The Cure

[Chinaski_]

12 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Watching on TV, sounds fantastic. Robert Smith's voice is wonderful. Seeing them in Portugal in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait. 

Same here! 

[Chinaski_]

I remember when they played Reading a few years back and the crowd was dead until Friday I'm In Love came on. The Cure aren't appreciated enough at major festivals it seems! 

[moz4pm]

17 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Watching on TV, sounds fantastic. Robert Smith's voice is wonderful. Seeing them in Portugal in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait. 

 

4 minutes ago, Chinaski_ said:

Same here! 

Me too. Might not be as high energy as the other headliners but that's just not what the Cure is about, whole different kind of show. Awesome stuff

[Simpo]

Imagine all the cool young people listening to The Cure for the first time tonight.

[Chinaski_]

I never get the whole "no crowd interaction" thing. Some bands are made to talk before every song and tell a story about how they wrote it etc. The Cure is about being engrossed in the music. 

Edited June 30, 2019 by Chinaski_

[BlackZeppelin]

A Forest was brilliant.

They are absolutely smashing it

[Red Day]

Watching on TV, absolutely brilliant. Can’t wait to see them at NOS

[newaccount2]

The set has definitely picked up now - the crowd seem really into it and im sure it sounds incredible in the field

[beau1]

Best sounding band of the weekend imo. Whether the crowd are into or not is a different thing. They sound fucking fantastic though.

[Chinaski_]

The crowd finally heard a song they know then! 

[wbwarn94]

It’s incredible how good Robert Smith’s voice still is. 

[Neville Street]

Why no Love Cats?

[blue6field]

Amazing show! Amazing set list!!

[henry bear]

3 minutes ago, Neville Street said:

Why no Love Cats?

Fat Bob’s had them put down

[windy_miller]

The sound engineer deserves some sort of medal for that. They sounded absolutely fucking amazing.

[Alex DeLarge]

Robert's energy at the end was so endearing, can't help but root for him. 

[robillustrates]

he went child like in his voice enjoying the moment and the fact they went there and did it well, i was really happy for him.

[Digi]

Best headliner I've ever seen in all the festivals I've been to and THE best sound I've heard at a festival ever. It was like listening to vinyl

Back in my tent again now as it's an early start for us. Totally overwhelmed and tearful at what I just saw. My 15 year old goth self just reappeared 30 years later

Fucking incredible ❤

[home to you]

Smashed it. Big time. 

[dingbat2]

Best Pyramid headline performance since the Stones imo. Wonderful

[MEGABOWL]

The sound was unbelievable. Spot on. Good setlist too. Total success as far as I could tell.

[harderfaster]

Oh my goodness that was incredible. The crowd might have appeared subdued but around me, even quite far back, everybody was utterly captivated. 

[paulshane]

1 hour ago, Neville Street said:

Why no Love Cats?

I was fully expecting a second encore, just so they would come back on and play that, but it wasn't to be ?

[jb1]

Okay, so I didn’t think I’d even end up seeing them and I only did after some convincing (‘see the festival out together as a group’ etc).

God damn. That was good. Far back but our group enjoyed the dancing space. Looked like everyone around us did too. Few questions for you more experienced folk:

1) Why did that sound so perfect but other acts don’t always? Multiple comments among my group on how great it did sound.

2) Why do they not play lovecats? Not an avid fan in the past so not sure what the reasons are. Seems odd, although part of me does thing it is a different vibe from most of what they played (I don’t know them as well as most of you lot keep in mind)

Anyway.. apologies if this is drunk rubbish. Still awake in tent (mutual support of our driver home who is naturally not going out). But genuinely interested and massively enjoyed that set. Safe journey home all.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, jb1 said:

Okay, so I didn’t think I’d even end up seeing them and I only did after some convincing (‘see the festival out together as a group’ etc).

God damn. That was good. Far back but our group enjoyed the dancing space. Looked like everyone around us did too. Few questions for you more experienced folk:

1) Why did that sound so perfect but other acts don’t always? Multiple comments among my group on how great it did sound.

2) Why do they not play lovecats? Not an avid fan in the past so not sure what the reasons are. Seems odd, although part of me does thing it is a different vibe from most of what they played (I don’t know them as well as most of you lot keep in mind)

Anyway.. apologies if this is drunk rubbish. Still awake in tent (mutual support of our driver home who is naturally not going out). But genuinely interested and massively enjoyed that set. Safe journey home all.

1. Don't know. But I saw them at Manchester arena a couple of years ago and they sounded awful. Dense guitar music like that turns to mud with the slightest bit of reflection. So I know why they sounded better at Glastonbury (outdoor gig - no reflections), but no idea why they sounded better than other bands. Maybe they're just a really finely tuned band? I know all but one of the songs is over 25 years old - maybe practice?

2. I don't know that either, but they didn't play it at Manchester either. As far as I know they never play it. I've no idea why, I'd be interested if anyone does.

So, that's a pretty useless 0/2 post there. I'm glad I could help

 

They were fucking great though, weren't they? ?