The Cure - 8th June 2019

Suckit

Playing close to me now, just finished Friday I'm in Love.

I'm at the mound and the sound is fantastic very good.

Suckit

The crowd really joining in with Boys don't cry now.

el Fenomeno

Could barely hear a word of it.

Funnily enough, sound was only decent when we were on the way out towards the DART. Sounded much clearer in the distance.

DepecheHead101

A few muddled tracks but I walked a good length of the place and he sounded perfectly fine for nearly all songs?

Awesome gig. Great weather and atmosphere. Loved hearing the wall of sound off old stuff like One Hundred Years. Good mix of hits and oddities.

JimBurnley

Great gig, but if I was being super critical was too heavily weighted to the end for the better songs. Also thought the crowd was a bit dead to be honest. Band in good form tho, glad I made it

The tax man

Really torn over that gig. Super excited to see them again since the '89 and '92 concerts but as others said Roberts vocal levels were shockingly low and washy. I was right in front of the sound desk tower for most of the concert and honestly felt like turning around and screaming at them to sort the levels out. Went off to use the toilets and the vocal levels were somewhat better the further you went to the sides. Ended up staying towards the back for the last few songs where you could just about hear things OK.

glucifer

Outdoor gig .... wind .. just been sitting in the bar with the the band in the grand happy days l. Along very civilised

D3V!L

I think you all have a nasty case of old age.

John_Rambo

Seems staying back about half way got the best sound results. Cracking gig, Smith in top form and thoroughly enjoying himself.


The modest perfectionist.

Grayditch

Opening with Shake Dog Shake into Burn.

Great performance. Great sound where I was. Great set. Awful prosessco and wellies crowd with their browbeaten, two-pint husbands.

Still.

Savage.

hill16bhoy

Is that really the first time they've played Wendy Time since 1992?

One of my favourite Cure songs

Brilliant to hear it

From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea was the one I really wanted to hear above all others and did

CalamariFritti

Great gig. Great sound. Smith in great form. Sound was very good where I was. Very impressed with the show and the set list. One of my all time favourite bands and yet I never saw them before. Was not disappointed. Ticked all my boxes. Wow.

Irish_rat

Delighted to have finally seen the cure, crowd were hopeless though most probably only knew a handful of songs typified by the flat response when an epic like Fascination Street was being played.

The sound was pretty bad which was a pity because the band put in a great performance.

delbertgrady

I saw one unhappy comment that "they played maybe one song off the first four albums". If you include the two from the Japanese Whispers compilation (the songs are the same vintage, so I'm counting them), they did seven songs from that era. That's a quarter of the set!

Sugarlumps

Any outdoor gig, especially dealing with wind issues, move. Find a desirable spot. Halfway back, no issues with the mix. Great crowd, great day out. Friday I'm in love is one of the worst songs ever written.

delbertgrady

I normally go early and get right up the front at standing gigs, but I took a different approach yesterday, arriving only in time for The Cure.
I was off to the side on the right (which meant the wind was blowing in our direction); near the front, in relative terms. Close enough to see the band pretty well, without having to rely exclusively on the screens. I had no issues with sound, especially not the vocals, and was really surprised to see complaints about it, both here and on Twitter. I thought there was great clarity and separation for the whole show.
I'm not a tolerant person, but I tend to approach these big event gigs assuming a worst case scenario, which - in relative terms - then tends to make things more bearable. So I can put up with the inevitable chat (within reason) and the noticeable mass movement of people, trying to manoeuvre out to the bar when the band does something they don't know.
As such, between the solid setlist and not having to endure any major stupidity, it was honestly one of the most enjoyable outdoor gigs I've been to.

NapoleonInRags

delbertgrady wrote: »

I normally go early and get right up the front at standing gigs, but I took a different approach yesterday, arriving only in time for The Cure.
I was off to the side on the right (which meant the wind was blowing in our direction); near the front, in relative terms. Close enough to see the band pretty well, without having to rely exclusively on the screens. I had no issues with sound, especially not the vocals, and was really surprised to see complaints about it, both here and on Twitter. I thought there was great clarity and separation for the whole show.
I'm not a tolerant person, but I tend to approach these big event gigs assuming a worst case scenario, which - in relative terms - then tends to make things more bearable. So I can put up with the inevitable chat (within reason) and the noticeable mass movement of people, trying to manoeuvre out to the bar when the band does something they don't know.
As such, between the solid setlist and not having to endure any major stupidity, it was honestly one of the most enjoyable outdoor gigs I've been to.

Exact same thoughts here...surpassed my expectations on all fronts

NewbridgeIR

Very enjoyable concert. Moved back and slightly right and the sound was fine. Great to have a new Balearic moment (Just One Kiss) and Wendy Time was a real surprise - they didn’t play it in The Point Wish tour. Play For Today divine. Brilliant One Hundred Years. Top encore too; time really stands still at a Cure gig. Access to bars, food, toilets was no hassle. Decided to leave via the car park (was walking) and got a taxi nearly straight away to my friend’s house where my car was. Back here by 12.20am.

