Well thirty six songs and four encores cemented their once gothic roots to a more mainstream audience. The better know tracks from the four encores like Burn and Close To Me got the capacity crowd off it's feet and into dancing mode. A few goth themed fans wandered the arena halls. Full on heavy eyeliner and crazy jet black hair.
Craziest sight was a full on Jack Sparrow lookalike. Rum in hand and engaging anyone who would listen in conversation about the poor quality rum supplied at the bar.
The crowd demographic swung towards the older set. This band has been around since the mid 1970's so a lot fans have been sucked into the Robert Smith fronted band along the way.
The first set of twenty tracks opened with Plainsong. A little surprising starting track. The set continued on at a similar pace and some punters were getting restless. However the first encore ended with A Forest. A personal favourite.
Mr Smith was pretty quiet between tracks until the end with a few flippant remarks. Bass player Simon Gallup provided some sorely needed action on stage flashing a nice yellow bass and punk playing stance.
Overall well worth the investment.
7/10
Friday, July 22, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
The Cure - Vector Arena, Auckland
Latest pictures of The Cure concert are up on my flickr page https://flic.kr/s/aHskEEXtBG. Review up shortly.
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