The Cure

[CaledonianGonzo]

Any reports of them having the screens off or just showing abstract visuals?

[George_92]

Really hoping for an opening similar to Hyde Park last year – or better still, 'Open', which would be great on the Pyramid. 

Want them to see it more than just another show and do something a little different.

 

[Amy Lawn]

19 minutes ago, Northtim said:

Really!!  Flaming Lips at the Park.  My most joyful gig ever

I've seen Dr Jacoby from Twin Peaks and the lads bring half a dodgy carnival onstage and whack on about how much they love the crowd before and found it massively tragic.

15 minutes ago, Homer said:

Dizzee Rascal was good fun too.

I ended up fucking off to Dizzee after the world's most precocious D&D group had done Let Down and ye it was good fun, but it was like midday Other stage good fun, not WH headliner stuff.

[jparx]

These days any Pyramid headliner will have a mass exodus. That's the nature of the festival init? Frankly I think Radiohead nailed it by playing to their actual fans, not trying to catch the attention of ADHD tick boxers. I vote headliners play to their fans and give them the best show poss. Being in the pit for Radiohead was one of the most speical moments I've experienced at a gig, and The Cure will be the same.

Just get in the pit and have a cracking time. So what if people at the back of the field leave?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Coyne may go "Come On Motherfuckers!" too many times, but he brings out the big guns. Whereas it looks like Boabie is going to keep The Lovecats in his back pocket 

[beau1]

6 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Any reports of them having the screens off or just showing abstract visuals?

Footage from their festival shows so far display the screens most definitely on. Not sure, why people think they would turn them off. The Cure ain't radiohead, but they aren't going to play a 100% hit fest either.

[Amy Lawn]

6 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Coyne may go "Come On Motherfuckers!" too many times, but he brings out the big guns. Whereas it looks like Boabie is going to keep The Lovecats in his back pocket 

The Cure's back catalogue can't be compared to The Flaming Lips', and omitting Lovecats doesn't qualify as not bringing the big guns.

[dentalplan]

So weird shouting for Lovecats to appear. It should really be considered as something that exists as an anomaly to their oeuvre because it’s that different to what they’d been doing and they went on to record bigger hits that slide into a set list easily. Is this another costume related set list grievance @CaledonianGonzo?

[CaledonianGonzo]

They're playing to largely the same sort of audience who got peeved at the Boss for not playing Born In The USA.

[Amy Lawn]

48 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They're playing to largely the same sort of audience who got peeved at the Boss for not playing Born In The USA.

Well not if those guys leave, and also I'm not bothered whether that sort of rubbernecker has a good time or not.

[clarkete]

18 hours ago, Northtim said:

Really!!  Flaming Lips at the Park.  My most joyful gig ever

Exactly where we scooted too and it was a welcome change of mood

 

[the wonderwhy]

Gonna be well easy getting a ticket next year when all the Fleetwood Mac dweebs find out they're permabanned for walking away before Pictures of You 

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Southside stream if anyone's interested. I'm only going to watch the first few tunes to see if there's much variation. They have a much shorter set time for this one than usual. https://www.southside.de/en/

[George_92]

from last night:

 

[Homer]

11 hours ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Southside stream if anyone's interested. I'm only going to watch the first few tunes to see if there's much variation. They have a much shorter set time for this one than usual. https://www.southside.de/en/

Any good?

[Superscally]

29 minutes ago, Homer said:

Any good?

Course. It's the Cure.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

35 minutes ago, Homer said:

Any good?

 

6 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Course. It's the Cure.

What he said. Bob seemed quite perky and they sounded fabulous.

 

 

[JohnCKent]

11 hours ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Southside stream if anyone's interested. I'm only going to watch the first few tunes to see if there's much variation. They have a much shorter set time for this one than usual. https://www.southside.de/en/

Still played two hours twenty minutes. Mixed up the order of the songs a bit and dropped One Hundred Years in favour of Let's Go To Bed added to the encore. I wonder if the billed two hour Glastonbury set will actually end up being longer 

[scaryclaireyfairy]

31 minutes ago, JohnCKent said:

Still played two hours twenty minutes. Mixed up the order of the songs a bit and dropped One Hundred Years in favour of Let's Go To Bed added to the encore. I wonder if the billed two hour Glastonbury set will actually end up being longer 

Aye, last night seemed to be billed as 1hr40 but came out longer. I don't think there's that flexibility at Glasto.

[Simpo]

1 hour ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Aye, last night seemed to be billed as 1hr40 but came out longer. I don't think there's that flexibility at Glasto.

Foo Fighters went on thirty minutes longer than their allotted time in 2017 the world didn't cave in. Bring back the post-midnight headliner finishes I wasn't around early enough to see!!

 

Think I'll be watching this on the TV with a bottle of wine, hugging a cushion.

Edited June 22, 2019 by Simpo

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Enjoy. I was quite fond of the crowd with this one. Lots of bopping.

[Simpo]

27 minutes ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Enjoy. I was quite fond of the crowd with this one. Lots of bopping.

I meant the Glastonbury set next week! I saw them at Leeds Fest in 2012, and that festival was a special time for me. I don't know what I'd have watched on Sunday if I'd got a ticket, but as a spectacle to be enjoyed from the comfort of my home, The Cure wins out handily. Just picturing that wide camera shot from the back of the crowd as the lights twirl around. Hope it's beautiful in that Pyramid field for everyone! xxx

[harderfaster]

I'm a bit disappointed that Plainsong has been dropped as an opener after their Disintegration shows...but on the flipside there's still 2h+ of killer material coming up so I reckon I'll cope ?

[beau1]

14 minutes ago, harderfaster said:

I'm a bit disappointed that Plainsong has been dropped as an opener after their Disintegration shows...but on the flipside there's still 2h+ of killer material coming up so I reckon I'll cope ?

SDS is a much better opener, imo. Especially for fests.

[harderfaster]

8 minutes ago, beau1 said:

SDS is a much better opener, imo. Especially for fests.

Yeah I know what you mean. I think I've just watched so many Plainsong openers from festivals over the past decade that I can't imagine anything else! But you're right.