The Cure At Neil Blaisdell In Honolulu

Absolutely LUV The Cure! I couldn’t believe it when they announced that they were coming to little o’ Honolulu! Really fantastic concert! They played for about 2 ½ hours! Great times!!!

Best show I have seen in a long long time. Robert Smiths voice is like BUTTAH. Did not disappoint Shakin’ it for almost 4 hours. I felt like a kid again. EPIC

I have yet made it to a Unilocal event… so as some may point out an event that would never happen again would be pointless to write a review on… but this is The Cure… My All Time Favorite Band. I mean my Unilocal nickname is a part off of «Close to Me» and my Unilocal URL is «iheartthecure» so this review is pretty much necessary.
Getting tickets 3 hours after the first day they started selling them was pretty heartbreaking. Why I wasn’t aware they were coming here for a concert before hand?! I blame it on my IPod. We had horrible seats, section 32, row O. & if I had the resources I would have easily dished out the $ 200 for front row seats. Sadly I had settled for my crappy seats and realized afterwards this is The Cure… sitting outside of the arena and just being able to hear them live… I would be the happiest person.
The concert as I assumed was AMAZING! Never would I have thought they would come here for a concert and never would I have thought I’d be able to see them perform live. The feeling is still hard to grasp. Robert Smith’s performance & voice was incredible live. I didn’t think it was possible but I think I love them even more. I can’t believe they are in their 50’s and yet were able to deliver such a fascinating show. This concert tops the best I’ve ever been to and I am sure it will stay that way forever and ever and ever.

Okay so after this incredible concert I’m obsessed with Robert Smith. Again. Last time was 20 years ago at the Wish concert in Cali. How can I not be? He’s so talented an quirky and with so much stamina. Also his voice is still great — haunting quintessential the cure. They are so good to their fans. Two encores, got out at midnight. Was so pumped I couldn’t fall asleep. Still you tubing video interviews of Robert Smith. Uh and what is Simon Gallup’s youth elixir secret? He looks great! Hydroxycut?

This was an awesome concert!
The Cure still kicks butt. The place was pretty much sold out, and they did all the good songs that everyone knows and can scream along with, as well as a lot of the lesser known songs.
The lighting was really well done. The colors, the backgrounds, the lights, were all spectacular. It was a great show. The camera guys did a great job of highlighting the performers, so I felt like I was closer than I was.
My seats were okay, but I could see and hear just fine. I recommend.
I gave it less than five because the opening band sucked the life out of me. The Cure was good, but the sound was awful for Clones of the Queen. Like, there was a major hissing noise, and it was just crazy. [Also, I was under the false impression before they began that it was going to be a Queen cover band, so I was super disappointed with that.] My hubby says COTQ are probably good at recording, but not so much at performance.
Also, I think I almost got stoned from second-​hand pot smoke. I don’t know what the heck was going on, but it reeked around us. I don’t care what people do, but when people are affected by it (pregnant women near us looked really upset) and can’t move to leave, that’s just not cool.
All in all, a good concert. The girl to the right of us pretty much made my night. She danced around like a crazy person the ENTIRE TIME, and swung her t-​shirt and whooped. I don’t know why I think it was so awesome, but there it is.
If you didn’t go, you are just crazy, and you better get off your bum and go next chance you get.

Okay, okay, so all of Unilocal Hawaii now knows i’m a huge alternative rock fan! Yup, Radiohead, Deftones, Greenday, The Smiths, The Cure… Well if you didn’t know… Now you do! In my San Francisco urban days these were the groups I listened to. Doc Martens were a mainstay in my black wardrobe.
This live concert didn’t disappoint and the packed arena rocked for a solid 5 hours! Probably a good hour of encores. Of course, the song «Just Like Heaven» blew the pants, skirts, or whatever black off most of us!
Robert Smith (aquanet, eyeliner, lipstick) has a motor beyond belief. Like Michael M. said… «The Cure outlasted the crowd» aka the loud and rambunctious crowd! Legendary!
«…Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow…»
Yes, the original gothic band singing of love, love, love. See, I told you Ma!
I was so impressed by this diverse Hawai’i crowd! Some drunk, emo boobs here, there, and everywhere, chicks with twice as much ink as I, but everyone still well behaved enough to just enjoy The Cure!
It was nice seeing Erika A. and her fiancé John, but that was pure luck with well over 8,000 goth heads at the arena. Fun times had by all. Well except for that poor lady who got toxic drunk! No! It wasn’t Erika lol!
So now you guys know who The Cure is… An amazing alternative rock band that has influenced many top bands of today. It was nice being an anglophile for a night. British Rock still rules!
Robert Smith describing his songs:
«somber introspection over lush, brooding guitars.» (NY Rock interview)
Melancholy, melancholy… Wink, wink.
ONE OF THE BEST, minus the drunk ladies! 4.7-STARS!