An annoying autobiographical entry... Tomorrow I’m flying to Bucharest to see The Cure perform at the PiaÈ›a ConstituÈ›iei, in front of Ceausescu's enormous parliament building. The significance of this is that the date of the show - 22 July 2019 - is exactly 30 years to the day that I first saw The Cure at … Continue reading 22 July 1989: The Prayer Tour at Wembley
While we’re still basking in the critical acclaim that has surrounded The Cure since their Glastonbury set, let’s have a look back to what was probably the peak of their popularity in the run between The Head On The Door in 1985 and Wish in 1992: the Prayer Tour. As we’ve seen, the setlists were … Continue reading 8 July 1989: The Prayer Tour hits Paris
Like the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall Of Fame viral video earlier this year, the spectacle of The Cure playing Glastonbury this year offered the chance to watch the band get caught up in the confusing vortex of the mainstream press. The broadsheets tend to send journalists down to Worthy Farm en masse to get a … Continue reading 30 June 2019: The Cure at Glastonbury 2019 – what the papers said
Crying For Yesterday 