Out Of This World, Watching Me Fall, Want, Fascination St., Open, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Plainsong, Pictures of You, Shake Dog Shake, Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Sinking, Last Day of Summer, Maybe Someday, Siamese Twins, Prayers for Rain, 100 Years, End, 39, Bloodflowers

1st Encore: All Cats Are Grey, Drowning Man, Faith (8 minutes without storytelling and six-string)
2nd Encore: Play for Today, A Forest

Soundcheck: Open, Play for Today, The Loudest Sound, Like Cockatoos, Where the Birds Always Sing, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Out of This World, There Is No If.

Madrid was a quite surprising place to start the Dreamtour. The venue was a "classic" discotheque with rather low
ceilings, palms inside, cocktail bars around the stage, etc. - summa summarum: it is more a place for spending the
holiday nights than to attend a cure gig. Well, I did both! My decision to go to a couple of spanish gigs was made
spontaneusly and fortunalety my spanish friend (Muchas Grazias David!) could help me, buying tickets. Both shows
of course, have been sold out for weeks due to the small capacity (about 2.000 I think).

The spanish audience is great - very comparable with the french, who also are Curemaniancs. 30 min before the
beginning of the show the crowd started clapping and singing "Robert, Robert...". I never have seen this
enthusiasm at german cure gigs....what a pitty.....
At the moment the Cure went on stage, there was an incredible noise in the venue.
The Cure did nice versions of "Out of this world", "Watching me fall" and "Want", which I already saw in
Hamburg and Brussels.  With "Fascination St" the crowd started to jump and didn´t stop until the end of "Open".
It´s such a great song and Roger is doing a nice job on guitar. Following "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep",
"Plainsong" and "Pictures of You" were nice as usual, with Robert doing a kind of catwalk during "Plainsong",
where the crowd got mad. Then they played a real aggressive "Shake Dog Shake". As it was the fourth Intro-Song
I thought the show is starting the forth time....The suivant "Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Sinking", "Last Day of
Summer" and "Maybe Someday" were played well as well, with Robert in a very nice mood (during all the spanish
shows I attended).
Then there was the time for magical moments, I often had at Cure gigs. They did "Siamese Twins"...so nice, so
dark.....fantastic!!!! I didn´t believe, that I would ever have the chance to enjoy this great song live....
After that high level of emotions the mainset lost its power. "Prayers for Rain" and "100 Years" were just
standard. "End" indeed was played quite badly. It´s a pitty, as in 1998/1995 Jason treated the drums in a way I
loved. Recently there is a drum machine or a tape (also for "39"), which can´t tranfer the original power of both
songs.
Then after "Bloodflowers" and a main set of 2 hours!!! the Cure left the stage. In my personal opinion the
athmosphere was a bit down, as we heard a mainset with mostly long, depressive songs. Well I  love to hear such
songs, but the composition of it, is not the taste of everybody. Maybe they should do one or two faster (pop) songs
(like "Primary" or "Walk") instead of playing "Prayers"/"End" each night, to heat on the audience.
Fortunalatety they didn´t play pop songs the first encore...instead it was the best encore  I ever listened to, doing
my favourite songs of my favourite album: "All cats are grey", "Drowning Man" and a short but very nice version
of "Faith". The 2nd Encore they did Play for Today, A Forest, in which the crowd now was going wild completely....
jumping, singing, clapping.....fantastic!!! It was like in a football stadium "ole ole ole oleeeee"
So, generally speaking it was a very nice gig with an fantastic audience, which Robert honored with saying
"Perfecto!!". The only thing they could improve is the mainset, but these are just my personal thoughts.....

Well, what an experience. The Dream Tour really deserves its name. Where can I start?
Well, I was hangin' round the venue throughout the whole afternoon and heard the instrument soundcheck. Then I
went home (I'm living nearby) to eat diner and only returned at 7 o'clock, just to hear that The Cure just finished the
real soundcheck. Inside the venue, I talked to a roadie who confirmed that this tour won't feature a support band.
At 9.20 PM, the stage lights went on and the ontro music filled the hall. It's sth. neoclassical with a lot of violins,
nothing special, but at least there's building up of tension. Then, five minutes later, the houselights went off and
Cure entered the stage welcomed by the deafening cheers of enthusiastic Spaniards (i'm German, but I wasn't less
enthusiastic). I better do thid song by song now:

1. OOTW: Nice. The sound wasn't loud at all, they only turned it up throughout the first songs. I suddenly realized
that I was prety moved by all this and had troubles not to cry.

2. Watching me fall: Still daring to play this that early in the show, but it was received very well by the audience.
Well done.

3. Want. I love this song for some reason. Only thing to complain about was that the sequencers were too low in the
mix, they're the best thing about this song.

