Saturday, June 25, 2016

Miami Afterparty

Thanks Adrian

Top 10 wishes for Miami


Well, we've somehow already reached the end of the North American tour. I don't know where the time went, but it just flew by and was a complete blast. As we head off to the final 2 NA shows, what are your top 10 song wishes for Miami, from the list of the 81 songs played so far? Also, please note if you're going to the show(s) or wishing from afar. I'll get it started, and I'll be at both shows:

1. The Same Deep Water As You
2. Last Dance
3. Sinking
4. Cold
5. Jupiter Crash
6. The Drowning Man
7. Charlotte Sometimes
8. 2 Late
9. Other Voices
10. Pornography

How The Cure Endures

Wonderful article by Annie Zaleski at Salon, here's an excerpt:

"It’s not correct to say The Cure is underrated—after all, no band selling out 10,000-seat (and up) arenas is. But it’s almost too easy to take them for granted, since the group haven’t released a new studio album in eight years and, even then, tend to keep a low profile. Yet the Chicago concert—and, frankly, this entire tour—underscores the singularity of the band’s music. Post-punk, dream-pop, synthpunk, goth and psychedelic rock —all of these influences coalesce into something that can only be described as sounding like The Cure. That’s always been the case; after all, even their pop crossover hits “Lovesong” and “Friday I’m In Love” sounded like outliers. It’s significant that groups inspired by The Cure tend to only mimic certain facets of the band: the dark guitar creases, the sparkling keyboards, the roiling post-punk storms. No band has been able to capture the depth—and nooks and crannies—of the group’s sonic chemistry.

Near the start of the Chicago show, The Cure launched into “Push,” a fan favorite from 1985’s “The Head on the Door.” The crowd let out a huge, cheering roar as the song began, dancing joyfully to the extended instrumental intro and pumping their fists to the song’s “Go, go, go!” chorus exhortation. That communal ecstasy cropped up again and again throughout the night, as the audience reveled in the familiar and the unexpected. The Cure’s music and reputation was predicated on unifying outsiders—those drawn to (or plagued by) unrequited or missing love, fatalistic romances and general melancholy—but this outlaw attitude has only become more of a bonding experience as the years have progressed. Forty years on, the misfits haven’t exactly won—but at a Cure concert, they’ve certainly found a place they can feel at home."

Friday, June 24, 2016

The Cure in Atlanta, GA (06-24-16)

June 24th, 2016
Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA
Parking lots open at 4 PM eastern / Doors at 6 
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:09 - 10:50
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Drown So I Can Watch, Don't Move, It Never Was The Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Last Dance, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: Shake Dog Shake, Burn, A Forest

2nd encore: Lullaby, Fascination Street, Wrong Number

3rd encore: The Walk, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love

4th encore: The Perfect Girl, Hot Hot Hot, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Photos: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Videos: Plainsong & Pictures of You & Closedown & High / Plainsong 1 - 2 / Pictures of You / A Night Like This / Last Dance 1 - 2 / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Jupiter CrashFrom the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / Want / Prayers For Rain / Disintegration 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake / Shake Dog Shake & Burn / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Lullaby 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / The Walk / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love 1 & 2 / The Perfect Girl / Hot Hot Hot 1 - 2 / Close to Me / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 

Periscopes: Twilight Sad - 1 - 2 / Cure - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 

Preview articles: Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Thanks Jay



Thursday, June 23, 2016

The Cure in Charlotte, NC (06-23-16)

June 23rd, 2016
PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, NC
Tickets still available
Parking lots open at 5 PM eastern / Doors at 6 
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:09 - 10:47
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: Missed opening song, Last January, Alphabet, Drown So I Can Watch, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, Missed closing song

Setlist:  Pictures of You, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Mint Car, Just Like Heaven, Catch, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Let's Go To Bed, Sleep When I'm Dead, In Between Days, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love, Freakshow, Lullaby, Fascination Street, The Hanging Garden, A Forest

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Burn

2nd encore: A Letter to Elise, Charlotte Sometimes, Primary

3rd encore: Step Into The Light, Never Enough, alt.end,Wrong Number

4th encore: The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Videos: Twilight Sad - Drown So I Can Watch / Pictures of You / Lovesong / Mint Car / Catch / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / The Caterpillar / The Walk 1 - 2 / The Hanging Garden / A Letter to Elise 1 - 2 / Charlotte Sometimes 1 - 2 / Primary 1 - 2 / Step Into the Light / The Lovecats / Hot Hot Hot / Close to Me / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2

Periscopes: Twilight Sad - 1 / Cure - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11- 12

Thanks to Paul H., , , , , , and    for reports and scopes.




