Robert in Dom Joly's kitchen

Posted by Dom Joly on Facebook: "Robert Smith of The Cure drunk, in my kitchen" (Thanks Pete)

The Guardian has the story behind the photo (from 2001): "For a spoof documentary going out on Channel 4 on December 28, Being Dom Joly, he managed to get Robert Smith to pretend to be his best man. "He was totally into Trigger Happy, which was so cool. We went for a drink afterwards and he was such a nice bloke. I was thinking: 'I can't believe I'm having a drink with Robert Smith, my hero.'

"Then we ended up here which was even more incredible. I had to hide the photos of me looking like him. We were chatting and drinking for hours, and I was thinking, 'This is just too cool.' Then it turned at about four in the morning. I started thinking: 'I wish Robert Smith would leave. I've got to get up in the morning!' "

(Thanks to Ronan for remembering this and finding the article)

"Lovecats" used on The Voice UK

From Adam (@ghostfinder): "The Love Cats was used on The Voice UK last night in one of @iamwill’s battles. Starts at 59 mins in here."

And on YouTube. (Thanks HG)

A couple of articles

Stuff has an article about an interview with Robert from 7 years ago. (Thanks Monghi at thecure.sk)

And WhatCulture has a Top 20 Cure Songs article from Beau Jones. (Thanks Beau)

The Curse plays 2 more shows in March

Expect even more song variation in the next2 shows Mar21 @Saintrocke https://t.co/ZD8K4R2KgA +Mar22 @romanosconcerts https://t.co/LveiviwlAw
— The Curse (@TheCureTribute) March 9, 2014

Here's our most recent setlist: http://t.co/snkarGPQgS
— The Curse (@TheCureTribute) March 9, 2014

Royal Albert Hall tickets for sale or trade

From James: "I have a spare ticket for Saturday 29th. Block J Row 11. Looking to swap for a Friday ticket or sell at face value. £110 including booking fee. You can email me: jhall0670 (at) hotmail (dot) com."

From Maria: "2 Tickets for sale for the Friday night show, the seats are stalls block L right next to block M. Just looking to get back most of what I paid for the tickets, please message me at: fenderchick (at) hotmail (dot) com"

From Guillaume: "I have one spare ticket to sell for the saturday 29th. Stalls Seat Block O Row 7 seat 147. Face value of course £111 (tix+fees). guillaume(dot)rah(at)gmail(dot)com"

From Judit: "I was lucky enough to get 2 grand tier stall tickets over the phone to RAH on Thursday, so please keep ringing them if you are missing a ticket..... All considered, I am happy but ideally I wanted to get arena standing tickets for Friday, 28th March. If you are happy to swap your standing tickets with mine or know someone who would, please contact me at juditj(at)yahoo(dot)com"

From Ali: "I am looking to do a straight swap—my spare for the 29th, for one for the 28th. I am not selling, so no offers please. My ticket is for a seat in the Stalls—Block J. I'm looking for a standing ticket (floor) for the 28th, but would also swap for a similar stalls seat. In short, another ticket with a face value of £110. Contact nilbymouf(at)hotmail(dot)com"

From Thomas: "I've got one spare ticket for Saturday (Stalls Seat, Block H) which I'd like to swap for one ticket for Friday (preferably an equivalent stalls seat). Contact ars-auditionis(at)web(dot)de"

From Trea: "I would like to Swap my 1 Standing Arena ticket (29th) for 2 Gallery Standing on 28th or 29th. Choir will do as well. No extra money to pay, just straight swap. ANYBODY? Contact treaburke(at)hotmail(dot)com"

From Maik: "I have 2 seat tickets - Stalls Block L - for Saturday 29th March and I`d like to swap them. I need 2 tickets -Stalls or Standing Floor - for Friday 28th March. Contact interpol88(at)yahoo(dot)de"

From Mike S: "I have 2 tix for Saturday and would like to swap them for 2 tix for Friday, anyone? If interested contact me on, schwarmat(at)gmail(dot)com or schwarmat(at)hotmail(dot)com"

From Stev: "I was lucky enough to get tickets for Saturday's RAH show, but I've ended up with 2 spare floor standing tickets.  I'm looking to swap them for 2 floor standing tickets for the Friday show. Contact sdmcomps(at)icloud(dot)com"

If you have tickets you want to sell at face value, just let me know and I'll post them. And please let me know when you've sold them, so that I can remove the listing.

