The A.V. Club has posted A Beginner's Guide to the Music of The Cure. (Thanks David)
They also recently posted this article about 'Why Can't I Be You?'. (Thanks David)
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Cure in Lima, Peru (04/17/13)
Setlist: Tape/Open, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Sleep When I'm Dead, Play For Today, A Forest (Robert: "This is for Biddles"), Bananafishbones, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Trust, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End
1st encore: The Kiss, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Fight
2nd encore: Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration
3rd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, 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
Huge thank you to Peter (finalsound) and to Juan Carlos for the setlist updates tonight.
Reviews: RPP / La Republica / El Comercio 1 - 2 / Peru.com / Peru21 / El Comercio (article about Robert meeting with the support bands)
Photos: Meet & Greet winners / Terra / Oxigeno / El Comercio / Peru21 / Peru.com 1 - 2 / Diario16 1 - 2 / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13
Photos from Carlos & Florencia Merino - Flag Ready! / Early in the venue / Florencia At Night / Watching Over You / Kinder / Resplandor / Drums / Open / In Action / In Love
Videos: News report / Highlights / Open 1 - 2 / High 1 - 2 / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Push / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 - 3 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Sleep When I'm Dead / Play For Today / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Mint Car 1 - 2 / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Doing the Unstuck / Trust / One Hundred Years / The Kiss 1 - 2 - 3 / Fight / Plainsong 1 - 2 / Prayers For Rain / Disintegration / Dressing Up 1 - 2 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 - 3 / Close To Me 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 / Hot Hot Hot / Let's Go To Bed / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / 10:15 Saturday Night / Killing An Arab 1 - 2 - 3
1st encore: The Kiss, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Fight
2nd encore: Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration
3rd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, 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
Huge thank you to Peter (finalsound) and to Juan Carlos for the setlist updates tonight.
Reviews: RPP / La Republica / El Comercio 1 - 2 / Peru.com / Peru21 / El Comercio (article about Robert meeting with the support bands)
Photos: Meet & Greet winners / Terra / Oxigeno / El Comercio / Peru21 / Peru.com 1 - 2 / Diario16 1 - 2 / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13
Photos from Carlos & Florencia Merino - Flag Ready! / Early in the venue / Florencia At Night / Watching Over You / Kinder / Resplandor / Drums / Open / In Action / In Love
Videos: News report / Highlights / Open 1 - 2 / High 1 - 2 / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Push / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 - 3 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Sleep When I'm Dead / Play For Today / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Mint Car 1 - 2 / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Doing the Unstuck / Trust / One Hundred Years / The Kiss 1 - 2 - 3 / Fight / Plainsong 1 - 2 / Prayers For Rain / Disintegration / Dressing Up 1 - 2 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 - 3 / Close To Me 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 / Hot Hot Hot / Let's Go To Bed / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / 10:15 Saturday Night / Killing An Arab 1 - 2 - 3
Gary Biddles has passed away
Presence - Act of Faith (Thanks Curehead)
From Lol Tolhurst on Facebook: "RIP Gary Biddles. My friend. We will always love you." (Thanks Emiliano)
Andy Anderson on Facebook: "This is very sad news indeed, I'm stunned and shocked, by this news. He was a great friend, back in the early days with the cure."
Robert dedicated 'A Forest' to Gary at tonight's show in Lima, Peru. Video.
Very sad news. All of our love and positive thoughts go out to Gary's friends & family.
Here's an interview that DJ Scribbles did with him in 2011, here's the infamous "The Cure Are Dead" clip, and listen to the 'Closer' album here. (Thanks Shawn)
From @waswasere: "I was planning a 30th anniversary reposting: http://bit.ly/XGU92v The Cry - Rock Garden 19/04/83. Seems more apt to do it now. And a review of The Cry from Sounds [This was their second gig]"
An article at Slicing Up Eyeballs.
Robert interview with El Comercio
This interview ran in El Comercio on Saturday, April 13th, 2013. Thanks to Alfredo for translating it and sending it in.
“Rock from the eighties was crap”
By Francisco Melgar Wong
El Comercio
The first thing that surprises you is the way he speaks. Casual. Relaxed. As if he is watching a music video and calls you in the middle of the night to drop a comment on how to play guitar. "Hello. I'm Robert Smith ". The hard part is to associate the same voice with the image you have of him in the press photos and album covers. Yeah, well-think-is a guy like any other. Although his music does not resemble any.
"I do not know why we have not played in Latin America as elsewhere," he says when you ask him about their prolonged absence here.
"The Latin American public seems fantastic, but for some inexplicable reason we just did not." Let's talk about music then, I say. And so begins the conversation with one of the icons of the new wave.
The trilogy of "Seventeen Seconds" "Faith" and "Pornography" (The Cure albums released between 1980 and 1982) is commonly associated with depressive moods and stages of emotional darkness. Is there anything from that time that comes back to you when you sing those songs?
