*Santa Barbara Bowl: I left LA around 2 pm and got to Santa Barbara by 4pm. It was an easy drive with no traffic so that was good. I got there early enough for free parking and to catch some of the soundcheck. Yay!
They did the Open/End start and finish for the mainset off the Wish album. Then I got to hear Catch and Doing the Unstuck, which had me dancing around and the real treat was Other Voices and Maybe Someday. It was funny to see the Cure playing in the daylight since they started their set around 7pm when the sun was still out :)
Overall, a great show to start my many others and I got home in under 2 hours on the way back so that was excellent.*Hollywood Bowl: I got to the Bowl around 5:30 and bought a bit of merchadise (pins, program, shirt) then off to my seat. These nice girls ended up joining me and one of them traded her pit/pool ticket for my seat so she could stay near her friend. It was very kind of her :)
They did the Underneath the Stars/Baby Rag Dog Doll start and finish for the mainset off the new album. I love Underneath the Stars and playing it around dusk was JUST RIGHT. Treats for me were To Wish Impossible Things, A Letter to Elise and M (I love all these songs so much).
After the show, a friend and I were able to sneak into the Cure after party where I got a picture with Jason (the drummer) and Simon (the bassist) but sadly no Robert. Still a kick arse night. Oh and there were a few celebs out but the best one for me was Trent Reznor of NIN. Man he is awesome, I wish I took a picture with him as well.
*The Shrine: I got there around 6 pm and stood in the Pit line where you had to get a wristband to enter. I noticed the pit list said 53 meaning only 53 passes were given out so if you add a guest that would make the list around 106 people in the pit, which is crazy small. Once inside I get a place right in the front between where Porl and Robert stand. They did the Out of This World/Bloodflowers start and finish for the mainset off the Bloodflowers album which was really nice. I think this is the first use of this intro/outro from the rest of the North America tour. Treats for me were OOTW, Bloodflower, Kyoto Song, How Beautiful You Are and of course a very special Faith mixed in with a Happy Birthday to Simon. Overall, a very special show for Cure fans. As I was walking out I noticed people were crowded around someone and when I peeked it turned out to be Lol (one of the original members of The Cure) so I stopped and took a quick picture with him. He was quite nice. Oh and a random note, I did noticed the pit was filled to the max and found out later from a friend that people were paying the security to get into the pit and girls with big hooters got in as well. Good job there Shrine security.
*Onward to San Diego ... I am getting very tired though :).
7 comments:
yay for the cure. sorry i wasn't as enthused as you in the pit new wave. :/
Yeah, I swear I watched 40 people get let into the pit. There were quite a bit of hooters going past me. It was the ONLY plus to my location at teh show. The setlist was amazing though.
7 songs in a row off 'Boys Don't Cry'!!!
Hope you enjoy the next concert in 3 hours and 29 seconds!
I just want to know which concert had the most finger points to song ratio?
The Cure rocks, and glad you enjoyed it.
Oh I am so enjoying my Cure concerts ... I'm actually a bit sad it is over. Well I do have one in 17 days but yea.
No Darth there was not finger pointing to song ratio for you ... DICK!
did anyone notice how pissed poor porl was? both San Jose and Santa Barbara they had sound issues.. I was entranced with Robert, so i didnt take notice but I was later told Porl chucked his guitar at the san jose and kicked the speakers over at santa barbara!! he a charactor! Robert did say a few pissy words about it.. God i love them...Kellycure
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