Robert's blue guitar Bowie tribute tonight

"Waiting on the gift of sound and vision" (Larger version here)

"Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue"

But it's "Waiting FOR the gift of sound and vision". :)

Thanks to @Mags_in_London for the photos.

Robert played a blue Schecter guitar with these Bowie lyrics on it, early in the set tonight. It might have been during A Night Like This? Reason for it tonight? MSG was the venue for the Bowie 50th Birthday Concert.

If anyone has photos, please let me know.

A couple of videos of Robert playing it on 'A Night Like This' here & here.

The Cure in NYC (06-18-16)

June 18th, 2016
Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Sold Out! / Doors at 7 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 8 - 8:40 / The Cure 9:07 -11:43
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Don't Move, It Never Was the Same, There's A Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love, Like Cockatoos, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Pornography

2nd encore: Step Into the Light, Us or Them, Burn

3rd encore: Last Dance, Lullaby, Never Enough, Fascination Street

4th encore: Perfect Girl, Hot Hot Hot!!!, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Reviews: New York Times / Billboard 

Photos: Concert Chick / MSG / Village Voice (photos of fans) / Brooklyn Vegan  / It's a Perfect Day

Videos: Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television / That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy / It Never Was the Same / And She Would Darken the Memory

The Cure - Plainsong 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / A Night Like This 1 - 2 / Push / In Between Days 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2 - 3 / Like Cockatoos / The Caterpillar 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / The Walk 1 - 2 / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Jupiter Crash 1 - 2 / Want / Prayers For Rain / Prayers for Rain & Disintegration / It Can Never Be The Same 1 - 2 / It  Can Never Be the Same & Pornography / Pornography 1 - 2 - 3 / Step Into the Light 1  - 2 - 3 / Us or Them / Burn / Last Dance 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 / Never Enough / Fascination Street 1 - 2 - 3 / The Perfect Girl / Close to Me / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 

Periscopes:Twilight Sad 1 - 2 - 3 / Cure 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 

Clips: Twilight Sad - Last January 1 - 2 - 3 , It Never Was the Same , And She Would Darken the Memory 1 - 2 - 3 , end of set ovation / Cure - "I speak so fucking clearly" 


Preview articles: New York Times / Brooklyn Vegan

Pre-show meet up at Stitch NYC (Upstairs Bar) 5 PM.

Post show afterparty at Slake. Doors open at 9:30 PM.

@CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/501cfwb27p

— Giovanni L (@giovanniwants) June 19, 2016

@CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/JjfSDwDq8B

— Giovanni L (@giovanniwants) June 19, 2016

@thetwilightsad soundchecking at @TheGarden ...this is really happening! pic.twitter.com/2BcZLaXxt0

— John-Paul Mason (@PMJawn) June 18, 2016

@thecureofficial @thetwilightsad MSG

A photo posted by AMF (@andyjmf) on Jun 18, 2016 at 10:52am PDT

New York City! Night 1 with @thecureofficial at Madison Square Garden. We're onstage at 8pm. Photo credit = My Dad pic.twitter.com/GDzSmiljVL

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) June 18, 2016

From The New Yorker (Thanks Thomas)

 

Gift of Gabrels

New interview with Reeves from Tone Report. (Thanks Mauro)

NYC pre-show meetups

"Ok everybody, the MSG shows are only a couple of days away, I just wanted to remind you of the pre game warm ups:

6/18 Stitch NYC (upstairs bar) stitchnyc.com
6/19 Stout NYC (the cellar) stoutnyc.com
6/20 Stitch NYC (upstairs bar) stitchnyc.com

Approx 5pm, invite your Cure friends!" (Thanks Roger)

And invite your Twilight Sad friends, too!

