The Cure - 8th June 2019

grimm2005

Confirmed on their website: http://www.thecure.com/home/

No venue details yet but reckon I'll definitely be at this.

PTH2009

grimm2005 wrote: »

Confirmed on their website: http://www.thecure.com/home/

No venue details yet but reckon I'll definitely be at this.

Odd it's the same day as Slane and the same promoters

grimm2005

PTH2009 wrote: »

grimm2005 wrote: »

Confirmed on their website: http://www.thecure.com/home/

No venue details yet but reckon I'll definitely be at this.

Odd it's the same day as Slane and the same promoters

Thought that myself as I'd say there would be a decent amount of crossover fans (myself included). Was going to go to Metallica but I've seen them twice and never seen the Cure so that's my mind made up. Didn't see anything about the promotor, though could be an Aiken event?

Would think it'll probably be Kilmainham or Malahide, or maybe 3arena.

Ferris_Bueller

Nice, I will definitely be getting tickets for this anyway once it is announced. Hopefully it's in Kilmainham.

SoundOfSilence

Has to be kilmainham or malahide. Not a chance it's an indoor gig.

Can't feckin wait

grimm2005

3arena according to Overdrive FB account: https://www.facebook.com/overdrive.ie/

Grayditch

We'll this solves my "I hate Slane but want to go" problem.

Cure all the way.

phunkadelic

Kilmainham likely, the date is almost the same as nick cave was this summer.

DepecheHead101

See ya' later, Metallica!

roll

Ride and Slowdive were among those who supported them for the Hyde Park gig. A repeat would be just lovely.....

s8n

I hate the cure

fourmations

s8n wrote: »

I hate the cure

each to their own,
music mavericks IMO,
been into them since the 80's

TheIrishGrover

s8n wrote: »

I hate the cure

Fantastic contribution

sally cinnamon89

s8n wrote: »

I hate the cure

Yes but you're a Biffy Clyro fan. I would expect nothing less

maximoose

Would absolutely love this to be in Kilmainham

lizzylad84

Nice one. Hope is in kilmanham

Outlaw Pete

Haven't seen Metallica since the two '88 gigs but I've never seen The Cure.

Can't decide.

lizzylad84

Be interested to see ticket prices for the cure

Neames

Super live band.

I saw them 3 times in Ireland - twice in Dublin, Electric Picnic and once in London.

They really put on a great live show and clock in at over 2.5 hours generally. Unlike other bands they appreciate that many of the fans are there to hear their hits and they really have a huge catalogue to draw from.

I hope they play Kilmainham, that really would be a great start to the Summer.

Neames

lizzylad84 wrote: »

Be interested to see ticket prices for the cure

I can't see them being too cheap.

I picked up a ticket for Suede playing in Bord Gais Theatre in October. Thought I'd get it for less than 50....65 euros.

I can't see tickets being less than 80 quid.

Corholio

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

Yes but you're a Biffy Clyro fan. I would expect nothing less

What's wrong with Biffy? Bit strange to act like there'd be no crossover at all.

Birneybau

s8n wrote: »

I hate the cure

You must be the problem so

DepecheHead101

Always saw Biffy as a bit generic rawk, but to each their own. Can't abide by music without an atmosphere.

There's crossover insofar as they're both live bands.

Corholio

DepecheHead101 wrote: »

Always saw Biffy as a bit generic rawk, but to each their own. Can't abide by music without an atmosphere.

There's crossover insofar as they're both live bands.

Even though original poster was trolling, my point was 'mocking' other music because someone (stupidly) mocked yours is hardly a great look. (I mean 'yours' in general, I know it wasn't you who said it)

Irish_rat

s8n wrote: »

I hate the cure

Why post in this thread then? Makes no sense.

I'm more of a fan of their early stuff Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography. But even when they went commercial there is some solid albums over the years.

I think the chances of them coming back are getting slimmer and slimmer as they've really cut back on gigs. Should be great.

fourmations

Irish_rat wrote: »

Why post in this thread then? Makes no sense.

I'm more of a fan of their early stuff Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography. But even when they went commercial there is some solid albums over the years.

I think the chances of them coming back are getting slimmer and slimmer as they've really cut back on gigs. Should be great.

fan of the old stuff as well
"Kiss me" is one of my favorite albums of all time
kinda lost touch with them after disintegration, which is also a masterpiece

DepecheHead101

Love all sides of them. The quirky pop era with the Tim Pope videos is impossible not to love. Also adore the more atmospheric funeral pyre of albums like Faith.

Always saw Disintegration as a marriage of the two sounds. It's dark, yeah, but most of the songs are immensely single worthy. Plainsong has to be one of the best album intros ever, with Suede's Introducing the Band.

Easily their best album, for me.

holly8

Irish_rat wrote: »

Why post in this thread then? Makes no sense.

I'm more of a fan of their early stuff Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography. But even when they went commercial there is some solid albums over the years.

I think the chances of them coming back are getting slimmer and slimmer as they've really cut back on gigs. Should be great.

ah, the "early Cure" argument .... me too

The tax man

DepecheHead101 wrote: »

Love all sides of them. The quirky pop era with the Tim Pope videos is impossible not to love. Also adore the more atmospheric funeral pyre of albums like Faith.

