Out Of This World, Watching Me Fall, Want, Fascination St., Open, The Loudest Sound, Maybe Someday, Shake Dog Shake, Sinking, Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Inbetween Days, The Kiss, Prayers for Rain, 100 Years, End,
39, Bloodflowers

1st Encore: There Is No If, Trust, Plainsong, Disintegration
2nd Encore: M, Play For Today, Just Like Heaven, A Forest
3rd Encore: Faith.

Soundcheck: The Loudest Sound, Where the Birds Always Sing, Boys Don't Cry, All Cats Are Grey, Pornography,
Out of This World, Fascination Street (only for a bit).

Since the band weren't coming to Dublin on this tour (they only half-filled a 6,000 capacity venue on the WMS
tour due to the date coinciding with school and university exam start-dates!) I just had to get over to London to
see them.

Quite a bit of trepidation, partially due to the cavernous nature of Wembley and partially die to the unfounded
rumours from the scaremongers, but I needn't have worried.  I have seen the Cure in 89, 92 and 96 plus zillions
of bootlegs in between and I can honestly say that I have NEVER heard anything like this gig.

Am I right on this - did they play the opening track from every studio album since pornography?  (It would
account for the one and only pop number "In Between Days" in the midst of an otherwise heavy/ponderous set).

The band were thick as thieves and playing very tightly, but gave no feeling of being over-rehearsed or 'playing
by the numbers'.  Myself and my two Irish compatriots were completely emotionally drained by the whole
experience and the band seemed like they were giving it their all for the entire three hour set.  Simon, as always
played his heart out and gone was the tentative Jason of the WMS tour - he was masterfully bashing the skins
and putting his own very distinctive stamp on some of the older material.  Likewise, Perry has gained a
much-needed boost in his confidence and played magnificently on every track and Roger's improvisation on
"Trust" brought tears to my eyes.

Many reviewers have commented on Robert's voice on this tour and I wholeheartedly concur - he is clear and
distinct in all of the lyrics and nicely in tune the whole time.  And his guitar work was simply breathtaking.

The English crowd disappointed me - I believe that they were great up at the front, but overall they seemed very
lacklustre in their response. Three mad Irishmen can't make much of a difference amongst 12,000 reserved Brits!

I very much got the feeling that it was a setlist for the hard-core fans - lots of album openers, few singles and a
beefed-up, heavier sound to the entire performance.  Certainly, I will never forget it and as soon as I can find a
bootleg, I look forward to reliving the experience.

Fuck the begrudgers and way to go, Robert and co..

Got into London about 3.30 and made our way to the nearest watering hole. After meeting a couple of other Cure
fans we headed towards the venue full of high spirits.

The venue was almost full apart, dimly lit and as always had a smell of anticipation. When the band eventually did
come out it was no surprise to hear OOTW which I thought and still think is a great opener, despite some
comments from previous concerts.  With the sudden rush of blood to my head (or the previously consumed 7
pints ) I decided to liven up a crowd (and myself) that was young, pensive and apprehensive by rushing to the front
and leaping towards the stage with a stage dive.  I always enjoy that!

The songs followed swiftly and before I knew it we were half way into the set. It was exhausting at the front and it
was necessary to leave the stage constantly to stock up on water and chat to the friendly, polite stewards
guarding the Standing area.  What a bunch of inept, rude muppets!

The Cure pounded out the tracks one after another and sounded great.  They seem to being playing well together
now and they all appeared to be enjoying it. When 100 years came out I was fulfilled.  I had being looking forward
to this after the last disappointing version at Shepherds Bush and I wasn't let down.  To make things better this
was followed by personal favourites of The Kiss, Prayers for Rain and then a fantastic Bloodflowers, personally
one of  the best songs of the night.

