. Are they perfect? No. But I think it's important to remember what we would do get - and most hardcore fans avoid the festivals because we know the sets are not for us.
Look at Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, etc. You get basically the same stale, greatest hits setlist every tour - with rare exception. DM are the worst. They have only played a handful of songs older than BC over the past 23 years; 'Just Can't Get Enough', 'Photographic', 'Everything Counts', 'Master & Servant', 'Something to Do', 'Somebody', 'Leave in Silence' & 'Shake the Disease'. That's it. And 3 were sung by Martin, so Dave has only sung five songs (5) off the first four albums since 1988!!! Robert has played everything off his first few albums and continues to include certain songs in the setlist.
Depeche Mode barely go outside the box with their popular albums. They only play the hits off BC, MFTM, Violator and SOFAD.. the only exceptions are butchered acoustic versions by MG. God forbid Dave Gahan sings 'Sacred', 'New Dress', 'Nothing', 'Rush', 'Mercy in You', 'Here is the House', 'Little 15', something, anything other than the same songs every tour... yes, he did sing 'Clean' in 2001 and 'Halo' recently... big deal, lol. Duran Duran, again, in 2005 they did go outside the box, but the last tour 2012 was an 18 song greatest hits setlist. Boring.
Hardcore fans of The Cure should only go to the 3 hour shows, or wait for the full album special shows. Otherwise you are going to be disappointed. But when you compare The Cure to DM, Duran Duran, even U2 to a degree - they far surpass those bands from a live perspective.
I am skipping the Depeche Mode show in Phoenix (20 mins from me) and instead driving 7 hours to El Paso to see The Cure. That says a lot about which band is worth my time and money still.
What a great post! I hope I get a chance to meet you in El Paso, Dr. Fishbones! :)
DeleteDepeche Mode, ok. Duran Duran, uh ?! Aren't we talking about musuc here ? ;)
DeleteA resounding round of applause. I could not agree more!!!
ReplyDeleteit's all so boring.those setlist are always the same. mah!
ReplyDeleteI guess that you haven't heard of the albums 'Three Imaginary Boys', 'Seventeen Seconds', 'Faith', 'Pornography', and 'Disintegration', eh? The Cure are one of the few bands with both a clear-cut pop side and dark side.
ReplyDeleteForget all of this setlist nonsense, what in the hell is going on with Jason's hair? :)
ReplyDeleteI have seen every tour since 82. The UK festival dates last year were the first mainland Cure shows I han't attended since 1985. Best tour? Probably 1987. The opening to The Kiss has never been bettered and I would say the Cure were as a band at the peak of their combined musical talent, a great mix of dark and light.
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ReplyDeleteYou guessed wrong.
ReplyDeleteI was being sarcastic. The point is that The Cure are both pop and dark, and frankly, I love the fact that their material is so diverse that there's a song for just about every emotion. Am I feeling happy? Well, there's 'Friday I'm in Love', and 'Mint Car'. Super depressed? 'Pornography' and 'Disintegration' in their entirety. Simply melancholy? 'Bloodflowers'. And so on...
ReplyDeleteMy biggest issue is Robert goes back on everything he has ever said, but always tries to justify why. They let me down bad when their music appeared on adverts, but he justified it by saying it was to secure the release of JTD. They could have sold it as download only if necessary, so much for the internet being this wonderful tool Robert once spoke about. All they've ever put on in nearing two decades was the Disintegration stuff. And how many times he has slagged off old bands for continuing for the sake of it. That's all The Cure do now, you can't say six years without an album isn't just doing that.
ReplyDeleteI understand Robert has admitted he hasn't wrote anything of worth recently, but how hard does he try? Sometimes making music HAS to be like a job. You need to put in long hours of sitting with your guitar, eventually something will come out. What about the rest of the band? Do they even still work on the band-member's demos principle? Roger seems fairly prolific on a solo basis, where does he fit into The Cure? Is he there just for the fun of playing and earning a few £? Why is nobody in the band pushing to do something fresh?
They desperately need some management to get them back on track, but Robert would never allow new management now.
Anyone else noticed that The Cure have been in perpetual decline artistically, directionally and as a marketable act since Chris Parry skipped town? I think his contribution to their success is vastly overlooked. He was the one person who dared tell Robert something was shit, now nobody does.
No one wants to hear Same Deep Water As You, Faith with extra lyrics and Underneath the Stars more than me. This was only the 10th time I have seen The Cure. First time KMKMKM 1987 Dallas - last time 2004 in Dallas. But they were awesome Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI still got to hear Disintegration and Want, Deep Green Sea and Hungry Ghost. Opening with Plainsong was like 1989 all over again. I could have cried.
Of course they are gonna play Just Like Heaven and Fascination Street. They have to cover all the bases at ACL. They did. I wish I could pick their set list - but if I did everyone would walk out but me. But around me - Just Like Heaven, Fascination and Boys Don't Cry got people moving. Not me - but people.
The only thing I want now is a new album and a follow up tour. They still have it and I want more.
It was great.
Thank you for The Cure, but now it's time for The Boxer Rebellion:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=appp2GMTqdI
In the USA soon, don't miss them.