Whilst Robert Smith looks revolting he sounds perfect as do the band full stop. They aren't everyones cup of tea but I like them and they are delivering a very professional show. I'm also happy people expecting some radio friendly pop act are having a bit of an education (or are turning the tv off and giving it a kick for good measure!)
My missus just said it was better with Ed Sheeran headlining so I have just stared at her with disgust for 5 minutes
Not a Cure fan but thought they were pretty good, agree re Robert Smith...sounded really good....even if he didn't look so good.
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Paul Weller can be a fucker for that, I've seen him live a lot and what songs you get depend greatly on what side of the bed he got out of that morning.
You always play the hits, in The Cures case a lot of their music was fairly niche when it was released and I don't know many people who could list more than say 3 Cure songs. That then gives them a problem as they do have some really good tracks but those tracks havent necessarily had a lot of joy on the radio, certainly for the last 20 years.
I make you right though, they should or could have spread the biggies out and still finished with Friday I'm in Love or Boys don't cry. Like I said last night, I thought musically and vocally they were perfect but they shouldn't have started with a slow one.
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Indeed that's why as a fan of a band I'd rather see them in their own show rather than at a festival, as at the festival they will usually play the hits you've heard 1000 times already rather than the more interesting album tracks etc that would be more enjoyable for me.
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Indeed that's why as a fan of a band I'd rather see them in their own show rather than at a festival, as at the festival they will usually play the hits you've heard 1000 times already rather than the more interesting album tracks etc that would be more enjoyable for me.
What a cracking lineup that is. What really stands out are the number of "current" acts playing rather than people past their peak. That NME stage alone would be worth the admission price
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Paul Weller can be a fucker for that, I've seen him live a lot and what songs you get depend greatly on what side of the bed he got out of that morning.
You always play the hits, in The Cures case a lot of their music was fairly niche when it was released and I don't know many people who could list more than say 3 Cure songs. That then gives them a problem as they do have some really good tracks but those tracks havent necessarily had a lot of joy on the radio, certainly for the last 20 years.
I make you right though, they should or could have spread the biggies out and still finished with Friday I'm in Love or Boys don't cry. Like I said last night, I thought musically and vocally they were perfect but they shouldn't have started with a slow one.
The Cure are a brilliant reminder of what Glastonbury used. Proper musicians playing their songs with no gimmicks. They have earned the right to play what they play in whatever order they want. I turned on the tv earlier in the day to see Kylie ‘doing’ the fucking locomotion for god sakes !!
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Paul Weller can be a fucker for that, I've seen him live a lot and what songs you get depend greatly on what side of the bed he got out of that morning.
You always play the hits, in The Cures case a lot of their music was fairly niche when it was released and I don't know many people who could list more than say 3 Cure songs. That then gives them a problem as they do have some really good tracks but those tracks havent necessarily had a lot of joy on the radio, certainly for the last 20 years.
I make you right though, they should or could have spread the biggies out and still finished with Friday I'm in Love or Boys don't cry. Like I said last night, I thought musically and vocally they were perfect but they shouldn't have started with a slow one.
The Cure are a brilliant reminder of what Glastonbury used. Proper musicians playing their songs with no gimmicks. They have earned the right to play what they play in whatever order they want. I turned on the tv earlier in the day to see Kylie ‘doing’ the fucking locomotion for god sakes !!
Yeah you are correct, they have done enough in their career to do whatever they like, like Weller to be honest. I enjoyed them hugely last night doing their thing however if I had a pound for every time Weller would finish one of his more experimental records then if he was deciding to talk to the audience this is, he would announce he was going to do a another b-side from one of his latest singles you can hear an audible groan from those around apart from the real Weller nutters who would love him singing the theme tune from the muppets and care not for him doing a town called malice or beat surrender.
Looks like The Cure saved all the ones you have heard of for the encore. I am of the opinion that if you are a band that has had a number of hits and you are asked to play at a festival, you should play all those hits, and spread them around your set. The audience are always an eclectic mix and are mostly not interested in the "one from our new album". By all means play the entire new album if you are at a gig where the crowd are specifically there to see you, otherwise do what you have been paid to do, and entertain the plebs...
Paul Weller can be a fucker for that, I've seen him live a lot and what songs you get depend greatly on what side of the bed he got out of that morning.
You always play the hits, in The Cures case a lot of their music was fairly niche when it was released and I don't know many people who could list more than say 3 Cure songs. That then gives them a problem as they do have some really good tracks but those tracks havent necessarily had a lot of joy on the radio, certainly for the last 20 years.
I make you right though, they should or could have spread the biggies out and still finished with Friday I'm in Love or Boys don't cry. Like I said last night, I thought musically and vocally they were perfect but they shouldn't have started with a slow one.
