Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
I'm going to this too and have a spare ticket if anyone is interested. It's on 16 August and cost £70. Mogwai supporting.
The Cure
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Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
And The Twilight Sad and The Joy Formidable.
It's a brilliant line up in my favourite city. Me and my wife really wanted to go but the tickets, hotel and travel from Brum was too expensive.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Found this little book reading by Lol Tolhurst about the Cure's origins in Crawley. Being a punk sounds positively dangerous back then. You forgot the level of violence around then. He's surprisingly eloquent. He's always portrayed as a buffoon making up the numbers.
Have no idea why I missed this thread
, because I've always been a major Cure fan.Their set at Glastonbury last year was one I was literally desparate to see, because I'd never seen them live
So on the Sunday, I swapped my shift for an earlier one, this meant that I was less pissed than at some previous post-work gigs on other days
So I got to see The Cure
-- how fantastic was it to see them do the whole Disintegration album live?Beyond excellent!!
It was up there in the top five of Glastonbury gigs ever for me, and my friends who were with me agreed.
The sound was perfect, and Robert must have been gargling honey for a week beforehand -- exquisite voice.
And he chucked in a few greatest hits classics near the end. 'Friday I'm in Love' etc ........
But those weren't even that much of a contrast from the Disintegration songs, because they kept a lot of the bass-heavy, ultra-gothy earlier sound going!
Fabulous!
Steel Icarus
we move
Been watching a lot of this guy's videos lately. He really highlights bits of songs you might not fully realise are there but which make songs as good as they are. This video examines "Just like heaven" in detail.
Well worth a watch if you have any interest in The Cure, or, y'know, music
Well worth a watch if you have any interest in The Cure, or, y'know, music
That's got to be the longest video I've ever seen about a single song -- brilliant anyway! ...
I absolutely love the keyboards (especially) on 'Just Like Heaven'
That led me to another YouTube video ... annoying absence of any complete songs
, but a fascinating history whatever! 
-- brilliant anyway! ...I absolutely love the keyboards (especially) on 'Just Like Heaven'
That led me to another YouTube video ... annoying absence of any complete songs
, but a fascinating history whatever! 
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hiraethified
It was lovely watching their Glasto set last night. They look a complete mess churning out a weird mix of sunny pop and dark-as-fuck goth and yet there they are headlining a killer show looking and sounding like absolutely no one else - and playing to a crowd full of young people. Awesome band.
i used to date this woman who was heavy into The Cure and the whole goth lifestyle. Only dated for a few months. Something was a bit off with her
From last year? I remember watching that on the telly, and it was something else.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
It’s weird with The Cure. They are massive and headlining huge festivals, yet simultaneously underrated and often overlooked.
They remain outsiders and committed to doing it on their own terms as the Glastonbury set reminded us.
A magnificent band.
They remain outsiders and committed to doing it on their own terms as the Glastonbury set reminded us.
A magnificent band.
I used to get the confused with Placebo
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savoloysam
Pigman's pigman's ha ha charade you are..
They need to release that glasto set on DVD.
This is just live perfection. They just don't write them like this anymore and they just aren't the same band without Porl Thompson.
This is just live perfection. They just don't write them like this anymore and they just aren't the same band without Porl Thompson.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I once borrowed their guitarist's waders
I'd say A Forest is their best song. It's best listened to on headphones to hear the simplicity of it.
I'd say A Forest is their best song. It's best listened to on headphones to hear the simplicity of it.
han
love is the answer
I love them so much. They were the sound of my teens. Our gang of friends were all obsessed and I used to adorn all our jeans and bags with scrawly Head On The Door writing. We saw them at the NEC in Birmingham in 1990. The days when everyone held lighters up in gigs.
My favourite Cure track of all time is 'Push' on the Head On The Door album - I just love the guitar on that track. It's a bit of musical perfection in my opinion. But I love all their stuff. Wore out the records playing them incessantly. Will deffo check out the vids above. Excellent!
My favourite Cure track of all time is 'Push' on the Head On The Door album - I just love the guitar on that track. It's a bit of musical perfection in my opinion. But I love all their stuff. Wore out the records playing them incessantly. Will deffo check out the vids above. Excellent!
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
A double encore, how theatricalSetlist from the first night of the current tour. Ooh there's some good uns in there.: ) Really looking forward to seeing them again now.
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Looks good that mate. Enjoy Last time I saw them was the Kiss me kiss me kiss me tour I think, at the NEC in Brum. They did three encores, I nearly wet my knickers when they came back on a 3rd time.
