Where was I when they played Taormina?

Gian — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:53:42 +0000

In the summer of 2005 The Cure decided they would headline some major festivals in Europe. Participations to a given event were announced one by one, as they got officially confirmed.

During the announcement flow, a name and a date stood out from the lot. 20 August. Taormina, Italy.

Now, knowing that Taormina is an ancient greek theater on the beautiful coast of Sicily, I am preatty sure one big title screened up in everybody’s head: THIS IS GOING TO BE CURE IN ORANGE 2!

Yes the chance in a lifetime to witness the band playing in the best possible fitting scenery ever: ancient ruins under an open sky in a summer night in the south of the mediterranea sea.

That said, if you wonder were I was on that particular day, well, click here and find out.

I’ve found that picture among thousands of wonderful pictures for that show posted by fans on the internet. When I saw it, I looked closely and said: “Mmmh, I must have been there somewhere, let me see…”, and than squeezed my eyes a little and recognized myself (actually, I squeezed my eyes A LOT…).

Well, since I am writing about some wonderful pictures of the Taormina concert, and since no one probably care about the above picture, I just realized and decided (now on the fly) that I could post some nice photos of that night, that I downloaded from the internet back then. Just to make the post more interesting and less about me.

So, after some sorting out and editing, here they are, in a nice gallery format. One little selection from a memorable concert… Click and enjoy!

PS: With the exception of one picture, I don’t seem to be able to track down the authors of the photos, so, if any author want to be credited here (and they should be, actually), I will do it. Just send me an email. And if for any reason an author wants his/her pictures removed, I will do that too.

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Where was I when they played Taormina?