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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Cure in Columbia, MD (06-22-16)

June 22nd, 2016
Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD
Sold Out! / Doors at 5:30 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:10 - 10:55
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Don't Move, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Setlist:  Tape / Open, High, Pictures of You, Closedown, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, All I Want, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, Bananafishbones, Never Enough, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, End

1st encore: Sinking, It Can Never Be The Same

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Burn, A Forest

3rd encore: Dressing Up, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Wrong Number

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry


Reviews: Washington Blade

Photos: Baltimore Sun / Robert

Videos: Open / Kyoto Song / The Walk / Lovesong 1 - 2 / All I Want / Push / In Between Days / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / End / Sinking / Dressing Up / A Forest / Lullaby / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Hot Hot Hot!!! / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry 

Periscopes: Twilight Sad 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Cure - 1 (full show) - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 

Preview article: Baltimore City Paper


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James from The Twilight Sad talks about PoY

North American Cure Tour 2016 tickets for sale



This is for North American tickets.

Instead of having them spread throughout the comment sections of other topics, please use this one to post the tickets you have for sale. If you don't want to create an account or anything, just email your ticket info to me (craigatcof (at) gmail (dot) com), and I'll post it in the comments for you.

Only post tickets at face value or below (plus TM fees & shipping), and no posting links to broker/tout sites.

Thank you, and let's hope we can get more tickets to actual fans, without them having to use the broker sites.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Twilight Sad in NYC (06-20-16)


In Nowheres - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

And She Would Darken the Memory - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Thank you, It's A Perfect Day!

Charlotte show included in TM free vouchers

If you received any of the free vouchers or discount codes from the TM lawsuit settlement, The Cure's show in Charlotte, NC on June 23rd is included in the list of eligible shows.

From Mass Live:

Ticketmaster is offering 50 million of its customers vouchers for free tickets and discounts thanks to a hefty class-action lawsuit settlement.

And if you've bought a ticket through the service between late 1999 and early 2013, you should have at least one voucher sitting in your Ticketmaster account.

Ticketmaster released Tuesday an initial list of 450 shows across the U.S. eligible for the vouchers, including The Cure, Bob Dylan, Mumford and Sons, Snoop Dogg with Wiz Khalifa, Weezer, and Modest Mouse with Brand New.

Dates for the concerts range from this week to September.

The vouchers are a result of a class-action lawsuit over "deceptive" and "jacked up" service fees, according to Billboard magazine. 

Customers are poised to receive one voucher for each ticket bought through Ticketmaster during the class period -- from Oct. 21, 1999 through Feb. 27, 2013 -- with a cap of 17. The vouchers expire in 2020.

Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Consequence of Sound has already reported technical issues with the voucher system, with some customers saying their voucher codes weren't accepted at checkout.

(Thanks @PlumeraiBand)

Twilight Sad headlining shows-NYC tonight!


Now that so many of you have been exposed to them, and love them, don't forget they have 4 headlining shows while over here on The Cure tour. Go out and support them!

May 25th, 2016 - Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA (Tickets)
May 30th, 2016 - Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR (Tickets)
June 09th, 2016 - Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL (Tickets)
June 21st, 2016 - Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY (Tickets)

'Kyoto Song' in NYC (06-20-16)

Kyoto Song - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'Shake Dog Shake' in NYC (06-20-16)

Shake Dog Shake - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'At Night' in NYC (06-20-16)

At Night - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'A Strange Day' in NYC (06-20-16)

A Strange Day - New York, Madison Square Garden 20-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

A Cure fan in the Nova Scotia government

Fun story from CBC. Further proof that we are EVERYWHERE. :)

Nova Scotia government Periscopes Cure concert by accident
Mistake occurred when employee attending concert used government social media account rather than own
By Richard Woodbury, CBC News Posted: Jun 20, 2016 1:24 PM

A live stream of a New York concert by English rock band The Cure was accidentally broadcast for less than two minutes from the Nova Scotia government's Twitter account early Sunday.

