I'm wondering whether Robert's tweet was a down to festivals announcing the dates before the band had a chance? Do you think he's had enough of it? I'd be pretty miffed.
Bad news cos I don't like festivals. Robert is wasting his and our time.
Yeah I just saved a lot of money for next year because I despise festivals. Even when I was able to physically stand them I still hated them. But I think Festivals for them are Cheaper, less hassle, they hope to acquire more fans, and they make more money. Sh!t for us great for them. We can't complain really. They gave us a fabulous proper tour in 2016 at the risk of Robert losing his voice forever. And this is not an uncommon pattern for them. They often have a festival year after or around a regular tour. Let them enjoy.
I think my biggest bug bear about festivals is that usually you have to buy tickets for the whole event & suffer a dozen crappy bands before The Cure step out. Most festivals don't do day passes until quite close to the time.
I think my biggest bug bear about festivals is that usually you have to buy tickets for the whole event & suffer a dozen crappy bands before The Cure step out. Most festivals don't do day passes until quite close to the time.
Glastonbury don't even announce lineup, never mind day tickets... On a brighter note - Hyde Park isn't the only one they've curated the lineup for. A Disintegration festival tour with appropiate line up could be great!
Bad news cos I don't like festivals. Robert is wasting his and our time.
Yeah I just saved a lot of money for next year because I despise festivals. Even when I was able to physically stand them I still hated them. But I think Festivals for them are Cheaper, less hassle, they hope to acquire more fans, and they make more money. Sh!t for us great for them.
Exactly.
I was telling my husband last night I am trying not to be depressed by this news since it will most likely mean if I want to see them stateside in 2019 it would be something horrendous like Coachella and I don't think I could stand it, even for them. A European festival might be somewhat better in terms of it at least having a bit of "novelty factor", but still not easy at this age to stand around for hours.
He made the point it's likely b/c it's infinitely easier for them to play festivals and earn cash relatively easily as compared to a proper tour.
Last time I saw them at a festival-like setting was 2004 on Randall's Island, NYC. I had gone alone because my bf at the time wasn't interested and I ended up surrounded in a sea of "backwards baseball cap wearing" frat boys. It was pretty depressing and felt like purgatory.
Can they possibly derive pleasure from playing for crowds like that where maybe 20% of the people there, max, give a Shirt about them as a band? I would think the energy would be a little "weird", but what do I know?
So, maybe this means try to build up an audience for a real tour in the following year? Who knows. Depressing, though.
Yeah I just saved a lot of money for next year because I despise festivals. Even when I was able to physically stand them I still hated them. But I think Festivals for them are Cheaper, less hassle, they hope to acquire more fans, and they make more money. Sh!t for us great for them.
Exactly.
I was telling my husband last night I am trying not to be depressed by this news since it will most likely mean if I want to see them stateside in 2019 it would be something horrendous like Coachella and I don't think I could stand it, even for them. A European festival might be somewhat better in terms of it at least having a bit of "novelty factor", but still not easy at this age to stand around for hours.
He made the point it's likely b/c it's infinitely easier for them to play festivals and earn cash relatively easily as compared to a proper tour.
Last time I saw them at a festival-like setting was 2004 on Randall's Island, NYC. I had gone alone because my bf at the time wasn't interested and I ended up surrounded in a sea of "backwards baseball cap wearing" frat boys. It was pretty depressing and felt like purgatory.
Can they possibly derive pleasure from playing for crowds like that where maybe 20% of the people there, max, give a shiat about them as a band? I would think the energy would be a little "weird", but what do I know?
So, maybe this means try to build up an audience for a real tour in the following year? Who knows. Depressing, though.
Exactly. I look at it this way. If they make a boatload of money from the festivals then they have some scratch to take a chance on another proper Cure tour. It all works out in the end.