Friday, December 18, 2015
Boise tickets on sale today
June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Ticket link
Tickets range from $25 - $75
Boise seems to be aware of The Cure
From the Idaho Statesman:
Band will perform June 2 at CenturyLink Arena
Fan response exceeded already high expectations
More than half the tickets sold during presale
There was never any doubt that The Cure coming to Boise was a big deal. I knew fans would get excited.
Just not quite this excited. “BAAAABR. IM DYING,” commented a particularly pithy user on the Idaho Statesman’s Facebook page. It was among dozens of freakouts and hundreds of shares that piled up after I blogged about the June 2 concert coming to CenturyLink Arena.
Thousands and thousands of page views later, The Cure was Monday’s most-read article at IdahoStatesman.com. It was nearly twice as popular as the day’s second-place finisher.
At 9:15 a.m., 94.9 FM The River started spinning The Cure songs every 90 minutes. (The British band’s biggest hits are ’80s classics such as “Lovesong,” “Just Like Heaven” and “Friday I’m in Love.”) Program director Tim Johnstone posted Cure videos on his Facebook page.
“My friends are stunned,” Johnstone says. “Stunned.”
So why is it so earth-shattering? Maybe because The Cure has never performed here. At various points an influential part of goth, new wave, alternative rock and other labels eschewed by singer Robert Smith, the group doesn’t tour the United States often. Many Idahoans already had bought tickets for The Cure’s performance June 3 in Salt Lake City — a big deal unto itself.
A relatively miniscule 4,874 seats will be available at CenturyLink. Multiple-night-stands at huge venues in cities such as Los Angeles and New York have sold out in advance.
The public on-sale for Boise is at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18. But a presale 24 hours earlier sold more than half the arena already. That said, don’t fret: Plenty of great seats were held for the public on-sale.
“The excitement level — I knew it would be there,” says Creston Thornton, owner of Eagle promoter CTTouring. “But this is a monster.”
Luring The Cure to Idaho wasn’t easy. Thornton wrote emails that were forwarded to Smith in an effort to sell him on Boise. The process took a month, Thornton says. (Among the points he made: Downtown Boise is hipper than you think. And Depeche Mode, a British band that shares fans with The Cure, sold almost 8,000 tickets here in 1998. (And that was in Nampa, at the Idaho Center.)
The Cure’s sonic calling card is a gloomy yet accessible sound. It’s the sort of era-driven music that jettisons nostalgic Gen-X brains back through time, straight into college dorms, high-school hallways and middle-school cafeterias.
Thornton says he saw The Cure at 16,000-capacity Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre as a teenager in Orange County. It was 1986. Clearly, bringing The Cure to Boise means more to him than just making a buck as a promoter.
“People are fanatical about this band,” he says. “To see people this pumped, it’s really cool.”
Band will perform June 2 at CenturyLink Arena
Fan response exceeded already high expectations
More than half the tickets sold during presale
There was never any doubt that The Cure coming to Boise was a big deal. I knew fans would get excited.
Just not quite this excited. “BAAAABR. IM DYING,” commented a particularly pithy user on the Idaho Statesman’s Facebook page. It was among dozens of freakouts and hundreds of shares that piled up after I blogged about the June 2 concert coming to CenturyLink Arena.
Thousands and thousands of page views later, The Cure was Monday’s most-read article at IdahoStatesman.com. It was nearly twice as popular as the day’s second-place finisher.
At 9:15 a.m., 94.9 FM The River started spinning The Cure songs every 90 minutes. (The British band’s biggest hits are ’80s classics such as “Lovesong,” “Just Like Heaven” and “Friday I’m in Love.”) Program director Tim Johnstone posted Cure videos on his Facebook page.
“My friends are stunned,” Johnstone says. “Stunned.”
So why is it so earth-shattering? Maybe because The Cure has never performed here. At various points an influential part of goth, new wave, alternative rock and other labels eschewed by singer Robert Smith, the group doesn’t tour the United States often. Many Idahoans already had bought tickets for The Cure’s performance June 3 in Salt Lake City — a big deal unto itself.