The Cure in Boston (06-16-16)

June 16th, 2016
Agganis Arena in Boston, MA
Sold Out! / Doors at 6:30 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:06 / The Cure 8:35 - 11:15
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, Closedown, Fascination Street, Hot Hot Hot!!!, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, End

1st encore:  It Can Never Be the Same, The Snakepit, Burn

2nd encore: M, Play For Today, A Forest

3rd encore: Lullaby, High, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love

4th encore: The Perfect Girl, Let's Go To Bed, Close to Me,Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Reviews: Improper Bostonian / Boston Globe

Photos: Metro

Videos: Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television / Open 1 - 2 / Kyoto Song / A Night Like This / Push / Sinking 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 - 3 / It Can Never Be The Same 1 - 2 / The Snakepit 1 - 2 / Burn / Robert intros the 2nd encore / M / A Forest 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2  / Let's Go to Bed / Close to Me / Boys Don't Cry 

Periscopes: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 /

Clips: Twilight Sad - It Never Was the Same / The Snakepit / Robert intros 2nd encore / Play For Today / High /

Boston! Tonight we're with @thecure at the Agganis Arena. We're onstage at 7.30pm pic.twitter.com/qMyZ9fD1gr

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) June 16, 2016

Boston show info

Thank you for purchasing tickets to The Cure at Agganis Arena on Thursday, June 16. In an effort to make your visit more convenient and safe, we wanted to take the opportunity to inform you about some important event information.

SHOW SCHEDULE
The scheduled show time is 7:30 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION & PARKING AVAILABILITY
Due to activity in and around the area, please allow plenty of time for travel to Agganis Arena and please consider using public transportation if possible.The Arena is located at 925 Commonwealth Ave. & has several convenient options for parking both on-site and within walking distance of the Arena, including the Langsam Garage & Buick Street Lot. Click here for directions to the Arena or view a map of area parking. With Green Line stops located right at our doorstep, public transportation is also a great way to travel to the Arena. Click here for public transportation directions.

NO BAGS LARGER THAN 12"x 12"x 6" ALLOWED
To provide a safer environment for the public and significantly expedite fan entry, Agganis Arena will not allow any bag that exceeds 12” x 12” x 6” into the facility. Please plan accordingly. For a full list of venue policies, click here.

ENTRY PROCEDURE

Guests with floor tickets (Section FLR 1 & FLR 2) - Enter at Gate F doors on Harry Agganis Way
Guests with reserved seating bowl tickets (Sections 101-115) - Enter at the main lobby on Commonwealth Ave.

Note: Guests with floor tickets FLR 1 & FLR 2 may begin lining up at 9:00 AM on event day on Harry Agganis Way.

CAMERA/VIDEO POLICY
Non-professional cameras are allowed during this event. Audio recording devices, video cameras and professional cameras are prohibited.

Thank you again and enjoy the show 

(Thanks Justin)

Gray Tolhurst plays San Francisco tonight

For those of you in San Francisco that liked my son Gray's music , his first gig is coming up https://t.co/GDBawn1Qe1

— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) June 15, 2016

'Pornography' in Montreal

Fuji's version (Thanks Olivier)


Thanks @adamcdover

The Cure in Montreal (06-14-16)

June 14th, 2016
Centre Bell in Montreal, Canada
Doors at 6:30 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:36 - 11:28
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Out of This World, Watching Me Fall, Pictures of You, High, A Night Like This, Lovesong, Last Dance, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, 2 Late, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Last Day of Summer, Want, 39, Bloodflowers

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Pornography

2nd encore:  Never Enough, Burn, A Forest

3rd encore: Dressing Up, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Wrong Number

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot!!!, Let's Go To Bed, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thanks again for another great team effort with the reports tonight - @stevetrudel, @ashtraygirl82, @spiralcure, @jmanley15, @StevenMLopez1, @pingthings, @Habs36, @muy_curiosa, @notquitefaust, @Jezzieone, @chrispatr, @TheCureMexico

Reviews: La Presse / Musik Universe / Journal de Montreal / Montreal Gazette / Cult Montreal / Metro

Photos: Smacksaw / Montreal Gazette / CHOM 97.7

Videos: Watching Me Fall / Pictures of You / High / In Between Days / It Can Never Be the Same / Pornography 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / Close to Me 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry

