Soundcheck:
...The End Of The World, Lovesong, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, (pre-recorded bits of various songs), Just Like Heaven, A Night Like This, Jason (mic checks)
(thanks crowbi_wan!)
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
E1: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest
E2: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
E3: Why Can't I be you?
(Thanks to COF (http://craigjparker.blogspot.com/) for the setlist!)
Notes (crowbi_wan)
*Interpol is the preshow music again.
*65DOS is on
*65Dos is done
*Robert's voice sounds pretty good.
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Tickets
Pre-sale tickets on http://www.thecure.com
Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Tickets (http://www.theecenter.com/default.asp?lnopt=3&sn1opt=1&sn2opt=1&month=9&year=2007&newsID=0):
Venue details
Website : http://www.theecenter.com/
Capacity: 10,100
http://www.theecenter.com/default.asp?lnopt=1&sn1opt=1&sn2opt=1&month=9&year=2007&newsID=0
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Just got back from checking out the venue. The crew is setting up, but no sign of the band yet. Soundchecks have been happening around 4pm, so I'll head back over in a few hours. Viewing access to the loading area is totally clear , though there is a dude in a truck that I would assume is the guard parked just inside the gate. Hopefully, I can see the band arrive and they'll be able to hear my requests. And if that guard slips for one second, I'm making a run for the inside! :-D
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Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 23, 2008, 22:16:26
Just got back from checking out the venue. The crew is setting up, but no sign of the band yet. Soundchecks have been happening around 4pm, so I'll head back over in a few hours. Viewing access to the loading area is totally clear , though there is a dude in a truck that I would assume is the guard parked just inside the gate. Hopefully, I can see the band arrive and they'll be able to hear my requests. And if that guard slips for one second, I'm making a run for the inside! :-D
Let's go Brian.......... 8)
Is Robert singing at the soundcheck? How does he sound?
Oh good. :) I hope he's completely recovered by now and ready to wail!
"This is mic one, this is mic one, isn't this a lot of fun?"
Sorry...seen Spinal Tap too many times...;)
More of jason's crappy drumming.
Ah yes i made it in with the other voices sign and some other um...stuff : )
What were the "pre-recorded bits of various songs" in the soundcheck?
Just the normal backing track noises?
Hopefully nothing like major guitar parts etc?
CATCH!! Ooooh I hope they play this at one of the CA shows...love love love Catch.
Decent setlist with some nice surprises, but they're really hooked on those encores. :?
Quote from: lostflower4 on May 24, 2008, 07:57:09
Decent setlist with some nice surprises, but they're really hooked on those encores. :?
Considering they haven't done the full Seventeen Seconds for a few shows, it was due. And honestly, I enjoyed it. Porl's guitar sounded downright sinister during At Night. Nothing special about the middle two. Some nice guitar work by Robert during A Forest, though Simon didn't do anything to end it. Old School was the short version, which was a shame. They need to do the full seven song version more! With enough time for one more song, I thought we might get Faith since Other Voices was played earlier in the set. Nope, Robert picked up his hand held mic, and obviously they were going to end with a dancefest :?
Despite the finale, the show was terrific. While it lacked the vibe of Morrison, the set was full of surprise and Robert's voice is getting better. He's still having trouble at times, opting to sing in a different pitch or change the melody slightly, but he's definitely on the mend.
About the set, they just kept pulling out one surprise after the next. I'm no fan of Catch, but it's always nice to get something fresh. Finally, after being a fan for nearly 23 years I got to hear Other Voices :D That one right there really made this one special and easily one of my favorite shows. And who would've thought Elise would get played and at the point it did in the set? Not I. But it's that sort of thing that the Euro tour lacked and was what I kept complaining about. The last few shows have easily been the most interesting with this line-up. They're continuing to tear it up musically and putting on a great show. Had it not been for the postponement, I'd have missed this one. Glad they pushed the tour back. This was one fine concert.
Tomorrow I get to sleep in my own bed for one night before I'm off to the Sasquatch Festival (where we should get Underneath The Stars again) and Vancouver. When I get home I'll see about uploading some audio. Other Voices and A Letter to Elise sound pretty tasty and think I'll up those. And if time permits on my day off following Vancouver, I'll see about uploading a full show, Curefans exclusive style :smth023
That's all folks...I'm one sleepy Curefan.
Quote from: largeststarintheuniverse on May 24, 2008, 05:09:55
What were the "pre-recorded bits of various songs" in the soundcheck?
Just the normal backing track noises?
Hopefully nothing like major guitar parts etc?
They've been recording all of their shows and occasionally will use bits of previous shows. Might be to check the mix against a good night or just checking some levels while the band is talking. They were all very short bits and obviously were coming from a live recording.
why the encores has become shorter on this american tour then the european tour :P ?????
Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 24, 2008, 09:09:29
Quote from: largeststarintheuniverse on May 24, 2008, 05:09:55
What were the "pre-recorded bits of various songs" in the soundcheck?
Just the normal backing track noises?
Hopefully nothing like major guitar parts etc?
They've been recording all of their shows and occasionally will use bits of previous shows. Might be to check the mix against a good night or just checking some levels while the band is talking. They were all very short bits and obviously were coming from a live recording.
Oh, I thought you meant they were soundchecking stuff that was going to be played during the actual show from DAT at the desk.
I hope they are not playing bits recorded from other live shows during the actual concerts!
Quote from: temptation-cure on May 24, 2008, 15:43:35
why the encores has become shorter on this american tour then the european tour :P ?????
Most US venues have curfews. If the band breaks the curfew, they have to pay the facility fines to help pay for the overtime the workers will get for working late.
That and the mainsets have been getting one or two more songs.
Is that true that Robert told before Sleep when I´m Dead it would be a b-side ? :smth100
i hope it doesn´t happen.Would be a pity. :cry:
Such a great song, too much for a b-side, don´t get me wrong, Cure always have good songs as b-sides, but SWID is a must-be-in-the-incoming-album. :smth020
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Quote from: Mad Bob RJS on May 25, 2008, 09:26:55
Is that true that Robert told before Sleep when I´m Dead it would be a b-side ? :smth100
i hope it doesn´t happen.Would be a pity. :cry:
Such a great song, too much for a b-side, don´t get me wrong, Cure always have good songs as b-sides, but SWID is a must-be-in-the-incoming-album. :smth020
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He didn't say anything before Sleep When I'm Dead. Afterwards, he said something about it being new, in case anyone thought it was a b-side.
Other Voices and Letter to Elise... ooooh I wish they'd played those here in Italy!
I'm so glad Rob is feeling better.
I've just finished posting the last of the mostly decent video from the SLC show.
Plainsong (minus intro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zELk7vvZ79s
Fascination Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcL5aaPjWn0
A Night Like This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_MlMSAKTc
The Walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is_TC-vPmTE
Other Voices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ciJfluBxA
Sleep When I'm Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9QxZYZWwQ
My photos from this show are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluheron/sets/72157605222808964/
I'm new here on the forum, but I met Brian out behind the venue after the show :D
Cheers,
Heron
Great job for the pics HaloCure :smth023
hey all.. this was my first cure concert. i really enjoyed it. hoping to hit up another city.
hey all i posted some pics of the show in the gallery
thanks
Thanks for posting your pics & video links one here HaloCure and hharkey too! Really great stuff!
Thanks for your review too crowbi_wan too. Other Voices is something I've been wanting to hear at a show too. Glad you got to finally hear it! :smth023
Fantastic pictures.
I'm trying to memorize your settings from the E410 shots, just started shooting with an DSLR, if i can walk with shots that look like this @ MSG + RC, ill be happy.
Thanks for sharing.