thanks to ben.

festival info

'curiosa' touring festival, put together by the cure

stage 1 - the cure / interpol / the rapture / mogwai
stage 2 - cursive / the cooper temple clause / head automatica / scarling

usana amphitheatre (capacity 20,000)

reviews/comments

from salt lake city tribune:

scotland's mogwai opened the curiosa festival, showcasing three samples of its brand of fuzzy, instrumental noise making. "jewish hymn", its wicked reverberations, was an amazing oratory onslaught. congrats to band leader stuart braithwaite for busting five of his guitar strings.

from ben:

mogwai was absolutely incredible, they're one of my favorite bands, and i was about as excited to see them as i was to see the cure. all their songs sound way better live than they do on record. they finished the set off with the 20 minute epic 'my father my king', which was probably the most incredible thing i've ever heard from a live band. the sound was absolutely huge. they finished the song off with a good 5 minutes of feedback, which i enjoyed.