When I hear the songs of those albums, I realize that it was a very dark time for me. The lyrics I wrote then sometimes get to scare me. What I can say is that at the time when we were recording "Pornography" I already knew that time was running out and that opened a new era in my life and in the group. And yes, sometimes, when I'm singing these songs, I reconnect with the emotions of which you speak. The good thing is that now the feeling does not last more than four minutes.
The Cure fans never seem to agree on what is the best album of the band. Do you have a favorite album of The Cure?
If I had to choose an album by The Cure, that would be "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". And I'll tell you why. Every time I think of that record I remember the time when we recorded it and it was a time when everything seemed perfect. Personally, I was happy. And as for the band, I was excited because I thought we were getting somewhere. There are a lot of light on that album.
Many believe that the eighties were the golden decade of rock. Do you agree?
Eighties music was crap. At least a big part of it was. That was one of our motivations, we wanted to make better music. The golden age of rock for me started in 1973 and ended in 1975. When Roxy Music, Bowie and Rory Gallagher were playing.
Do you remember when did you decide to become a rock musician?
Yes. It was in 1975, when i saw Thin Lizzy live. I had it all decided on the train back home from the concert.
“Rock from the eighties was crap”
By Francisco Melgar Wong
El Comercio
The first thing that surprises you is the way he speaks. Casual. Relaxed. As if he is watching a music video and calls you in the middle of the night to drop a comment on how to play guitar. "Hello. I'm Robert Smith ". The hard part is to associate the same voice with the image you have of him in the press photos and album covers. Yeah, well-think-is a guy like any other. Although his music does not resemble any.
"I do not know why we have not played in Latin America as elsewhere," he says when you ask him about their prolonged absence here.
"The Latin American public seems fantastic, but for some inexplicable reason we just did not." Let's talk about music then, I say. And so begins the conversation with one of the icons of the new wave.
The trilogy of "Seventeen Seconds" "Faith" and "Pornography" (The Cure albums released between 1980 and 1982) is commonly associated with depressive moods and stages of emotional darkness. Is there anything from that time that comes back to you when you sing those songs?
When I hear the songs of those albums, I realize that it was a very dark time for me. The lyrics I wrote then sometimes get to scare me. What I can say is that at the time when we were recording "Pornography" I already knew that time was running out and that opened a new era in my life and in the group. And yes, sometimes, when I'm singing these songs, I reconnect with the emotions of which you speak. The good thing is that now the feeling does not last more than four minutes.
The Cure fans never seem to agree on what is the best album of the band. Do you have a favorite album of The Cure?
If I had to choose an album by The Cure, that would be "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". And I'll tell you why. Every time I think of that record I remember the time when we recorded it and it was a time when everything seemed perfect. Personally, I was happy. And as for the band, I was excited because I thought we were getting somewhere. There are a lot of light on that album.
Many believe that the eighties were the golden decade of rock. Do you agree?
Eighties music was crap. At least a big part of it was. That was one of our motivations, we wanted to make better music. The golden age of rock for me started in 1973 and ended in 1975. When Roxy Music, Bowie and Rory Gallagher were playing.
Do you remember when did you decide to become a rock musician?
Yes. It was in 1975, when i saw Thin Lizzy live. I had it all decided on the train back home from the concert.
Venue and schedule info for Peru
Evenpro Peru have posted schedule and venue info for the show.
Schedule: Doors open at 5, Kinder at 6:30 pm, Resplandor at 7:30 pm, The Cure at 8:30 pm.
And this article (English) should make Simon happy. It says there will be free parking and shelter for fans taking their bikes to the show. :)
Schedule: Doors open at 5, Kinder at 6:30 pm, Resplandor at 7:30 pm, The Cure at 8:30 pm.
And this article (English) should make Simon happy. It says there will be free parking and shelter for fans taking their bikes to the show. :)
Tim Pope filming fans in Peru
This article (English) includes video of Tim Pope filming & interviewing fans waiting outside of the stadium in Lima, Peru. (Thanks Carlos)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
'Same Deep Water As You' in Santiago
The Same Deep Water As You (Santiago, Chile 04/14/13)
"Can't you see I cry?"
(Thanks Sven)
Other versions here, here and here.
Cure poster in El Comercio
LatAm 2013 tour help?
Time to put out the call for help with covering the LatAm 2013 tour. If you're going to any of the shows, and wouldn't mind sending us live updates, please let me know (leave a note in the comments, email me at craigatcof(at)gmail(dot)com, or reply on Twitter @CraigatCoF).
Mainly looking for song by song setlist updates & reports, but whatever you can send will be appreciated. If you can help, we can do it via email, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, or whichever way is best for you. Just let me know. Thanks!
Next up...Peru! Good people of Peru, or good people visiting Peru, can you help us? I have 1, maybe 2 possible reporters, but backup is always welcome. Never know who will be able to get a signal, or when a battery might run out, as we've found out at every show so far. Each night is an adventure. :) So if you can offer help, let me know. Thank you!
