From TheChapelSF:
Lol Tolhurst (co-founder of The Cure) returns to The Chapel this Thursday, May 21st for an evening of music and conversation. With very special guests r.image (featuring Gray Tolhurst).
Monday, May 18, 2026
Olivia didn’t play ‘Drop Dead’ for Robert
From NME:
Olivia Rodrigo didn’t play ‘Drop Dead’ for Robert Smith, despite referencing The Cure icon: “I played him a bunch of other songs”
In the song, she sings: “You know all the words to ‘Just Like Heaven’ / And I know why he wrote them now that you’re standing right here”
By Max Pilley
Olivia Rodrigo’s new song ‘Drop Dead’ might reference The Cure, but she has revealed she failed to play it to Robert Smith when she had the chance.
The song is the lead single from her upcoming third studio album ‘You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love’, which is set to arrive via Geffen on June 12.
It sees Rodrigo singing the line, “You know all the words to ‘Just Like Heaven’ / And I know why he wrote them now that you’re standing right here”, and while Rodrigo and Smith have struck up a friendship over the last year, the namedrop of his classic song might have come as a surprise to him.
Rodrigo welcomed Smith onto the stage with her during her Glastonbury 2025 headline set, where they played ‘Just Like Heaven’, as well as ‘Friday I’m In Love’, and since then Smith has spoken about enjoying “a couple of memorable nights in the studio” with Rodrigo, but while Rodrigo did share some of her new songs with Smith ahead of their release, ‘Drop Dead’ was not one of them.
In a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Rodrigo said: “Oh my god I actually don’t know if I played it for him, he might hear it today. I played him a bunch of other songs on the album, I don’t know why I didn’t think to play this one for him though I should.”
During the Glastonbury set, Rodrigo wore a t-shirt that read, “You know all the words to ‘Just Like Heaven’” in anticipation of the song’s release, and she revealed in the interview that Smith “took a Sharpie” and wrote at the bottom of the t-shirt, “Or do you?”.
“And I was like oh my god, like he graffitied on this shirt,” she recalled. “There’s a hundred thousand people out there, am I going to go out in this shirt that like has this thing on it? And I was like kind of freaking out and I was like whatever, I’m just going to put it on and honestly it’s like my favourite outfit I’ve ever worn. I’m so happy that he wrote in Sharpie on it and now it’s one of my most prized possessions.”
Rodrigo gave ‘Drop Dead’ its live debut last night (April 18) during her surprise appearance in the middle of Addison Rae’s set at Coachella, having only released it for the first time a day earlier.
The song’s video sees Rodrigo taking over Versailles in Paris, dancing around the halls with her headphones on and shredding an electric guitar. “You lookin’ like an angel on the walls of Versailles,” she sings. “The most alive I’ve ever been.”
On Instagram, Rodrigo wrote, “I love this song so much!!! It’s the first chapter in the story of ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ and it makes me wanna skip around and roll the windows down and make out!”
Smith opened up about his relationship with Rodrigo last month, revealing that he became a fan after hearing her breakout single ‘Drivers License’, and went on to buy both ‘Sour’ and ‘Guts’.
“Although most of the songs on those two albums are not really ‘aimed at my demographic’, they are all so good that it is hard not to fall in love with them,” Smith said.
Rodrigo has since said she has been “diving deeper into The Cure’s discography”, and her Glastonbury duets with Smith were released as part of her ‘Live From Glastonbury 2025’ album.
During a conversation with NME in 2021, Rodrigo said both her mother and father were “music heads” and had encouraged their daughter’s artistic endeavours from an early age.
“I love pop-punk music; I love grunge music; I love country music and folk music,” she explained at the time. “I think, honestly, you can see little influences of all of those genres in my [debut] album [‘Sour’].”
Olivia talks about her friendship with Robert
Olivia Rodrigo talks about her friendship with Robert Smith at 11: 40.
https://youtu.be/OdyGCwzGuGU?si=6qdxhQOvcD64rUzK
Garbage covers Lovesong
Forgot to post this a couple of weeks ago, but TCT uploaded a pro shot version of Garbage's cover of Lovesong.
A Forest used in new Stranger Things series
The Cure's A Forest is used in Chapter 2.
