The Cure in Barcelona (Nov. 26th, 2016)

Palau St Jordi in Barcelona, Spain
Doors at 6:30 / Twilight Sad 7:45 - 8:31 / The Cure 9:05 - 11:51
US start times for The Cure are 3 PM Eastern, 2 PM Central, 1 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, The Blood, Three Imaginary Boys, Primary, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Burn, Play for Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore:The Lovecats, Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Reviews: La Vanguardia / El Periodico / El Punt Avui / Miusyk / El Pais / Ara  

Videos: The Blood / Three Imaginary Boys / Primary 1 - 2 / Lovesong / Shake Dog Shake/ Boys Don't Cry 

Periscopes: Snuffybear (complete show) / Fuji (One Hundred Years & End) /

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Alphabet, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory

Twilight Sad Periscopes: 1 / Snuffybear (complete show) 

Note: James dedicated 'There's a Girl in the Corner' to Robert. Now and always: "This song's for Robert. This song will always be for Robert".

Thank you so much to @marsworld, @jchristophem67, @Davide_Consoli, @hispacure, and @Into_La_Ment for the setlist, photos, and videos. And of course, thanks to the great @snuffybear for the Cure and Twilight Sad scopes!

"Hello? I'd like to speak to Secret Squirrel. Or Atom Ant."
Robert's call in Wrong Number tonight. :) pic.twitter.com/Ce8XPNUZXY

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) November 26, 2016

Barcelona! Tonight we support @thecure at the Palau Sant Jordi. We're onstage at 7.45pm pic.twitter.com/7UHV6qmJsC

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) November 26, 2016

Tom and Carl signing 'In Between Days' prints

The Cure - In Between Days prints have arrived and so have Tom Sheehan and Carl Glover who are signing them all now! https://t.co/0B9Azvnd6g pic.twitter.com/C36uNtWOWn

— The Flood Gallery (@thefloodgallery) November 25, 2016

Pre-order here.

Brit Row provides L-Acoustics K1/K2 for The Cure Tour 2016

From Audio Media International:

The Cure, whose enduring career is now entering its fourth decade, is currently out on the road with an L-Acoustics K1/K2 system supplied by London-based Britannia Row Productions, who have been with singer/guitarist Robert Smith and his bandmates since almost the very beginning.

Aside from a few short jaunts and various one-offs at major festivals, “The Cure Tour 2016”— which played 33 shows in North America this spring and is now journeying through 34 shows in 17 European countries — marks the first real outing for the band since the release of its 13th studio album, 4:13 Dream, and subsequent tour in 2008.

For this year’s worldwide tour, Britannia Row added a large quantity of new L-Acoustics products to its arsenal of gear, including K1, K1-SB, Kara, ARCS II, ARCS Wide, X8 and 5XT enclosures, plus the manufacturer’s new KS28 reference subwoofers and LA12X amplified controllers.

The Cure in Bilbao (Nov. 24th, 2016)

Bizkaia Areana BEC in Bilbao, Spain
Doors at 6:30 / Twilight Sad 7:45 - 8:32 / The Cure 9:08 - 11:49
US start times for The Cure are 3 PM Eastern, 2 PM Central, 1 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, A Night Like This, The Blood, The Baby Screams, Push, In Between Days, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: At Night, M, Play for Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Burn, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, The Walk, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Reviews: Mondo Sonora / Muzikalia / El Correo / Mariskal Rock / BilbaoHiria 

Photos: Bi FM

Videos: Plainsong / Charlotte Sometimes / Jupiter Crash / Prayers for Rain / M  

Periscopes: Charlotte Sometimes / 17 Seconds encore / 2nd encore / 3rd encore

Thank you so much to @Davide_Consoli, @hispacure, @Into_La_Ment for the setlist, photos, videos, and @fujifezz & Esther for the scopes! And thanks to Petr @thecureCZ for review & photo links!

pre-show excitement in our elaborately appointed dressing room at bilbao. photo by roger ( the man in the mirror).

A photo posted by Reeves Gabrels (@reevesgabrels) on Nov 26, 2016 at 4:03am PST

Bilbao! Tonight we support @thecure at the BEC Arena. We're onstage 7.45pm pic.twitter.com/LpuVDQTG04

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) November 24, 2016

'In Between Days' book article in Mojo

@CraigatCoF Article about new In Between Days photo book by Tom Sheehan in the latest issue of Mojo magazine (January 2017). pic.twitter.com/qJDWz0yxjW

— petr.halla (@thecureCZ) November 23, 2016

And The Guardian has a bunch of photos and stories, too. Thanks, Antti.

More standing tickets for London Dec. 1st & 2nd

Ticket Factory has some more standing tickets for London on Dec. 1st & 2nd. Thanks, Jay.

