4Tour World Tour 2007 - 08
August 6th, 2007 -
Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Entertainment
Centre)
Tape (intro), Open, Fascination Street, alt.end, The Blood, A Night Like This, The Walk, The End of the
World, Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Never Enough, The Figurehead, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Baby Screams, Push,
Inbetween Days, Friday I'm In Love, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep,
The Kiss, Us Or Them, Wrong Number,
One Hundred Years, End
1st Encore: Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Close To Me, Why Can't I
Be You?
2nd Encore: Three Imaginary Boys, Fire In
Cairo, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt,
10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
(Thanks to Glenn for the ticket
scan and to Michael & Spencer for the setlist)
Pop fans get The Cure
Article from: The Advertiser
ALEXANDRA TREDREA
August 07, 2007 02:15am
AFTER a seven-year wait, devoted fans of The Cure were last night treated
to a three-hour set of the English rock band's greatest hits at the Entertainment
Centre.
Founding member and singer, Robert Smith – with his trademark hair, smudged
lipstick and black garb – whipped the crowd into an emotional frenzy as soon
as he hit the stage at 8.10pm.
Smith was joined onstage by bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper
and fellow-founding member, guitarist Porl Thompson.
And while the band has had many line-up changes since they formed in 1976,
the four current members seemed like they had been playing together for years.
Through classic songs such as Lullaby, Friday I'm in Love and In Between
Days, the crowd was enthralled.
Despite the upbeat tone of some of the songs, the band didn't disappoint
hardcore fans by including some of their more sedate tunes – highlights included
a suitably heartfelt rendition of Love Song and The Walk.
Aged 48, Smith proved why he has enjoyed such longevity in a notoriously
fickle industry renowned for one-hit wonders.
Prowling the stage, Smith's voice didn't falter all night.
His bandmates were just as impressive, particularly Cooper, who joined
The Cure in 1995 and was outstanding on the drums.
Together, they ensured the classic sounds of The Cure were not lost.
While the band's last Adelaide show, in 2000, concentrated on songs from
the band's so-called "gloomy" trilogy of albums – Disintegration, Pornography
and Bloodflowers, last night's performance couldn't have been more different.
Fans of all ages, many of whom were dressed like their idol, Smith, danced
and screamed and gave thanks that The Cure came back to Adelaide for another
show.
- Adelaide
Now
The 2nd Australian show was just as great as Perth,
good to see a slightly different set list too.
There was a slight technical problem on "IOTWCS". I'm not exactly sure what
went wrong, seemed like there was a problem with Porls pickups or effects.
The light show lived up to its usual expectations, great colours.
It seemed like there was more merchandise in Adelaide then Perth. According
to the program, Entreat, Show and Paris are going to be re-mastered. Does
anyone know if this is a misprint? I'm quite curious of how this will be
done. Perhaps the bonus disc will be a DVD.
Before the 1st encore Robert said they "were all going to play a different
song". This was funny, seems like he is warming more to the Australian audience
with each show.
Cant wait for the rest of the tour.
- Aaron
It was early in the morning, the day after the
Perth Cure concert, and I was online booking flights, accom and a ticket
to the Adelaide show. It
took a bit of doing, but I had finally managed to sweet-talk my husband
into letting me go to see The Cure again.
What an amazing couple of days. I was still on a "High" from the Perth
show, and here I was flying to Adelaide to see them.
I got to the Ent. Centre at about 5.30 to find that the line had already
started. Bugger. I could have got there earlier, but I didn't think I would
need to. Thanks to Glen, Mark and John who chatted with me in line before
we were let in. Once the doors opened, I raced to the front. WOW!!!
There I was, front row, right between Robert and Simon - it was better than
I could have ever imagined.
I chatted with the fans around me. The most surreal part for me was meeting
people who knew me, and I knew them, all because of Chain of
Flowers.
And then it began.... I had enough problems writing the review for the Perth
show, Adelaide was an amazing whirlwind of sound and colour. A couple
of set changes, it was fantastic to hear A Night Like This and The Baby Screams
(this song was amazing live).
It was a shame that Adelaide missed out on the At Night, M, Play for Today
and A Forest encore, but thank god I got to experience Three Imaginary Boys,
Fire In Cairo, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt,
10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab again. It was even better the second
time around.
Highlights of the show for me were Push, Hot Hot Hot!!! and Fire in Cairo
- hard to believe given that I usually have a preference for their dark, epic
tracks. As for Killing an Arab, I tried to listen to whether Kymbo was right
about Robert singing "Killing Another", sometimes I was sure it was Arab,
and others I thought it may have been Another - I really can't be sure.
Being right at the front was amazing, in Perth I was way back in the reserved
seating, so to be able to get so close to the band was phenomenal, almost
like watching a dvd - you get to see the reactions of the band to the crowd
and to the goings on on-stage.
Thanks to everyone around me who made the concert an amazing experience.