06.12.1987 Birmingham - National Exhibition Centre (England)
Intro:
eyemou
Mainset:
the kiss
torture
a strange day
a japanese dream
catch
just like heaven
hot hot hot!!!
if only tonight we could sleep
like cockatoos
the walk
in between days
how beautiful you are
the perfect girl
the snakepit
a forest
fight
Encore 1:
close to me
let's go to bed
Encore 2:
one more time
charlotte sometimes
faith
Encore 3:
three imaginary boys
primary
boys don't cry
why can't i be you
The Cure live concert: 06.12.1987 Birmingham - National Exhibition Centre (England)
All The Cure concert dates and setlists. The Cure concert Tickets, Adverts, Stories, Details and Trivia
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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I dunno, I was 18 last time I spiked my hair up to see the cure
I still put them on every now and then so my kids know all the hits.
Voley
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Eta: think I had a bootleg of that one back in the day friedaweed Taped it off the radio. A Forest went on for approximately 6 weeks on it.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Setlist from the first night of the current tour. Ooh there's some good uns in there.: ) Really looking forward to seeing them again now.
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Got tickets for the Birmingham gig, have got the triple CD 30 year anniversary of Wish on order and am looking forward to the new album (with some real dread that is might be their last).
That's a great set, but how many stunners have had to be left out!
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Yup, they did a few monster tracks on that gig. One of my earliest gigs. I went with Jane Huddleston who I met on a youth club trip when the scruffy youth club from Runcorn kids ended up in a hostel with the Lancaster Catholic sixth form girls lot. I wonder where she is now, last I heard a nurse in Auz.Eta: think I had a bootleg of that one back in the day friedaweed Taped it off the radio. A Forest went on for approximately 6 weeks on it.
Lovely kissing lips.
Ahh.... loves lost to the sound of the Cure.
Steel Icarus
we move
Been listening to a lot of Cure lately...what a back catalogue. They meant EVERYTHING to me 1988-89. Going to see them for the first time was a genuinely magical experience; most people I knew went on two coaches from Grimsby to Birmingham. The morning of the gig was a beautiful sunny summer day and we were so excited.
The set list:
Main set:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
Closedown
Piggy In The Mirror
A Night Like This
Just Like Heaven
Catch
Last Dance
Fascination Street
Cold
Charlotte Sometimes
The Walk
A Forest
In Between Days
The Same Deep Water As You
Prayers For Rain
Disintegration
Encore 1:
Lullaby
Close To Me
Let's Go To Bed
Why Can't I Be You
Encore 2:
The Holy Hour
A Strange Day
The Figurehead
The Drowning Man
All Cats Are Grey
M
Three Imaginary Boys
Fire In Cairo
Boys Don't Cry
10.15 Saturday Night
Killing An Arab
The set list:
Main set:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
Closedown
Piggy In The Mirror
A Night Like This
Just Like Heaven
Catch
Last Dance
Fascination Street
Cold
Charlotte Sometimes
The Walk
A Forest
In Between Days
The Same Deep Water As You
Prayers For Rain
Disintegration
Encore 1:
Lullaby
Close To Me
Let's Go To Bed
Why Can't I Be You
Encore 2:
The Holy Hour
A Strange Day
The Figurehead
The Drowning Man
All Cats Are Grey
M
Three Imaginary Boys
Fire In Cairo
Boys Don't Cry
10.15 Saturday Night
Killing An Arab
Voley
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I've been having a look at some of the other nights and they're playing Charlotte Sometimes, The Figurehead etc some nights. A few new songs too. On stage for 2.5 hours most nights. I'm really looking forward to it too.
I think this might be their swansong too. Mind you, I thought that about the Prayer Tour with Disintegration too, so what do I know?
Voley
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Needless to say, Smokeandsteam, there are people out there who are much more geeky about setlists than me, even:
My first Glastonbury, in '86, they headlined Saturday night during a massive thunderstorm. Hearing 'A Forest' still sends shivers down me, over 30 years later, when it evokes memories of the seemingly coordinated lightshow in the heavens.
Shake Dog Shake
Play for Today
Kyoto Song
Primary
Charlotte Sometimes
A Strange Day
In Between Days
The Walk
A Night Like This
One Hundred Years
Push
A Forest
Sinking
Encore:
Close to Me
Let's Go to Bed
Encore 2
Give Me It
Boys Don't Cry
Encore 3:
Faith
Pornography
Shake Dog Shake
Play for Today
Kyoto Song
Primary
Charlotte Sometimes
A Strange Day
In Between Days
The Walk
A Night Like This
One Hundred Years
Push
A Forest
Sinking
Encore:
Close to Me
Let's Go to Bed
Encore 2
Give Me It
Boys Don't Cry
Encore 3:
Faith
Pornography
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