Now this is where I see the future.  In all of the concerts I have seen over the years, I have never seen a less
passionate crowd than at this date. Why, I don't know.  The songs were brilliant the venue was full and the boys
appeared to be enjoying it.  If it hadn't have been for a small bunch of us at the front (I apologise for any toes I
may have trodden on ) I think there would have been only one encore.  The crowd eventually did get better and
when Plainsong come on I actually saw people smile!  Seriously the place erupted and the version was carried off
brilliantly.  Disintegration followed and was equally good.

After these mental songs the pace was slightly slowed with the introduction of M, which again was carried off
brilliantly.

Then my favourite, A Forest.  This is when the crowd did erupt and the place seemed to rock, what more can you
ask for an ending?....

FAITH!!!  Brilliant.  I had a feeling they would play this and wasn't disappointed.  I couldn't believe that many
people had already left by this stage, more fool them.  The track was brilliant and left me feeling completely
satisfied.  Boys, brilliant show, best for a long, long  time.

Id like to leave on a high note but being realistic,  don't think I can.  I honestly don't think they cure will play
England again for a long time.  The passion was not there as it is abroad.  I was quite upset to see people happy
to leave early and frowning on people who WANTED to be there.

The boys, in my opinion, just get better...

Just like to say a quick hello to Paul and Dominic. Said I would!

I'm back from London, where I've seen The Cure. I've just read the reviews already posted and wanted to
comment the French one, since I knw this guy and he was absolutely right.

It was my first time at the Wembley Arena. After all I'd heard about this place, plus the fact that England is the
band's mother country, I really expected a perfect show, and actually it WAS the case. However, I am not trying
here to awake the old ghost of love and hate between the French and the British, but among the 10,000 people
who were there, I have one question: WHERE WERE THEY? The crowd was totally absent. Nobody shoutiong,
nobody singing, almost nobody applauding the band between the songs. Between the main set the the encores,
where usually you try to shout as loud as possible to force a band to be back on stage, people had already started
to leave the Arena. I bet 1,000 people were already outside the Arena before the end of the gig. On Play for
today, Roger's keyboards are usually impossible to hear because of the crowd singing so loud. In London, that
was not the case.

I really have to say that this would NEVER happen in France. As regards the bands's performance, it was
almost perfect. Simon was just unbelievable. I would say that the first part of the main set was simply perfect.
But without what I would call a "TRUE" audience, the second part was rather a formality.

To conclude, I will say that I will never go to Wembley again. Shows in Paris are MUCH MORE INTERESTING
and the audience LOYAL AND PRESENT. The gig in Lille was at leat 10 times better thanks to the crowd.

A few things I forgot to mention in my previous review (Lille): Roger plays guitar on Open, which is rather
unusual. And as regards the intro of the show, I now understand why I think it is so emotional. The first thing you
see in the show is "yourself", I mean the crowd, since the camera is placed behing the drums. A kind of tribute to
the fans from the band (well, the audience in London didn't deserve that). And with that view, people lift their
hands just to see their arms on the screen (onlmy the 10 first rows are visible). If their is an official video of the
Dream Tour, I bet it will start directly with Out of this world and end with the intro.

With the very sad adagio by Samuel Barber and people moving their hands, you feel like they say goodbye to the
band. This is my point of view.

Simon seemed to hold the set together - excellent bass for the kiss and open (Roger seems to have mastered his
guitar two chords for open!). Simon played the six string bass during there is no if. During 100 years ( the bit that
goes "feels like 100 years, 100 years" etc) the rest of the band were lit with strobes, Simon was bent double over
his bass, lit up in red - fantastic!!

Roberts vocals during Bloodflowers had a fantastic "lazy" feel.

Perry seemed to have a couple of problems with his guitars - occassionally wandering to the side of the stage and
talking to a tech. Robert seemed to have problems with his ear piece.

The set was excellent, if not a little predicable, having logged onto this site after every show! The crowd were
quiet for most of the set, it did pick up for the encores. I think that it is because the crowd is a little older (and
wiser) now, people are quite happy to listen to the set - I remember seeing them at newcastle in '92 (on the 22
april coincidently) for the promo shows of wish, that you could barely hear some parts of the songs over the
screaming.

