Monday, June 13, 2016

Twilight Sad in Chicago (06-10-16)


It Never Was the Same - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

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 , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.


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. :)
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Cure in Chicago (06-11-16)

June 11th, 2016
UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL
Sold Out! / Doors at 6:30 PM Central
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:00 / The Cure 8:36 - 11:07
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Out of This World, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, This Twilight Garden, The Caterpillar, The End of the World, Lovesong, The Last Day of Summer, 39, Bloodflowers

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same

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

3rd encore: Lullaby, Fascination Street, Wrong Number, A Forest

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

Note: Band had the option to play Pornography or It Can Never Be the Same for 1st encore. They chose...poorly. :) Also cut Dressing Up & Catch from 4th encore, presumably due to the heat. We all wanted out of that dump.

Photos: It's a Perfect Day

Videos: Twilight Sad - There's a Girl in the Corner 1 - 2 / And She Would Darken the Memory

The Cure - 1 hour & 15 minutes of the show / Bunch of videos & clips here / Out of This World / A Night Like This / In Between Days / This Twilight Garden / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / Step Into the Light / Burn / Lullaby / Why Can't I Be You?

Periscopes: Twilight Sad   



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'The Top' in Chicago (06-10-16)


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

Note: 1st time 'The Top' has been played in the US in 32 years. Last time was Nov. 17th, 1984 in NYC.
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'Like Cockatoos' in Chicago (06-10-16)


Like Cockatoos - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

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'Kyoto Song' in Chicago (06-10-16)


Kyoto Song - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

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'Jupiter Crash' in Chicago (06-10-16)


Jupiter Crash - Chicago, UIC Pavilion 10-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.
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Friday, June 10, 2016

The Cure in Chicago (06-10-16)

June 10th, 2016
UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL
Sold Out! / Doors at 6:30 PM Central
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:36 - 11:12
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, All I Want, Push, Primary, Pictures of You, Like Cockatoos, The Perfect Girl, Screw, The Walk, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: The Top
Note: 1st time 'The Top' has been played in the US in 32 years. Last time was Nov. 17th, 1984 in NYC.

2nd encore: Want, Never Enough, Fascination Street, Burn

3rd encore: The Exploding Boy, In Between Days, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love

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

Thank you, Robert, Simon, Roger, Jason, and Reeves! That was fantastic!

Reviews: 93XRT 

Photos: It's a Perfect Day

Videos: Shake Dog Shake 1 - 2 / Kyoto Song 1 - 2 - 3 / A Night Like This / Push 1 - 2 / Primary / Pictures of You / Like Cockatoos 1 - 2 / The Perfect Girl / Screw / The Walk 1 - 2 / Charlotte Sometimes / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Jupiter Crash 1 - 2 - 3 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / One Hundred Years 1 - 2 / Give Me It 1 - 2 / The Top 1 - 2 - 3 / Want / Never Enough 1 - 2 / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Burn / Exploding Boy 1 - 2 - 3 / In Between Days 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2 / Lullaby / Let's Go to Bed / Close to Me / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Purple Guitar to be auctioned off


Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Star Tribune
Photo by Billy Briggs for City Pages

Robert used a purple guitar tonight, in honor of Prince, and that guitar will be auctioned off later this year. Will post details as soon as we know them. (Thanks @Habs36)

Update (June 9th, 2016): Reeves & Jason also paid tribute to Prince. From Reeves on Facebook: "I had a purple cable and Jason a purple tambourine mounted on his drum kit."
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Prayer Tour rehearsal video


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Chicago traffic & gate info

Update: And I just got confirmation from UIC about gate entrances. GA floor tickets will enter at Gate 5 on Congress, reserved tickets enter at Gate 3 on Racine & Harrison.

Sent out from UIC:

We look forward to seeing you at the concert on June 10/11th. We just want to ensure your trip to the UIC Pavilion is an enjoyable one so please read the below and enjoy the event!

HEAVY TRAFFIC AROUND THE UIC PAVILION JUNE 10th & 11th!

STREET CONSTRUCTION
Expect additional traffic delays due to construction on Harrison Street.

ARRIVE EARLY
Doors will open at least one hour prior to show time.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CTA Train - take the Blue Line train to the Racine Avenue stop, which is about a half a block from the UIC Pavilion.
CTA Buses - take the 7, 8, 60, or 120 bus routes to Harrison Street and Racine Avenue.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From the West - Take I-290 East and exit at Ashland, follow Congress to the parking ramp just east of the UIC Pavilion.
From the North - Take I-94 to the Adams Street exit. Turn South on Halsted Street to Harrison Street. Turn West on Harrison and follow traffic directions to parking.
From the South and Southwest - Take I-94 to the Roosevelt and turn West on Roosevelt Road to Racine Avenue. Head north on Racine Avenue and follow traffic control personnel direction to parking.

PARKING
All parking will be forced in specific directions depending on lane in which cars are exiting.
Please follow the flow of traffic and continue to your destination after you have cleared the immediate area.

For more information, visit us at uicpavilion.com and follow us on twitter for traffic alerts on the day of the event.
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Can anyone help Kelly with this?