4. Fascination street: The audience went mad. Still a bit too slow.

5. Open: The fun really started. Up to then, it was the setlist of the club shows, but then suddenly the familiar chords
of Tape (yes!!!) resounded. I immediately began to wonder how they would do Open, which was obvious to follow:
Solution: Roger played the third guitar!!! Was abit funny too watch, he doesn't seem to be too familiar with that
instrument. I bet it will be an integral part of the set, beacuse it had special lighting and was extremely well played
and thus well rehearsed.

6. If only tonight: The usual stuff. Although they don't play it too often, almost every cure concert I attended in the
past featured that song, so I wasn't that enthusiastic, but this was the best version I've  ever heard of that song,
together with London 6-1-95

7. Plainsong (!!!): never in my wildest dreams... But it's called the dream tour, after all. Robert stepping round on
stage, but there wasn't any fog. Special lighting, so maybe it will be featured in every set. No chimes at the
beginning. The best moment was when Robert went to the back of the stage when he finished singing to pick up his
Jazzmaster while the others were still playing, so I knew that it would reallu be followed by

8. pictures of you: Second dream coming true on the dream tour. For someone like me who was too young for the
Prayer tour hearing Plaingsong and Pictures in segue just like in the good old days was a real treat. the audience
loved it. I kept thinking that Pictures is my favourite Cure livesong, when it's done as perfectly as yesterday it's just
like a sea of guitars washing over your soul.

9. Shake dog shake: introduced by Robert in Spnish as "Una canzione muy antigua", thus mixing up Italian and
Spanish. But never mind, he tried it! It was agressively played, just the way it should be, and really fast. better than
on the 98 shows. I realized that the Cure had just played about all the concert openings from the last tours, Shake
dog, Plainsong, Want, Tape/open etc. Really nice.

10.From the edge: A crowd pleaser. done well.

11.Sinking: Not many people in the audinece seemed to know that song. Done just like in 98, meaning well.

12. Last day of summer: Introduced by Robert as "Una canzione nueva". Done just like on record. I liked it.

13. Maybe someday: Audience loved it. Perrys guitar was too low in the mix.

14. Siamese twins: When this started, I just thought that I was probably witnessing history. London 89 is a long time
ago... It was done just great!!! Well rehearsed, great drumming, great singing. Robert finished by singing "Is it
always like this?" a long time after the music stopped and the audience sang along. Perfect.

15. Prayers for rain: Played somehow lush. they had to start again after the guitar riff was out of time and tune.
Could be done better.

16. 100 years: Done so well. The lighting was a dream in fiery red. Audience went crazy.

17. End: the lowpoint of the set. Obviously underrehearsed. The bass was not audible, which is very bad for a song
that is carried by a bass guitar riff. Maybe Simon stepped on the wrong effect. This part of the set was a bit long
for many members of the audience. An endless stream of dark 7-minutes guitar songs. I personally wouldn't mind if
they threw in Just like heaven, just to get the rhythm right.

18. 39: I put my earplugs in because everything was becoming too loud, so i really can't judge the quality of the
song.

19. Bloodflowers: earplugs out and off they go with my fevourite song off the new record. great.

20. The encore started with an unexpected All cats are grey, which was too good to be true. Only three instruments,
bass, drums and keyboard. So Perry wasn't on stage and Robert only sang.

21. Drowning man: Introduced by Robert as "One of his favorite songs", this is my favorite cure live song. The
drumming was somehow different in comparison to the swing tour, there was a computerized drum track mixed in,
just like in the good old days. The drumming went on and on after the guitars finished, and the audience clapped
along well to the tacktack.

22. Faith: Being this an entirely "faith" encore, the real thing couldn't miss. It will feature in subsequent show,
because it had special lighting and was well rehearsed. There was no lyrical ad libbing, but there was a long outro
guitar solo which was great. If we don't have the six-string bass, then at least the guitar work makes it up. 8
minutes.

23. Play for today: When they came out again for this the whole place was shaking. The audience sang along to the
keyboard line so loudly that you couldn't hear the band. Looking forward to get a bootleg of the concert, it should be
really funny to hear. The band was lauging and they all looked satisfied.

24. A forest: This brought the house down. Long ending with funny guitar work. Robert gave a kiss to the audience,
said "perfecto!" and left the stage smiling.

After this the houselights went on, but sth. happened that I never witnessed in my long concert going history. the
audience simply refused to leave, even after 2 hours and 40 minutes. Not one person was haeding towards the door,
every was shouting for more for 10 MINUTES!!! Unbelievable. But they didn't come back, although even I thought
at one point that they would turn off the lights again. Maybe they headed straight for the rolls-Royce that was
probably waiting behind the venue. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. And the best thing: Tonight, it's the
same again!!! Maybe they should throw in an occasional Boys don't cry here and there, but so far the Dream tour
deserves its name.

