2009.04.17 Las Vegas, NV - Pearl Concert Theater at The Palms (USA)

[ghanisbuli]

I had wanted to be on the floor, but my mom was coming with for her first Cure show, and she didn't want to stand.  She's even shorter than me, and my whole family has bad backs.  I told her that you don't feel pain when you see The Cure, but I wanted her to have a good time, and I wanted to experience the show with my family, so we sat.  And it ended up being a good thing, because we got there so late that we probably would've had a pretty poor seat in the pit!

Excellent choice BTW.  That floor was not very forgiving.  My feet were killing me even during the first hour of the show (even though I wear them every day, Doc Martens are not really conducive to standing on concrete for long periods of time!).  They hurt so bad that I was sort of limping on the way back to the Rio!

Now on to my story about annoying a-holes....there is a certain person that is at most Cure shows in North America.  I will refrain from mentioning this person here, but let's just say he is an old friend of the band.  And I actually talk to him at most shows.  Part way through the show, he ended up next to me and started to smoke pot.  A guy and his girl on his other side started giving him shit about it.  The prick laid into them, and tried to pull rank saying that he has known the band for 25 years and he can do what he wants.  Needless to say, for being such a "tough guy", once the guy went to get security, he high-tailed it out of there!

That's so funny!  "I know the band, so I can smoke pot."  Hah!  Which side of the stage were you on?  I saw smoke coming from both.

[japanesebaby]

about the possible 11 pm curfew (IF there was one, like said, i don't know for sure):
according to the ticket/advert the showtime was 8 pm but they didn't start until around 8:45 pm.

how can there be a curfew in a city that never sleeps?

they finished early cause Robert's hand was injured. end of speculations

http://craigjparker.blogspot.com/2009/04/roberts-swollen-hand.html

i still don't get it why robert didn't even say a proper goodnight to the crowds. 

by the way about the security, at least where i was standing (on porl's sde) the security repeatedly came to tell you to stop filming if you were trying to take any videos with your camera. even if you took only short clips and with a simple pocket camera. it was ok to take photos but not videos - i found that really odd.
after the same security guy came to shout in my ear to stop filming twice during 'lullaby' i didn't bother taking my changes again. i was pretty pissed because i had specifically taken an extra camera battery with me, just in order to take a lot of video clips. 
i also saw a couple of guys smoking pod here and there but the security seemed to get to them really fast. the floor section was so small that i guess it was easy for them to keep a sharp eye on everyone. i doubt it that anyone would have managed to film the show from the floor, had he/she tried.

[j]

That's so funny!  "I know the band, so I can smoke pot."  Hah!  Which side of the stage were you on?  I saw smoke coming from both.

I was dead center, about 15-20 feet in front of the soundboard

[sullen]

Excellent choice BTW.  That floor was not very forgiving.  My feet were killing me even during the first hour of the show (even though I wear them every day, Doc Martens are not really conducive to standing on concrete for long periods of time!).  They hurt so bad that I was sort of limping on the way back to the Rio!

yah!!!!! that floor sucked so bad.
my feet never hurt that much from a cure show.
i think i even wore the same boots in MEX 07 and those were longer shows and 3 nights,
not to mention wandering the city all 3 days rather than sitting in front of a Vpoker machine all day this time... WTF

[japanesebaby]

i stayed away from poker but one day i totally killed my feet by walking all the way from the stratosphere tower to the south strip - huh. it was "a bit" longer than it looked like.
by the way i couldn't even think about getting into one of those crazy machines on top of the stratosphere tower in that mini amusement park up in 350 m (1149 ft) - they are simply insane.
but this was cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVaNF1E1myo&fmt=18

[j]

by the way i couldn't even think about getting into one of those crazy machines on top of the stratosphere tower in that mini amusement park up in 350 m (1149 ft) - they are simply insane.

I've been on the roller coaster on top of the stratosphere.....and I think I am still shitting my pants!

[dsanchez]

From COF:

More on Robert's injured hand & Vegas
http://craigjparker.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-on-roberts-injured-handvegas.html

[Cure]

i'm readin all the simon-stuff
it seems so odd 2 me
i mean
wtf
personally, i loved 'forest'
i reely hope there'll be a full video of the show
i really wanna see the band walkin away one by one
it just seems strange

[japanesebaby]

I just uploaded some pics to the gallery. 

thanks for the pics j. 

i've just uploaded some pics too.

