I am attending with my little brother who is a first-time Cure concert attendee.
He grew up in the 1990s which means he wasn't watching Cure videos on NBC late night or MTV like I was back in the 1980s.
He seemed eager for me to get him a ticket so we have two. My wife will either not attend or will be at the hotel with our two girls while we are at the show. Even a cheap seat would be too loud for our 1-year old's ears.
Should be a good show as long as we don't get mugged in Miami.
Last Edit: Mar 19, 2023 13:37:58 GMT 1 by AForestFan
End of tour, eh? Then the setlist should be b-sides and rarities: 2 Late Splintered in her Head All Cats are Grey Jumping Someone Else's Train Another Journey by Train Siamese Twins Like Cockatoos The Same Deep Water as You Fascination Street The Snakepit Sinking The Top The Figurehead A Letter to Elise Charlotte Sometimes Apart Play for Today Primary A Forest
Encore 1:
Killing an Arab Why Can't I Be You? (medley version) Faith
Okay, that was a joke list of things I have not heard in a live show. But that's because I am a "late comer".
What I would truly be interested in for a final show for a tour would be a return to the complete album plays.
I would be perfectly happy with a complete playing of Disintegration and a latter album like Bloodflowers or Wish. No encores or hit singles, just play two albums.
Sometimes I think the band only wants to play pop hits for the North American audience. Well, consider "Sinking". I first heard this song in an audience recording of the Bizarre festival from the 1990s. I thought it was magnificent. But is it a pop song? No, nothing on the radio sounds like it. But it's something I would love to hear live in 2023.
Or if I ran The Cure (!), I would close a live show with Wish played in reverse. The first encore would be End, and the concert closer would be Open. Now wouldn't that be a funny flip of the concept album? Finish the show with Open! Would leave everyone stunned. Just an idea.
Frankly, if I could hear Faith, I'm Cold, or Sinking, that would be a nice capper to this tour.
Last Edit: May 16, 2023 4:19:44 GMT 1 by AForestFan
The jury duty is done, now I can focus on the show.
A lady commenting on a youtube video of the Fiddler's Green show complained "I wish they had played more eighties songs, their hits". I would like to consider her point.
In her corner, she is right to complain about paying for a concert that consists of 5 songs from a Cure album that has not been released and may never be released. How can it possibly be to promote a new album when the album is not out? You could have played the bulk of Faith or Pornography in five songs. Or most of The Top.
But in the band's corner, they are not a jukebox, as Jimi Hendrix would complain as the audience shouted at him during shows. If they want to spend 90 minutes playing covers of Alice in Chains, they could do that, too. Hearing them perform should be enough, and every tour there are audience members who just want to hear the previous album played. Because it's on the shelf.
For me, I will not be attending this Miami show angry before I hear that my favorite 2 dozen tracks aren't featured. I will "pop" if I hear something that makes me smile, like High, Mint Car, Like Cockatoos, or Happy the Man. But the band knows their tour setlist, and it's going to be played without variation.
I can only be eternally grateful that I attended their double show in 2016 in Miami. I got songs live I never thought I'd hear. It's been a long wait from 2016 to 2023, and here they are scheduled in Miami again. I will be happy to hear anything, and I hope to come off a little more loving than that lady at the Fiddler's Green show. Life is not about what you want, but if you want The Cure live, you got it, lady. Nothing to be unhappy about.
A lady commenting on a youtube video of the Fiddler's Green show complained "I wish they had played more eighties songs, their hits". I would like to consider her point.
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yes, I agree with your points. most audience members think that the band owes them a certain duty to ensure they are fully satisfied with the setlist. although there is a certain bit of truth to that (the fans have enabled the show with buying tickets, after all), the problem is that those people feel they are representative of the entire audience. and, of course, they are not. I go back again to the example of my wife and I - she being the casual/hits type of attendee and myself the die-hard. her hopes for a setlist vary greatly from mine. all the band can hope to do is satisfy both types of fans. might be impossible, but that's the best they can do. and, I haven't even considered the band satisfying themselves with a set that won't bore them to tears. after all, they do need to make sure it's something they're interested in to stop it being a tedious, by-the-numbers performance
