An annoying autobiographical entry... Tomorrow I’m flying to Bucharest to see The Cure perform at the Piața Constituției, 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
I’m sure you were thrilled by my post about the mysterious Prayer Tour show scheduled for St James’s Park in Newcastle but scrapped in favour of three nights at Wembley Arena. So let’s dig deeper into that announcement in Cure News #7, shall we? If anything, it’s an interesting look into how slowly things moved … Continue reading 25 March: The other missing Prayer Tour dates
While we’re chipping our way through 1979, let’s not forget that 30 years ago, The Cure were prepping what was going to be a milestone release with Disintegration. So let’s step back to ’89 for a moment… In the new year of 1989, if you’d sent off your stamped, addressed envelope to Janie at the … Continue reading 18 March 1989: What happened to that British stadium show in 1989?
“I have no intention of lugging on at 60. I can’t really see myself doing it at 31. I never thought I’d be doing it this at 30. That was my limit. So I’ve broken a promise to myself.” (Robert Smith, “A Momentary Collapse Of Reason”, Jonh Wilde, Melody Maker, 6 May 1989) In 2019, … Continue reading 4 June 1989: “Faith” and Tiananmen Square
Crying For Yesterday 