A relatively miniscule 4,874 seats will be available at CenturyLink. Multiple-night-stands at huge venues in cities such as Los Angeles and New York have sold out in advance.
The public on-sale for Boise is at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18. But a presale 24 hours earlier sold more than half the arena already. That said, don’t fret: Plenty of great seats were held for the public on-sale.
“The excitement level — I knew it would be there,” says Creston Thornton, owner of Eagle promoter CTTouring. “But this is a monster.”
Luring The Cure to Idaho wasn’t easy. Thornton wrote emails that were forwarded to Smith in an effort to sell him on Boise. The process took a month, Thornton says. (Among the points he made: Downtown Boise is hipper than you think. And Depeche Mode, a British band that shares fans with The Cure, sold almost 8,000 tickets here in 1998. (And that was in Nampa, at the Idaho Center.)
The Cure’s sonic calling card is a gloomy yet accessible sound. It’s the sort of era-driven music that jettisons nostalgic Gen-X brains back through time, straight into college dorms, high-school hallways and middle-school cafeterias.
Thornton says he saw The Cure at 16,000-capacity Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre as a teenager in Orange County. It was 1986. Clearly, bringing The Cure to Boise means more to him than just making a buck as a promoter.
“People are fanatical about this band,” he says. “To see people this pumped, it’s really cool.”
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tickets on sale Dec. 17th
Nov. 2nd, 2016 - Milan, Italy at Mediolanum Forum
On sale: Dec. 17th at 10 am CET
Ticket link
June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Presale: Dec. 17th at 10 am Mountain
Code: heaven
Presale link
Tickets range from $25 - $75
2nd Milan show added on Nov. 2nd
From the official site:
"DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A SECOND MEDIOLANUM FORUM
MILAN CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED ON WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2016
TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2015 @ 10AM (LOCAL TIME): www.ticketone.it"
TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2015 @ 10AM (LOCAL TIME): www.ticketone.it"
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Patrik Sandberg: "In praise of Robert Smith"
From i-D:
in praise of robert smith, patron saint of suburban teen goths everywhere
Growing up, writer Patrik Sandberg thought of The Cure's Robert Smith as something like an imaginary friend.
Robert James Smith was born in Blackpool in April of 1959, a little more than twenty-five years before I was. Both of us were raised Catholic and later became atheists. Both of us wore dresses as kids, were beaten by our male peers, were diagnosed with "personality crises" by our school administrators, and suspended for reasons relating to our attitudes toward religion. I never realized any of this until I began to write this essay. We both took piano and guitar lessons as kids, only he was, apparently, better.
When I was twelve, it was announced The Cure would be headlining a Christmas concert for the Bay Area alternative radio station "Live 105." When my parents forbade me to attend, I locked myself in my bedroom and threatened to commit suicide (it didn't help that Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins were also on the bill). I tried to jump out the window, but I couldn't figure out how to get the screen off.
As a gay, goth adolescent in the American suburbs - furious, skeptical, paranoid, isolated - I was drawn to Robert Smith's unfathomable majesty. He was almost like an imaginary friend.
There is a sense of wonder that originates in early childhood-the first time you see a Muppet open its eyes and speak, or when Roger Rabbit walks out of a cartoon and into a live-action world-which is part of the aura and the mystique that Robert has maintained for me forever. He's like Mickey Mouse, if Mickey's romances and nightmares and torturous, self-inflicted eviscerations could cut like a switchblade into your psyche and break your heart with each goofy cartoon antic, making you feel less at odds with the world-or, even better, more at odds but happier for it.
Working in magazines, my job has entailed tracking down hundreds of high-profile subjects. Each time I've reached out to Robert in an effort to coax him into the light, I am reassured with a promise of never. (Morrissey, on the other hand, never goes away and espouses sanctimonious opinions regularly. Perhaps that's why he feels so millennial. Robert seems to exist in another place and time.)
Reeves & Cure tracks on Strange Currency
The Cure & Reeves Gabrels on radio -- tonight (Tues Dec 15) streaming or broadcast via KMUW Wichita, Kansas.
https://t.co/mJR52xX1tz
— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) December 15, 2015
From the Strange Currency Facebook: "We’ll hear selections from the self-titled release by Reeves Gabrels and His Imaginary Friends as well as music from The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me."
