THE CURE~ FOR FINE CITY

Yram · CureHeads Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

Hi everybody! Couldn't post comments before about the show... but as everybody said...just GREAT!!! When standing there just 3 steps away from the band (u r right MyLifeLounge ...lucky me! with $30 less..got free standing!!!... 8) ) I just couldn't believe i was in a The Cure concert!!! I was really excited (i was shaking!!!... Embarassed

) I wanted to jump and shout and push people and sing all loud but... suddendly i realise that most of the standing people were quiet!!!! So i thought, maybe i'm gonna get a fine if i do these kind of things here, better keep quiet too... hehehe (just kidding!!!... Laughing

) but yes, i felt also that some more energy was missing in free standing... but anyway, let's take it as it was... GREAT!!! 8) I'm still excited, reading the comments, watching the pictures and videos once and again... WAs great to meet you all of you too... Hope there is a next time to meet again along with all new members!!!...

Yram · CureHeads Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

Ohh!!! and thanks everybody for sharing ur pictures too!!! As Mia, didn't bring a camara that day, not very good ones with the cell phone...thanks a lot!!! Wink

pisces iscariot · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

here's another one

JUNK REVIEW

pisces iscariot · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject:

ohh some cool photos i came across while browsing http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sadwitch/TheCureInSingapore010807

MyLifeLounge · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks Pisces for sharing!
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MalayCURE · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

cool..nice find Pisces! Smile

ps: Lol at "the out-of-touch, unfashionable, half balding 30+ trying to re-live their past" comment. /quickly check hair..feuhh lega but i can agree with the rest Razz

MyLifeLounge · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject:

Below review is by our very own The Arid Desert.

It is now published on Chain of Flowers site.

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THE CURE SINGAPORE CONCERT by THE ARID DESERT

This is my review of the Cure concert in Singapore on August 1.

It's extremely long though, because I wanted to capture and remember every detail as vividly as possible. Here goes...

Pre-Show + Meet & Greet!!!!

I reached the stadium at around 1.30pm and met up with a friend Yosa I'd met on a local Cure forum called Cureforfinecity. It was set up about 2 months before the show for fans in the region to discuss their travel and meet up plans and of course discuss The Cure. We saw a sign with arrows pointing in the direction of the free-standing queue stuck to the wall and we hurried and followed more signs, worried that there might be a queue formed already. There were 2 other fans, a guy and a girl, who appeared behind and they followed us. We reached the Premier Entrance and were relieved that there wasn't a queue yet and quickly settled down at the head. There would be other members from the board arriving at different times during the day and I was appointed the meeting person to call once they reached. The 5 of us (Yosa came with his friend) quickly struck up a conversation. I left for awhile to get lunch from a nearby 7-11, 2 banana walnut and chocolate muffins and a 7 Up. I hadn't eaten anything in the morning due to excitement and nerves that the day had finally arrived. As we chatted, small groups of people started arriving and by 4pm, the line had only reached the corner of the wall.

This is the exciting part - I had won a Meet & Greet pass to see the band backstage! The contest was organised by Zouk club and the rules were first 2 fans to show up at their reception with their personal cd collection would win 1 pair of passes each. However I only won a pass for myself as the club later changed the rules due to overwhelming response. Unsurprisingly the club got alot of flak for that and I was abit disappointed as I'd promised to bring my friend along if I won. But still, I was meeting the band and the thought of that made me giddy. A Live Nation staff had called me the day
before the show to tell me to meet outside their admin office at the stadium at 7pm on show day. I kept checking the time every now and then and
developed butterflies in my stomach as 7 o'clock drew nearer. By 5.30, several board members had arrived and we introduced ourselves and they took out their Cure stuff for me to get signed by the band. One of them brought some of his vinyl, which was impressive! He handed me his Just Like Heaven 7 inch record which has a large white space in the middle, perfect for autographs. The rest had books and postcards. At 6.15, I bade a temporary goodbye to the rest, called my friend Jon who not only won concert tickets but a M&G pass as well, and met him outside the admin block. He'd brought along a postcard and a vintage Cure show poster and a vinyl. We started mapping out a strategy in case the M&G turned out to be a 5 minute hurried affair. His rules: ignore whatever the Live Nation people say and take as many pictures and autographs as possible and get individual shots with all 4 members. Reasoning being as long as the band oblige our request, they can't stop us anyway. At 7.35, we had a roll call and they led us into the building and into the dressing room which was empty. We spread our stuff onto the tables against the wall and waited.

