We saw The Cure at Marley Park on Friday night. After driving up from Cork that day I should have been wrecked tired, and I dreaded the heat, but there was a breeze and the stage provided shade if you were close enough.
Visitors weren’t allowed to bring “professional cameras” so I left my Sony mirrorless and zoom lens at home, but I did have the tiny Sony RX100 IV. It’s only got a 70mm zoom but we were reasonably close, along the side of the stage.
Arriving at Marley Park around 19:35 to be confronted with a sea of humanity. 40,000 people were there that evening to watch the concert.
I’d been at Nick Cave’s concert at Malahide Castle a couple of weeks ago but this was on another level again.
Robert Smith on the big screens. You can see him if you look carefully on stage.
The screens were spectacular. I could see tiny figures on stage but the screens made sure everyone saw something. The little figure in red, underneath the huge speaker setup, was wearing headphones, thankfully.
They played for more than two hours. No break, no encore, but Robert Smith came across as someone who was really enjoying himself and appreciated the audience. Before he left the stage he smiled and waved.
If you couldn’t see over the crowd, there were ways around that!
Here’s a ChatGPT-enhanced photo of Robert Smith, original photo was taken with my Samsung S23 Ultra phone using a 10x zoom with 10x digital zoom. It was a mess of pixels so I only present this here as a curiosity and a sign of perhaps things to come.
Some great photos were shared here on The Cure Facebook page.
It was a great concert. They played loads of their hits and some lesser-known deep cuts for the fans. Robert’s voice hasn’t changed. He sounds great!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | DSC-RX100M4 |
| Focal length | 25.7mm |
| ISO | 3200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
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