I heard Robert having a cold and struggling to sing tonight in Birmingham…

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RisingStone
I heard Robert having a cold and struggling to sing tonight in Birmingham…

I'm sure their ambitious touring schedule doesn't help. Robert's 2 years older than me & Reeves is older than that. They do a lot of shows in a short amount of time. The same thing happened in Europe 2016.

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RisingStone
I heard Robert having a cold and struggling to sing tonight in Birmingham…

Not good news it is! I'm going to London (2 gigs). I really hope it will be fine. This tour has been quite long and Robert has been beyond belief amazing so far. Singing and playing that fabulous for 2h 45 min. each night has probably started taking its toll too. Fingers crossed the Boys will finish the tour with no problems.

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RisingStone
I heard Robert having a cold and struggling to sing tonight in Birmingham…

In Leeds he was complaining of being sneezed on in Glasgow the previous night

Miraculously they have managed a 27-song show in Cardiff. Full set, basically.

Robert Smith is a trooper.

[www.setlist.fm]

I really like the new songs...especially "Endsong".

New songs played on the tour from the forthcoming album, Lost World:

Alone (show opener)
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Endsong (main set closer)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (encore #1 opener)

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RisingStone
New songs played on the tour from the forthcoming album, Lost World:

Alone (show opener)
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Endsong (main set closer)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (encore #1 opener)

I wish the Cure would take a page from the Nick Cave playbook & release the new record digitally with physical product to follow. Wilco also does this. It seems to work out quite well.

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RisingStone
New songs played on the tour from the forthcoming album, Lost World:

Alone (show opener)
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Endsong (main set closer)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (encore #1 opener)

[youtu.be]
"Disintegration" vibes?

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RisingStone
New songs played on the tour from the forthcoming album, Lost World:

Alone (show opener)
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Endsong (main set closer)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (encore #1 opener)

[youtu.be]
"Disintegration" vibes?

I’d say close. More doom less pop.

They will play at OVO Wembley Arena on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. All sold out but quite a few tickets are on Twickets for all three dates at this moment I’m posting:

[www.twickets.live]



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RisingStone
New songs played on the tour from the forthcoming album, Lost World:

Alone (show opener)
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Endsong (main set closer)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (encore #1 opener)

[youtu.be]
"Disintegration" vibes?

I’d say close. More doom less pop.

They will play at OVO Wembley Arena on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. All sold out but quite a few tickets are on Twickets for all three dates at this moment I’m posting:

[www.twickets.live]

Except for a few singles there's a mighty lot of doom on Disintegration. Likewise Pornography & Bloodflowers.

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RisingStone
Miraculously they have managed a 27-song show in Cardiff. Full set, basically.

Robert Smith is a trooper.

[www.setlist.fm]

Eh, he's a officer of the law?

Wasn't aware of that.

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RisingStone
Miraculously they have managed a 27-song show in Cardiff. Full set, basically.

Robert Smith is a trooper.

[www.setlist.fm]

Eh, he's a officer of the law?

Wasn't aware of that.

I learn something new everyday…

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Oxford Dictionary of English
USAGE
The traditional spelling for the sense ‘a reliable and uncomplaining person’ is trouper, not trooper. More than two thirds of examples of this use in the Oxford English Corpus are spelled trooper, however, and this form has become common even in edited text. Nonetheless, trooper is still regarded by many as incorrect.

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RisingStone
Miraculously they have managed a 27-song show in Cardiff. Full set, basically.

Robert Smith is a trooper.

[www.setlist.fm]

Eh, he's a officer of the law?

Wasn't aware of that.

I learn something new everyday…

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Oxford Dictionary of English
USAGE
The traditional spelling for the sense ‘a reliable and uncomplaining person’ is trouper, not trooper. More than two thirds of examples of this use in the Oxford English Corpus are spelled trooper, however, and this form has become common even in edited text. Nonetheless, trooper is still regarded by many as incorrect.