Outside the Royal Albert Hall

Perfect.Murder took these outside of the Royal Albert Hall yesterday. Only 3 more weeks to wait.

Roger plays Paris tonight

Photo posted by @RogerODonnell

From Roger on Facebook: "Ive spent the last week preparing for a show in Paris on Wednesday performing at my friend Irakli's fashion show. Im going to play Les Kaleidoscopes and Les Menages a series of piano pieces I wrote for his website. You can hear them here www.irakli.fr... and I may just pay a few Strokes and Cure songs with the guys hahaha I can't wait!"

Photos: 1 - 2 - 3 (Thanks @jeremyWulc)

Also, Roger is planning a new Moog album. This from his Twitter: "Very excited to see @flarimore in Paris, she is going to be singing on my next Moog solo album! If you haven't heard her check her out......with beats of course by @_alka Who else?"

Tim Pope is going to the Saturday RAH show

Going to see The Cure at the RAH, see you there!
— Tim Pope (@timpopedirector) March 5, 2014

@timpopedirector I am going on the Saturday and no cameras - well, I might sneak one in in me pocket!
— Tim Pope (@timpopedirector) March 6, 2014

Perfect.Murder is also going. Got his ticket yesterday.

Cure Record Store Day 2014 release?

The unconfirmed (as of yet) Record Store Day 2014 list of releases posted at Wax Poetic has a Cure & Dinosaur Jr. 'Just Like Heaven' split 7" listed. It would be part of Warner Bros. Side by Side series, with The Cure's original version of JLH, backed with the excellent Dinosaur Jr cover. RSD is April 19th this year.
(Thanks Shawn)

More events for Roger

Very busy in my studio in Devon preparing for next weeks show for Irakli in Paris. I'll also be playing with The Strokes!!
— Roger O'Donnell (@RogerODonnell) February 27, 2014

'Beautiful Noise' Kickstarter campaign

Kickstarter campaign started for the 'Beautiful Noise' shoegazing documentary (with a Robert Smith interview) that's been in the works for the past 8 years. We've been following this for over 4 years now, and you can read some of Eric's  previous updates here.  There's also a post about it on The Cure's Facebook. (Thanks John, Keith, and @Pjotrke)


Update: Only a few days left to help get this funded. They've added this clip of Robert talking about the Cocteau Twins. (Thanks Laurent)

Update: The project has reached it's goal and will be funded! Congratulations to all involved, and to all who contributed! (Thanks Shawn)

Update (05/22/13): Eric finally posted an update last week.

Update (02/26/14): Looks like we are finally getting close to a release! From their Facebook - "Good news everyone, we are finalizing the end credits now and prepping for final post. So, if you are a Kickstarter supporter who pledged for a credit in the film, please make sure to respond to our email thru Kickstarter and verify your name by Friday the 28th. More news to come soon!"

Note on RAH tickets

From Johan: "I just got an e-mail stating that they (GigsandTours) won't ship them overseas (I live in Sweden and bought pre-sale tickets). All purchasers from foreign countries must pick up the tickets from the venue at the day of the event from 18:45 and onwards. Just bring confirmation number and credit card + ID and it should be OKAY they said. I hope the line won't be too long to get a good spot though."

Update (02-27-14): From Guillaume - "GigsandTours says that standing tix won't be sent to overseas purchasers. Only pickup at venue and day. They'll send the seated"

Keep checking for RAH tickets!

As promised by The Cure and the promoters, more tickets are starting to pop up.

From Sunny: "i just got a circle ticket woop woop. the kind lady checked and found one!!!!!!! as with the last RAH cure show I expect that there will be returns around a week before the shows, dont give up. i rang once a day for last few days 020-7589-8212 to avoid the 0845 nos."

From Sickdog: "keep checking http://www.gigsandtours.com/search/?q=cure&dst=&dend=&submit=Search … few minutes ago i saw 2nd tier tix for friday available... "

From Heliophile: "Just bought 2 seated for the 29th on Ticketmaster - keep trying folks! "

From Graeme: "I got a stalls ticket for the 28th this morning as see tickets were releasing the odd ticket here and there… must have been 20 tickets all in before I got mine… they go fast!!! The site says ’tickets not available’ rather than ‘sold out’ on a few options, I suspect if people keep checking like I did these are the ones that’ll pop up. Hopefully, that’ll help people."