We went on a bus in the morning and we arrived Madrid at the afternoon (16:00) "We" are Orient Ambulance, ALe
and FELIPe, we covered Jupiter Crash for Pink Pig.
It was very easy to arrive to LA RIVIERA as we took the circular underground...
at 18...we arrived and there was already plenty of sinister people, a crowd of crows, it was funny in the strange
meaning. The place was really small, and you cold feel all the sounds in bight colours. This is the playlist, I
think I don't miss any song but I'm sure I don't remember the secuency, although I have tried to remember it
perfectly:

-OOTW: perfect intro warm up for nearly a three-hours show
-Watching me fall: long distance death calling
-want: (first of the first songs of the other albums) perfect petition
-fascination st.: a walk in furs with RS screaming loud
-open: the audience shouting while Robert singing
-if only tonight we..: sedant drums and psicotic sounds
-plainsong: crying in happiness
-pictures of you: everybody thinking about their girlfriends (and Wives)
-last day of..: perry begins alone with the guitar and they join him on tristesa
-from the edge of the ...: guitarrorism trying too survive
-siamese twins: everybody thinking about their brothers and sisters in 1982
-maybe someday: the unique "POP" moment in a way. it was played al ralenti and as the single mix
-shake dog shake: everybody jumpig someone else's feet
-sinking: the floor went down ten inches during this song. some idiots took a UK flag with BF cover on it. I started
hitting them and they ate it
-prayers for rain: a long shout along with changing drums
-100 years: quasi techno with jumping heads and euphoric rythm
-end: unexpected and hard bass for a false end
-39: public really excited and the BF more shouted lyrics
-BF: the end for the tour in the first night and a smile

first encore: faith

-all cats are grey: perry on keys too and robert joyfully whispering
-drowning man: long sounds and perfect drums
-Faith: minimalist vesion "where we all cried" and "prayed Thee".

second encore: 17

-play for today: laaa laaalaaa laalaaa...quasi el cello
-a forest: a kinda ironic short version with bass and guitar chats.

It was like PARIS but in an even smaller place than Le Zenith. RS spoke nearly ten times in Spanish, introducing
some songs and laughing. they didn't play any of the famous singles, not even Just like or boys don't the sound of
the place was fine, but there were times you couldn't recognize the exact sounds. Some mixing problems had the
keyboards lower or Jason didn't hear the rythm sampler (example: prayers for rain) and began later. Simon loosed
the basses and you thought he had missed a note. Every song spoke for itself and seemed to make reference to the
ideas of a loud concert and as if it was the last one...you really had to think that the concert was begginning at every
song because of the power and you just had to touch the sweat to remember it wasn't a dream. At the end
everybody clapped hands and shouted out loud for five minutes for the band to play again.

Terra showed some songs and the "News at 11" screened a minute of Watching me fall.we'll see RS today!!!

Then we noticed the name of the hotel they were into and went there. An hour later we met the whole band and
spoke quickly. Then they escaped in two taxis beacause of the ammount of fans there. Scandalo. We also met
Chris White. We later met Simon. and then Roger, we chatted a bit about the Pink Pig and the cooooldness in
Madrid: "We shaken hands" and went to take a Metro. but that's another story...

I was at the Cure concert in La Riviera on monday 27 March. It was perfect from the very beginning, as we walked
towards the decadent looking disco hidden behind overgrown creepers,and beside a river full of ducks happily
swimming. It created a very different and strange atmosphere of silent anticipation at the excitement that was to
come. The concert was more than any of us could ever have dreamed of. After such a long time without The Cure I
felt a bit uneasy at the changes that I might encounter only to be taken back to the magical feelings only The
Cure´s music can awaken. To be enveloped by the same comforting ambient, as pure as ever as they played their
most heartfelt songs. It was lovely to feel that that good things don´t necessarily have to change with time. That the
truly beautiful things can and should remain untouched. Listening to Sinking, Disintegration, a Forest, the
excitement produced by A Play for Today and the awe-inspiring Faith, combined with the magnificence of their new
songs, and all the rest,  made it The Perfect Day.
"But I know we have to go back, I realize, we only get to stay so long, we always have to go back to real lives
where we belong..." And now to the question... Before The Cure came on-stage there was some background music
that helped to make us all sense what we were about to feel. You could hardly hear it, but then you noticed, and it
was so perfect. Then as the expectation grew and we all became more excited sensing the closeness to the
beginning of the concert, the music changed into a classical piece that nearly drove us all mad, and that I fell in
love with. I wonder if you could tell me what both these songs are (the first is from The Cure).