Then the band appeared! Several gasps of 'Whoa!' and 'Oh my god!' and everyone clapped and cheered and they went round shaking our hands. I was trembling as I shook Jason and Simon's hands, it felt unreal. The staff got us together for 2 group pictures. I found myself next to both of them, with Simon beside me. Then it was back to mingling around and it felt like a market, everyone was grabbing members left, right and centre and taking
photos with them. I quickly asked Porl for a picture and introduced myself and shook his hand after that. He was really friendly and cool. I wonder how much it hurt getting his head tattooed! Jason was next and it was awkward because I had forgotten to turn on the flash and the guy taking it kept telling me that. All the while I kept apologising to Jason for keeping him. Then I spotted Simon standing alone in a corner and I went up to him. The minder nearby made to shoo me away but Simon said 'Sure!' and thank god for him! He is possibly my favourite Cure member and I was just thrilled! Jon suddenly asked him 'So what are your post-show plans? Are you guys going out? Would you like to try the local food perhaps?' And Simon said 'Oh nah, I don't think so. We gotta be back at the hotel, got an early flight tomorrow." That dashed our hopes of a possible hang out with them. Then Jon passed him a set of badges of his own band, the sly fox, and Simon thanked him.

At last it was time to meet Robert again and Jon took a photo of us. In the whirlwind of the last few minutes I had completely forgotten what to say to
him. I took out a scrapbook that a few board members and I had made for the band and handed it to him. As he looked and flipped through it, I nervously stammered to him about the board and how everyone on there was dying to meet the band, and would he be so kind as to allow a quick 5 minute chat backstage after the show? I knew nothing would materialize having heard Simon earlier but I tried anyway. He was looking at me intently with a slight smile, nodding his head now and then and I couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Then I handed him a heavy gift-wrapped package that my friend had bought for them, which she later told me was a 6 pack can of Tiger beer! I wonder if they drank it and if they liked it Very Happy

Amazingly I did not shake Robert's hand and I kick myself for missing that opportunity! Argh!

By the way, my pictures of the show are up on Flickr. Check them out here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariddesert87
My friend Jon is second from left. I'm the one near the right looking quite hidden in both pictures. In the second photo, Simon pops up beside me.
Enjoy! Smile

Finally we were herded out of the room and I quickly gathered my stuff. Someone had nicked one of my postcards! I had laid out 3 and got 2 back. I was angry for awhile, then felt extremely relieved it wasn't my Faith cd booklet instead. I would have murdered someone if that had been stolen! Jon and I headed over to his car and I dumped everything in the backseat save for my camera which I stuffed in my pocket and covered it with my jacket. As Jon had seating tickets, I bade farewell for now and went ahead. I was nervous as I passed the bag checkpoint and saw staff at the entrance with metal detectors in hand. I glanced at one of them, who scrutinized me for a moment and thankfully did not stop me. Then I was in the stadium and felt an jolt of electricity course though me as I took in the crowd. I pushed my way to the front where I knew my friends were waiting for me. To my delight I found 2 of them in the middle in second row infront of the microphone. It was nearly 8.15pm. Lots of screaming and whoops as everyone was getting revved up.

It's Showtime!

And then - Jason, Simon, Porl and Robert strode on stage and the crowd went mad with cheers and screams! To my annoyance the 2 girls infront of me screamed 'Robert I love you!' and I thought 'Shit!' and prayed they would shut up during the songs. Wordlessly, they picked up their guitars and started strumming snatches of song and then they launched into Open. I'd just met them backstage but to see them again on stage felt incredible and I was mesmerised. Then they played Fascination Street and it was terrific! and However I noticed many of the free-standers were reticient and barely registered interested and only livened up with the popular hits came on. I was puzzled and disappointed as I thought they were big fans, but hardly anyone sang along or danced to the less familiar songs. That minor quibble aside, the show was everything I'd dreamed of and more! I was over the moon that they played some of my personal favourites like A Night Like This, A Strange Day, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, The Drowning Man and especially Push! That song was the only one I recorded a full video, as my SD card is only 1GB. One of my favourite moments was during The Walk when Robert changed the lyrics to Ã saw you look like a SINGAPORE baby"! It was a definite highlight and the crowd roared their approval. I took loads of photos, mainly Robert as he was directly infront, and a few shots of Porl. No Jason pictures I'm afraid, he was too far away and zooming was of no help at all. Taking a decent picture of Simon proved to be a herculean task. The man moves like a restless animal and I half-despaired over my countless blurry shots. A random trivial: Simon uttered, or rather shouted 'Fuck' whenever he missed notes, which I found hilarious. I took a short clip of the Pictures Of You intro and nearly cried when the recording timed out and cursed my meagre capacity. The song was beautiful and one of the few times that the crowd actually sang along to every word. Same for Inbetween Days and Lovesong. And everyone went crazy for Just Like Heaven and Friday I'm In Love, as expected. However Primary was one of the highlights for me, I couldn't believe they decided to play it. It's such a groovy great song with an awesome bassline and I danced even harder. So was Lullaby and If Only Tonight We Could Sleep. The former was just dreamy with Robert doing his enchanting hand signs and spiderweb images projected onto the ceiling and floor and the latter was so moody and atmospheric, I truly felt I was transported to another world. The Kiss too was a scorcher of a song, I love Porl's guitar solo intro. I noticed Robert kept looking over at him during the intro. And during Never Enough, Robert attempted a kind of shuffle across stage which was very amusing. Soon they put down their instruments and disappeared offstage and everyone started shouting 'Ã‰ncore!. Sure enough, they emerged to applause and struck up the opening chords of Let's Go To Bed which got the crowd dancing and clapping. Close To Me followed with more clapping and Why Can't I Be You wrapped up the first encore.

