The Cure at Frequency Festival 2012

Setlist: Tape/Open, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Bananafishbones, Pictures of You, Lullaby, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Trust, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Play For Today, A Forest, Primary, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, End

Encore: The Lovecats, Close To Me, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry.

Huge thank you to Jorg for the setlist & reports, and to Olivier for the same. It would not be a Cure tour without at least one show update from Olivier. :)

Video: Open / High / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 / Sleep When I'm Dead / Push 1 - 2 / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / Bananafishbones / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Lullaby 1 - 2 / The Caterpillar / The Walk 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Doing the Unstuck / Trust 1 - 2 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 / Play For Today / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Primary 1 - 2 / Want 1 - 2 / The Hungry Ghost 1 - 2 - 3 / Wrong Number 1 - 2 / One Hundred Years / End 1 - 2 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Close To Me 1 - 2 / Let's Go To Bed / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 - 3

Photos: Marsworld / Luca / Fran Fiorini / Olivier / Balati (1 - 2 - 3) / Christopher Johnson / Gabor (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)

Reviews: Vienna Online (with a brief interview) (English) / Webnoviny (English) / Kleine Zeitung (English) / derStandard (English) / Nachrichten (English) / FM4 (English) / NOE ORF (English)

Dream Tour necklace for sale

"I have a Dream Tour rose pendant necklace for sale on E-Bay if anyone is interested. As of now, it is the least expensive one listed." (Thanks -R-)

Anyone get their Secret 7" prize?

From Ville: "I am one of the secret 7" winners that the Cure picked. I still haven't got my copy of the record and i'm not getting any answer from the authors, i was wondering have you heard anyone has gotten their copies? I wonder what's the delay?"

Well that was quick. Here's a reply straight from @Secret7s: "They won't have yet, they will do soon. They should be back from Robert any day now."

The Cure and the Story of the Alternative 80s

New magazine special out on Aug. 17th. You can pre-order it here. (Thanks Andy)

Update (Aug. 17th, 2012): Out today. Perfect.Murder says "130 pages, 7 on The Cure. The rest is too gothic for my liking." :) He also sends some photos of the Cure article.

Cure in Glasgow 84 on Austrian TV

"Austrian television ORFIII shows Cure live in Barrowlands 1984 tomorrow 04:55-05:55 am in their Day Of Rock special."
(Thanks Andreas)

Cure Albums From Worst to Best

Stereogum has posted their countdown of Cure albums from worst to best. (Thanks @DebiDelGrande and @thequeenofsiam)

Here's their list: #13 - 'Wild Mood Swings', #12 - 'The Cure', #11 - '4:13 Dream', #10 - 'Bloodflowers', #9 - 'The Top', #8 - 'Seventeen Seconds', #7 - 'Three Imaginary Boys', #6 - 'Wish', #5 - 'Faith', #4 - 'The Head on the Door', #3 - 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me', #2 - 'Pornography', and...

#1 - 'Disintegration': "You feel everything Smith feels -- the vague dissatisfaction of searching for a perfect moment that doesn't even exist -- but it doesn't matter because you can't help but move. Life may not live up to our expectations, but albums like this make it worth living. Nothing compares to Disintegration, and nothing ever will."

NME's Most Exciting Live Acts Ever poll

Think The Cure are one of the Most Exciting Live Acts Ever? If so, vote for them here. (Thanks @AaronLaw92)
Update: The Cure came in at #15.

And 'Friday I'm in Love' is #3 on their 50 Most Uplifting Songs Ever list. (Thanks Pom)