Live report July 28th, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC

Try not to blabber on too much about the Melbourne show. My impressions are that the audience and the band gelled in Melbourne and for me personally it produced an unforgettable night.

Yes, we got Plainsong, POY and Closedown again but that was fine with me although it would have been nice to start with hmmm, let's see, The Kiss. My highlights were Doing The Unstuck, Bananafishbones, Want was very powerful and Prayers for Rain, so intense. Adored One Hundred Years, even better than Sydney and Melbourne really got a cracking A Forest because they deserved it!
Although it's true Robert doesn't sing Disintegration as he used to Melbourne's version was very emotional and special.

Robert remarked that he didn't remember Melbourne being this cold, and he thought Australia was all sunshine and love . It was very chilly but perfect Cure weather. As for the encores, the whole place were out of their seats, singing, smiling, it was magic. Again Robert looked so happy.
For me Melbourne was so much better than Sydney so I am very glad I did 2 shows and now, I really wish I had pushed on to Adelaide but no matter.

Thank you The Cure, you delivered more than could have been expected of you, now we need a new album .

If you do read this forum, please play Pornography in Perth, we need to have it appear at least once in Aus.

Also, it was so pleasing to see so many young fans in the crowd loving this great band!