Depeche Mode mentioning Robert Smith/The Cure 

Been a fan of DM, and the Cure for nearly 40 years. I can honestly say I’ve never come across any rivalry between the 2 bands. Both helped me get through my teenage years.

Robert doesn't just stand there he moves around the stage as well. Man is in his 60s like they are and still performs 3 hours straight out of pure love for the art and fans. They don't have to play 5 extra songs if they don't want to but what a silly comment to make.

The Cure are friends of and fans of Depeche Mode. Robert Smith did a cover of World in My Eyes for the DM tribute album back in 1998. He also invited Alan Wilder to join The Cure after Alan left DM in 1995. It would've been awesome for both bands to work together on something.

I’ll take Robert Smith and The Cure any day! I’m not there to watch someone dance, I’m there for the music and nobody can write lyrics as good as Robert Smith, plus his voice is so beautiful and unique I’d stand there for 24hrs watching The Cure play and I wouldn’t tire of it!

DM & The Cure... Two of the best live-bands around 🖤

In April of 2017, The Cure performed for 4 hours long in Mexico City, It was incredible in so many ways.❤

I just saw the Cure. They sounded amazing. Robert Smith's voice sounds as good as it did 40 years ago. They played for 3 hours. 30 songs. I think if there wasn't a curfew they would have played for 3 more hours. My tickets were $75. Cheapest were $25, most expensive were about $400. I'd love to see Depeche Mode, but their cheapest are about $120 with fees and most expensive well over $1000. Some resales going for 4k! I think they could beef up the set list to 25-30 for what they are asking.

Robert smith doesn’t need to move around to entertain, he can mesmerise thousands of people stood in one spot for 3 hours. Everything about him is totally unique. He just has to be him. Moving or not. Kind of says it all really.

Robert is Tha man !🫶🏻

😂 Love to Andy. RIP, our loving fella❤️

Bruh, i saw The cure on november, and i swear by the last song i was almost crying in pain from my back and legs hahaha Robert is a beast!!

Nice seeing Andy Fletcher .Miss him and I will never forget him.😇🤍

Regardless of who moves more on stage, The Cure's music is simply a trillion times better.

The Cure also play almost 3 hour shows still, so they CAN fit in a lot of classic songs

Well, Fletch does have a point, and I happen to love both bands! But for me the issue with DM is that they need to change up their concert setlists. For the high price of tickets compared to the Cure, they should throw in some more oldies from city to city. They never even play their biggest hits like People are People or Strangelove anymore. Heck just doing a medley of songs would be great so they don't have to play the full song if they don't want to. There's just so many songs that they can switch it up with.

Robert does these full blown silly little moves on stage in his 60s, also Morrissey just stands there all the time he’s on stage.

I love both bands! I first saw The Cure in 1985 and Depeche Mode in 1986. Growing up in the eighties was awesome because of all the new wave, punk, post-punk, and indie bands.

As much as I love The Cure, Fletch wasn't wrong. Last time I went to The Cure they played 12 encores! And the setlist before the encores was pretty dense too, haha.

The British should be happy that they have such great artists.

I LIKE THE CURE

Some of the comments are taking this very very playful jab between friends far too seriously lol. Point of the joke was to say that Dave can’t physically do 25-30 songs a night cause of his high energy stage presence, it wasn’t to say that Robert Smith was somehow less than please calm down 🤣🤣

Saw both bands this year. First time for both. Seen hundreds of other concerts. I rank 2023's The Cure tour in my top 5. DM was good. But way too expensive and the only band member earning his keep was the drummer. For the price of DM Tix, they should've had back up singers.😮

We cant put every track in. But we can damn sure every night will have the exact same tracks

Robert is a Power demonstration... he's going 4h straight with no break.

Love both bands and have seen both live.

ame a The Cure por que no se movian del escenario, como las tipicas bandas norteamericanas...estaban quietos solo tocaban sus instrumentos pero la fuerza de la voz de Robert Stmith y sus gesto y ademanes me volvian loco un estasis y frenesi sin palabras!!! obvio que el bailarin es David Gahan...

The Cure are untouchable.

RIP FLETCH..

