May 2008 Archives

Setlist:

Open, Fascination Street, alt.end, The Blood, The End of the World, Lovesong, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Catch, The Perfect Boy, Other Voices, The Only One, Push, Doing The Unstuck, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, Maybe Someday, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, A Strange Day, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: Lovecats, Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?

2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab, A Forest

YouTube Videos:


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Photo By: hrj524

Vancouver
The Vancouver Sun "The Cure delivers quantity and quality music"

Salt Lake Tribune "The Cure get by with a little help from their catalogue"

denverpost.com (AWESOME photos in this article)

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Chicago Tribune - "Cure triumphs over sound glitches, sore throat, at Allstate"





Setlist: 

Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, Fascination Street, The Perfect Boy, The Blood, The End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Catch, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, A Strange Day, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Doing The Unstuck, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, A Letter To Elise, From The Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Shake Dog Shake, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest
2nd encore: Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?
3rd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:

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Setlist:

Open, Fascination Street, The Walk, The End of the World, alt.end, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, Push, Friday I'm In Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: Lovecats ("with really, really odd guitar...It sounds like a dying cow"), Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
3rd encore: A Forest

YouTube Videos:

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Photo by: James Ferrier

Setlist:

Underneath The Stars, Prayers For Rain, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, The Perfect Boy, Hot Hot Hot, alt.end, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, A Letter To Elise, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Only One, The Walk, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Baby Rag Dog Book (I think, Steph wasn't sure)

1st encore: A Forest
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:
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Flickr Videos:

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This is the 7-inch vinyl release of The Only One single.

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The CD release still isn't available yet in stores. Thanks John for the scan!



Setlist:

Plainsong, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Catch, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Other Voices, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Friday I'm In Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, A Letter To Elise, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
3rd encore: Why Can't I Be You?

YouTube Videos:

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Photo by: bluheron

Setlist:

Underneath The Stars, Prayers For Rain, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Maybe Someday, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, The Blood, The Walk, Push, Friday I'm In Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Baby Rag Dog Book

"we have other plans tonight, i couldn't resist this..."
1st encore: Plainsong, Disintegration
2nd encore: Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?
3rd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:


Underneath The Stars (not full version)



One Hundred Years / Baby Rag Dog Book

More YouTube Videos:



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Robert, in good humor, wrote a message at the official site  regarding his health. Also, he posted the lyrics to The Only One and NY Trip.

WELL...
TODAYS DOCTOR GAVE ME THE SAME ADVICE AS YESTERDAYS DOCTOR
BASICALLY 
I NEED TO REST MY VOICE...

WHICH IS GOOD ADVICE 
BUT HARD TO DO WITH 4 SHOWS A WEEK!!!

ANYWAY
I HAVENT SAID A WORD SINCE HE LEFT ME
AND I HOPE
I HOPE
I CAN DO A BIT BETTER IN DENVER THAN I DID IN KANSAS...

BUT OUCH
THAT KANSAS SHOW HURT!

...ONWARDS
RSX

I KNOW I KNOW
THIS SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN IN a quiet voice


Setlist:

New Song (Underneath the Stars?), Pictures of You, A Night Like This, The Walk, End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, A Strange Day, Push, Friday I'm In Love, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Inbetween Days, Never Enough, Shake Dog Shake, The Perfect Boy, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, New Song

1st Encore: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, The Kiss
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.

YouTube Videos:

DailyMotion Videos:

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As some of you know, Robert has been battling a bad cold and it effected him a great deal last night at the Chicago show... here's his message that he wrote at the official site:

TO ALL THOSE WISHING GET WELL STUFF AND ALL THE SUPPORT SO FAR... I PICKED UP A COLDBUGTYPETHING SOMEWHERE IN CANADA... KILLED MY THROAT FOR THE CHICAGO CONCERT... I ALMOST RAN OUT OF NOTES...

BUT HAVING SPENT A QUIET DAY SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW I HOPE TO BE BACK WAILING AWAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE STARLIGHT...
SEE SOME OF YOU THERE!
RSX

Setlist:

Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, alt.end, A Night Like This, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Friday I'm in Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Never Enough, The Only One, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: (Robert - "I apologize for my fucking voice being awful") If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, The Kiss

2nd encore: Lovecats, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You? ("Robert losing his voice during parts of it")

3rd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:


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Robert posted at the official site today in regards to a post that was written about the delay of the single being released.. he also explained about why the album will be a single disc instead of a double:

Rang up my local | Posts (0)
5/17/2008 12:07:39 AM - by roberts-hairspray
record shop (YES I still call them that) and asked if they had the new CURE single yet, he said"when is it out??"
I had to tell him all about it...

