June 2, 2023 - The Cure at Rogers Arena, Vancouver
side view best view. magical, otherworldly, transformative and so much fun!!! shortest 2.5 hours of my life, though i probably have under 7 minutes of footage of it on my phone. danced my feet off during the encore (which was as long as the main show)
i IMPLORE you to also check out their opening band, The Twilight Sad. the frontman sings with a strong scottish accent, with a voice you could just imagine echoing over the scottish moors, the lungs on him. 10/10 (their cover of The Smiths’ Half a Person isn’t very indicative of their sound but it’s a fresh take on it)
Seeing The Cure just once during the Shows of A Lost World was not enough so I had to see them at Riot Fest. This was their first show since Miami in July so there was no predicting the set list.
The Cure
Riot Fest
Douglass Park
Chicago IL
9/17/23
Alone
Pictures of You
High
Lovesong
And Nothing Is Forever
Cold
Burn
Fascination Street
A Night Like This
Push
In Between Days
Just Like Heaven
At Night
Play For Today
A Forest
Shake Dog Shake
From The Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Endsong
Encore:
Lullaby
The Walk
Friday I'm in Love
Close to Me
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry
10:15 Saturday Night
Killing an Arab
Was very happy to get High so early in the set! The rest of the main set followed most of the sets from earlier this year (which is good since we got lots of HOTD!) Robert wore an Amy Winehouse tee - guessing as a tribute since it was recently what would have been her birthday. The encore had some surprises - 10:15 and KAA? What is it, 1980? So great. So happy to be able to see them again!
I got to see the Cure live finally, they were amazing! It was so cool to see such a wide range of eras of material in one show, a real dream come true.
& the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight alt versions under the cut
Recently had the wonderful opportunity to see The Cure and hearing Lullaby performed live was such a blast as it’s one of my favorites from them! I made this design inspired by the backdrop used — as seen below.