The Cure in Mountain View (05-26-16)

May 26th, 2016
Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA
Sold Out! / Doors at 5:30 PM Pacific time
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40, The Cure 8:18 - 11:14
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!
Another "hard curfew" tonight, so no going over. Oh yes they can! Had to start late, so letting them go over.

Soundcheck: Open, will post others in comments so as not to spoil it!

Setlist: Tape / Open, alt.end, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Kyoto Song, Screw, The Walk, Let's Go To Bed, Lullaby, Fascination Street, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Last Dance, High, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Want, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Cold, Play for Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Step Into the Light, Shake Dog Shake, Burn, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, The Caterpillar, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

@CraigatCoF Set list, not mine, sadly. pic.twitter.com/1xFQczYNCL

— Jodi Haddon (@jodijay333) May 27, 2016

Thanks to Paul K, @briansoto, @jodijay333, @theCureMx, @colsonslife, @jberros, @yourstaticradio, and everyone else who helped tonight!

still in shock that @thecure debuted Cold, one of my favorite songs from Pornography, last night @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/Kyipl9UTTt

— Dark Entries Records (@darkentriesrecs) May 27, 2016

Reviews: Something Else / Rock Subculture (and photos)

Videos: Complete show / alt.end / A Night Like This /  Kyoto Song 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Pictures of You / Last Dance / Primary / Want 1 - 2 / Cold 1 - 2 - 3 / Play For Today / Burn / Dressing Up 1 - 2 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / The Caterpillar / Close to Me & Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2   

Periscopes: 1 / 2 / 3 / Facebook streams

Preview articles:  SF Gate /  San Jose Mercury Press

From Pablo: Robert during 'It Can Never Be The Same'

Tonight we're with @thecure at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View. We're onstage at 7pm pic.twitter.com/jrV3KbfrM2

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) May 27, 2016

@CraigatCoF My sister is already queued up for the show! I might not be there, but a family member is. :D pic.twitter.com/t4h4Dr9Fcm

— iShant (@__iShant) May 26, 2016

Paul K should be giving us setlist reports tonight, but we can always use back up and any other help. So if you're going to the show and wouldn't mind sending in the live setlist or anything else, please let me know. Twitter, email, text, Facebook, whatever works best for you. Thanks!

Don't forget to try checking at the box office for last minute ticket releases. Several people just got 2nd row seats for tonight. Also, I will be posting any last minute ticket offers on Twitter (I'm @CraigatCoF) and here.

Fan advisory email from Live Nation (Thanks John):

Box Office - 12:00PM
Parking Lots - 4:30PM
Doors - 5:30PM
Show - 7:00PM

The Cure concert is this Thursday night! We're expecting a capacity crowd. Please plan extra travel time to the venue to ensure you don't miss any part of the show. We strongly encourage all guests to use the FREE shuttle service or carpool to the venue.

FREE Shuttle Service
Shoreline is proud to offer 3 free Shuttle services to the venue for The Cure, departing from San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. In order to take one of the free shuttles to the show, you MUST RSVP using the appropriate link below for the location from which you want to leave.

San Francisco Shuttle Bus RSVP Link
Pick Up Location: The Shop at 1980 Union Street
Pick Up Time: 4:30 P.M.

Oakland Shuttle Bus RSVP Link
Pick Up Location: West Oakland BART Station
Pick Up Time: 4:30 P.M.

San Jose Shuttle Bus RSVP Link
Pick Up Location: SAP Center at San Jose
Pick Up Time: 5:30 P.M.

Set Times*
The Twilight Sad - 7:00 P.M.
The Cure - 8:30 P.M. (Note from Craig: This is wrong. Cure start at 8)

Permitted Items
- Point and shoot, non-professional cameras
- Food
- Soft sided coolers
- Blankets
- Small backpacks
- Lawn chairs (Low back beach chairs with rounded legs, no higher than 7" ground to seat)
- One factory sealed, non alcoholic beverage in a plastic bottle

During the show, the box office and information booth will be selling a limited number of $25 all-in lawn tickets for Flight of the Conchords with Arj Barker, John Hodgman and Demetri Martin on June 28 while supplies last.

Make your night even more memorable by purchasing an exclusive upgrade! Purchase fast lane passes, or rent a lawn chair - just go to LNexperience.com on your iPhone or Android device!

For additional day of show venue information, including traffic advisories and updated times, please visit livenationvenue.com/shoreline-amphitheatre.

We look forward to seeing you at Shoreline this Thursday night!