Curiosa

Curiosa was a concert tour in the United States and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, organized by Robert Smith of The Cure in 2004. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29.

Disambiguation: the term curiosa can also refer to discrete items of erotica.
Curiosa
GenreAlternative rock
DatesJuly 24 to August 29
Location(s)North America (touring)
Years active2004

The headlining bands were The Cure, Interpol, The Rapture, and Mogwai. The concert had two stages, with the same main-stage line-up for the entire tour, and a rotating set of bands on the second stage (four per show).

The second stage bands included Muse, Cursive, Thursday, The Cooper Temple Clause, Scarling., Melissa Auf der Maur, and Head Automatica.

While attendances were lower than expected, Curiosa was still one of the more successful American summer festivals of 2004.[1]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
24 July 2004 West Palm Beach United States Sound Advice Amphitheatre
25 July 2004 Tampa Ford Amphitheater at the Florida State Fairgrounds
28 July 2004 Antioch Starwood Amphitheatre
29 July 2004 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
31 July 2004 New York City Randall's Island
1 August 2004 Camden Tweeter Center
3 August 2004 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
4 August 2004 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
6 August 2004 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
7 August 2004 Mansfield Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
9 August 2004 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
11 August 2004 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
12 August 2004 Tinley Park Tweeter Center
14 August 2004 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre
15 August 2004 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
17 August 2004 Greenwood Village Coors Amphitheatre
18 August 2004 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
24 August 2004 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre
25 August 2004 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
27 August 2004 Carson Home Depot Center
28 August 2004 San Francisco SBC Park
29 August 2004 Sacramento ARCO Arena

Production Staff
  • Production Manager - Bill Leabody
  • Stage Manager - Tom Wilson

References
  1. Apter, pg. 295
  • The Cure Official website for The Cure who played several songs.
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