YOU'RE FRUSTRATED?
IMAGINE HOW WE FEEL!
THE BEAUTY OF THE MIGHTY UNIVERSAL GETTING US OUT THERE AND IN THE SHOPS... YEAH!

ANYWAY
ITS AN ONGOING THING...

MAYBE THE NEXT ONE WILL BE FOUND IN A FEW MORE PLACES... ?
(the sound of not holding breath)

ITS AN ONGOING THING...

LIKE MAKING THIS WEBSITE LOOK AND FEEL LIKE THE ONLY ONE...

SOON
PLEASE
SOON!

ITS AN ONGOING THING...

CHICAGO!
RSX

PS
THE NEW ALBUM 'SINGLE OR DOUBLE?' DEBATE...

I JUST FEEL ON REFLECTION THAT MAKING THE NEW ALBUM A 'SINGLE' (WHATEVER THAT MEANS... 8 TRACKS? 13 TRACKS? 21 TRACKS?!!) WILL BE SOMEHOW 'BETTER' - MORE COHERENT - MORE IN TUNE WITH THE BAND AS IT IS...
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LABEL - THEY ARE HAPPY TO TRUST ME WHATEVER WE DECIDE... 

AND ANYWAY (BIG CLAIM ALERT!) EVERYTHING WE RECORDED DURING THE NEW ALBUM SESSIONS WILL GET RELEASED - IN THE REAL WORLD NOT JUST AS DIGITAL...

THAT DARK SECOND ALBUM FOR CHRISTMAS MAY NOT BE AS FANCIFUL AS I THINK?!!

ONWARDS...


Setlist:

Open, Fascination Street, alt.end, The Walk, End of the World, Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Friday I'm in Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, The Only One, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: Lovecats, Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
3rd encore: Play For Today, A Forest

YouTube Videos:

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Photo By: Redlow

Setlist:

Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, A Strange Day, alt.end, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
3rd encore: Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?


YouTube Videos:

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Photo by David C Wong

If you're interested in purchasing your copy of the new single through iTunes, click here.

Also, you can hear the song The Only One at the official site.
The front of thecure.com has been changed to reflect the new single.

While the band was in Boston, Robert was interviewed by Radio 104.5 listener, Pat McCay backstage at The Spectrum. Here's the biggest highlights:

** The album will be a single disc... not double, as was reported before.

** Robert will be working with Tim Pope on a 30th Anniversary DVD. This DVD will include a concert from 1989 which they filmed. He says it's from a Texas Stadium. But the thing is there is an interview of Roger that was done in San Diego 1989 and he revealed that they'll be filming the Mansfield show at the end of the tour. He may have just got confused. I've uploaded the interview on my server. Listen here.

So he may have confused the venues, but from this interview, the show may be Mansfield, Sept. 23, 1989. Unless after San Diego they changed their minds and did a Texas show. I guess we will find out for sure sometime soon!

To hear this interview in its entirety, click here.

Setlist:

Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, alt.end, A Night Like This, End of the World, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy, From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, The Blood, Wrong Number, The Walk, Signal To Noise, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Us or Them, Never Enough, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st Encore: Lovecats, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?
2nd Encore: Play For Today, A Forest
3rd Encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:


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Photo by Ava Fay

Setlist:
Open, Fascination Street, A Strange Day, alt.end, The Walk, The End Of The World, Lovesong, Kyoto Song, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Maybe Someday, The Perfect Boy, From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea, The Only One, Push, How Beautiful You Are, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, The Kiss
2nd encore: Freakshow, Close to me, Why Can't I Be You?
3rd encore: Three Imaginary Boys, Fire In Cairo, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

Youtube Videos:

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Take a look at these wonderful pro photos from FaithDesired


Setlist:
Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, A Strange Day, alt.end, The Walk, The End of The World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Perfect Boy (new song!), From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One, Push, Friday I'm In Love, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest (long intro)
2nd encore: Lovecats, Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You
3rd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

YouTube Videos:

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Photo by: Data Angel

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Take a look at these beautiful pro shots from FaithDesired




July 4th Concerts:
Nantes, France 1989 / San Jose, CA 1992
Enjoy and play it LOUD!



Now Showing......
Heerenveen - May 6, 1989






 

All the singles songs will be on the album, but the b-sides will not.

July 15 & August 12 single titles will be announced shortly.

The New Album, 13th, will be scheduled for release on September 16th in the US, and September 15th in the UK.

In a recent interview, Robert announced there will be a 30th Anniversary DVD that he's working on with Tim Pope, which will include a concert that was filmed during the Prayer Tour in 1989.