Monday, December 14, 2015
Perry in Paris tonight
Love Amongst Ruin, Perry Bamonte, La Flèche d'or
Posted by William Soragna Photography on Monday, December 14, 2015
— Jeremy Wulc (@jeremyWulc) December 14, 2015
Boise, Idaho ticket info
June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Presale: Dec. 17th at 10 am Mountain
Code: heaven
Tickets range from $25 - $75
Boise, Idaho show added on June 2nd!
From The Idaho Statesman:
Rock band The Cure to perform Boise concert
Coming to CenturyLink Arena
Selling out months in advance in larger cities
Tickets go on sale Dec. 18 for $25-$75
By Michael Deeds (mdeeds@idahostatesman.com)
It’s going to be “Friday I’m in Love” this week for fans of The Cure.
Known for its often gloomy yet accessible music, the British rock group is coming to CenturyLink Arena — and tickets go on sale Dec 18.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2016. It marks The Cure’s first trip to Boise, despite tens of millions of albums sold and a career that stretches back to the 1970s.
The show is expected to last four hours. First is an opening set from The Twilight Sad. Then comes a three-hour onslaught from The Cure. Recent setlists have featured 40 or more songs, including hits such as “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Lovesong” and “Why Can’t I Be You.”
Tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday for $25-$75 at 208-331-8497, www.centurylinkarenaboise.com, www.cttouringid.com or at the Centurylink box office. Join a “CTTouring Insiders” list for a Dec. 17 presale by emailing info@cttouringid.com.
Driven by frontman Robert Smith’s gothic imagery and instantly recognizable alt-pop sound, The Cure’s music is an iconic part of ’80s culture. So it’s not entirely surprising that next year’s tour is generating buzz nationwide. Multiple nights at large arenas in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and Chicago have sold out in advance.
“Some very cool things and stars had to align to have The Cure play Centurylink Arena with only 4,874 seats available for sale,” says Creston Thornton, owner of promoter CTTouring. “We are very excited to bring this amazing artist to Boise in such an intimate venue.”
(Thanks @aluche44)
Rock band The Cure to perform Boise concert
Coming to CenturyLink Arena
Selling out months in advance in larger cities
Tickets go on sale Dec. 18 for $25-$75
By Michael Deeds (mdeeds@idahostatesman.com)
It’s going to be “Friday I’m in Love” this week for fans of The Cure.
Known for its often gloomy yet accessible music, the British rock group is coming to CenturyLink Arena — and tickets go on sale Dec 18.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2016. It marks The Cure’s first trip to Boise, despite tens of millions of albums sold and a career that stretches back to the 1970s.
The show is expected to last four hours. First is an opening set from The Twilight Sad. Then comes a three-hour onslaught from The Cure. Recent setlists have featured 40 or more songs, including hits such as “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Lovesong” and “Why Can’t I Be You.”
Tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday for $25-$75 at 208-331-8497, www.centurylinkarenaboise.com, www.cttouringid.com or at the Centurylink box office. Join a “CTTouring Insiders” list for a Dec. 17 presale by emailing info@cttouringid.com.
Driven by frontman Robert Smith’s gothic imagery and instantly recognizable alt-pop sound, The Cure’s music is an iconic part of ’80s culture. So it’s not entirely surprising that next year’s tour is generating buzz nationwide. Multiple nights at large arenas in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and Chicago have sold out in advance.
“Some very cool things and stars had to align to have The Cure play Centurylink Arena with only 4,874 seats available for sale,” says Creston Thornton, owner of promoter CTTouring. “We are very excited to bring this amazing artist to Boise in such an intimate venue.”
(Thanks @aluche44)
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Auction for a drumming lesson with Jason
Charity Buzz has an auction for a private drumming lesson with Jason Cooper in London, benefiting the African Rainforest Conservancy. Auction ends on Dec. 17th.
Reeves plays Nashville tonight
Last show of the year is Dec 12 in Nashville for Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends. Reserve ahead @familywash pic.twitter.com/jl1vzzdEmZ
— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) December 5, 2015
Free show but call ahead to reserve at (615) 645-9930.