[lostflower4]

by the way i couldn't even think about getting into one of those crazy machines on top of the stratosphere tower in that mini amusement park up in 350 m (1149 ft) - they are simply insane.

I've been on the roller coaster on top of the stratosphere.....and I think I am still shitting my pants!

I went on the Big Shot ride before. I didn't think it was very scary. I mean, it's right in the middle of the roof — so it's not like you'd fall off the entire building if something went wrong. Really no different than a ground-level amusement park ride, just a better view.

Now, if it were located right along the edge of the tower that might be a different story. And yeah, those newer rides are super freaky. Not sure what to think about those! 

[japanesebaby]

Now, if it were located right along the edge of the tower that might be a different story. And yeah, those newer rides are super freaky. Not sure what to think about those! 

yes, i meant those.

insanity

& x-scream (Embedding disabled, limit reached) (maybe doesn't look so bad but it's 350 meters high up above the ground level...)

*edit to my last post: more pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36543214@N07/sets/72157617180295111/

[j]

So here's the back story to my Vegas trip....I was scheduled to leave Philly the Thursday night before the show.  My flight was oversold, so I volunteered to get bumped.  I was originally in coach class from PHL>MSP, then first class from MSP>LAS.  They rebooked me on the 6am flight out of Philly Friday morning, in first class the whole way.  They also gave me a $300 voucher and $20 in meal vouchers.  The gate agent did not rebook my ticket correctly and ended up putting me on a full fare first class ticket, which just meant that I got an additional 50% bonus miles, plus Northwest is running a triple mile promo for full fare tickets.

Now for the best part...initially the flight I was scheduled to take was about $700.  My wife found the same flight through NorthWest vacations, including 2 nights at the Riviera for $330.  Factor in the $300 voucher, plus the $20 in meal vouchers, and my flight plus 2 nights to Vegas cost me a total of $10! 

[japanesebaby]

  Factor in the $300 voucher, plus the $20 in meal vouchers, and my flight plus 2 nights to Vegas cost me a total of $10! 

 

wish i was that lucky... i don't even want to start counting all the expenses of the trip (i've promised myself not to - so don't ask!).

by the way that overbooking must be some US-only kind of thing. i've never come across that in europe: here when you buy a flight ticket for a certain flight then you can count on having a seat on that plane.
i witnessed this on my flight back (washington D.C. > frankfurt): united had seriously overbook that flight, there must have been some 15-20 people on stand-by or something. eventually they had to start looking for a volunteer pilot to take another plane to frankfurt as soon as possible. thankfully i had secured my seat already when i left from vegas - i seriously don't know what i would have done, had i been told to stay on stand-by.
anyway, that is just totally odd and new to me, the way it works over there.

[Plainsong]

My flight to Vegas from Nashville was overbooked too but they were offering only $100 credit to give up your seat and I wasn't having any of that. Southwest is a little tight with the credits!
My flight HOME from LAX had to bump a couple of people because of the heat in LA that day--the plane was overloaded and couldn't take off! I could have very happily lived without knowing that.

[dsanchez]

Simon drops his bass down at the end of "The kiss" (check from 6:46)

[wish-man]

Yeahh, Simon rocks 

You know, its remind me Simon on the 'Show' after A Forest. When he left his bass on stage unclenched. Remember?

... lets expect the same from Robert with face like THIS after 

[KleeGirl]

Oh yes, Simon rocks!  He is true hardcore.

[sullen]

My flight HOME from LAX had to bump a couple of people because of the heat in LA that day--the plane was overloaded and couldn't take off! I could have very happily lived without knowing that.

ha

no kidding, that's real fucking assuring to hear before the flight!

[alwaysprayingforRAIN]

Simon drops his bass down at the end of "The kiss" (check from 6:46)

man he doesn't just drop it...  he's like throwing it off and then running away!!! but he can do whatever he wants cause he's simon -period!!! 

[dsanchez]

but he can do whatever he wants cause he's simon -period!!! 

WORDS!