The Cure

So I've been in a The Cure ticket frenzy the past few days. A North American tour was just announced - MSG on Sept. 23, then a pre-sale was announced, and the general sale went on today. I picked up two seats in Section 36 (back of the floor) yesterday in the pre-sale, which had horrible tickets available (other than Section 36, they only had 300 Sections). Today I got on the Ticketmaster site at 9am to score better seats - no dice. The tickets kept coming up in various sections (200, 300, 400). The best that came across was Section 131. So then I tried to call Ticketmaster - you know, the thing you did before the "Internet" was invented. I managed to get two seats on the floor in Section 11. Nice.

The Cure!!!

The Cure have announced a US tour this fall. The NY stop will be at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, September 23. No word on tickets yet. Sweet Jesus. This will be awesome. And Porl's back too!

Full details:

HERE THEY ARE…
Thu-Sep-13 Tampa - St Pete Times Forum
Sat-Sep-15 Atlanta - Gwinnett Center
Mon-Sep-17 Charlotte - Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Wed-Sep-19 Washington DC - Patriot Center
Fri-Sep-21 Philadelphia - Wachovia Spectrum
Sun-Sep-23 New York City - Madison Square Garden
Tue-Sep-25 Boston - Agganis Arena
Wed-Sep-26 Montreal - Bell Centre
Thu-Sep-27 Toronto - Air Canada Centre
Sat-Sep-29 Chicago - Allstate Arena
Tue-Oct-02 Denver - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu-Oct-04 Salt Lake City - E Center
Sat-Oct-06 San Francisco - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Download Festival
Mon-Oct-08 Seattle - Key Arena
Tue-Oct-09 Vancouver - General Motors Place
Thu-Oct-11 Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Bowl
Sat-Oct-13 San Diego - Cox Arena
Sun-Oct-14 Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl
Tue-Oct-16 Houston - Toyota Center
Wed-Oct-17 Dallas - American Airlines Center

65 DAYS OF STATIC WILL BE OPENING EVERY SHOW
TICKET DETAILS HERE SOON…

Brit Box

So I really do not post anymore, but this nugget from Filter caught my eye - the release of "The Brit Box." This essentially covers my music loving career - from 80's UK indie through the last remnants of Britpop. Although I already own most of these songs, I'll still pick the box set up.

The Brit Box Opens
by Staff 06.19.2007

Rhino Records has announced the release of The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze and Brit-pop Gems of the Last Millennium. The four-CD box set (which will retail for $65) is due out October 2nd. Assembled in chronological order, the years covered by each disc are roughly: Disc 1 (1984-1990), Disc 2 (1991-1993), Disc 3 (1994-1995) and Disc 4 (1996-1998.) The set comes in the shape of an English phone box and includes an 80-page book with interviews, essays, and memories from the likes of Alan McGee, Stephen Street, Alan Moulder and various artists.

The Brit Box tracklisting:

Disc 1:
01 The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
02 Cocteau Twins - "Lorelei"
03 Felt - "Primitive Painters"
04 Shop Assistants - "Somewhere in China"
05 The Mighty Lemon Drops - "My Biggest Thrill"
06 The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
07 Echo & The Bunnymen - "Lips Like Sugar"
08 The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
09 Spacemen 3 - "Walkin' With Jesus (Sound of Confusion)"
10 The Primitives - "Crash"
11 The Wonder Stuff - "Unbearable"
12 The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums"
13 The Charlatans UK - "The Only One I Know"
14 Happy Mondays - "Step On"
15 Primal Scream - "Loaded" [single version]
16 Inspiral Carpets - "This Is How It Feels"
17 The Trash Can Sinatras - "Obscurity Knocks"
18 The La's - "There She Goes"
19 The Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends"

Disc 2:
01 Ride - "Vapour Trail"
02 Pale Saints - "Sight of You"
03 My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
04 Lush - "For Love"
05 The Telescopes - "Flying"
06 Chapterhouse - "Pearl"
07 Catherine Wheel - "I Want To Touch You"
08 Bleach - "Trip & Slide"
09 Curve - "Coast Is Clear"
10 Five Thirty - "You"
11 Moose - "This River Will Never Run Dry"
12 The Family Cat - "(Thought I'd Died) And Gone To Heaven"
13 The Dylans - "(Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quant in Blue"
14 Thousand Yard Stare - "0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time)"
15 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Grey Cell Green"
16 Birdland - "Shoot You Down"
17 Manic Street Preachers - "Stay Beautiful"
18 Teenage Fanclub - "Star Sign"

Disc 3:
01 Suede - "Metal Mickey"
02 Swervedriver - "Duel" [radio edit]
03 Eugenius - "Breakfast"
04 Superstar - "Barfly"
05 New Order - "Regret"
06 James - "Laid"
07 Nick Heyward - "Kite"
08 The Boo Radleys - "Lazarus"
09 Saint Etienne - "You're in a Bad Way"
10 Stereolab - "Wow & Flutter"
11 Blur - "Tracy Jacks"
12 Oasis - "Live Forever"
13 Pulp - "Common People"
14 These Animal Men - "Speed King"
15 Mega City Four - "Wallflower"
16 Echobelly - "Insomniac"
17 Gene - "Sleep Well Tonight"
18 Menswe@r - "Sleeping In"
19 Supergrass - "Alright"
20 Cast - "Alright"
21 Elastica - "Stutter"

Disc 4:
01 Dodgy - "In a Room"
02 Ash - "Girl From Mars"
03 Sleeper - "Sale of the Century"
04 Marion - "Sleep"
05 Kula Shaker - "Tattva"
06 Ocean Colour Scene - "The Riverboat Song"
07 Babybird - "You're Gorgeous"
08 The Bluetones - "Slight Return"
09 Super Furry Animals - "Something 4 the Weekend"
10 The Divine Comedy - "Something for the Weekend"
11 Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"
12 Silver Sun - "Service"
13 Spiritualized - "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space"
14 Mansun - "Wide Open Space"
15 Hurricane #1 - "Step Into My World"
16 The Verve - "Lucky Man"
17 Rialto - "Untouchable"
18 Catatonia - "Mulder and Scully"
19 Placebo - "You Don't Care About Us"
20 Gay Dad - "Oh Jim"

Fantastic stuff.

It should be FUN

FUN at Studio B tonight will feature CLIENT! That's friggin' right - electro vixens Client will be in town. They are quite good live. Real disco-punkers Escort will also be there, as will the resident DJs Eamon Harkin and The Bangers. Studio B is at 259 Banker St. in Greenpoint. $12 but you can RSVP for the reduced list at funrsvp@gmail.com.