Calling him Fat Bob is just wrong, smh.
This is from this weeks show at the Hollywood Bowl (Encore 1):
I Can Never Say GoodbyeIt Could Never Be the SameA Thousand HoursAt NightA Forest A
― Bee OK, Monday, 29 May 2023 01:58 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpby7jpy5zI
iirc "fat bob" originated from siouxsie
(but yes agreed, not a very nice nickname)
― my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Monday, 29 May 2023 04:55 (eleven months ago) link
Thank you MaresNest!
What a great show - and I say this when they're not even playing a single song from Pornography (which I would usually say is my favourite album of theirs).
― StanM, Monday, 29 May 2023 15:22 (eleven months ago) link
I will also add the poster image from the first night is great -- I got an actual poster on site but very likely going to get this as well:
https://shop.thecure.com/product/X9CTTC182/san-francisco-night-1-event-tee?cp=105516_107541_113391
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:46 (eleven months ago) link
you're entitled to your opinion on that...I hated it, every other city got a more interesting poster
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:38 (eleven months ago) link
I happen to be visiting Portland and scored a last-minute ticket for the show tonight. Stoked!
― Chris L, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 20:29 (eleven months ago) link
this band are on F-I-R-E O-N tour right now
seven new or unreleased-as-studio-versions songs last night - a full albumsworth in playing time. and Doing The Unstuck in the hits section!
had PRETTY good seats tbh
― serving bundt (sic), Friday, 2 June 2023 15:54 (eleven months ago) link
Had some thoughts
https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-78-83927014
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 June 2023 17:43 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah the Portland show was fantastic. How does he still sound so good.
― Chris L, Friday, 2 June 2023 17:59 (eleven months ago) link
^ DJP and Reeves’ wife to thread iirc
― serving bundt (sic), Friday, 2 June 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
tonight
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Thursday, 8 June 2023 11:56 (eleven months ago) link
Been trying for last minute tickets, and man, does Ticketmaster suck. The second a ticket goes live, I click on it, and ... it says a fan beat me to it. So I refresh the page, and the same fucking seats are listed, the ones I missed out on. Huh? Another time there were rock star seats that went live, I missed out, then five minutes later ... they were back. Another time I had two ticks in my cart and went to pay and ... nothing happened. Just didn't process when I clicked the button. What is the business model for a fucked up site?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 June 2023 20:05 (ten months ago) link
For the St Paul show it was easier to buy two tickets than one, but I ended up getting a not-bad club level seat. I read that there's a way to use a different browser to start (but not complete) a purchase of a group of seats, leaving one in a row, and then purchasing the one seat in your main browser... but I've never tried it, so I don't know if it works.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 10 June 2023 21:38 (ten months ago) link
How was it geoffreyess?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 11 June 2023 02:28 (ten months ago) link
Looks like I missed a great set here, 31 songs, two tour debuts, including "Like Cockatoos," which is a bummer, but the ticket hustle is just not worth it anymore.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2023 13:45 (ten months ago) link
i missed it as well because i too didn't have the energy to deal with the ticket situation.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Sunday, 11 June 2023 15:05 (ten months ago) link
How was it
Pretty great, first time seeing them. Though had to leave during the 2nd encore (at the 2.5 hour mark!) and apparently missed Friday I'm in Love, Close to Me, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven & Boys Don't Cry, lol. Maybe next time. Robert Smith sounds great, I enjoyed his self-conscious thinking-out-loud style of banter, and was continually amazed how good the band sounds pulling from any era, whether "Play for Today" or "Plainsong." But honestly the new songs were the highlights, loved "Alone," "Nothing is Forever" and "Endsong," hadn't seen any clips previously but they go well beyond "Disintegration Redux" for me, though would have to hear again to say how.
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Sunday, 11 June 2023 18:23 (ten months ago) link
Nice new piece by Nabil Ayers
https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/robert-smith-the-cure-ticketmaster-inflation-revenge-spending-taylor-swift/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 June 2023 04:19 (ten months ago) link
Bit the bullet to see them at Riot Fest in September. The set won't be as long, but whatevs.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 June 2023 12:51 (ten months ago) link
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-cure-were-full-of-surprises-at-final-msg-show-night-3-setlist-video/
ShareTweet"You're gonna be surprised!" Robert Smith told the Madison Square Garden crowd on Thursday night at the start of The Cure's final encore. "Maybe not at first, but you will be!"This was the final show of the band's three-night MSG run and fans in attendance, at least ones who have been looking at other setlists on this tour, already knew something was up. Almost always on this tour, the main set and first encore are made up of The Cure's moodier material, with the extended second encore all the pop hits. On Thursday night they dropped "In Between Days" and "Just Like Heaven" into the main set. My friend and I turned to each other immediately, asking "What is going on?!?"We'd find out after "Boys Don't Cry," which is usually the last song of the night. They then went into an extended dip into early classics with "Jumping Someone Else's Train" leading straight into "Grinding Halt," both of which made their tour debut on Thursday, followed by "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Killing Another" (aka a reworked, both musically and lyrically, version of "Killing an Arab").
This was the final show of the band's three-night MSG run and fans in attendance, at least ones who have been looking at other setlists on this tour, already knew something was up. Almost always on this tour, the main set and first encore are made up of The Cure's moodier material, with the extended second encore all the pop hits. On Thursday night they dropped "In Between Days" and "Just Like Heaven" into the main set. My friend and I turned to each other immediately, asking "What is going on?!?"
We'd find out after "Boys Don't Cry," which is usually the last song of the night. They then went into an extended dip into early classics with "Jumping Someone Else's Train" leading straight into "Grinding Halt," both of which made their tour debut on Thursday, followed by "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Killing Another" (aka a reworked, both musically and lyrically, version of "Killing an Arab").