And here's a Dec. 2nd interview with Reeves on WVKR.
Friday, December 11, 2015
How The Cure saved The Twilight Sad
From The List:
Singer James Graham on how the band went from nearly calling it quits to a world tour with the Cure.
It wasn’t that The Twilight Sad wanted to call it quits after the touring cycle for their third album, 2012’s No One Can Ever Know, was over, but they felt that things weren’t progressing and they didn’t know how to fix it. The album had done well critically, but they were still playing to half-full venues. Those around them didn’t seem to share the same enthusiasm the band still had for their music. Other groups – their contemporaries and newer groups without half their experience – were being offered better opportunities.
‘The first time we played the Barrowlands in Glasgow, it was nowhere near sold out,’ remembers singer James Graham of every Scottish band’s rite of passage on the live stage. ‘People who were there said they enjoyed it and so did we, but somehow it felt like a career goal we hadn’t quite achieved.’
And then The Cure happened. Or rather, they had always been happening. Robert Smith and his band were one of the first groups Graham remembers hearing as a child growing up in Kilsyth, and as he got older he became more familiar with their darker side too. ‘They wrote so much that was dark but also some of the best pop songs of all time,’ he says now. ‘It’s not easy to do that, to write a pop hook that everyone identifies with. As a kid I listened to the Disintegration and Faith albums religiously, and on our last tour (supporting Editors across Europe in the autumn) I came back to Disintegration. I listened to it pretty much non-stop, thinking, the guy who sang this also sang one of my songs. Mental.’
Tickets on sale Dec. 11th
Dec. 3rd - London, England at Wembley Arena
On sale: Dec. 11th at 9 am UK time
Ticket links: Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory / AXS / Eventim
May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Ticket link
Thursday, December 10, 2015
3rd London show added on Dec. 3rd
From the official site: "DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A THIRD (AND FINAL!) LONDON
WEMBLEY SSE ARENA CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER -
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BookingsDirect.com
Dallas presale today
May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Presale: Dec. 10th at 10 am Central
Codes: BELLS, CATS, KZPS
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Presale link
Monday, December 7, 2015
Roger's 'Love & Other Tragedies' video now free
From Roger on Facebook: "When I finished the video from the concert of Love and Other Tragedies I tried an experiment that I was pretty sure would fail. I put the video on the new Vimeo on Demand service with a small fee... I think about 7 people paid and I would like to thank those people... Seems art has no value but the real value is in people hearing it so.. I have just posted it to Youtube, you can watch it for free."
"Also from the Vimeo on Demand package the interview I did with Ben talking about the Love and Other Tragedies project before the concert in London, June 26th 2015."
"...and finally to complete the collection, the 99X/10 10 year celebration concert from the evening of Exquisite Tragedy featuring Erin Lang, Hannah Curwood and Quartet Volute. I arranged a selection of songs from the 99X/10 catalogue for string quartet and piano and Erin and Hannah joined us on stage to sing them. An amazing evening."
Lauren from Chvrches has great taste in t-shirts
Old faithful. pic.twitter.com/TvwaPmPWci
— Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemay) December 4, 2015Saturday, December 5, 2015
Tickets on sale Dec. 5th
May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Tickets are $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Ticket link
Friday, December 4, 2015
Tickets on sale Dec. 4th
June 16th - Boston, MA at Agganis Arena
On sale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50
Ticket link
May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Presale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Central
Tickets are $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Codes: BELLS (Live Nation), EAGLE (Radio)
Ticket link
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Houston tickets on sale Dec. 5th
Tickets for The Cure at the Toyota Center on May 14th, will go on sale Saturday Dec. 5th at noon central.
Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 4th at 10 am. Code: BELLS (Live Nation presale).
Update (12/03/15): Ticket prices, seating chart, presale links posted on the Toyota Center website. Also, EAGLE is the radio presale code. (Thanks Randy)
Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 4th at 10 am. Code: BELLS (Live Nation presale).
Update (12/03/15): Ticket prices, seating chart, presale links posted on the Toyota Center website. Also, EAGLE is the radio presale code. (Thanks Randy)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)