Mainly looking for song by song setlist updates & reports, but whatever you can send will be appreciated. If you can help, we can do it via email, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, or whichever way is best for you. Just let me know. Thanks!
Next up...Peru! Good people of Peru, or good people visiting Peru, can you help us? I have 1, maybe 2 possible reporters, but backup is always welcome. Never know who will be able to get a signal, or when a battery might run out, as we've found out at every show so far. Each night is an adventure. :) So if you can offer help, let me know. Thank you!
UK Ambassador: "Cure are cultural icons"
In this Terra Chile article (English) UK Ambassador to Chile, Jon Benjamin, says The Cure are cultural icons, and talks a bit about attending the show. (Thanks David)
Win tickets to the Mexico City show
Need to hurry and enter, as the deadline is 5:30 pm today. Details on how to enter here (English). (Thanks @TheCureMexico)
'Cold' in Santiago
Cold (Santiago, Chile 04/14/13)
Shot by Sven, so you know it's great. And he promises more to come. (Thanks Sven)
Venue and schedule info for Bogota
Win tickets & passes for the Bogota show
Monday, April 15, 2013
Contest to meet Robert in Colombia
Evenpro Colombia has details on how you can win a chance to meet Robert at the show in Bogota, Colombia. (Thanks @biva77)
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The Cure backstage in Santiago
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The Cure in Santiago (04/14/13)
Setlist: Tape/Open, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Sleep When I'm Dead, Play For Today, A Forest, Bananafishbones, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Trust, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End
1st encore: The Same Deep Water As You, Shake Dog Shake, Charlotte Sometimes, Primary, Cold, A Strange Day, The Hanging Garden
2nd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, 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.
(Thanks to Antti and Rev. Heron for correcting and verifying the setlist)
Reviews: Terra / La Tercera / Terra / ADN / Nacion / Cooperativa / Emol
Photos: Official Merchandise stand / Natalia Espina / Rodrigo / Avodrocc / Gaston / DG Medios / Agenda Musical / Sergio Piña G (Reeves, Robert, Simon / Robert 1 - 2 - 3 - 4) / Carlos Varela / Sandra Rivera / Tu Medio / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 -
"@Prehistoricos This was the gift of Robert Smith found in our dressing room after playing, mission accomplished. http://fb.me/2FVU6Ri2o "
Videos: Open 1 - 2 / High / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Push / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 / Just Like Heaven & From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Sleep When I'n Dead / Play For Today 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / The Walk / Mint Car / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Trust 1 - 2 / The Hungry Ghost / Wrong Number / One Hundred Years / The Same Deep Water As You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Shake Dog Shake 1 - 2 - 3 / Charlotte Sometimes 1 - 2 / Charlotte Sometimes & Primary / Primary 1 - 2 / Cold 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / A Strange Day 1 - 2 / The Hanging Garden 1 - 2 - 3 / Dressing Up & The Lovecats / The Lovecats 1 - 2 - 3 / The Caterpillar / Close To Me 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Hot Hot Hot 1 - 2 - 3 / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 - 3 / 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing An Arab / Killing An Arab 1 - 2
1st encore: The Same Deep Water As You, Shake Dog Shake, Charlotte Sometimes, Primary, Cold, A Strange Day, The Hanging Garden
2nd encore: Dressing Up, The Lovecats, 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.
(Thanks to Antti and Rev. Heron for correcting and verifying the setlist)
Reviews: Terra / La Tercera / Terra / ADN / Nacion / Cooperativa / Emol
Photos: Official Merchandise stand / Natalia Espina / Rodrigo / Avodrocc / Gaston / DG Medios / Agenda Musical / Sergio Piña G (Reeves, Robert, Simon / Robert 1 - 2 - 3 - 4) / Carlos Varela / Sandra Rivera / Tu Medio / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 -
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Videos: Open 1 - 2 / High / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Push / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 / Just Like Heaven & From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Sleep When I'n Dead / Play For Today 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / The Walk / Mint Car / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Trust 1 - 2 / The Hungry Ghost / Wrong Number / One Hundred Years / The Same Deep Water As You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Shake Dog Shake 1 - 2 - 3 / Charlotte Sometimes 1 - 2 / Charlotte Sometimes & Primary / Primary 1 - 2 / Cold 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / A Strange Day 1 - 2 / The Hanging Garden 1 - 2 - 3 / Dressing Up & The Lovecats / The Lovecats 1 - 2 - 3 / The Caterpillar / Close To Me 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Hot Hot Hot 1 - 2 - 3 / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 - 3 / 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing An Arab / Killing An Arab 1 - 2
Interview with David Fargier
La Segunda ran a bit of an interview today with our friend David Fargier (aka davidaftertherain), the author of 2 books ("After The Rain...The Cure" and "One Hundred Songs: The Dark Side of the Mood?") about The Cure. They only used a bit of that interview, so David let us post the rest here:
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