Government spokeswoman Tina Thibeau says the error happened when a government employee attending the Saturday concert used the government's Twitter account, rather than their own.

To broadcast the concert, the person used Periscope, a Twitter app that allows people to live stream audio and video over the internet.

The tweet went out at about 12:20 a.m. AT Sunday.

Thibeau says the post was deleted as soon as it became known, and was up for under two minutes.

The Cure are in the midst of a three-night run at Madison Square Garden and are known for hit songs like Friday I'm in LoveClose to Me and Lovesong.

Monday, June 20, 2016

The Cure in NYC (06-20-16)

June 20th, 2016
Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Sold Out! / Doors at 7 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 8 - 8:40 / The Cure 9:08 - 11:50
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: That Summer At Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Last January, Don't Move, In Nowheres, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Setlist: Out of This World, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, The Last Day of Summer, Kyoto Song, A Strange Day, The Caterpillar, Sleep When I'm Dead, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Trust, 39, Bloodflowers

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, At Night

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Bananafishbones, Burn

3rd encore: Lullaby, The Walk, Play For Today, A Forest

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot!!!, Let's Go to Bed, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Reviews: Observer / Vulture

Photos: Sound of Violence

Videos: Out of This World / High & A Night Like This / A Night Like This / Push 1 - 2 / Last Day of Summer / Kyoto Song 1 - 2 / A Strange Day / Sleep When I'm Dead / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Trust / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / At Night 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake / Bananafishbones / Burn / Lullaby / The Walk / Play For Today / Close to Me /

Periscopes: Twilight Sad 1 - 2 - 3 / Cure - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 




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The Twilight Sad in NYC (06-19-16)


Last January - New York, Madison Square Garden 19-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Alphabet - New York, Madison Square Garden 19-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

The Wrong Car - New York, Madison Square Garden 19-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Thank you so much, It's A Perfect Day!

More from Roger's Russian Ballet

Have an extra Denver poster?


Did any one get an extra Denver poster or want to sell theirs? I didn't realize they were selling them and really want one. Saw one on ebay, but at triple the original price. Let me know. Thanks!

Sunday, June 19, 2016

The Cure in NYC (06-19-16)

June 19th, 2016
Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Sold Out! / Doors at 7 PM Eastern
The Twilight Sad 8 - 8:40 / The Cure 9:07 - 11:48
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They're excellent!

Twilight Sad setlist: Cold Days from the Birdhouse, Last January, Reflection From the Television, Alphabet, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car

Setlist: Tape / Open, High, Pictures of You, This Twilight Garden, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, Primary, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, All I Want, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Hanging Garden, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Pornography

2nd encore: Dressing Up, The Snakepit, Burn

3rd encore: Lullaby, Never Enough, Fascination Street, Wrong Number

4th encore: The Lovecats, Let's Go To Bed, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Photos: Concert Chick / Brooklyn Vegan

Videos: The Twilight Sad - Last January / Alphabet / There's a Girl in the Corner / The Wrong Car

The Cure - Open / High / Pictures of You / This Twilight Garden / The End of the World / Primary 1 - 2 - 3 / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 1 - 2 - 3 / All I Want 1 - 2 - 3 / In Between Days / Just Like Heaven / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / The Hanging Garden 1 - 2 / One Hundred Years / End / It Can Never Be the Same / Pornography 1 - 2 - 3 / Dressing Up / The Snakepit / Burn / Fascination Street / The Lovecats /

Periscopes: Twilight Sad 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / The Cure - 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

Clips: Twilight Sad - Last January 1 - 2  - Thank You /

They are selling the $25 limited edition numbered posters for NYC, like the ones they sold in Chicago.

Preview articles: New York Times / Brooklyn Vegan

Pre-show meet up at Stout NYC in The Cellar at  5 PM.

Post show afterparty at American Whiskey. Doors open at 10:45 PM.

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'Last Dance' in NYC (06-18-16)


Last Dance - New York, Madison Square Garden 18-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

'Pornography' in NYC (06-18-16)


Pornography - New York, Madison Square Garden 18-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.


The Twilight Sad in NYC (06-18-16)


P1050061 - low from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.


That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy - New York, Madison Square Garden 18-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.



And She Would Darken the Memory - New York, Madison Square Garden 18-Jun-2016 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.