NME Big Gig 2009 |
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| The Cure headlined at London's O2 alongside Franz Ferdinand, White Lies and Crystal castles for the NME Awards Big Gig 2009. |
February 2009 |
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This four-band gig, held on 26 February 2009 and headlined by The Cure, was in effect a continuation of the previous night's NME's annual awards ceremony where the band played a mini-set and were proclaimed this year's Godlike Geniuses.
 First on stage at the O2 were White Lies, a London-based trio whose debut album went to No1 in January.
Second up, were Crystal Castles, a duo combining slow, menacing synths and clattering beats.
Franz Ferdinand played a hit-stuffed set next, ending with all four of the band battering Paul Thomson's drum kit.
The Cure were on last, with a two-hour performance featured songs from each of their 13 albums.
Canegreen provided an extensiveMeyer MILO PA, supplemented by Meyer MICA. The show was mixed outfront with a Digidesign D-Show Profile while a Yamaha PM5D was on monitor duty.
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