What talk there was centered on the Cure, with almost no complementary chit-chat talking place about AFI, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, She Wants Revenge and the other headliners.

Unlike last year’s go-around – which featured Beck, TV On the Radio, Muse and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – there was little buzz about Download 2007.

Those are some of the reasons why it won’t be a surprise if Download doesn’t reappear on the Shoreline schedule next year. It’s safe to say the Cure alone could have drawn just as many – or more – fans to the venue without the assistance of the other acts on the bill. The 2007 edition drew poorly – at best only half filling the 22,000-capacity Shoreline – and the lineup, aside from the Cure, was mighty mundane. The Live Nation manufactured Download Festival, which made its debut just two years ago at Shoreline, could well be on its last leg. Take away the Cure, however, and fans would’ve been left with a festival in need of serious life support.

The legendary modern rock band thrilled fans during what was only its second (and final) U.S. The Cure proved to be just what the doctor ordered on Saturday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.

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