We were thoroughly High by now (I wished they had played that song) and people were shouting song titles as they disappeared for the second time.
Then they came on and I have to say it was fantastic! They played 7 songs off Three Imaginary Boys, which I think nobody was expecting. It was great hearing their old songs. Boys Don't Cry easily got the loudest cheers, with everyone bellowing along with Robert. I really enjoyed Fire In Cairo,
Jumping Someone Else's Train and 10:15 Saturday Night too. The band ended with Killing An Arab and it was magnificent to hear this little-known song from their earliest days. I had a sudden panic attack when I realised that was their last song and they hadn't played A Forest, which I was absolutely dying to hear. I was gutted for a few days after but the disappointed has subsided now. All the more reason to see them again, time and money permitting. All in all, the show was an exhilarating and marvellous 3 hour 10 minute (!) spectacle. The lights were fantastic and the band was just awesome. I'll never forget the night of August 1 2007.

- Jillian

(aka The Arid Desert)

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MyLifeLounge · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

Remember we had a 'last minute member : 070801'
who came to offer us the chance to purchase a Meet & Greet pass
(eventually Olivier took up the offer)?

I stumbled upon his blog, and below I extract a teaser about his Cure experience -

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

I've been "Cured" by 070801 (Richard Lim Junior)

After one sleepless night and fussing over a irritating problem, this is it ... finally the meet & greet the band session at the indoor stadium .... something that I never done before

6.30pm
Meet up with the replacement for the friend that I was supposed to bring to meet the Cure. Turned out that guy was a French. Very friendly and been to the Cure concert many times in Europe but never this close. Turned out that he couldn't sleep as he waited for my reply (and me on the other hand waited for other's last confirmation and couldn't reply him till this morning). We chatted for a while and realized that both of us will be too excited to actually ask the band any questions at all. He mentioned that there will be other people from the cure live in Singapore forum that will be coming for this meet n greet and they had already prepared some questions so we just tag along behind them.

7pm
Went up to the Admin Office to meet the organiser and turn out that she was just looming beside us. After tagging us, told us to wait, while she locates the other winners and my "replacement buddy" found those other winners from the forum.

7.15pm
Then Organiser came and gave us what felt like was a rather bad news.

It was going to be one group photo and one autograph item per person...

Everyone in "my" group got that WTF look ... yeah we were expecting for more and was hopping to at least have 2 pax per photo with the group. some even brought a bag full of items for them to sign on ... so you can imagine our disappointment ... and we were told to wait another 15 mins ... it just get drag on n on ...

7.30pm-ish
Finally ... the moment we been waiting for ... CONTINUE READING Richardlimjr's Blog ON HIS CURE'S EXEPERIENCES (with pictures)

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MalayCURE · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:51 am Post subject:

Very nice read & 1 lucky dude! Smile

gonnyosa · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

OK i know it's a bit too late... anyway here's some of my pic.

http://community.webshots.com/user/gonnyosa

not my pic actually, my friend's one. i never bring camera that day. LOL...
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gonnyosa · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

few of videos...

http://www.youtube.com/gonnyosa

MalayCure... you and pisces will have a package coming over to your place there. enjoy it. Smile

share with other CureFreaks in KL... Laughing

pisces iscariot · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

the arid desert · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

Hey Pisces did you receive the package already? I've been away for awhile and kind of lost track.

MalayCURE · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject:

Yuup! she got the package Smile