The Cure are a brilliant reminder of what Glastonbury used. Proper musicians playing their songs with no gimmicks. They have earned the right to play what they play in whatever order they want. I turned on the tv earlier in the day to see Kylie ‘doing’ the fucking locomotion for god sakes !!
I can't decide if Kylie was overwhelmed with the event, size of the crowd, memories of 14 years ago; or whether she couldn't quite believe she was getting that reception while suffering awful sound and "tuning" issues. That performance looked tremendous but sounded dreadful, even with all the production and sync'ed BV's, shame.
Robert Smith reminded me of the guy in Death in Venice (Mahler) after his make up. Quite surreal at times but RS is a brilliant front man. I think if I knew the lyrics and was amongst it Immersed in the sound at Glastonbury then it would have been excellent. But at times I was wishing the song would change to the more familiar ones. Cyrus was good and so was Mavis. I enjoyed Kylie with nick cave then switched over.
Mike Skinner is a performer, if I'm not mistaken that is Rob Harvey from The Music playing guitar for him too. They were an incredible band, I saw them a few times and came out absolutely exhausted every time and buzzing
The Streets were a highlight for me. Loved his crowd surfing and the womans face in the crowd when Mike said he recognised her from Instagram. The Music is a blast from the past. I loved them. That 1st album i still listen too. And you are correct it was Harvey on stage i believe
I think ultimately The Cure isn't the type of band that cheers you up. There are a few great singles before the encore such as Lovesong, Fascination Street, Pictures of You but most of the songs aren't the sort you can dance to. I'm not a fan of Robert Smith's makeup (never have been) and can see why some of you think he looks ridiculous.
Late to the party (as always) but I bloody loved The Cure...the set was faultless and sounded bloody excellent...despite how he's looking (remember, drinking to excess regularly through your 'youth' is not good for your health kids) his voice was superb... I've quite literally flown around the world to see The Cure, so yes, I am biased and I'm off to see them again in Helsinki next month and I CAN'T BLOODY WAIT on the evidence of last night... Could not believe it when Shake Dog Shake came on...one of my all time favourite tracks...all that was missing for me were Primary and 100 Years....
Mike Skinner is a performer, if I'm not mistaken that is Rob Harvey from The Music playing guitar for him too. They were an incredible band, I saw them a few times and came out absolutely exhausted every time and buzzing
The Streets were a highlight for me. Loved his crowd surfing and the womans face in the crowd when Mike said he recognised her from Instagram. The Music is a blast from the past. I loved them. That 1st album i still listen too. And you are correct it was Harvey on stage i believe
His dancing was awesome, they had some very dirty guitar riffs that worked really well. I don't remember dancing as much at any other shows than The Music. The first album was a peach, as was the second. Think it got a bit too much for him after that.
I can't think of many frontmen, who had as much about them as Rob Harvey yet got as little recognition
Mike Skinner is a performer, if I'm not mistaken that is Rob Harvey from The Music playing guitar for him too. They were an incredible band, I saw them a few times and came out absolutely exhausted every time and buzzing
The Streets were a highlight for me. Loved his crowd surfing and the womans face in the crowd when Mike said he recognised her from Instagram. The Music is a blast from the past. I loved them. That 1st album i still listen too. And you are correct it was Harvey on stage i believe
His dancing was awesome, they had some very dirty guitar riffs that worked really well. I don't remember dancing as much at any other shows than The Music. The first album was a peach, as was the second. Think it got a bit too much for him after that.
I can't think of many frontmen, who had as much about them as Rob Harvey yet got as little recognition
I never got to see them live. Had a ticket to see them at Brixton but due to family emergency had to give it up. Would of really enjoyed jumping about to "The People" live.
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You always play the hits, in The Cures case a lot of their music was fairly niche when it was released and I don't know many people who could list more than say 3 Cure songs. That then gives them a problem as they do have some really good tracks but those tracks havent necessarily had a lot of joy on the radio, certainly for the last 20 years.
I make you right though, they should or could have spread the biggies out and still finished with Friday I'm in Love or Boys don't cry. Like I said last night, I thought musically and vocally they were perfect but they shouldn't have started with a slow one.
was on iphone.
was trying to say I also KNOW Boys dont Cry and Friday I'm in love.
That performance looked tremendous but sounded dreadful, even with all the production and sync'ed BV's, shame.
I was worried that achey brakey shit was coming so made a pleasant surprise lol
Cyrus was good and so was Mavis. I enjoyed Kylie with nick cave then switched over.
Nope but i suppose it sounded similar-ish.
The Music is a blast from the past. I loved them. That 1st album i still listen too. And you are correct it was Harvey on stage i believe
I knew the words & just assumed it was a cover.
I’m not owning up to Hubby, I’ll never live it down :-:neutral:
I can't think of many frontmen, who had as much about them as Rob Harvey yet got as little recognition