2008.03.12 Paris - Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy (France)

[PeTe.In.PaRiS]

I for one was so greatful of this show, i mean The Cure live for 3 1/2 hours

I had such a brilliant night.
BTW where are the Cure.fans who live in Paris? I would love to meet you someday.

Regards
Pete

[maccatori]

I onder if there had have been the internet in 1989, how much moaning there would've been about setlists. Surprises were few & far between then until the final nights in Wembley, or whenever they played two nights somewhere & tried to do something different as they knew there would be lots of people attending both nights. Maybe there would be a lot more surprises next week if that second date had materialised. They are playing much better on this tour than the festival tour & if they can keep this spirit up, you'll be in for a treat in the US. 42 songs in Paris! No complaints from me. Fantastic!

[nevyn]

The sole Irish man in the bar! Sipping Fosters Hi! Hope you get to your place quickly

[lacrima mosa]

back at work from paris.
faith was worth the flight, absolutely.
a great kiss to yves and stef,- so they did play faith for you, swiss boy  - sorry i had to rush after the show.

i was at chambertin cafè at 16 but nobody there! where were you everybody? 

i was crying!!! it was for me, i know!! :-) kisses back, i see you soon! review? i'm not ready yet... still in a dream...

[nevyn]

I wonder WHY I have so much problems with reviewing the shows I attended... I think that I will do it listening to each show I was at and then I will be able to get back what I felt during them...

Hi lacrima mosa - you are a teacher?

[mint car]

Faith 

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQCsICMznI

[erpomata]

my review   a little disappointed until shake dog shake,almost the same setlist of rome, absolutely bored with the 3 first encores...and then...faith!

i was at 3 shows, best one milano, roma and paris the same in general, but a bit more paris for the reason you know.

kisses to  everybody
marco  

[maccatori]

The sole Irish man in the bar! Sipping Fosters Hi! Hope you get to your place quickly

Hey Nevyn

Ha! A good night. I was lucky to find a good taxi driver. A nice afternoon in Paris yesterday & heading back into work now. Hope you got back ok also! See you again soon.

[j]

At least for the two shows that I'm attending, shows start at 7.  So.....

7:00-7:30 65dos
7:30-8:00 intermission
8:00-11:00 The Cure

Don't count on that.  You'll be lucky if they get on by 8:30.  65pos 7:15-7:45, breakdown/setup 7:45-8:30/8:45

[j]

It will help to kill the time expecting for the Edirol Bros' and DAT family...
I can assure you that in the beginning of the 80's... we would have traded such a gig with that sound !!!!

The "Edirol Bros (and sis)"  are still on tour with the band!!

[rodney]

So with an 11:00 curfew (which nearly every venue in the States has) that's only a 2-2:15 minute set.  Not that I'm griping, but I expected a much longer set that Curiosa, where we got 1:50.   :(

[lostflower4]

I onder if there had have been the internet in 1989, how much moaning there would've been about setlists. Surprises were few & far between then until the final nights in Wembley, or whenever they played two nights somewhere & tried to do something different as they knew there would be lots of people attending both nights. Maybe there would be a lot more surprises next week if that second date had materialised. They are playing much better on this tour than the festival tour & if they can keep this spirit up, you'll be in for a treat in the US. 42 songs in Paris! No complaints from me. Fantastic!

No dobut we're all spoiled. While The Cure varies their setlist a lot more than many other bands, a lot of previous tours were very predictable (including the Prayer, Wish, and Dream Tours). Yes, there were exceptions to this â€" but there are exceptions now too.

And what about 1987, where they played the EXACT same setlist every night, except for a very few rare occasions? I can imagine the reaction if we all had the internet back then!

But in the end, I'm still sick of hearing this same stuff over and over. It's been done enough in past tours. Heck, I think some of the 2007 shows (especially Mexico) are more interesting than this stuff from 2008. It's like they took a step backwards, setlist-wise.

And I really don't know why they're so scared to play more new songs, especially when they claim there are 30+ of them. They weren't afraid to play the majority of their newest material in the past, so why are they so hesitant now?

[PeTe.In.PaRiS]

I onder if there had have been the internet in 1989, how much moaning there would've been about setlists. Surprises were few & far between then until the final nights in Wembley, or whenever they played two nights somewhere & tried to do something different as they knew there would be lots of people attending both nights. Maybe there would be a lot more surprises next week if that second date had materialised. They are playing much better on this tour than the festival tour & if they can keep this spirit up, you'll be in for a treat in the US. 42 songs in Paris! No complaints from me. Fantastic!

No dobut we're all spoiled. While The Cure varies their setlist a lot more than many other bands, a lot of previous tours were very predictable (including the Prayer, Wish, and Dream Tours). Yes, there were exceptions to this â€" but there are exceptions now too.

And what about 1987, where they played the EXACT same setlist every night, except for a very few rare occasions? I can imagine the reaction if we all had the internet back then!

But in the end, I'm still sick of hearing this same stuff over and over. It's been done enough in past tours. Heck, I think some of the 2007 shows (especially Mexico) are more interesting than this stuff from 2008. It's like they took a step backwards, setlist-wise.

And I really don't know why they're so scared to play more new songs, especially when they claim there are 30+ of them. They weren't afraid to play the majority of their newest material in the past, so why are they so hesitant now?

Well lets be fair here, The Cure have always played their 'oldies', well in the 6 times ive seen them, its just the way they are and its what the majority of fans want, for example at the Paris show there were many French fans singing along to the well known 'released' songs but they didnt have a clue about other songs they sang from the album.
I guess its just a matter of if it aint ruined then dont change it.

[CureCrusader]

Well lets be fair here, The Cure have always played their 'oldies', well in the 6 times ive seen them, its just the way they are and its what the majority of fans want, for example at the Paris show there were many French fans singing along to the well known 'released' songs but they didnt have a clue about other songs they sang from the album.
I guess its just a matter of if it aint ruined then dont change it.

I agree with this. When you first , or eventually hear your favourite song live, nothing compares to it. 
I have not witnessed/heard the 3 new songs yet-to-be-releaased, and if I did, GOD, I wouldn't know what i was hearing or know it, so of course the crowd would be quiet, listening to it.. bit of a low-point.
The more concerts available, and with new albuw, a few months off, and maybe a new single-or-two, plus with a possibly released NEW album..
magic can happen.

[CureCrusader]

By the way, I didn't recognize Wrong Number..
It sounds like crap, I thought it was a new one until I read the setlist...

Nevertheless, they played with energy, good will and pleasure I guess.
Sound problem with the 2 guitars balance and not a very defined sound. I guess the DAT or Edirol would sound much better than the real sound, you'll hear.
but Bercy sounds like a big railway station for many years...

And "La cerise sur le gateau" aka the top of the cream, they played Faith and Robert complained 'FucKK... ' that they were obliged to short cut the last encore. Pity !

they have been cutting off 'proposed' encores for the main european tour.
there was a curfew in OZ. why on earth play with a back-up when they can't/don't want to play full sets?

If this is correct, then it is no wonder  travelling curefans are getting, shall we say 'slightly bored' with the setlists?
It is not a true reflection on the perfomance per se.