Limited run of Simon's new bass in 2017

Good news for those who were hoping to be able to buy their own version of Simon's new yellow bass, Schecter has plans to do a limited run of them, starting Jan. 1st, 2017.

The bass was designed by Nancy Dorothy Wakeman, and she posted some info on her design here:

"The Cure are currently out on a year long world tour. Earlier this year, I was comissioned by the bassist, Simon Gallup, to help him design a new bass, exclusively for this 2016 tour. He had a vague idea of what he was after, he wanted some kind of English lion, a rose, and it absolutely had to be yellow!

The illustration style of the lion is intended to resemble a woodcut print, this was a decision I made in order to give the lion a sense of age and history."

Nancy & Michael Ciravolo, president of Schecter and native New Orleanian, at the Hollywood Bowl show on May 22nd, 2016.

Update (Nov. 23rd, 2016):  Eric got an update, sort of, on this : "No news yet. We will be making that announcement shortly via facebook, twitter, and our website."

Robert hurts, then hugs, Roger last night :)

@CraigatCoF missed the show last night - sorry - that thing called work / life / reality ..... pic.twitter.com/Y8r1jib2Id

— Snuffybear (@Snuffybear) November 23, 2016

So funny! And watch until the end for the real hug. Have I ever mentioned how much I love this band and the wonderful people in it?

Blink-182 covers 'Boys Don't Cry'

Blink-182 did a cover of 'Boys Don't Cry' for a WDR 1Live session. Thanks, Andy.


And they did it again on Oui FM. Please stop.

The Cure in Lisbon (Nov. 22nd, 2016)

Meo Arena in Lisbon, Portugal
Doors at 6:30 / Twilight Sad 8 - 8:45 / The Cure 9:12 -11:52
US start times for The Cure are 4 PM Eastern, 3 PM Central, 2 PM Mountain, and 1 PM Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, All I Want, Push, In Between Days, Pictures of You, The Hungry Ghost, A Night Like This, The Walk, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, The Blood, The Caterpillar, Lovesong, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: Step Into the Light, Want, Burn, Play for Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Fascination Street, Freakshow, Friday I'm in Love, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry,

3rd encore: Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go to Bed, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Reviews: Altamont / CH / Blitz / Noite e Musica / DN / Observador 

Photos: Contact Music / EPA 

Videos: Tape & Open / All I Want 1 - 2 / A Night Like This / Primary 1 - 2 / The Blood 1 - 2 - 3 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Want 1 - 2 / Burn 1 - 2 / A Forest (extended) 1 - 2 - 3 / Freakshow 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love / Just Like Heaven / Lullaby / Hot Hot Hot / Close to Me / Why Can't I Be You? / Twilight Sad - Drown So I Can Watch

Facebook Live streams: 1 - 2 - 3

Periscopes: 1 

Thank you so much to Vera, @StevenMLopez1 & @francoois for the setlist reports tonight, and to Nuno for the live stream & Miquel for the scope! And thanks to Petr @thecureCZ for review & photo links!

Lisbon! Tonight we support @thecure at the MEO Arena. We're onstage at 8pm. pic.twitter.com/8tQwBhZBib

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) November 22, 2016

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The Cure in Madrid (Nov. 20th, 2016)

Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain
Doors at 6:30 / Twilight Sad 7:45 - 8:28 / The Cure 9:02 -11:46
US start times for The Cure are 3 PM Eastern, 2 PM Central, 1 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, High, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Pictures of You, Kyoto Song, The Blood, The Caterpillar, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, The Last Day of Summer, The Hungry Ghost, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Burn, Play for Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Three Imaginary Boys, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Lullaby, The Walk, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Reviews & Articles: El Espanol / RTVE / ABC / Antena 3 / Mondo Sonoro / La Razon / Diario Critico / El Mundo / La Prensa / Excelsior / EFE / OK Diario / La Vanguardia / El Dia / El Pias / W Radio /

Photos: Jose / El Confidental / Getty Images  / EPA 

Videos: The Blood / Kyoto Song / Three Imaginary Boys / Twilight Sad - Seven Years of Letters 

Periscopes: Snuffy /  JC 1 - 2 - 3 /

Twilight Sad setlist: That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Last January, Seven Years of Letters, Don't Move, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory

Twilight Sad Periscopes: Snuffybear / JC

Thank you so much to @jchristophem67, @MikeMack68 & @StevenMLopez1 for the setlist reports! And to the great @snuffybear for the scopes!

pic.twitter.com/Ok5E2z8djB

— perfect.murder (@jchristophem67) November 20, 2016

Happy Birthday, Evie!

Madrid! Tonight we support @thecure at the Barclays Card Center. We're onstage at 7.45pm pic.twitter.com/x6QBoRWRmq

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) November 20, 2016