Singer-songwriter Johnny Indovina, Chalmette High School class of ‘75, stood alone onstage at the 57,000-seat Foro Sol soccer stadium in Mexico City on April 21, 2013, to open for The Cure.
At Foro Sol, The Cure played its longest show to date — 50 songs spanning more than four hours. It was Cure singer Robert Smith’s birthday. An earthquake struck just before the band went on.
For Indovina, that night was noteworthy for another reason. It was the largest audience he’d ever faced, the culmination of a career that stretched from New Orleans New Wave band The Models to his decadeslong run with the more goth-toned Human Drama…