I think that there may have been a desire for the band to continue playing after faith, but time was not on their
side.

After the show  we had to queue for ages to get to the merchanise - a lot of the t-shirts were sold out.

I just want to say what a fantastic show last night at Wembley was.

I must confess that I'd been a little apprehensive about the choice of "Out of this world", to open, however any
doubts in my mind were soon expunged from the moment I heard the first few bars, it was superb.

The lighting was fantastic, really beautiful. The way that the lights and background screen were used to
compliment the music was brilliant, something only The Cure can do so well.

The songs which stood out the most, for me, were, 'Out of this world', 'Plainsong', 'Just like heaven','M', 'Sinking'
and 'Edge of the deep green sea'.

If you are reading this and haven't yet bought a ticket for one of the remaining shows, then do so now! You'll
regret if you don't, I promise you.

Londres, le 22 avril au soir. J’entre dans le celebre Wembley Arena, l’estomac noue, le cœur encore plein
d’espoir : ce soir les Cure sont chez eux pour un concert unique en Grande Bretagne. Fort de cette constatation,
le show qui commencera dans quelques minutes ne peut etre qu’une réussite. Impossible de penser le contraire.
J’ai quand meme fait le deplacement depuis Paris pour cela avec quelques amis… dont un qui ronfle et c’est
assez pénible (8 heures de car, meme chambre d’hotel…).

19h30. C’est parti. Et tout de suite, premiere constatation : ca ne bouge pas tellement. Ni dans la fosse, ni dans
les gradins. Les chansons s’enchainent de manière conventionnelles : Out of this world, Watching me fall, Want,
Fascination Street, Open, The loudest sound, Maybe someday… Rien de bien different par rapport au concert de
Lille, deux jours plus tot. Si ce n’est ce public toujours aussi froid. Meme Robert ne communique pas avec le
public. Quelques « thank you », « This is a new song… ». Mais pas la meme complicité avec le public francais
quand Robert essaye de parler francais et qu’il en rigole. Ici, le serieux est de rigueur.

Commence alors Shake dog Shake, et pour la premiere fois depuis longtemps, Robert nous pousse, comme sur
l’album, un remarquable « hin hin hinnnn ». On se dit alors, ca y est, il se lache enfin. Sinking suit, joue encore
une fois d’une remarquable manière. La caméra, de type palluche, située sur le micro ajoute au morceau une
autre dimension. L’effet d’optique due a ce genre de caméra, genre effet Fish Eye pour les utilisateurs
de Photoshop ou de logiciels graphiques, est etonnant et l’effet garanti.

Viennent ensuite Inbetween Days et une version admirable de The Kiss. Plus de 7 minutes d’un morceau
croustillant de bonheur et de solos soignés. Le chant de Robert est propre et, comme sur l’album Kiss me, il
attaque chacun des couplets avec une force et une jeunesse retrouvée. Ah !

Avec The Kiss, on se dit que le set de ce soir va etre superbe et different des autres soirs de la tournée.
S’enchainent alors Prayers for rain, 100 years, End, 39 et Blodflowers. Fin du set, début des rappels. On se reve
a entendre un Siamses Twins or in All cats are grey. Contrairement a la France, les rappels se font longs en
angleterre… plusieurs minutes à attendre leur retour sur scene. Peut etre une tentative deliberee pour
chauffer le public qui en a bien besoin. Il ne fait pourtant pas froid a Londres ce soir.

