I FUCKING DESPAIR...The Cure 2011

[Stickjohn]

skrillex > The Cure

Perry Farrell Lays Out Lolla Lineups, Plan to Save the Music Biz

While planning these festivals in South America, how much have you been reminded of the first few in the early '90s?
A lot! The people down there are so enthusiastic about music because they're starved for all the talent that we almost take for granted here. When I first got down there, they were asking, "Can you get the Cure?" The Cure? I mean, even 15 years ago they were kinds past their prime. And after this year, when we deliver Calvin Harris and Skrillex, it's over. They're going to be shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the world as far as musical sophistication is concerned.

[algunz]

He wants to be King.

[cormaic]

Wait wait waitwaitwait, Perry Farrell is telling someone else they're past their prime?





Perry Farrell?

[Derekx]

Damn you New York! At the LA show I was thinking it would be awesome if they played Do the Hansa and that they probably never would.

[Spooks]

Enjoy

Do the Hansa


Boys Don't Cry

[Spooks]

Ok so this is how we got Do the Hansa on Saturday

Robert Smith before the show on Saturday.......

[cutterbutter]

So they could add Pill Box Tales to the first encore, and then finish the show with Close to Me to round out the Standing on a Beach encores for a cool 50 songs

[Spooks]

Damn, what'll be next tonight - Close to Me? Why Can't I Be You?

Maybe they can try to hit 50 songs!

yep....they played close to me tonight!

[CellarOwl]

Saturday was really good. Hansa surprised the hell out of me, so did Caterpillar. Scary how long they can go and how much they can still amaze.

[Spooks]

Friday = 46 songs; Saturday = 48 songs; Sunday = 48 songs
"extra" encores: In Between Days (all 3 nights); Do The Hansa (Sat.); The Caterpillar (Sat. + Sun.); Close To Me (Sun.)

2011: GYBE, Portishead, Radiohead, LCD, "maybe" the last NYC Sonic Youth show.... I'd put these Cure shows against any of them.

What band eschews their entire catalogue for the past 25 years and focuses entirely on early material?

Thank you Robert Smith & co.

[Spooks]

Hear what Robert Smith had to say around 0:47 in this video......just noticed as I uploaded this

[cutterbutter]

Yeah check the last page for my post of his quotes. Similar statements for us. So, that's exciting.

[sacleonard]

"Kiss Me" turns 25 next year, and Robert has expressed interest in doing something special for it. I'd love to see a show with "The Top," "Head On The Door," and ""Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."

[microcuts]

Seems like 2012 is not the year for the Cure's R&R Hall of Fame induction... bummer.

They went with: Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro, The Small Faces/The Faces, Beastie Boys, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns instead.

[blazin]

Web In Front just posted a bootleg of the full LA show from Monday. Not sure about the source/quality yet, but it's also downloadable on 4shared (and probably other sites...)
http://webinfront.net/?p=5323

[Miroir Noir]

So Porl is apparently now out of the band, auctioning off old personal items from his time in the band, and going by the name "Pearl."

[sbessiso]

WHAT!

[kreutz2112]

That fucking sucks.

[microcuts]

2012 Summer Lineup
Robert Smith (vox/gtr)
Reeves Gabrels (gtr)
Simon Gallup (bass)
Roger O'Donnell (kbds)
Jason Cooper (drums)

Pinkpop May 26
Plainsong
Pictures of You
High
The End of the World
Lovesong
Push
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
The Hungry Ghost
Play for Today
A Forest
Bananafishbones (first performance since 1984)
Lullaby
The Walk
Mint Car (first performance since 2001)
Friday I'm in Love
Doing the Unstuck
Trust
Want
Wrong Number
One Hundred Years
Disintegration
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The Lovecats
Close to Me
Let's Go to Bed
Sleep When I'm Dead
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry

[concertgoer]

Love that setlist. I really wish that they were playing the States this summer :/

[n3glect]

Reeves on guitar? Wow..

[microcuts]

^Yep! Hopefully they keep him longer, this lineup sounds incredible.



Lullaby, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Want, Wrong Number, Close To Me, Sleep When I'm Dead, Why Can't I Be You

from the webcast of last night's show.

[Derekx]

Fuck they sound so much better now! They better not play soon, I'm broke.

[Taylor]

^Yep! Hopefully they keep him longer, this lineup sounds incredible.



Lullaby, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Want, Wrong Number, Close To Me, Sleep When I'm Dead, Why Can't I Be You

from the webcast of last night's show.

So much better with keyboards, I can't believe there weren't any at the coachella 09 set.

[blackchango]

Bananafishbones (first performance since 1984)




Weird I saw them perform bananafishbones a few years back at Inland Invasion 2003.

[microcuts]

Pretty sure you're thinking of Shake Dog Shake..?

[darksideofkaos.]

Thank God they finally have a touring keyboardist... Songs like The Walk sound so much better with keyboards.

Only thing that makes me sad about Cure shows is that they have so.many good songs that there is always something I wish they wouldve added. Would love to see more Pornography in the setlist.

[DJ Sin]

^Yep! Hopefully they keep him longer, this lineup sounds incredible.



Lullaby, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Want, Wrong Number, Close To Me, Sleep When I'm Dead, Why Can't I Be You

from the webcast of last night's show.

This is awesome, thanks for posting this.

[microcuts]

Primavera Sound June 1
Same 23 Song Main Set as Pinkpop
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The Kiss
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
Fight (first performance since 1987)
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Dressing Up (first performance since 1996)
The Lovecats
The Blood
The Caterpillar
Close to Me
Just One Kiss (first performance ever)
Let's Go to Bed
Sleep When I'm Dead
Why Can't I Be You?
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Boys Don't Cry

[cutterbutter]

Sweet Jesus