"I have booked a trip to Italy during the time they're playing the four shows there in late Oct/early Nov and am wondering if you have any experience buying tickets in Europe? I've seen sites like viagogo and seatwave but they always make me a bit nervous that I'll end up with fake/invalid tickets."

Anyone have any advice on this?
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The Cure in Kansas City (06-08-16)

June 8th, 2016
Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO
Sold Out! / Doors at 6 PM Central
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:16 - 11
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Last Day of Summer ("For The Twilight Sad"), Cold, A Strange Day, Lullaby, Kyoto Song, The Caterpillar, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, 2 Late, Last Dance, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same

2nd encore: Want, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Burn

3rd encore: A Forest

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

Thanks so much to tonight's team of helpers - , , , , .

Reviews: Kansas City Star

Videos: Plainsong / Pictures of You / Closedown / Last Day of Summer / Cold / A Strange Day / Lullaby / Kyoto Song / The Caterpillar / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven & 2 Late / 2 Late / Last Dance / Prayers for Rain / Disintegration / Want / Never Enough / Burn 1 - 2  - 3 / Close to Me 1 - 2 / Why Can't I Be You?

Periscopes: Twilight Sad / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4  / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 /

Clips: Robert has a lot to say / Lovesong / Disintegration / Pictures of You / Prayers for Rain / 2 Late 


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Making of the "End of the World' video

Beach Metro has a Bestival Toronto preview article today, but it's mostly focused on the 'End of the World' video. Mostly. Here it is:

"Music icons Robert Smith and The Cure will be in the Beach this weekend headlining Bestival, the two-day music festival taking over Woodbine Park.

As some of you may be aware, this isn’t the first time the rock stars have spent time in the neighbourhood.

Back in 2004, The Cure commandeered the apartment on the west side of Leuty and Queen to film the video for their upcoming single “The End of the World” from their self-titled album

The video, conceptualized and directed by Toronto’s Floria Sigismondi, shows a classically angsty Smith in a house that is crumbling and collapsing on itself before eventually entering a stage of regrowth. While the video makes great use of stop-frame animation and special effects (this was an ambitious concept 12 years ago), this wasn’t a complete CGI affair, with the crew taking apart one of the apartments in the Queen Street East building during shooting – think: tearing down walls, ripping wallpaper, smashing holes in everything – and demolishing two old military homes.

“The video is about disintegration of a relationship,” said Sigismondi in a 2004 MTV2 special called “The Cure Makes a Video” which premiered the video and gave viewers a peek behind the curtain as to how the video was made. “The house and domestic life is represented by the house, and the conflict is with the house – the house sort of gives Robert problems. It moves, it comes to life, and it starts to fall apart.”

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Cure in Minneapolis-St. Paul (06-07-16)

June 7th, 2016
Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Tickets still available / Doors at 6:30 PM Central
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:35 -11:33
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, alt.end, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, The Snakepit, Pictures of You, The Perfect Girl, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Dressing Up, Lullaby, Fascination Street, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Want, Shake Dog Shake

2nd encore: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Charlotte Sometimes, A Forest

3rd encore: Never Enough, Burn, Wrong Number

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

Thanks so much to tonight's fantastic team - Jeremy, , , , , !

Reviews: City Pages (This one is so idiotic!) / Star Tribune / Twin Cities Pioneer Press

Photos: Glide Magazine / Xcel Energy Center / Star Tribune

Videos: Entire show / 1 hour & 10 minutes of the show / Push / In Between Days 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / High / Lovesong / Lullaby 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Charlotte Sometimes / Burn / Hot Hot Hot / Close to Me 1 - 2 / various clips

Periscopes: Twilight Sad / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 /

Clips: Dressing Up / Lovesong / Perfect Girl / In Between Days / Fascination Street / It Can Never Be The Same / Twilight Sad - There's a Girl in the Corner

Preview articles: Star Tribune / CBS Minnesota





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Reeves birthday card from The Twilight Sad

A photo posted by Reeves Gabrels (@reevesgabrels) on
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Twilight Sad pick 10 essential Cure songs

From Gigwise:

Most fans simply have to make do with adoring their favourite bands from afar, but in this instance, The Twilight Sad may be one of the luckiest bands on the planet. Not only did The Cure's Robert Smith record a spine-chilling cover of 'There's A Girl In The Corner', but he personally handpicked them to support them on the entire of their world arena tour.

There's no such thing as a 'typical' setlist by The Cure - all you can expect is for the show be loaded with classics and fan favourites, for it to change every night and for it to span at least a few hours. They remain one of the greatest bands of all time.

With this in mind, naturally the Gigwise favourites The Twilight Sad found it really rather difficult to choose just 10 of their all time most essential songs by the band, but we thank frontman James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane for giving it their best shot.

"Trying to pick your top 10 songs by The Cure is impossible, but here are 10 from our long list of favourite ones," said Andy. Good luck...

ANDY MACFARLANE:

‘At Night’
"This is one of those songs I wish I had written for The Twilight Sad. Even though it was released four years before I was born, it sounds like it could have been written and recorded yesterday. It's been sounding amazing when they have been playing it on this tour."