Premier rappel : There is no if, Trust, Plainsong et Disintegration… comme a Lille sans toutefois jouer Pictures
of you. Tiens, que va nous reserver Robert…

Nouveau rappel : M, Play for today, Just like Heaven et A forest… Classique, comme Lille a nouveau. Et la,
horreur ! Ce n’est plus un doute, c’est une certitude, le public anglais est un tres mauvais public ! Alors que les
francais hurlent le refrain joue au synthé sur Play For Today, les anglais ne prononcent pas un mot. Les francais
qui parviennent a couvrir le son meme du synthe et qui fait meme sourire Robert, explosent ces anglais qui ne
bougent pas et ne donnent aucun signe de vie. Terrifiant, pauvre Robert, tu dois etre bien triste.

Pire, les anglais quittent meme la salle entre les rappels, pensant certainement que le show est termine.
Indiscipliné public anglais, qui meme entre les chansons du premier set sors de la salle chercher des bieres et
a manger…

Derniere chanson du concert, Faith, avec comme a Lille, une tentative de Robert de prononcer quelques mots
d’improvisation, rapidement avortée au profit d’un solo de guitare.

Le concert est terminé, avec un gout amer en bouche : pas de setlist extraordinaire, ou plutot speciale pour un
unique concert anglais, et un public vraiment mauvais et froid. On retiendra tout de meme les bonnes
performances musicale du groupe ce soir la et les ronflements de Bruno dans la chambre d’hotel, mais cela n’a
rien a voir. Et oui, parce que Bruno, a la difference de la carte American Express : « you can leave without
him »…

Voilà qui laisse presager de superbe performances pour les concerts de Paris, car c’est certain, les Cure aiment
jouer a Paris et aiment le public francais. France 3, angleterre 0 ! Et un, et deux, et trois zero !

Out of this world 6.50 / Watching me fall 11.18 / Want 5.30 / Fascination Street 5.12 / Open 7.04 / The loudest
sound 5.37 / Maybe someday 5.30 / Shake dog shake 4.53 / Sinking 5.25 / From the Edge of the deep green
sea 7.37 / Inbetween days 2.59 / The kiss 7.04 / Prayers for rain 5.46 / 100 years 6.53 / End 6.53 / 39 7.18 /
Blodflowers 7.38

Rappel 1 - There is no if 4.14 / Trust 5.26 / Plainsong 4.48 / Disintegration 8.17

Rappel 2 - M 3.44 / Play for today 4.05 / Just like heaven 3.36 / A forest 7.39

Rappel 3 - Faith 8.38

This was my 5th concert, (the others spanned 1992-1997) one of probably a hundred I've heard on bootlegs over
the years:- and without a shadow of a doubt the best.

I was a full of trepidation about the venue; all I knew of Wembley was the Play Out video, and my impression
from that was just of an immense space, and very little "intimacy"  between the band and audience. But, as the
only date this year (less said about my struggle and failure toget hold of tickets for the Astoria, the better) I
certainly wasn't going to turn it down.

My view, from the right-hand side balcony, front row and about half way down was stunning; close enough so I
could see everyone in the band perfectly but far away enough so that I could appreciate the light-show too. I feel
that the lightshow was a major part of what made it such an excellent concert; I loved the idea of the images on
the screen (especially during A Forest and Sinking!) and the use of similar lighting arrangements to lots of my
favourite live shows (the sparkles during Plainsong, Deep Green Sea a la Show) made the show familiar but
special at the same time.

I needn't have worried about a lack of intimacy either, as from the moment Out Of This World began it was
clear the the band were all playing with great intensity and emotion. A lot of the older songs that have had to be
adapted to accommodate the new line up are greatly improved by it, and every single one came across as "this is
the best we can do".

When you take into account that there was a distinct lack of pop singles played, and none from the last decade,
you can see that the idea for this concert was to demonstrate a side of the band that's not often been shown in
either the last album, or the last tour. This concert showed for once and for all that the Cure can convey epic
emotion (39, Disintegration, Prayers For Rain) to a huge audience and have every one of us experience its
power.

The one song on Bloodflowers that I was sure couldn't transfer to a live setting, There Is No If, came across
brilliantly, and didn't for a minute lose its sense of being whispered to the most precious person in your world.
Just Like Heaven came at a perfect spot in the set because I''d been expecting it near the start and had given
up all of hope of hearing it, and then it started in that so-familiar, heart-lifting way.

