The Cure at Austin City Limits (10/12/13)

Setlist: Tape/Open, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Fascination Street, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, The Lovecats, Close To Me, Hot Hot Hot, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Stop Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Give Me It, End, Boys Don't Cry.

Reviews: Austin Chronicle / Austin 360

Photos: William Soragna / Mauro Melis (Sound of Violence & Flickr) / It's A Perfect Day / KEXPLive / Kristof_Acke

Videos: Full webcast / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven / Pictures of You / Stop Dead (webcast) / Wrong Number /

Downloads: Webcast MP3s - Part 1 http://uploaded.net/file/jvykgsc5 , Part 2 http://uploaded.net/file/1keojbcx / Webcast 5.1 DVD on Cure Community /Webcast 1080p DVD on DIME

11:53 pm - From Greg: "Austin is flooding, CRAZY weather!  Note: Shake Dog Shake on the setlist but not played. Was intended to be after FTEOTDGS. Amazing show!"

11:12 pm - From Olivier: "One of the best festival shows I've ever seen. Singing One Hundred Years and Give Me It at the top of your lungs under the pouring rain in a crowd of Cure fans is an amazing thing to do! (Still drenched, though.)"

7:20 pm - From Olivier, the stage is being set up.

Pearl Thompson at book launch on Oct. 8th

From 108 Rock Star Guitars on Facebook: "Come on and Come OUT my Rock n Roll Brother's and Sisters!! Want to see you at my book launch event at The Cutting Room NYC this coming Tuesday night 10/08!!! Les Paul Trio with Vinny Martell and special appearances by Les Paul long time guitar tech Thomas Doyle and the uber cool Porl Thompson!!"

Update (10/08/13): The return of Pearl! From 108 Rock Star Guitars on Facebook. 

Update (10/09/13): More photos of Pearl from last night. 
(Thanks Crimson Tonight)

And more photos here. (Thanks @_crenga) 

Update (10/12/13):  Peter went to the event and sent in a review. (Thanks Peter)

Great photos from El Paso

Great El Paso photos from Mauro Melis. See more on his Facebook and Flickr.

"Pictures of El Paso to be published next week on a French web magazine (Sound Of Violence).

These are the very first photos, many others are coming (just need to go back to paris to process them:). I'm gonna shoot also Austin tonight.

More to come on a Print Musical Mag (November issue of My- Rock Mag) " (Thanks Mauro)

YouTube videos being removed

Looks like The Cure are having many of the Monterrey and El Paso videos removed from YouTube. Very disappointing, but certainly their right to protect their property.

Roger, Fletch, Martin at ACL

Andrew Fletcher, ?, Roger O'Donnell, Martin L. Gore. 3 of my favorite people all together in one room!

From Depeche Mode World Tour 2013-2014 on Facebook.
(Thanks Aaron)

LatAm film update from Tim Pope

Starting soon to edit the Neil Young concert I shot a few years back. Always a pleasure to be doing stuff with Mr. Shakey.
— Tim Pope (@timpopedirector) October 11, 2013

And before you ask... I hope to do the same with another certain X8 concerts. These things fall into place. Eventually.
— Tim Pope (@timpopedirector) October 11, 2013

The Cure in El Paso (Oct. 10th, 2013)

Setlist: Plainsong, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, Torture, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, Hot Hot Hot, Birdmad Girl, The Walk, Stop Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Treasure, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: Shake Dog Shake, Bananafishbones, The Caterpillar, Give Me It
2nd encore: Catch, The Baby Screams, Sinking, Play For Today, A Forest
3rd encore: The Lovecats, Close To Me, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.

Reviews: El Paso Times / El Diario

Photos: William Soragna / NotQuiteFaust / Mauro Melis Sound of Violence & Facebook & Flickr / It's A Perfect Day / (These are mine 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6) - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 -

Videos: Fascination Street / A Night Like This / Torture / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Lullaby / The Walk / Stop Dead / Friday I'm In Love / Treasure / The Hungry Ghost / Shake Dog Shake / Give Me It 1 - 2 (Simon-centric) - 3 / Catch & The Baby Screams / The Baby Screams / Sinking / The Lovecats / Let's Go To Bed / Boys Don't Cry /

Interview with Pearl and Lisa Johnson

Here's a recent audio interview (starts at 4 minutes in) with Pearl Thompson and Lisa Johnson of the 108 Rock Star Guitars book. Not much Pearl, mostly Lisa, but better than nothing. (Thanks Alex)

And it sounds like Pearl has some new material coming out. Lisa posted this on Facebook: "Truly an EXQUISITE performance by Pearl at the 108 Rock Star Guitar Book Launch event!!! You are all going to LOVE his new material."