From Deadline:
All The Songs In ‘Stranger Things: Tales From ’85’: From The Cure To Black Sabbath
Primavera Sound Livestream
As long as The Cure give the ok, we'll have an official livestream of their set at Primavera Sound on June 5th.
From Official Charts:
Festi season is so back! And thanks to Amazon Music, you can live stream Primavera Sound Barcelona 🧡
Bodiam Sky lyrics offered in auction
From The Cure:
'BODIAM SKY’ HAND WRITTEN LYRICS BY ROBERT
PART OF AN AUCTION RAISING £100K+ FOR NORDOFF AND ROBBINS
11 MAY 2026
📷 JM Enternational
Simon in new Iron Maiden doc
From Greg N:
went and saw the Iron Maiden documentary in theaters last night. Simon Gallup made a brief appearance in the film discussing the bands music. Was nice to see him part of it.
How Robert ended up on the new Rolling Stones album
From Guitar Player:
“You are Robert Smith from the Cure!” Mick Jagger recalls the unexpected moment that led to a Rolling Stones collaboration
By Christopher Scapelliti
The Stones frontman shared the story during a chat on Tuesday with Conan O’Brien in Brooklyn to announce the band’s new album, ‘Foreign Tongues’
When Mick Jagger walked into a London studio to record vocals for the new Rolling Stones album, he found an unexpected guest waiting for him.
“I turned up one day to do my vocals in London, and there's this bloke standing there, with his back to me, with this long gown on,” Jagger recalled during an invitation-only event on Tuesday, May 5. “And when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick.”
The man turned out to be Robert Smith of the Cure — someone Jagger had never met before.
“And I said, ‘You are Robert Smith from the Cure!’ And he said, ‘Yeah!’” Jagger told the crowd.
“So I said, ‘Well, while you're here, then you better go and do something.’”
The impromptu encounter led to a collaboration that will appear on the Stones’ upcoming album, Foreign Tongues, due July 10.
Jagger shared the story Tuesday during a conversation with Conan O'Brien in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he appeared alongside the Stones’ electric guitar tandem of Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood to discuss the new record and preview a few tracks.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Robert and Kevin at RAH
From Pitchfork:
The Cure’s Robert Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields at Teenage Cancer Trust 2026.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Cure at BBC repeat
Repeat of The Cure at the BBC will air on BBC Four on April 3rd at 21: 10 and again on April 4th at 00 :30.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Robert and Roger Daltry
From Getty Images:
The Cure's Robert Smith is presented a trophy by patron of Teenage Cancer Trust Roger Daltrey for curating this year's shows before Mogwai perform at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Picture date: Wednesday March 25, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Robert at TCT last night
From Getty Images:
Event curator Robert Smith, of The Cure, backstage ahead of the Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Picture date: Monday March 23, 2026. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
Monday, March 23, 2026
More shows added
THE CURE WILL MAKE THEIR LONG-AWAITED LIVE DEBUTS IN LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA THIS SUMMER. PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE MARCH 24.
REGISTER FOR PRE-SALE ACCESS AT
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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Boys Don't Cry prints
2 Cure Boys Don't Cry prints, one signed by Robert Smith and Andy Vella available in the Teenage Cancer Trust store.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Robert and Olivia Rodrigo in studio together
From British Vogue:
That Glastonbury headline slot was her biggest dream come true. “I didn’t think I would get it for [at least] another five years… All of my family and friends came from America to watch,” she says, all smiles. “I’m dying to go as a viewer, because this year I was so fucking nervous for the show I didn’t get to enjoy the festival.”
One of her musical heroes, Robert Smith, joined her to sing two timeless The Cure tracks: “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven”. Just as big a fan of hers, Smith was surprised and flattered to get the call. When he first heard “Drivers License”, “I bought Sour, and then Guts (both on CD!)” he writes to tell me. “Although most of the songs on those two albums are not really ‘aimed at my demographic’(!), they are all so good that it is hard not to fall in love with them.” They’ve stayed friends. “She calls me up quite a bit to talk about clothes and fashion – and we have enjoyed a couple of memorable nights in the studio together… I can’t wait to hear what she does next!”
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