I love both bands. Flew across the country to see DM (and crap was it super expensive!) However, DM have cancelled on me twice in the past, Fletch is dead, and they aren't getting any younger. Enjoyed it, but super expensive and now I can finally cross that off my list. I've seen The Cure a few times, and will see them again next month. They've always put on a solid (and long!) show and I really enjoy Robert's stance on fighting with Ticketmaster and realizing that often times the people in the way back travelled a long way to see them and it cost them quite a bit of money. (There's a RU-vid video of him saying it somewhere... shouldn't be hard to find.) So, he really takes that to heart and tries to give you your money's worth and if it weren't for curfews, he would probably play on for several more hours. Also, I love Dave, but his voice is starting to go a bit, as the concert I went to in March can attest to. Still an absolute showman though. Robert, however, remains on point. (Also, I would have LOVED to have heard "Stories of Old" or "Blasphemous Rumours" on this tour... and "The Sun and the Rainfall.")

Ive seen both bands many times going back to the early 80s. The Cure were never better than the show I saw last month here in New Orleans.

Literally man! I went to see The Cure back in 2013m they played for 3.20 hours

Robert can actually play a guitar.

Fletch is one to talk, what did he do? Just Clap 👏 👏

Andy😢❤

No comparison. The Cure wins every time.

Both brilliant

That was some shade. Shows where they stand. Robert Smith will always be #1.

Fletch's comment was not insulting at all. It's just a very obvious remark. Robert is ok performing 3 hours standing still, singing and playing guitar, Dave is ok singing and dancing around the stage, just different types of performing and also totally different types of songs. And if you know a little bit about DM you'll know why Dave moves around so much. He was really shy and uncomfortable in the beginning, just look at their 80-82 performances. People talking shit about Dave have no idea about the mockery and the insults he got from the press when he was just 18-19 years old. So yeah, Dave, just like Robert, can do whatever he wants on stage. And he's good at it. Just watch their 101 concert

The Cure every time

The Cure do give concert goers excellent value for money.... they play for ages. Always had the feeling with DM that they could put some more favourite tracks in.... Blasphemous Rumours being a good case in point. They also need Alan Wilder back lets be honest, he's music input is sorely missed.

Depeche Mode not in same league, or even the same Universe, as the Cure.

Luv it both great music b4 thee internet

Apples and oranges.

he got a point

I don't think Andy knows how exhausting it is to play the guitar for over two hours.

A massive fan of both the cure and depeche mode, but if forced to choose...there is nothing inauthentic about robert smith. Ive been to multiple shows by the cure where they perform north of 2 hours....and the amount of movement he did on stage did not diminish my experience.

People really think the Cure is better than Depeche Mode ? Hahaha

Fun words. I agree, Dave is moving all over the stage. Big time. 2 1/4 hrs, would be enough. Trouble I have os with not enough pre 90 tunes. Cannot help it. I like a surprise track like Stories of Old. Martin singing a deep few acoustic tracks. Something like Photogenic. I heard rumors of Sun and Rainfall, that would be amazing! The COST of attending a DM show, let alone buying Merch, is INSANE now!! Cure has $25 T Shirts.. DM? 52 fucking dollars?!?!

It’s crazy how the Cure, the Smiths and Depeche Mode hate each other.

Classic From Flecth , says Robert Smith is jukebox and Dave Gahan is a keyboard on repeat , Martin Is Irish Leprecrion😂

Love both these bands. Robert still plays the guitar like a demigod while singing. I'd rather see that than Dave Gahan dancing. His dancing is kinda fruity btw. DM had a slight edge on The Cure back in the day but The Cure sounds exactly the same in concert now. It's quite unbelievable... Oh!

No Comparison ! Robert has more talent than Depeche Mode .

Both my favorite bands, but you were totally wrong on this one Fletch

Nah see, Robert hugs his guitar in concert because he imagines its his wife. Hes the ultimate romantic. Calling out Robert Smith for standing still on stage? You dont want that smoke sir.

DM have written some great songs, so have simple minds and other bands. I love their music however, 17 seconds, faith and pornography are on a different level of creativity and emotion. Robert, Lol and Simon wrote my fav songs of ALL time.

Is that being a smart ass?

Fletch karma is dead

Haters Robert ❤

Robert Smith has NOTHING and I mean NOTHING on Dave Gahan. As a frontman and performer, Gahan is second to none!

Natural dancer who is off beat evertime he does his carlton " fresh prince" moves. 😂

Fletch telling musicians they cant play.....

Depeche has nothing comparison the cure

The thing is, mate, Robert does not NEED to dance to shake your brain... So, stay in your category....

meow

Clown, The Cure is 100x better, even though I like DM.

I can’t stand Andrew Fletcher. I was a huge fan of the work that Alan Wilder did for DM . I fact I stopped listening to them after he left. This guy doesn’t contribute artistically but for some reason he acts like he is the leader of the band .

Depeche Mode has always and will always suck. Robert Smith rules!

Cure suck

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