‘A Night Like This’
"When we were touring No One Can Ever Know (known as 'the disastour'), I would listen to The Head On The Door a lot, especially this song. Even though it reminds me of a shite time, I still think it's such a great song."

‘Disintegration’
"The chords and melodies in this song are so well-written and arranged, I've tried to rip it off many times but not came close to doing anything half as good."

‘All I Want’
"I used to always soundcheck with this song."

‘Fire In Cairo’
"They've written so many catchy pop songs, and this is a good example of that. It's a good one to put on down the pub."

JAMES GRAHAM:

‘Pictures Of You’
"This isn't just one of my favourite Cure songs, it's one of my favourite songs of all time. It has everything I'd want to capture in one song. I listen to it on my good days and it makes me feel even better. I listen to it on my bad days and it makes me think of people in my life I've lost or miss, which is ultimately a good thing as I like to remember them. Also, good things usually come out of my bad days. Getting to listen to it live every night so far on tour has been very special."

‘Lullaby’
"Disintegration was the first record I bought by The Cure. I was five when it was released and I didn't hear it until I was in high school. The first time I listened to it I felt like I knew all the songs already. What can I say about this song that hasn't been said before....nothing...it is brilliant."

‘Primary’
"As I said, Disintegration was the first record I bought by The Cure (Andy always winds me up and says it was The Greatest Hits). After that I worked my way back and bought the earlier albums. I've been listening to Faith a lot recently. This choice was either between ‘All Cats Are Grey’ or ‘Primary’. The reason I picked ‘Primary’ was that they played it the other night and it was perfect."

‘The Hanging Garden’
"A month before we came out on tour I listened to Pornography at least three times a week. It reminds of the time we were writing our second record, it wasn't my favourite time of my life and listening to Pornography helped which sounds strange as it’s considered The Cure's darkest album but I'm weird like that. Looking back, I think our second record (Forget The Night Ahead) is our darkest sounding record...which now makes sense."

‘A Forest’
"We come from a couple of small villages in Scotland called Kilsyth and Banton. When we were around 17 or 18, we started to go into Glasgow for nights out and we discovered indie discos. Before that we'd go to someone’s house or up the hills to drink and listen our favourite bands. I remember being in an indie disco for the first time and seeing people dancing and loving the songs that we would listen to at home. Nobody our age where we're from really listened to the same kind of music as us, so it was amazing to see people react to the music we loved in this way. ‘A Forest’ was a song I remember seeing people losing their minds to."
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Monday, June 6, 2016

More Kansas City tickets released

Some more tickets have been released for the Kansas City show, in price levels 5, 7, and 8. (Thanks Jay)
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

The Cure in Denver (06-05-16)

June 5th, 2016
Fiddler's Greeen Amphitheatre in Denver, CO
Sold Out! Doors at 6:00 PM Mountain
The Twilight Sad 7:00 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:04 - 10:53
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Setlist: Out of This World, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, The Last Day of Summer, Cold, A Strange Day, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Fascination Street, The Hungry Ghost, 39, Bloodflowers

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Want, Shake Dog Shake, Burn

2nd encore: At Night, M, Play for Today, A Forest

3rd encore: Hot Hot Hot!!!, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Let's Go to Bed

4th encore: Lullaby, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Reviews: Reverb (and photos)

Photos: Fox 31 / Westword

Videos: Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Last Day of Summer / Fascination Street / Fascination Street & The Hungry Ghost / 39 1 - 2 - 3 / It Can Never Be The Same 1 - 2  - 3 / It Can Never Be The Same & Want & Shake Dog Shake / Burn / M / A Forest / Hot Hot Hot / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 / Boys Don't Cry / various clips 1 - 2

Periscopes: Full main set (YouTube)/ 1st encore (YouTube) / 2nd encore (YouTube) / 3rd encore (YouTube) / 4th encore (YouTube)

Clips: RS on the Denver altitude / Cold 1 - 2 / A Strange Day 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / It Can Never Be The Same / Play For Today 1 - 2 / A Forest (extended bit)

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Denver pre-show meet up & pre-party

Sunday June 5th, 2016 from 4 - 8 PM
Chinoock Tavern
6380 S. Fiddler's Green Circle

"Chinook Tavern is excited to have The Cure playing at Fiddlers Green! We love The Cure and are excited to have Cure fans from in and out of town drop by for drinks and bites before the show. We will be playing The Cure music through out the meet up/pre party.

Also, we will be serving a menu from appetizers to full dinner designed to get you to the show on time.
We will open the bar/terrace at 4:00pm and the kitchen at 5:00pm. Closing at 8:00pm

We are located about 1/2 block from Fiddlers Green and directly on the Arapahoe Light Rail Station. Please join us and we will get you ready for the show. " (Thanks Mark and Clemens)

Note from Jay: "It's merely a coincidence, but they do have a drink dubbed the "The Perfect Cure"."

Note from Craig: And this isn't just for Cure fans, all of the great Twilight Sad fans are welcome as well! 
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