Off to El Paso to see The Cure!

Just a note to let you know that I will be traveling to El Paso for tonight's show, so I probably won't be able to post updates until later this afternoon. I will, if at all possible, be updating the setlist from tonight's show. Will set everything up when I get to the hotel, but just in case something goes wrong, I will most definitely be posting updates on Twitter, as long as I can get a signal. And of course Olivier will be posting (if possible) at It's a Perfect Day. If all else fails, I will be post the setlist as soon as the show ends and I get back to the hotel.

'BirdMad Girl' in Monterrey

The Cure - Birdmad Girl (Monterrrey, Mexico Oct. 8th, 2013)

The Cure in Monterrey (10/08/13)

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Sinking, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, Birdmad Girl, The Walk, Stop Dead, Sleep When I'm Dead, Mint Car, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Bananafishbones, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Give Me It, The Top

1st encore: Treasure, Other Voices, Charlotte Sometimes, Play For Today, A Forest
2nd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, Catch, The Caterpillar, Close To Me, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.

End of another epic, surprising Cure show in Mexico. Wow!

Have we all learned our lesson now? Next time The Cure announce a show in Mexico, we all go!!! Also, a note to Robert...El Paso is practically in Mexico. I mean it's right on the border. So, we get a Mexican style setlist, right? :)

Notes: First time Sinking has been played since Sept. 5th, 2004 in Mexico City, first time for Birdmad Girl since Oct. 17th, 1984 in Tokyo, first time EVER for Stop Dead, first time for Give Me It since March 28th, 1987 in Rio, first time for Treasure since Aug. 21st, 1998 in Switzerland, and first time for Catch since June 21st, 2008 in NYC.

Reviews: Horacero / El Porvenir / ABC

Photos: Oscar (and the complete setlist) / It's a Perfect Day / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 (Roger's tambourine) - 28 - 29 (part of the setlist)

Video clips: Some clips posted by Eden Gallup 1 - 2 - 3 / Stop Dead / Hot Hot Hot / Boys Don't Cry

Videos: A Night Like This (soundcheck) / Excerpts from several songs / Shake Dog Shake / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / A Night Like This / Lovesong / Sinking 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Birdmad Girl 1 - 2 / The Walk / Stop Dead 1 - 2 / Sleep When I'm Dead / Want / One Hundred Years / Give Me It / Other Voices / Dressing Up / Catch / Boys Don't Cry / Killing an Arab / TV report about the show / Fans singing along to End of the World

Thanks so much to Olivier (@iapdtweet) & @jmaspire for the setlist reports, photos and videos tonight.

ACL webcast for weekend 2

No ACL webcast for weekend 1, but according to the ACL email sent out today, there will be one for Weekend 2: "We'll be live-streaming 40 Weekend Two performances on two channels at aclfestival.com, including Kings of Leon, Depeche Mode, Wilco, Phoenix, Dawes and many more! Full schedule coming next week." Fingers crossed for a Cure webcast!

Update (10/08/13): Now confirmed! The full 2 hour set will be streamed live this Saturday! Check here for the full schedule.

Cure ACL meeet & greet auction

Bid in this ACL Cares charity auction for a chance to win 3 day passes to ACL weekend 2 and a 10 minute meet & greet & photo opportunity with The Cure. All proceeds go to the Anthropos Arts charity.

Cure fan gatherings planned for El Paso

"The Lowbrow Palace, host to a number of cutting edge music events in the El Paso area and located just a few blocks from the Don Haskins Center is reaching out to all the Cure fans coming into town.   They'd like to do something - Cure/new wave parties Wednesday night and pre-show Thursday and live original bands - Pure X and Lake of Fire - after the show.  We are awaiting confirmation and all the details and will post them as soon as we have them." (Thanks Mark)

If you're interested in attending any of these events (Wednesday night, Thursday pre-show, Thursday aftershow) please let Mark know in the comments.

Cure Autumn Tour merchandise

So good to see New Orleans listed on a Cure tour t-shirt again! Been way too long. Thanks to Olivier at It's A Perfect Day for the photo.

From Olivier on Facebook: "More t-shirts. The set of badges are leftovers from the previous tour: they still state "The Great Circle Tour" whereas the t-shirts don't."

The Week in One Song: Grinding Halt

From The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post: "As the first installment in a new weekly feature here on The Monkey Cage, I give you “Grinding Halt” by The Cure, recorded live in 1980. Dave McCullough called it a “pop song that reminds you of the Isley Brothers or The Buzzcocks.” Or sand in the gears of democracy, I suppose."