Woodinblack Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, casapete said: Good on Paul Heaton and Jackie Abbot who pegged the prices on their tour dates to £35, and Peter Kay who I believe is doing something similar. Although good on anyone that fights against the ticket pricing, the idea of spending £35 on Peter Kay seems about as bad as paying £500 for bruce springsteen! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPiKi Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Start your own thread to moan in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Saw them at Glasgow last night. They were superb. RS is a funny guy as well.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagsieblue Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Going tonight!!!.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, bagsieblue said: Going tonight!!!.... Jealous!! Have a good time. 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 05/12/2022 at 10:20, BigRedX said: If I can't be down at the front at a gig I might as well wait until it's available in format to watch at home on the TV. Or go to a decent tribute band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I saw the first Wembley night a couple of days ago. 2 1/2 hour set that included new stuff, some rarities and many hits. A very decent show. @Maude is right about Robert Smith not straining his voice being why he still sounds so good. He's still on it. I have some mutual friends with the Cure and I am reliably informed he does absolutely no vocal exercises whatsoever! The whole band was on fine form. When you look at some of the hard rock singers from that era (Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Stanley, David Coverdale) who have really damaged their voices, Robert was sounding excactly like it was 1984 still. I really think he is something of a national treasure. He was very humble onstage too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floFC Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 04/12/2022 at 12:17, Maude said: I last saw them at the long gone Cornwall Coliseum on the Wish tour in 92. They played for hours (that's a good thing before anyone starts 😉), even doing two encores, which were long enough for some bands full set, seven songs. I was there too! Student in Bristol (on international exchange) and that was the only place that still had tickets for that tour. A local music shop organised a bus+ticket combo and off we went. Great gig! Great memories! I have seen them many times since and I was at Wembley Arena last night too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Nail Soup said: Or go to a decent tribute band? I've not seen many tribute bands (they're not really my thing), but the ones I have seen were while being suitably competent musically, were visually and from a performance PoV a very poor substitute for the real thing; which for me is the whole point of going to SEE a band. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPiKi Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Cat Burrito said: @Maude is right about Robert Smith not straining his voice being why he still sounds so good. Possibly, but you have to admire the range and styles in sings in, while playing guitar for most of a two and half hour set, with changes to the set list every night of a 46 date tour. He is one talented guy! Interesting article here on the logistics of the current tour. Particularly liked the bit about not doing dress rehearsals :0 https://www.iq-mag.net/2022/12/the-cure-european-tour/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 05/12/2022 at 14:48, Woodinblack said: Although good on anyone that fights against the ticket pricing, the idea of spending £35 on Peter Kay seems about as bad as paying £500 for bruce springsteen! Then I guess Viagogo's prices for Villa Park of £312-323 standing are a snip?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Smithy has to be one of the most underrated men in music I think. In both songwriting and guitar playing. You only have to look at how many amazing guitarists who quote him as an influence. Think he must be quite difficult to work with though as they have had a hell of a lot of members over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 11 hours ago, sPiKi said: Possibly, but you have to admire the range and styles in sings in, while playing guitar for most of a two and half hour set, with changes to the set list every night of a 46 date tour. He is one talented guy! Absolutely not denying he is a fantastically talented person, as a song writer, as a musician and as a guitar player (amongst many other talents). A 2 1/2 set at any age is good going (Peter Hook does this too and clearly has gotten in shape in order to do so). They mix it up too which is the sign of a great band. The point is more that he doesn't do any vocal exercises or look after his voice. Had he been singing 80s rawk style, it might be different. That's no dig at him but just he knows what he can and can't do, and works it brilliantly. When he started singing at Wembley the other night the first thing we thought was "wow, he's still on it!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagsieblue Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Great gig last night. Sound was excellent, best I've heard at a large venue for some time, maybe ever. Crystal clear mix and not too loud too. Big set, 2 hour plus. After touring around London all day and probably not eating enough , embarrassed to say, I ran out of energy and feinted in the encore! 4 feints in all I think from the first one to getting to the concourse for a sit down, thankfully my girlfriend and a lovely lady stranger helped me to a quiet cool spot to recover. Thanks to the lovely lady stranger for the help getting out to the side and buying me some water, nice too know there are still people out there willing to help. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothingman Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 They are arguably my favourite band so it’s criminal I’ve only seen them 3 time. But Leeds arena show was fantastic. Other times I’ve seen them it’s been pretty much a greatest hits set. However, this time lots of deep cuts and a handful of new songs. Although I was miffed they didn’t open with Plainsong. Plus Twilight Sad in support 🖤🖤🖤 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 saw them loads of times but the standout gig was easily glastonbury 86 and even bob smith agrees with this one mainly because of the weather, the cure came on during one of the most cinematic reddest sunsets and as the gig kicked into high gear suddenly a full on dramatic lightening storm erupted directly above our heads ...the band played on with god now in charge of the light show, the whole effect was sheer gothic perfection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 What is there left to say. They simply are the original of something that I think subliminaly a lot of post Cure "Indie" bands are trying to be. Having said that Sir Gallups constant movement has always irritated. A Forest has to one of the most deceptively simple but massive tunes ever written. Genius. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, greavesbass said: A Forest has to one of the most deceptively simple but massive tunes ever written. Genius. And it still inspires forty years later, doesn't it Mr. Gallagher!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Simon Gallup made me want to play bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 with that stoop there is always a future for him in a new order tribute band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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