2008.02.11 Oslo - Spektrum (Norway) *Sold out*

[japanesebaby]

I am surprised for a number of Disintegration songs in the set...
Plainsong, Lovesong, Fascination street, lullaby, Pictures of you, Disintegration...

Half of this record was played...

Amazing...

sadly the other half won't be played because of the lack of keyboard players on stage these days 

i think it's better they don't even try - the guitar version of 'prayers for rain' in mexico wasn't very impressive.
but imo they have enough interesting material to look into instead - that is if they only tried!

[nosigner]

No surprises.....but replacing Open/End  with Plainsong/Disintegration is big improvement in my mind

or maybe not, because it's being the same thing as in mexico shows. of course, without the songs that ppl want to hear like hanging garden or other voices, just to name a few.
i almost bet that in 2 days they will open with out of this world and end with bloodflowers.

[rodney]

I was thinking the same thing about the Bloodflowers opener and closer.

They played a large amount of Disentegration songs on Curiosa too.  I think when I saw them they played more from that album than the self titled one.

I'd like to see them do a Bloodflowers themed encore, like the one with 39 and Bloodflowers.

[crowbi_wan]

imo they have enough interesting material to look into instead - that is if they only tried!

I hear that!  They need to try Give Me It and Secrets 

[jaja]

Hey. I was there, and it was great. Not too good sound, though. Thought you might like this. http://www.kjendis.no/2008/02/11/526597.html?i=3

[crowbi_wan]

Nice photos.  Thanks for the link, jaja. 

[u-a-b-f]

Jonas gave me the correct setlist. Main order was different to what AdamClayten told and also last encore had two more songs.

11.02.2008 Oslo - Spektrum (Norway)
plainsong, fascination street, alt. end, the walk, the end of the world, lovesong, a letter to elise, pictures of you, lullaby, from the edge of the deep green sea, please project, push, friday i'm in love, in between days, just like heaven, a boy i never knew, shake dog shake, never enough, wrong number, one hundred years, disintegration,
E1: at night, m, play for today, a forest,
E2: let's go to bed, freak show, close to me, why can't i be you?,
E3: three imaginary boys, fire in cairo, boys don't cry, jumping someone else's train, grinding halt, 10:15 saturday night, killing an arab

[soldoutscandal]

Sorry I didn't get to give updates during the concert - I haven't been online to read the message until now.

It was my first Cure show, so of course I loved it! Them opening with Plainsong was a pleasant surprise.

More photos here, at the bottom of the page. (I love how Fascination Street is called Fashion Street in the review )
http://www.side2.no/musikk/article1596454.ece

[boo]

what was porl wearing???????????????????

[budvarka]

Jonas gave me the correct setlist. Main order was different to what AdamClayten told and also last encore had two more songs.

11.02.2008 Oslo - Spektrum (Norway)
plainsong, fascination street, alt. end, the walk, the end of the world, lovesong, a letter to elise, pictures of you, lullaby, from the edge of the deep green sea, please project, push, friday i'm in love, in between days, just like heaven, a boy i never knew, shake dog shake, never enough, wrong number, one hundred years, disintegration,
E1: at night, m, play for today, a forest,
E2: let's go to bed, freak show, close to me, why can't i be you?,
E3: three imaginary boys, fire in cairo, boys don't cry, jumping someone else's train, grinding halt, 10:15 saturday night, killing an arab

wow that last encore... nothing agaist the first album, but what about playing whole Faith album for a change?
wish...  but im sure they are able to do that!

[AdamClayton]

Jonas gave me the correct setlist. Main order was different to what AdamClayten told and also last encore had two more songs.

11.02.2008 Oslo - Spektrum (Norway)
plainsong, fascination street, alt. end, the walk, the end of the world, lovesong, a letter to elise, pictures of you, lullaby, from the edge of the deep green sea, please project, push, friday i'm in love, in between days, just like heaven, a boy i never knew, shake dog shake, never enough, wrong number, one hundred years, disintegration,
E1: at night, m, play for today, a forest,
E2: let's go to bed, freak show, close to me, why can't i be you?,
E3: three imaginary boys, fire in cairo, boys don't cry, jumping someone else's train, grinding halt, 10:15 saturday night, killing an arab

Yup, that seems right, apologies for my wrong set, it was just from the top of my head last night after the concert;)

[sonic]

No surprises.....but replacing Open/End  with Plainsong/Disintegration is big improvement in my mind

or maybe not, because it's being the same thing as in mexico shows. of course, without the songs that ppl want to hear like hanging garden or other voices, just to name a few.
i almost bet that in 2 days they will open with out of this world and end with bloodflowers.

Yes, I think so too. But what will happen on the 4th show (Hamburg)? Want/Bare or Shake Dog Shake/The Top or The Kiss/Fight or will they repeat Open/End?
I also really hope, they will play the full last encore with TIB and FIC.
Still hoping for a Faith encore incl. Other Voices. I'm already excited

[disintegration]

Sorry I didn't get to give updates during the concert - I haven't been online to read the message until now.

It was my first Cure show, so of course I loved it! Them opening with Plainsong was a pleasant surprise.

More photos here, at the bottom of the page. (I love how Fascination Street is called Fashion Street in the review )
http://www.side2.no/musikk/article1596454.ece

Thanks for the link, very nice photos! 

[soulmate]

Thanks for the reviews and pictures!!! They're quite nice! 
I really wonder which songs will be played next as well... Hope we'll have more surprises... Anyway, I'm begining to be very exited about it all! Just a few more days to wait

[six_different_ways]

It was my first Cure show, so of course I loved it! Them opening with Plainsong was a pleasant surprise.

I think it was a really good show, even if I have seen them 25 times before This easily made it into my top 10 Cure-shows, not because of the setlist, which was good, considering this was their first show in Norway in 16 years. Even though I would have loved the Faith-encore they played in Mexico instead of the seventeen seconds-encore which they have played on the majority of shows I've attended before (except at night), I think this really suited the Oslo-audience.
I'm sure when they play germany, france, italy, spain, the two polish shows, the more obscure and darker stuff will emerge. They are really in a really good mood, it's a joy seeing Robert dance, joke and making faces. The lights for Plainsong (and Pictures) are so beautiful. The wish-like animation in the background for Friday I'm love was also great.
One interesting note: Please project has changed a bit since last year. The chorus now appears later in the song (after 4 verses, instead of 2 verses) + Robert has added some new singing (not lyrics, just some oooing) between the 2nd and 3rd verse + there are 2 new verses before the last chorus (1. "I love what you do to my skin", 2. "I love what you do to my bones". Also, Robert ended Please project by saying "thank you, this don't have a title, yet" (If I understood him correctly). Which means (if I didn't misinterpret him, and if he wasn't lying)that the new album is still not finished.