"Just a quick note to let you know that I managed to get into the Paris Le Reservoir show. A huge thankyou
again to the presenter Ray Cokes who sorted it out for me to be on the guestlist. A star, a top geezer & a
gentleman.

You have the setlist and stuff and I just wanted to add that Robert said at the end "See you all in Paris next
year". I assume they will be doing a tour of sorts next year but you never know with Robert if that will turn into
the following year.

Robert spoke mainly in English. He started the show by saying "these will all be singles". The band were all in
black, Robert removing his suit jacket part way through the gig, it was incredibly hot in this small club venue.
There couldn't have been more than 200 or so people inside.

At one point he picked up his black acoustic guitar (make I don't know) and said "guess what's coming next"
before launching into "Friday I'm in Love".

Finally got to meet Robert after all these years. I was stood in the queue for the Eurostar train at Gare du Nord
in Paris at 6am, the morning after the concert and who should be walking up to get on the same train but Robert,
Simon & their tour manager. They were walking past the queue with no-one taking any interest in them.

Robert still had most of his make-up on from the night before and still had the silver brooch in his hair from the
concert. I was still half-asleep and taken by surprise and I said hello to Robert &  thanks for a great show the
night before and that it was longer than expected. He said thankyou and shook my hand.

They went into first class I believe. I decided not to go & search for them on the train. Although I saw them
again at passport control in Waterloo station in London. Robert walked through and I wandered past him. Simon
seemed to have mislaid his passport and had to catch Robert up. Eventually they all headed off to the carpark
area as I turned away towards the underground.

Where was my camera when I needed it?????? "

"They were so great! The show started about 30 minutes later than expected. I've heard at the end that Simon
helped people w/o tickets enter the place. So it was possible to attend the show even with no ticket. The setlist,
as expected, included songs from the new compilation. Starting with Just Like Heaven was a good idea, the
audience was just crazy.Very good version, by the way. Close to me had good lyrics. Lullaby was pretty slow but
very good, too, Robert playing with cameramen. He announced Lgtb saying "we haven't played it for long", with
a face that almost said "sorry we have to play it, it's on our new record!" Lovesong was very good, very powerful.
A forest...yes, A forest! Great solo at the end. Friday I'm in love, hmmm, I was very happy to hear it live again.
Ray played the guitar on Boys don't cry with Robert. The two men seemed to be old friends, that was funny.
Robert asked him to come and play with the band. Just say yes is a fantastic song, even better than Cut here I
think (this is my opinion). Saffron seemed very happy to be here. The walk: I think Simon played the real bass
line in the middle the way it is on the album, for the first time. Interesting version. I may be wrong, however...
Why can't I be you: as usual, Robert was very happy to sing that one.

The general mood was fantastic, you could see how happy the band was to be on stage. The other interesting
thing was that that gig was so different from the Bloodflowers shows... The singles were back again in the setlist.
Well, I've always loved them, but I think today I love them more. Thanks Robert, Simon, Perry, Jason and Roger,
I had such a great time!

Well, one thing is sure : I managed t get Robert's setlist at the end of the gig, and all these songs WERE in the
set except the two last ones. I had been told by the person who let me in, that it would not be a concert but a short
TV taping. So, I don't know what to tell you. The gig was about one-hour long. And they did an interview for Arte
just after the show. And they were only electric. And I could hear the soundchecks, and even in the soundchecks,
everything was electric. Honestly, I would have loved to see them playing accoustic songs. The great thing was
Simon helping people. When we were waiting outside before entering the place, I could see a window on the first
floor, it was half open, and I saw that people were watching for us. I said a friend of mine "hey look, the band's
watching us". I was joking. But I was told that the band saw more people than expected and Simon asked if it
was possible to have everybody (maybe 20 extra people) enter. Again, I was told that. You may have another
report confirming this.

Something I forgot to mention : at the end of the show, Robert said "Thank you very much, see you..." 1) next
week? 2) next year? Personnaly I heard next week, and other people could hear next year. I don't know. Now I
hope they will broadcast the complete show. I wish they played Cut here, however..."

"Well, I got the opportunity to reach the private TV show rehearsal tonight in Paris. And guess what, after 14
years of cure fanatism, I finally got to talk to Robert himself. How amazing, the play was only singles, including
the just say yes duet with Saffron, but a few fans stayed in the street in front of the "Reservoir" (near la Bastille)
and wait until the band get out. And we got the chance to see Simon, Jason, Perry and Roger getting out first,
taking time to sign some stuff for fans, and discuss a bit, before entering a big van and leaving the place.

Few minutes later, it was the turn of Robert, and he really took time to have some discussion with fans, and I
personaly asked him about the way he intends to set their website release thing for the upcoming album/or titles.
He seemed to be very enthusiastic about this question, and promised we will have great surprises with a new site
completely redone and ready to distribute music... He was just worrying about the internet download time required
when you got slow internet connection, and seemed to be really concerned with digital phones internet
connection?! Well this part was not very clear to me, since I'm not the best in english, and the other people were
making some noise trying to get things signed by Robert... Nevertheless I just suggest he could call me if he will
need some technical support for their upcoming website !

Very unbelievable night, hard to believe for the moment, still trying to re-think of this time... Just before he
entered the van, I got the chance to ask him, if he was happy with the parisian audience, and he seemed to just
answer he was just happy to play everywhere these days... Hoping to see you next year, during some summer
festivals... Robert also is likely to come back to Paris in two weeks to perform some more interviews, and perhaps
give an interview to the new french fanzine called "voodoo smiles", there is also a website dedicated to this
fanzine floating around, just have a look ! "