Periscopes: Twilight Sad - Last January / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 /

Clips: Twilight Sad - I Became a Prostitute 1 - 2 & It Never Was the Same / Pictures of You / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Reeves on Deep Green Sea / 39 / Pornography 1 - 2 /

Montreal! Tonight we're with @thecure at the Centre Bell. We're onstage at 7.30pm pic.twitter.com/y6fuoZBVMG

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) June 14, 2016

Notes from The Underground

Great article at Vanyaland about the short lived, but much loved, Boston rock club The Underground. Some excerpts here, but go read the whole article (here's The Cure page on the Flashpoint website, and the Cure video archive):

"But for 15 months from one night in February 1980 until June 14, 1981 — 35 years ago today, to be exact — the building housed the Underground, a long-gone Boston rock club that crafted an insane legacy at the height of the post-punk era. The L-shaped room, with a legal capacity of 103, was a haven for locals like Mission of Burma, the Neats, and Lyres, and a remarkable pipeline for young British bands playing Boston for the first time, like New Order, the Cure, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, A Certain Ratio, Bauhaus, and Au Pairs.

In addition to the 35th anniversary of the room’s closing — with a rowdy set by Boston’s the Neats, who tore the place apart with help from fans — this week is a special one in celebrating the Underground’s legacy.

The Cure, who played the Underground on April 20, 1980, on the eve of Robert Smith’s 21st birthday, perform at Agganis Arena just up Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday (June 16). Orchestral Maneouvers in the Dark, then still a jagged, electronic-leaning post-punk act from Factory Records and a few years away from mainstream attention via breakout hit “If You Leave”, played a roughly 15-minute set rife with technical difficulties just before 1 a.m.; when they play the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion this Sunday (June 19), things will likely go smoother.

'A Night Like This' in Chicago (06-11-16)

A Night Like This - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 11-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'It Can Never Be the Same' in Chicago (06-11-16)

It Can Never Be the Same - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 11-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'Exploding Boy' in Chicago (06-10-16)

The Exploding Boy - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Twilight Sad in Chicago (06-10-16)

It Never Was the Same - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

The Cure at Bestival Toronto (06-12-16)

June 12th, 2016
Bestival in Toronto, Canada
Tickets still available
The Twilight Sad 1:35 - 2:25 PM / The Cure 7:30 - 9:40 PM
Go early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Lullaby, The Perfect Girl, The Caterpillar, Sleep When I'm Dead, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Prayers for Rain, End

1st encore: A Forest

2nd encore: Wrong Number

3rd encore: Hot Hot Hot!!!, Let's Go To Bed, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thanks to @Habs36, @fmjews74, @areyounormal, @stevejonespixel, @pingthings, @cjkeough, @muy_curiosa, @finalsound, @SubZeroArts, @PabloPettis, @Jezzieone, @chrispatr

Note: Show ended 20 minutes earlier than scheduled and they cut a bunch of songs. Not sure why, but reports said the power went out on them a few times, and there was bad sound bleed from the techo stage.
At the end Robert promised that Toronto would be the first stop the next time they come back to North America. Said they'll be doing something very special and the first stop will be Toronto.

@Habs36 @CraigatCoF I didn't get this but someone in a FB group did. The complete Bestival set with omissions. pic.twitter.com/e0nPiTMJiY

— Adam Dover (@adamcdover) June 13, 2016

Reviews: One in Ten Words (Twilight Sad photos & reviews) / Live in Limbo / Music Vice / Step On / Now / Exclaim

Videos: Twilight Sad - It Never Was the Same / Pictures of You / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven / Lullaby / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Hot Hot Hot / Close to Me /

Periscopes: 1 / 2 /

Clips: A Forest / Reeves on Wrong Number /

Need help with the setlist reports tonight! 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!

My plane is scheduled to land just as The Cure start, so hopefully, that will all work out, and I can update from the airport and on the way home. I have a ride, so I won't be driving & updating at the same time. :)