Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Cure in Manchester (Nov. 29th, 2016)

Manchester Arena in Manchester, England
Doors at 5:30 / Twilight Sad at 7 - 7:44 / The Cure 8:14 -10:14
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: Shake Dog Shake, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, High, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Want, The Hungry Ghost, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: A Forest

2nd encore: Burn

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

Reviews: Mancunion / Manchester Evening News / Last Night I Dreamt Of / Get in to This / Even the Stars / NME

Photos: Getty Images 

Videos: Shake Dog Shake / Push / In Between Days / Sinking 1 - 2 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Primary / One Hundred Years / Give Me It / A Forest 1 - 2 / Lullaby / Friday I'm in Love - Boys Don't Cry - Close to Me /

Periscopes: Snuffybear 1 - 2 

Facebook Live Stream: A Pink Dream (or here)

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Don't Move, Seven Years of Letters, It Never Was the Same, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory

Twilight Sad Periscope: Snuffybear (Complete set)  

Thank you so much to , , for setlist & photos, & to for scopes & for stream!

Monday, November 28, 2016

'In Between Days' book released today




Order a copy from The Flood Gallery.

'In Between Days' book unboxing video



From The Flood Gallery:

We've just received the first advanced copy of the much anticipated IN BETWEEN DAYS - THE CURE IN PHOTOGRAPHS 1982-2005 by Tom Sheehan... This calls for a quick unboxing video!

Featuring 240 pages and 322 photographs- including many never seen before- from over 20 sessions across 3 decades. This stunning book is available as two strictly limited-editions:

SUPER DELUXE edition of just 700 features a 3mm rigid board photographic slipcase and a pearlescent book cover, on the inside of which is a sealed envelope with three 5 x 7" photographs from Tom Sheehan's Cure archive. It also includes a bound-in certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by Tom himself.

DELUXE edition of 2500 features the beautiful 3mm rigid board photographic slipcase.

Released on November 28th, don’t miss out – pre-order your copy now!

Saturday, November 26, 2016

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 , , , , and for the setlist, photos, and videos. And of course, thanks to the great for the Cure and Twilight Sad scopes!


Friday, November 25, 2016

Tom and Carl signing 'In Between Days' prints

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.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

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 , , for the setlist, photos, videos, and & Esther for the scopes! And thanks to Petr @thecureCZ for review & photo links!

A photo posted by Reeves Gabrels (@reevesgabrels) on

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

'In Between Days' book article in Mojo


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 :)



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.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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, & 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!


Facebook Event page

Sunday, November 20, 2016

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: SnuffyJC 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 , & for the setlist reports! And to the great for the scopes!

Happy Birthday, Evie!

Friday, November 18, 2016

The Cure in Montpellier (Nov. 18th, 2016)

L'Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France
Doors at 6 / Twilight Sad 8 - 8:45 / The Cure 9:12 -
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: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, High, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

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

2nd encore: Step into the Light, Want, Never Enough,Wrong Number

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

Photos: Sound of Violence

Reviews: Midi Libre

Videos: Push / Sinking 1 - 2 / Charlotte Sometimes / One Hundred Years / Friday I'm in Love / Why Can't I Be You? / Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken the Memory

Periscopes: 1 / Sinking & Pictures of You / High & Charlotte Sometimes / It Can Never Be the Same / Wrong Number /

Thank you so much to & for the setlist reports tonight!


Thursday, November 17, 2016

The Cure in Lyon (Nov. 17th, 2016)

Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon, France
Doors at 5 / Twilight Sad  8 - 8:40 / The Cure 9:08 -11:34
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: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Three Imaginary Boys, Before Three, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Burn, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration

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

2nd encore: Catch, The Walk, Friday I'm in Love, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry

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

Reviews: Culture Box

Photos: Jose / Soul Kitchen / Le Progres

Videos: Closedown / Three Imaginary Boys / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 1 - 2 / Prayers for Rain / At Night / Catch / The Caterpillar /

Periscopes: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 -

@cureapinkdream Facebook Live Stream here or here.

Thanks so much to for the setlist tonight, and to for the Facebook Live Stream!

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Cure in Paris (Nov. 15th, 2016)

AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France
Doors at 6 / Twilight Sad 7:45 - 8:23 / The Cure 8:48 - 11:30
US start times for The Cure are 2:45 PM Eastern, 1:45 PM Central, 12:45 PM Mountain, and 11:45 AM Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, All I Want, Push, In Between Days, Primary, Pictures of You, High, Lovesong, Before Three, A Night Like This, The Walk, Just Like Heaven, Trust, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, End

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

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

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

Reviews: Freakshow / Le blog d'Isatagada / France Info / Sound of Violence / BFMTV / L'OBS / RTL2 / l'Express / Orange / Le Parisien

Photos: Photos Concerts / Sound of Violence / Rocker Paris / Manuwino / Le Parisien / Getty Images / Sound of Brit (Twilight Sad)

Videos: Open 1 - 2 / All I Want 1 - 2 / All I Want & Push / Primary 1 - 2 / Primary & Pictures of You / Pictures of You / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Before Three 1 - 2 / A Night Like This /One Hundred Years 1 - 2 / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / Burn / Play For Today 1 - 2 / Play For Today & A Forest / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Wrong Number / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 /

Twilight Sad videos: Seven Years of Letters / The Wrong Car 

Facebook Live stream from @cureapinkdream here.

Cure Periscopes: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6

Twilight Sad setlist: That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Last January, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, Seven Years of Letters, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car

Twilight Sad Periscopes: 1 - 2

Thank you so much to & for the setlist tonight! And to for the Facebook Live stream! And to @theflob for the Sad scope! And thanks to Petr @thecureCZ for review & photo links!

Note: Play For Today was played instead of Want, Burn was moved up a spot, and The Caterpillar was not played.

Bill & Ben the Flower Pot Men and Little Weed

Monday, November 14, 2016

Stephen Merchant with The Cure in Amsterdam

A photo posted by Lily Darcy Gallup (@lilyfatbird) on

A photo posted by Stephen Merchant (@stephenmerchant) on

Thanks, @inthemeadow.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

The Cure in Amsterdam (Nov. 13th, 2016)

Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Doors at 6 / Twilight Sad 7:15 - 8:05 / The Cure 8:37 -11:15
US start times for The Cure are 2:30 PM Eastern, 1:30 PM Central, 12:30 PM Mountain, and 11:30 AM 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, Other Voices, Charlotte Sometimes, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, The Last Day of Summer, 39, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: Three Imaginary Boys, At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Burn

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

Photos: Movement No Movement / Aaron / Dimitri / Mojo / Laurent / Ziggo Dome

Reviews: Daily Mail / Oor / Radio 2 / Lust for Life / NRC / Written in Music / NU / Het Parool

Videos: A Night Like This / Other Voices / Charlotte Sometimes / Three Imaginary Boys / A Forest / Shake Dog Shake / Twilight Sad - I Became a Prostitute 

Cure Periscopes: Snuffybear - 2 - 3

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Don't Move, Alphabet, I Became a Prostitute, Nil, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Twilight Sad Periscopes: Snuffybear

Thank you so much to , , , , for setlist & photos, and to for the scope!