Just one of those minor details of words that can jump out. Americans love to say "PIN number", Personal Identification Number number, and a few others (Chai tea comes to mind) yet alone "hot water heater", redneck vs hillbilly, lightening vs lightning... when talking about lightning, but nuances like that one, trouper vs trooper... for once it's not color vs colour but specifically different; trouper vs trooper - the slightly spelled different yet exact same sounding words have different meanings!

JSYK, I wasn't making fun. My apology if you took it to be that way.

no problems with bob's voice last night at the wembley opener

cracking stuff

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no problems with bob's voice last night at the wembley opener

cracking stuff

I have several friends who went. They're raving about the show.

From Pennyghael, a guy who taped London :

"Robert teasing before the beginning of the 2nd encore that part of him wants to carry on with the less poppy stuff but then something gets the better of him. His voice seemed fully recovered from the recent throat problems.

I’d say it’s been stronger than any other time in the band’s career."

What a great band...Robert's tears are heartbreaking.
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ROCKMAN

Thanks for the heads-up, Rockman. Will certainly get the issue.

On the third and final Wembley night that capped the two-month European tour, The Cure played a triple-encore, 32-song, three-hour set that ran beyond the eleven o’clock curfew. Epic or what?

Last night of the tour was just out of this world. No words. I'm still processing all this.

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RisingStone
Thanks for the heads-up, Rockman. Will certainly get the issue.

On the third and final Wembley night that capped the two-month European tour, The Cure played a triple-encore, 32-song, three-hour set that ran beyond the eleven o’clock curfew. Epic or what?

I think they should ditch having an opening act given how long the shows are. With them you finish the main set & you're only a little more than halfway home. The second show I saw in 2016 was about 3 hours. It was in Ridgefield, WA (just across the river from Portland). They hadn't played the Portland area in way over 10 years & people were riled up. Awesome mind picture: during the "put your hands to the sky" part of From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea almost everyone in the amphitheater had their hands in the air. You had to be there I guess. Needless to say, a fantastic show.

Siouxsie announced as a headliner for Latitude festival
iconic performer returns after a 10-year hiatus

[www.efestivals.co.uk]

First time I saw Robert Smith live was with Siouxsie and the Banshees, Osaka, 10 February, 1983, not as the leader of The Cure. He was a temporary hired guitarist for the Banshees then during The Cure’s hiatus after releasing Pornography and its subsequent tour. The young Robert Smith (then 23 years old) played a brilliant guitar although looking rather timid, standing next to the dominant Queen Siouxsie who made her presence felt all the way. A friend of mine who also attended their club show in Kyoto a few days before witnessed Siouxsie intimidating poor Robert on stage lol. Whether it sheds some light on The Cure’s 1985 release, Kyoto Song, I’m not so sure…

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RisingStone
Siouxsie announced as a headliner for Latitude festival
iconic performer returns after a 10-year hiatus

[www.efestivals.co.uk]

First time I saw Robert Smith live was with Siouxsie and the Banshees, Osaka, 10 February, 1983, not as the leader of The Cure. He was a temporary hired guitarist for the Banshees then during The Cure’s hiatus after releasing Pornography and its subsequent tour. The young Robert Smith (then 23 years old) played a brilliant guitar although looking rather timid, standing next to the dominant Queen Siouxsie who made her presence felt all the way. A friend of mine who also attended their club show in Kyoto a few days before witnessed Siouxsie intimidating poor Robert on stage lol. Whether it sheds some light on The Cure’s 1985 release, Kyoto Song, I’m not so sure…

I wonder if she's going to have some new material.

Interesting insights into the business and production sides of The Cure’s European tour. Here, Robert Smith’s involvement behind the scene is impressive, especially his care about the ticket price. I only have a great admiration for him.

[www.iq-mag.net]

So many death celebs in the last time. Hope I can help you for a little bit better mood with my video.
As I have seen there are some Cure fans in this forum too, I thought I post my new video here.
These are The Cure animalized.

video: [youtu.be]

Nice. Love the Cure!

“The Love Cure”

They are a wonderful band. For me, it has to be Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Just a magnificient album that is a, Cure De Force.