The Cure - 2016-06-19 - New York City, NY (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

The Cure 
Madison Square Garden 
New York City, NY US 
June 19, 2016 (night 2 of 3) 

source: AT831 (SP­-CMC­-2) > SP­-SPSB-11 > sony PCM­-M10 (wav, 24/48)
taper: inez 
location: floor C, 7th row stage left directly in front of left hanging stack. 
Mastering (BLG): Adobe Audition > iZotope Ozone 5 > MBIT+ 
tracking: inez (audacity) > flac 

00 intro 
01 Open 
02 High 
03 Pictures of You 
04 This Twilight Garden 
05 A Night Like This 
06 The End of the World 
07 Lovesong 
08 Primary 
09 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 
10 All I Want 
11 Push 
12 In Between Days 
13 Just Like Heaven 
14 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 
15 The Hanging Garden 
16 One Hundred Years 
17 End 

18 Encore break 1 
19 It Can Never Be the Same 
20 Pornography 

21 Encore break 2 
22 Dressing Up 
23 The Snakepit 
24 Burn 

25 Encore break 3 
26 Lullaby 
27 Never Enough 
28 Fascination Street 
29 Wrong Number 

30 Encore break 4 
31 The Lovecats 
32 Let's Go to Bed 
33 Close to Me 
34 Why Can't I Be You? 
35 Boys Don't Cry 
36 Robert’s ‘thank you’ and outro 

total time: 2 h 43 min 3 sec 

OK, this 2nd night, in my view, enters the realm of 'top shows I've experienced' and scores highest of the three MSG nights in terms of just sheer musical coherence and power. What a stunning gig! Robert has been on fire this tour, but just the combination of a setlist here and what he was channeling I think really pushes it to the 'very special' category. The One Hundred Years (with war atrocities projected on the screen) > End main-set closer kinda left me standing with my mouth open pretty much through the encore break. And yes, I think Wish as sort of the main-set envelope works incredibly well. 

Taping-wise - much less audience action around me than night 1 (well, a couple making out in front of me for most of the gig - but QUIETLY - that’s what matters, right? :) ). There were a couple of wrinkles however… let’s just say ‘female+alone’ combination in some weird ways pushes some interactive buttons in random audience members… - but ultimately, there is a universal ‘zip it!!!’ sign and magic powers of BLG mastering :) Also many thanks go to obcdobcd (he knows why!) ;) 
I guess I should zip it myself and let you just enjoy it. I begin to sound like a Cure obsessive after 25 years in a closet…