Always saw Disintegration as a marriage of the two sounds. It's dark, yeah, but most of the songs are immensely single worthy. Plainsong has to be one of the best album intros ever, with Suede's Introducing the Band.

Easily their best album, for me.

Still get goosebumps when I listen to Plainsong. Brings me back to the RDS in '89. Great opening track for a concert.

Xenji

Saw them play few weeks back at their 40th anniversary show, it was a fantastic night and the sound was just stunning.

OwaynOTT

The Hyde park gig was excellent. Was delighted they played end of the world as I wasn't expecting it!
Really looking forward to this now.
Any chance if it being indoors?

part time punk

Would love to see them live. Anyone know when tickets go on sale?

lizzylad84

No venue announced yet

gre

I'd imagine a announcement will be made this weekend on venue and tickets

Grayditch

I'd absolutely love it to be Royal Hospital Kilmainham. A 3 min walk versus an hour one at Slane

Agent Coulson

Grayditch wrote: »

I'd absolutely love it to be Royal Hospital Kilmainham. A 3 min walk versus an hour one at Slane

Jaysus fair play if you can walk from Kilmainham to Slane in an hour :P

CalamariFritti

The Cure vs Metallica is no decision for me. Didn't like Metallica even when they were good and Cure are one of the best bands ever. Any idea where and when would tickets come up? Shouldn't be long I imagine and you'd want to be on the ball.

scruff monkey

Hmmm, tempted by this but they’d need to be starting right early in order to give any sort of longish show.

Grayditch

Ha. Between 9am and 6pm, Slane was where I though I was going.

D3V!L

Grayditch wrote: »

I'd absolutely love it to be Royal Hospital Kilmainham. A 3 min walk versus an hour one at Slane

We flew over to the Hyde Park gig during the summer and the one in Dublin is about a 20 minute walk for us from Drimnagh too

You can bet The Cure aren't going to charge 100 Euro odd for tickets as well.

Grayditch

CalamariFritti wrote: »

The Cure vs Metallica is no decision for me.

Same, but I love Ghost

D3V!L wrote: »

We flew over to the Hyde Park gig during the summer

I heard Hyde Park was incredible. I hope they play Burn here.

DepecheHead101

Have you seen the Meltdown setlist they done? Don't get me wrong, I want the hits in Dublin, but this is fan service:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2018/royal-festival-hall-london-england-63ea2a1f.html

Irish_rat

fourmations wrote: »

"Kiss me" is one of my favorite albums of all time

Yeah it's brilliant, love these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7qvdFSlrc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBM9Sjp7tpk

gre

DepecheHead101 wrote: »

Have you seen the Meltdown setlist they done? Don't get me wrong, I want the hits in Dublin, but this is fan service:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2018/royal-festival-hall-london-england-63ea2a1f.html

No strange attraction/ lullabye/hanging garden etc hope they differ it left out loads on this set

OwaynOTT

To be fair, they should just play all their songs

Birneybau

OwaynOTT wrote: »

To be fair, they should just play all their songs

They generally do:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/07/the-cures-robert-smith-i-was-very-optimistic-when-i-was-young-now-im-the-opposite

These days, the Cure are predominately a live act, renowned for their epic, multi-encore shows. In Mexico City, as a 53rd-birthday treat, Smith tried to break Bruce Springsteen’s record of 4hr 6min, but miscalculated and fell three minutes short. “I was a bit crushed,” he says, “because we could have honestly kept going for another half an hour.” Friends, bandmates and critics have all suggested he leave the audience wanting more, but he keeps going because he enjoys it so much, and because he thinks he owes it to the fans. “I still think of that person who’s there thinking, ‘I wish they wouldn’t stop. I wish they wouldn’t stop.’”

OwaynOTT

Birneybau wrote: »

They generally do:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/07/the-cures-robert-smith-i-was-very-optimistic-when-i-was-young-now-im-the-opposite

4hrs, would that even get them through the join the dots box set?

skD13

Saw them only 2 years ago in Amsterdam. Amazing. 2.5 hour gig, 3 encores one of which was all from Seventeen Seconds. I was nearly in tears.

Saw them years ago in London too, a cracker. EP here was poor. Short set, sparse croud, just wasn't the right setting for them.

I want to see them kill it here. Looking forward to this big time.

Grayditch

OwaynOTT wrote: »

4hrs, would that even get them through the join the dots box set?

I'd die happy if they ever played This Twilight Garden.

OwaynOTT

Grayditch wrote: »

I'd die happy if they ever played This Twilight Garden.

If they played chain of flowers I'd be happy, don't wanna die though.

Nugget89

skD13 wrote: »

Saw them only 2 years ago in Amsterdam. Amazing. 2.5 hour gig, 3 encores one of which was all from Seventeen Seconds. I was nearly in tears.

Saw them years ago in London too, a cracker. EP here was poor. Short set, sparse croud, just wasn't the right setting for them.

I want to see them kill it here. Looking forward to this big time.

Short set? There are 39 songs on their setlist from that night https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2012/stradbally-hall-stradbally-ireland-6bdc5e86.html