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 June 2023 16:53 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcb19i7sWfQ
I saw MSG #2 on Wednesday. Bummed I missed Jumping Someone Else's Train, but Weds had a few gems they didn't play the other 2 nights.
It looks like they've been front loading the shows with lots of longer songs, new songs, fan favs, and album tracks, with a few moody hits like "Pictures of You" and "The Forest" every so often. Then they bust through a 30-minute rapid-fire "greatest hits" set for the 2nd encore (which feels more like a 3rd set).
― billstevejim, Friday, 23 June 2023 17:27 (ten months ago) link
I saw last night’s set @ Merriweather Post Pavilion between Baltimore and DC. 2 hrs 1/2 or more strong set but no “Jumpin”, “Grinding,” or “Killing.” Robert Smith was wearing a “Omar’s Comin’” t-shirt in a nod to the filmed in Baltimore show “The Wire”
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 June 2023 13:48 (ten months ago) link
Last date on the US tour and they break out Love Cats:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KWU9w3DRY
― Bee OK, Monday, 3 July 2023 03:04 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw52SlwKaRI
― Bee OK, Monday, 3 July 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
In Philly my wife got her favorite Cure song "Burn" which was really emotional for her and I was so happy for her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXlI6ZrVl8
I didn't get my favorite song "Killing an Arab" but they played it when we saw them here on the last tour 15 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEgn0kPJoA
It's amazing how far phone camera technology has come since then!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 3 July 2023 05:31 (ten months ago) link
https://consequence.net/2023/07/the-cure-record-setting-shows-of-a-lost-world-tour/
According to Billboard, The Cure’s “Shows of a Lost World Tour” sold 547,000 tickets for a gross of $37.5 million. Both numbers are new career bests: the band’s previous high-water mark for tickets sold in America was 402,000 in 1992, while they more than doubled the gross revenue of their 2016 jaunt ($18 million).Despite these impressive totals, The Cure could have earned a lot more, but frontman Robert Smith intentionally left millions of dollars on the table so the band could offer reasonable priced tickets to their fans. Per Billboard, the average ticket price for the “Shows of a Lost World Tour” was $68.54 — 37% less than the average ticket price for the year’s other top tours.
Despite these impressive totals, The Cure could have earned a lot more, but frontman Robert Smith intentionally left millions of dollars on the table so the band could offer reasonable priced tickets to their fans. Per Billboard, the average ticket price for the “Shows of a Lost World Tour” was $68.54 — 37% less than the average ticket price for the year’s other top tours.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 July 2023 02:24 (nine months ago) link
It's called not being a greedy bastard, Consequence.net.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:02 (nine months ago) link
Heroes indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:40 (nine months ago) link
Yep
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 July 2023 15:14 (nine months ago) link
just saw my kid in his drama school production of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and noticed that the sound bed they used for the witch was an extended intro to A Forest
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 22 July 2023 16:16 (nine months ago) link
wow, that's great!
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 July 2023 16:53 (nine months ago) link
I don't know if anyone remembers a remix called the Antidote Megamix - might have been one of the first well-thought-out remixes I ever heard.
At the line "Suddenly I stop," the guitar stops. When I was perhaps 20 or 21 and probably full of mood-altering chemicals, this blew my tiny mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c2Vvx3GXMM
― Some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 22 July 2023 17:05 (nine months ago) link
(You can listen to the whole thing - and you should - but the moment I mentioned is about five minutes in.)
― Some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 22 July 2023 17:10 (nine months ago) link
Thought that was going to be a video of the school play.
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 July 2023 19:54 (nine months ago) link
lol same
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 22 July 2023 20:33 (nine months ago) link
I got tricked by the On-U-Sound label and bought that as an excited teen
― serving bundt (sic), Saturday, 22 July 2023 20:56 (nine months ago) link
I was wondering about that. Is it not affiliated with the label?
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 22 July 2023 23:47 (nine months ago) link
I’m realizing now I got totally ganked by my friend who charged me $250 for her extra Cure ticket at the back of Madison Square Garden. I balked, but she assured me that was a reasonable price.
― Josefa, Sunday, 23 July 2023 00:02 (nine months ago) link
Some friend!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 July 2023 01:27 (nine months ago) link
I’m not happy about it. But The Cure were good. I have no idea how 60-somethings have the stamina to do three 3-hour gigs at Madison Square Garden in a row.
― Josefa, Sunday, 23 July 2023 02:30 (nine months ago) link
Probably easier than when they were travelling in between the gigs on other days tbf
― serving bundt (sic), Sunday, 23 July 2023 08:04 (nine months ago) link
so, I came with an open mind but that Lol/Budgie single with James Murphy is really terrible, isn't it
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 24 July 2023 12:54 (nine months ago) link
I like the instrumental track - almost early Creatures in feel - but would've preferred another vocalist.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 24 July 2023 15:09 (nine months ago) link
It sounds like it was written for Siouxsie
― the new drip king (DJP), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 10:49 (nine months ago) link
struggling to identify Lol’s contribution to it
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 13:23 (nine months ago) link
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
Just read this -- wow.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 13:28 (nine months ago) link
I'm not deep in the weeds enough to know if the set was particularly notable, but they were great last night. Deep cuts (to me) were "Cold" and ... "At Night"? Might have dusted off "High" for the first time this tour, but I'm not sure, since that song is pretty popular, I thought. Also got "Fascination Street," which I don't think they've been playing much.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 September 2023 12:17 (seven months ago) link
We got "High" in SF (if you will).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 September 2023 14:34 (seven months ago) link