For more than 20 years the heroes in the saddest hours and the forefathers of the gothic scene are back. It took over 40 years until the first Cure concert in Basel and the wait was worth it. “The Cure” live is not just a concert, “The Cure” live is an event and the British around singer Robert Smith spoiled the audience with 27 songs from dark wave to indie rock to pop. The sound of “The Cure” was and is a definition of itself and the band really gave everything at their concert in Basel's St. Jakobshalle, the musicians standing on stage for almost three hours to let the fans return home completely happy . Sad can be so beautiful!

The Cure 2016 in Basel: A concert with goose bumps

The St. Jakobshalle in Basel was admitted at 19 p.m. and my enthusiasm for this location is always extremely low, because the sound of the location has never really been worth mentioning and I generally don't really like large arenas. I just like it a little more intimate and above all the sound experience is very important to me. So it became clear to tens of thousands of music fans on Friday evening that the St. Jakobshalle was being rebuilt when they had to take a detour for the Cure concert, past barriers and wooden crates. Inside they expect new toilet facilities, but the hall itself is still strongly reminiscent of the decade in which most of them first came into contact with “The Cure”. Anyway, at 19.30pm the opening act “The Twilight Sad” was on stage and the first notes played.

The Cure Basel
The Cure Basel

The opening act went well with “The Cure”, the singer of “The Twilight Sad” from Glasgow not only looked like Ian Curtis from Joy Divison, but also moved like that. A sympathetic band that was happy, as they said themselves, that so many people were there so early. They gave a very soulful concert that sprayed a little melancholy in the hall. Nevertheless, some of the concert-goers didn't seem quite as enthusiastic, many were still far away from the stage and in general the audience was still very quiet. Musically, sonically and vocally “The Twilight Sad” are top. The first song “Reflection Of The Television” comes fantastic live. I had never heard of the four from Glasgow before, and since 2006 they have released four albums and six EP's. I like this Scottish dialect anyway and the guys played seven songs and were able to convince musically with soulful music and a good, dark sound.

Setlist “The Twilight Sad”:

  1. Reflection of the Television
  2. LastJanuary
  3. I Could Give You All That You Don't Want
  4. Seven Years of Letters
  5. It never was the same
  6. There's a girl in the corner
  7. And She Would Darken the Memory

The Cure 2016 in Basel: A concert with goose bumps

At 20:15 p.m. the time had finally come. The five musicians from “The Cure” entered the stage, Robert Smith looked as expected, was a bit shy and just started without looking at his fans in the sold out hall. The lines from the first song of the evening, “Open”, could be easily signed if you only focused on the acoustics. Unfortunately, you immediately notice the louder, but unfortunately also more modest sound. Fortunately, you could hear the individual instruments well, but the sound sounds saturated, a phenomenon that I experience again and again. At the expense of the purity of the sound, the volume was increased massively, because I liked the bulkheads better in advance. It is difficult to say why it is thumping: acoustics? Technology? Mixed man? Too bad. The euphoria at this first Swiss hall concert by “The Cure” since 2008 has only been dampened for reasons of sound quality. But what the quintet played on stage was stunning and culminated in the first highlights after just a few minutes. Who would have thought that the band would present us with “The Walk”, “In Between Days” or “Boys Don't Cry” so early? Robert Smith, who we might experience as a cumbersome hit-refuser in the past, soon played his way through the first great classics with his four companions and spreads a really good mood.

The CURE @Basel
The CURE @Basel

Everything played very nicely and Robert's voice still sounds great. The 57-year-old is vocal in impressive form, varies cool in the pitches and sometimes deviates from the original lines. His significant voice actually lasted for two and a half hours without compromise. The fact that the British brought such well-known numbers so early also shows what a rich fund they can draw from. She is characterized by her desire for variety on this tour. The quintet shakes up the tour set list evening after evening to surprise themselves and the audience. Bassist Simon Gallup, 56, wears an oversized Elvis Tolle and Iron Maiden T-shirt this year and preferred to play on the monitor speakers. Gallup is the only one to sound out the width of the stage, sprint to speed, as a contrast to the stoic keyboardist. The rest of the band is wearing plain black and their age is good. So did the Cure fans from the 80s and 90s, but there were also surprisingly many very young people there, mostly dressed in black. To celebrate the day, an abundance of middle-aged men had borrowed kohl and red lipstick from their daughters and set their hair up with hairspray and blow dryers. The audience is very enthusiastic. In contrast to previous concerts, you can only see a few Robert Smith lookalikes. We're all getting older and not necessarily hairier.

The Cure 2016 in Basel: A concert with goose bumps

Since “The Cure” doesn't advertise a current record, their gigs may lack the narrative framework that once shaped their concert tours. The mood of the respective works was once carried over to the set lists, which were distinguished by the majority of songs that were inspired or writhed in fear of age. The light show is a real feast for the eyes, lavish and perfectly matched to the music, and on the LED panels behind the band there were now and then live cameras with an infinity effect. After 15 songs and a running time of almost 90 minutes, the regular set was over for the first time - and yet it was only halfway through, as three massive encore blocks were to follow. Especially the first block was able to convince with the great “Burn” from “The Crow” soundtrack as well as “A Forest”, which again caused a lot of enthusiasm. The band has definitely presented a successful cross-section of their work. Robert Smith's melodies are rich in variety, only “Charlotte Sometimes” and “Disintegration” are missing. The third block of encores turns into a party! On “Friday I'm in Love”, “Hot Hot Hot !!!” and “Close To Me” was followed by the jumping up-tempo howler “Why Can't I Be You” and marked the end of the evening.

The Cure Bâle Basel st jakobhalle 04-11-2016 first encore want burn a forest
The Cure Bâle Basel st jakobhalle 04-11-2016 first encore want burn a forest

“The Cure” live are not just a concert, “The Cure” live are an event! And it was indeed a terrific event for a famous band that was able to completely convince in 2016 as well. The only shame was the opener, a good song for sure, only the acoustics, which were unfortunately very bad. Despite the somewhat slow start, “The Cure” was probably able to inspire most of its fans, even if not all of them made it through the entire three hours and for many another hour should follow in the line at the cloakroom. There is nothing to regret - or maybe at most the fact that “The Cure” even added five songs to their concerts in Italy and played for three hours. And yet there were all the hits, but it wasn't a curious greatest hits evening. “The Cure” thrilled the fans in the sold out St. Jakobshalle in Basel. A stunning band, rousing songs and two and a half hours of exuberant melancholy, celebrated in top form by a great-humored Robert Smith and colleagues. A successful concert evening that started with great emotions and ended with goose bumps. could not have been better.

The Cure 2016 in Basel: A concert with goose bumps

Setlist The Cure:

  1. Open
  2. A Night Like This
  3. The Walk
  4. Push
  5. In Between Days
  6. Boys Don't Cry
  7. pictures of you
  8. High
  9. Lovesong
  10. Just Like Heaven
  11. Trust
  12. From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
  13. old.end
  14. One Hundred Years
  15. End
  16. Again:

  17. Want
  18. Burn Energy Drink
  19. A Forest
  20. Encore 2:

  21. Shake Dog Shake
  22. Fascination Street
  23. Never enough
  24. Wrong Number
  25. Encore 3:

  26. Lullaby
  27. Friday I'm in Love
  28. Hot Hot Hot !!!
  29. Close to me
  30. Why Can't I Be You?

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