By the end of Faith I felt emotionally drained and so blessed to have been a part of all this... (The fact I was
persistent enough to meet Perry after the show, having waited by the stage door until 1:30am, and say thank
you for such a performance is another story!!)

I hope they  tour again. I hope that this isn't the last Cure show I ever see. But if it had to be, it would be a
wonderful way to end this ride.

For an audience comment:  If you were in the front, standing area, you'd say the opposite about the audience.
My mother and brother had to leave from being squashed by fans who were going nuts with joy.  I managed to
struggle through the push against the front.  Everyone up front was having a blast, singing their lungs out with
every song.  It was great!

well i suppose i should say something really, i mean credit where credit is due and all that. after what i wrote
after the london forum show and the amount of trouble that got me into with the band. at least after that melody
maker review of bloodflowers, mark sutherland had replaced me as public enemy #1!!

i was at the wembley show last night. it was my 59th show spanning 18 years of cure concert going and that gig
is definitely in the top three of all cure gigs that i have seen.

the set list was like a wet dream, playing songs i hadn't seen them play for a while and the band playing them in
a style i never thought i would see again. some of the older songs especially were played with a raw energy and
passion that left me speechless but feeling exhilarated. the kiss and sinking were incredible, the penulimate
encore of m, play for today, just like heaven (have they ever played it better?) and a forest reminded me of how
truly great a live band the cure are.

throughout the set the band were smiling and laughing and i am sure i saw robert wipe some sort of moisture
out of his eyes during plainsong. faith was the perfect finale, i will never tire of heaing that song.

i took my new girlfriend to see them, her first show. her views? "fucking excellent (you can't say that it's rude
but i can't express it any other way - i will DEFINITELY be going again!"

thanks robert, simon, jason, roger and perry for a truly memorable evening. i am so sorry for doubting you!!

This was my first ever Cure concert, so I was really pretty excited....I have been a fan of the band for about 8
years now, and I guess my greatest wish came true when I was able to see them perform live!....The show was
about 3 hours long and what amazed me was the intensity that the band was able to maintain for the entire show
length....Robert was in excellent form, and his singing was really good....The highlights of the show for me were
Watching Me Fall, End, Plainsong, Fascination Street and Shake Dog Shake....a lot as you can see!....The crowd
was really great but there were a few fans who expected a bit more of the 'fun' songs, but the setlist did include
Just Like Heaven and Inbetween Days....The encores were amazing....Plainsong was just OOTW!...It was the
second encore consisting which really got the crowd moving and dancing.....it seemed as though everyone was on
their feet!...I feel, though, that they should have left it at that, because Faith, in my opinion (though I'm sure
many others will disagree!) is not a song which makes a concert end on a bang..Simon's guitar twanging at the
end of A Forest would have been the ideal ending for me!....but hey, that's my opinion!.....All in all, an
ammmmmazing show!

what an absolute marvel the cure are.
the highlight for me was the whole concert,from start to finish after waiting 4 years to see them, it was well worth
the wait. the whole band were on top form, the lights and projections were perfect, but although the atmosphere
was great i was disapointed with a lot of the fans. when the band kicked into fascination street i leapt out of my
seat and danced, later i looked around and thought if the cure cant get you moving, there was no way i was going
to. when they did get motivated ( during the encores ) a lot of people started leaving. unbeleivable.

last note, the cure were better than ever, but the crowd could have been better.

till the next time  hopefully

Just wanted to make a comment about the past couple of weeks and also the past few days!
I have been watching The Cure live for almost 15 years now and recently celebrated my 25th Cure concert by
traveling over to Lille. I don't really want to give a full blown review of the gig as you already have many but I just
wanted to say that the band were very close to the power and cohesion that I witnessed many times on the Prayer
Tour. I have waited more than ten years to see a performance like that from them and was very pleased!!! In
addition to this I must say that the audience at Lille were "out of this world"!!. They helped make the gig
memorable and I would like to say a big thank you to anyone there for making my 25th night a very special one.
This brings me onto Wembley last night…….. There is a distinct lack of interest in the band in the U.K. now and
the difference in audience reaction was very clear. However the band played well and it was a good night
(especially The Kiss!!). I am now off to Paris next week for what I hope will be another excellent night.

