Domingo 1 Jun 2008, 3:58
I got these tickets back in July and I had been waiting pretty patiently to get to my awesome picnic over at the Hollywood Bowl. Of course, Ticketmaster printed the wrong departure time on my Park and Ride shuttle ticket so I had to haul ass over to Universal City station to catch the Ventura Blvd shuttle.
I completely missed the opening act, which doesn't really worry me. I was probably going to be talking through their set anyway. Instead, I got there during the first song of The Cure's set and got seated during the second song prayers for rain.
As for the actual show, I had a lot of fun. People went apeshit when love song came on. Of course, I was the only jackass in my section to dance to hot hot hot!!!. Of course, I was the only jackass in my section to dance to push. And of course, I was one of the few jackasses to wear white to a black shirt event. People a few rows ahead of me were smoking some dank ass weed. The smell was stroooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg.
Robert Smith looked like Robert Smith. Piled eyeliner, smeared lipstick, messy hair. The band didn't disappoint. They sounded just like the album. What's a little irritating though is they postponed the dates crying "WE WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY OUR NEW SONGS FIRST, GUISE", when as far as I know they only played two or three of the new songs. But such is life.
Shame they didn't play my favourite Cure song disintegration, but they did play m, which was honestly a pleasant surprise.
In conclusion, the Hollywood Bowl is quite possibly my favourite venue out of all I've been to. It's too gorgeous and the sound quality is top-notch. Now if only I could see Nick Cave in September…
I feel kind of lame posting so soon after the show, but I'm not tired yet. It's only 1 AM :/