Update (02/26/14): From Kat - "If anyone still wants tickets keep ringing the Royal Albert Hall! They had a few earlier today and had some Monday, tend to be boxes or stalls as they are the debenture returns. They still have box seats now, tickets don't always show on the RAH website!

Cure Convention in L.A. this Saturday

Saturday March 1st, 2014
The Vex Arts L.A.
6 pm - 2 am
Featuring The Curse, The Cured, and Happy Haus
Facebook Event Page

Win RAH tickets

Ben Sherman is giving away 2 tickets to the Royal Albert Hall shows. Like them on Facebook to enter.

Tim Pope says "No news on The Cure"

If you were hoping for an imminent DVD/Blu-ray release of 'In Orange' and/or the LatAm tour film, Tim Pope has some bad news for you in his latest update: "No news on The Cure, I'm afraid."

Cure's 'Purple Haze' 2nd best Hendrix cover

Guitar World says The Cure's 'Purple Haze' is #2 on their 10 Best Covers of Jimi Hendrix Songs list:
"If you heard this cover of "Purple Haze" with no context, it would be well over a minute into the song before you would have any clue this was a Jimi Hendrix cover.
Of course, anyone who thought Robert Smith & Co. would launch right into a fiery, tritone-laced rendition of arguably Hendrix's most famous song clearly had never heard Disingegration — which, according to Kyle from South Park, is the best album ever.
This synth-laden cut takes the No. 2 spot for being bold enough to push Hendrix's catalog into new territory, instead of trying to outdo the man. A nearly impossible feat, unless you're our choice for No. 1 ..." (Thanks Greg)

Cure on Sky Arts this Friday & Saturday

Couple of Cure shows on Sky Arts 1 & HD this week:

Friday Feb. 21st
8:30 PM - The Cure: Video Killed The Radio Star
9 PM - The Cure Live at Hurricane Festival 

Saturday Feb. 22nd
3:10 AM - The Cure: Video Killed The Radio Star
3:40AM - The Cure Live at Hurricane Festival
8 AM - The Cure: Video Killed The Radio Star
8:30 AM  - The Cure Live at Hurricane Festival
(Thanks Carl and @weathercade)

Roger update

From Roger on Facebook: "I have been in Los Angeles for the past four weeks working on several projects, probably the most important of which is coming very close to an end. I have about three more pieces to write and then we are done. There will be a press conference in early April where all will be revealed!"

Roger will be playing piano at Adam Donen's album launch for 'False Bay Echoes' in London on April 4th. Get tickets here. 

From Adam on Facebook: "Roger's contributions on piano and Rhodes are among the highlights of False Bay Echoes. As you'll hear, after a few Jacks, he becomes a mighty fine blues pianist."

Also, "In between his work for *that other band*, we're currently working on a couple of new works - a ballet of Roger's for which for which I'm contributing the libretto, and a new orchestral piece.

I'm difficult to work with at the best of times, and have never had a collaborator like Roger, and suspect I never will. A completely opposite and therefore like mind, and a melodic genius.

Its an honour to have my dear friend joining me on piano."

Adam also says they'll be bringing the Bernhard Suite to London in June, and hints at the possibility of a show in Berlin as well. (Thanks Roger O'Donnell Discography)

And more news tonight from Roger: "If you like electronic music, as I do, you might enjoy this mix I did for Squarewav.com. AND... a very interesting solo performance in Paris in March, more news to come!!!"

Update (02/21/14): From Roger on Facebook - "Im very very happy to be able to tell you that I have finished composing for our ballet project! Its been about a years process so far and of course I have been learning all the way. .. I have to thank Tattiana my producer for her belief and support for me and our project. Big announcement like I said the first week of April...Also sort of to do with both my current projects something very very special in July!!!! Hahahah so many secrets which Im terrible at keeping!"

And again, Roger makes it absolutely clear for those of you who don't get it: "Not quite sure how fucking explicit I have to be here about the distinction between my solo work which you will read about HERE and my work with The Cure which you will read about THERE www.thecure.com"

Slicing Up Eyeballs' Best of the 80s EPs poll

Nominate your favorite EPs, mini-albums of the ’80s for Slicing Up Eyeballs’ next poll http://t.co/wR5CWq1Hgc pic.twitter.com/VpEg43Pjzm
— Slicing Up Eyeballs (@slicingeyeballs) February 17, 2014