Mary, you absolutely rock, next time The Cure come back (positive
thinking) we will have to plan to see the show/s together. To Brad, amazing
to meet you and hear about your encounter with Robert and the band at Perth
airport. To Fuji, wow, what a blast, it was great to finally put a face to
the name. It was also amazing to chat with you at the airport the next morning,
I was so envious that you were heading to Brisbane for the next show, whereas
I was heading back to the "real world".
I think I preferred the Perth set list, but for an entire experience, the
Adelaide show was awesome (not a word I like to use often). The decision to
go, the people I met, and the Band - oh that Band - it is a night I will NEVER,
EVER forget.
Long, live The Cure!!!!!
- Jo
Just a few extra notes about the adelaide gig
1. nice to see so many kids there. queueing for a few hours with a bunch
of enthused and over excited kids was a strange experience for an old cure
fan but hey, just goes to show that the message is still getting out.
2. saw the cure arrive at the venue in their little blue van and guys,
it would be nice to stop for two seconds and say hello. I guess because
of the adelaide entrance being like a little fortress, this happens every
time they come here, van arrives, gates open, van goes in, end of story.
at least jason looked up.
3. nice set, huge contrast between the light and dark side. talk about
mood swings. one minute, middle aged women are dancing in the isles, next
minute they are looking subdued and checking their watches whilst the other
half are absorbed by the sonic assault and there certainly were many.
4. the keyboard issue, yeah well, ya know, that plus robert not playing
guitar on some of the tunes certainly took some adjusting but you can sort
of understand that they might want to change things for themselves after some
20 years plus. hearing 'lets go to bed' or 'why cant i be u' as essentially
a
3 piece + vocals is an experience...
5. most effective part was , no surprise the guitar driven songs. the second
encore was perfect, many memories flooding back and thinking, these are
actually really really really good songs ya know. there were kids themselves
when they wrote this stuff... id never heard the early early stuff (im talking
"fire in cairo", jumping etc...) sounding so good. most energetic i've ever
heard them sound. by a country mile.
6. in conclusion, a leaner and meaner cure than ever before.
7. oh, and he did say "see you again" at the end...he never lies I'm told.
- Marc L.
Great show last night, was right at the front
in front of simon and got some excellent pics. off to brisbane today so
will send pics when i get back to perth on the weekend.
of interest
- thought this was the case when i heard it in perth, but wanted to confirm
in adelaide - 'tape' is a different mix to the one we know from the wish
tour
- on both nights, possibly the best version of pictures of you i've ever
heard live. bass driven and reminds me a bit of the remix from mixed up,
though not so 'notting hill carnival' (to quote from picture show vid)
- Brad
Adelaide, Entertainment Centre - 6th August
2007
Make no mistake - this is not The Cure we have come to know over the
years. Once again, this is a renewed, reinvigorated incarnation
of Robert Smith's artistic vision. Yet, having said that, it is
also The Cure we have always known - forever changing.
From the opening moments of "Tape" echoeing through the Entertainment
Centre, the familiar sense of anticipation welled. "Open" proved
to be
the spectacular opener it has been on many occassions in the past,
and seeing Porl Thompson resume his rightful place on guitar made the
moment
all the more special. Apart from the early muddy soundmix, this
was an outstanding version. The band then proceeded to work their
way through
what appears to be a virtually identical first set throughout the current
tour, with the exception of a few differing songs. Aside from what
appeared to be a speaker 'popping' during "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"
(which was quickly tended to by a sound tech), the sound quality and mix
was excellent throughout. Robert appeared to be in a rather jovial
mood this evening, and was quick to acknowledge the crowd early in the set
with his trademark "hello", and other various comments, including a comment
about the local beer.
Back to the performance, a key point of concern which seemed prevalent
throughout the concert was the absence of keyboards, and the band's
attempt at 'covering' many of the integral parts with various guitar
parts (majority of which were played by Porl). This gave us a much
'heavier' Cure than previously heard, as the band seemed forced to saturate
the songs with distortion and feedback simply to fill out the sound.
Whilst there were certainly signs of this direction on their most recent
album, to see songs like "Pictures of You" and "Lullaby" stripped back
to virtually a 'skeletal' song form, was a huge feat, and interesting to
watch to say the least. In most parts the songs suffered terribly,
and provided far too many 'thin' sounding sections throughout many songs.
This particular line-up of the band appears to be geared towards creating
heavier, simpler versions of songs, and older songs from the 'pre-keyboard'
era are best suited, hence creating fabulously new and fresh versions of
the songs from Three Imaginary Boys, and the like (to hear Jumping Someone
Else's Train was a rare treat).
The Cure are very much alive in 2007, and appear to be as relevant
(I hesitate in using this term, as it is largely overused and incorrectly
used in most cases where reviews are done) as they ever have. Relevance
in this context, being that The Cure appeal to such a broad audience, and
manage to maintain that audience, that one can only commend them on such
an achievement...especially in the current musical climate.
Overall, this was The Cure at their loudest, heaviest, and at the same
time, equally ambitious. A band that has always given us so much,
and always keeps us guessing. Whether you're a Cure fan or not, this
tour is not to be missed. Get yourself a ticket if you still can.
- Michael
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