On another note I would just like to add a huge well done to you for your comment about peoples desire to spread
rumors. I read that at Lille the band seemed ill at ease with each other …. What complete and utter rubbish!! They
were talking and dancing(!!!) all night and they were getting on as well as I have seen any band in the last 15
years!! As you have said, people need to go and enjoy the shows, because right now there is not another band on
tour who are producing such powerful shows!!!

Thanks again to that Lille audience!

I was really looking forward to this concert as it had been over 3 years  since I saw them at Birmingham NEC on
the swing tour.That night was very emotional, Robert announced that it was the 20th anniversary of their first
gig and to hear songs like "grinding halt" and "subway song" was very special.
   However the venue was half full that night so I was especially thrilled at the thought of seeing them at a full
Wembley with a big standing area (I hate the seated venues, they spoil the atmosphere) with all the UK biggest
cure fans all in one place. Unfortunately I was very disappointed, the crowd  were very static and quiet as the band
played brilliantly with Robert singing his heart out.
    I have seen the cure many times since 1985 and the atmosphere has usually been like a huge celebration with
everyone singing, dancing, embracing and pogoing with huge smiles on their faces. Apart from a few of  us this was
definitely not the case at Wembley.
    I was really pleased when I heard that the setlists were going to be less singles and more rarely played album
tracks especially for the fans. However the Wembley crowd only came alive for "inbetween days" and "just
like heaven" and looked bored for the rest. This was especially summed up for me when during a blistering
version of "shake dog shake" with fantastic drumfills from Jason, a man in front of me asked me if the song was
on the new album!!
    The highlights of the set for me was a powerful "...deep green sea" (I was generally surprised when the crowd
did lift their hands), a gorgeous "sinking" (microphone camera-great idea), "100 years" which took my breath
away, an emotional "bloodflowers" and a beautiful "trust" which had me and my girlfriend virtually in tears and
singing for our lives. She was hoping for her favourite "last day of summer" but you can't have it all.
    My only criticism of the setlist is that I would like to hear more of  the faster album tracks such as "push",
"doing the unstuck", "perfect girl", "bananefishbones" etc as well as the usual downbeat album tracks. But
that's just my preference.
    On the whole the gig was fantastic and we drove home very happy, very sweaty, very exhausted and with very
sore throats!

I have just come back from Wembley Arena and here is my review (I'm sorry I haven't got the setlist but it looks
very similar to the Lille show and I'm sure someone else will send it to you).

When I arrived inside the Arena the first thing I noticed is that it was almost full.  This is quite good considering it
has a capacity of approximately 12,000.  There was a camera filming the crowd and we could see a banner which
had "Happy Birhday Robert" written on it.

After the beautiful intro music out came the band and they launched into Out Of This World.  The setlist was very
varied and much less dark than I had anticipated.  There were actually a few singles with  In Between Days,
Fascination Street and Just Like Heaven and the other songs were quite "upbeat".

The band played extremely well throughout the concert and Robert sang very well.  The crowd, especially the
people in the seated area, were slightly disappointing because they didn't really get moving until the end or during
the singles.

Anyway, it was good to hear Shake Dog Shake, Sinking, Prayers for Rain but the highlights of the show for me
were Watching Me Fall, The Kiss, M, Play For Today, A Forest and the very beautiful Faith.  I was hoping to
hear Siamese Twins or the Funeral Party but I will have to wait a little while longer...  Maybe in Paris...  The
Dream continues...