Here’s what was played:

Shake Dog Shake
Burn
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
A Night Like This
Pictures Of You
High
Just One Kiss
Lovesong
Just Like Heaven
Last Dance
Fascination Street
Never Enough
Wendy Time
The Walk
Push
In Between Days
Play For Today
A Forest
Primary
Want
39
One Hundred Years
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Lullaby
The Caterpillar
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I'm In Love
Close To Me
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry

glennhysen

That was my 8th time seeing them and I really enjoyed it. I was to the right of the big screen in the middle and the sound was really good. Shake Dog Shake was a brilliant opener and I loved Push.

It was pretty much what I expected, with lots of their popular songs and a few unusual ones (Wendy Time, Just One Kiss and 39). I was with 3 people who had never seen the Cure live and they all loved the gig!

Special mention to The Twilight Sad and Ride who were very good as well.

It was a beautiful day - sun, beer and great music!!

A.Gorilla

Thought it was a brilliant gig all round. Got in early enough and caught the end of The Twilight Sad. Seemed pretty good for the few songs I caught. Ride then we're sensational as always. Brilliant set just a shame they couldn't play longer. The cure themselves were amazing. Great mix of older and newer stuff, and Smith's vocals were pretty perfect. Crowd was right up for it as well. Altogether one of the best outdoor gigs I've been at.

Ken Tucky

Not a big fan of the Cure but really enjoyed that.
The part I liked most was for about an hour they played songs I didn't know. Seemed to be the part of the concert up to and a little after A Forest. These could be massive tunes for the band but as I said I'm no fan.
There was everything in these songs that makes live music do special. It was bluesy moody and atmospheric.
Great to witness.
I definitely would go and see them again.
A great live band

barry194

Thought the sound at the gig was horrendous. Could barely hear a word Smith was saying. Moved around and it was a bit better towards the back but still nowhere near as good as it should have been. The band put on a great performance but the sound was terrible.

Stillill42

Ah what a great day. Few scoops with my missus in the sun - in the sun!! - caught Vapour trail from Ride, love that song and then the Cure were perfect. Would have loved 10.15 Saturday night but otherwise great set. Everyone in top form, lovely crowd as far as I could see, Smith loving life, this is how outdoor gigs are meant to be.

skD13

Great show. Brilliant to hear the likes of Doing The Unstuck and Just One Kiss. Great versions of A Forest and 100 Years.

I echo the sentiments of someone above re. some of the crowd with not even a stir out of then for Fascination Street!!! Like come on!

But there's no law against coming to a gig for just 3 songs. So you make your own fun right and we did.

Long time since I was at a Malahide Castle gig. It's very well set-up and organize. Hope there's someone on next year I want to see.

No sound issues where we were.

phunkadelic

Great show. Small bit didappo8nted they didn't play a burst of short lively first album songs though.
Killing an arab, 1015 Saturday night, fire in Cairo, grinding halt etc

Gimme A Pound

I was there more for Ride, who were brilliant but the crowd didn't have a clue. Thought they would as they're not young. The Cure were as good as always - wow Simon Gallup is looking sexy, and nearly 60! In unreal shape.

Agreed about the sound and crowd. Bit lacking.

The women's toilets were crazy - kill or be killed. And we got stuck in Malahide for hours due to no taxis (were staying by airport).

Really nice venue and vibe though.

Gimme A Pound

Grayditch wrote: »

Awful prosessco and wellies crowd with their browbeaten, two-pint husbands.

Perfection.

CalamariFritti

Play for Today, A Forest, 100 Years were epic I thought.

s8n

delbertgrady wrote: »

I normally go early and get right up the front at standing gigs, but I took a different approach yesterday, arriving only in time for The Cure.
I was off to the side on the right (which meant the wind was blowing in our direction); near the front, in relative terms. Close enough to see the band pretty well, without having to rely exclusively on the screens. I had no issues with sound, especially not the vocals, and was really surprised to see complaints about it, both here and on Twitter. I thought there was great clarity and separation for the whole show.
I'm not a tolerant person, but I tend to approach these big event gigs assuming a worst case scenario, which - in relative terms - then tends to make things more bearable. So I can put up with the inevitable chat (within reason) and the noticeable mass movement of people, trying to manoeuvre out to the bar when the band does something they don't know.
As such, between the solid setlist and not having to endure any major stupidity, it was honestly one of the most enjoyable outdoor gigs I've been to.

You sound like a barrel of laughs

Gimme A Pound

s8n wrote: »

You sound like a barrel of laughs

That's really not necessary. And they were pointing out the positives.