Give 'em hell, Lemmy!

(Thanks @christinefalls)

RIP Lemmy:I'll never forget Motohead at the Reading festival 1979-larger than life and totally brilliant !

— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) December 29, 2015

"It's half the price and keeps you awake for twice as long" Lemmy on speed vs coke. Danceteria NYC 1984

— Roger O'Donnell (@RogerODonnell) December 29, 2015

Love Amongst Ruin Int. & acoustic performance

Joyeux Noël

Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to you all!


The Cure - Merry Christmas Everybody 
(Wembley Arena - Dec. 9th, 1987)


Siouxsie & the Banshees - Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant 
(Dec. 15th, 1982)  

Originally posted at Thecure.com (Dec. 2001)







"I don't believe in religions. Instead, I believe in Father Christmas and fairies in the woods!" - Robert Smith 2012

New version of 'A Few Hours After This'

Update: Here's a better quality upload. Thanks TCDB. And thanks to @weareglitter for the original audio upload. As always, if anyone needs it to be removed, just let me know and it will be gone in a flash.

You can watch the episode on BBC iPlayer and at Amazon (Season 4 Episode 2).

Also, please release this properly. Maybe a digital download for charity? 

A new version of 'A Few Hours After This' played during tonight's episode of 'Luther'. Turns out 'Luther' creator Neal Cross is a huge Cure fan, and asked to use the song in the episode, and Robert recorded a new version for him.

Here's the story from The Daily Record:

"The return of Luther also gave Neil a teenage kick when his idol Robert Smith of The Cure provided a song for the soundtrack.

He said: “I have been an obsessive fan of The Cure since I was 13.

“After we had finished shooting the second episode of this special, I phoned the producer and said there is this really obscure Cure track – an extra track on a 12-inch single called A Few Hours After This – which I have always loved and think it would really go.

“Long story short, we contacted Robert Smith and he re-recorded the song. That was one of those moments where I wanted to hijack the Tardis and go back and see my teenage self and say, ‘One day…’" (Thanks @weareglitter)

Boise tickets on sale today

June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Ticket link
Tickets range from $25 - $75 

Boise seems to be aware of The Cure

From the Idaho Statesman:

Band will perform June 2 at CenturyLink Arena
Fan response exceeded already high expectations
More than half the tickets sold during presale

There was never any doubt that The Cure coming to Boise was a big deal. I knew fans would get excited.

Just not quite this excited. “BAAAABR. IM DYING,” commented a particularly pithy user on the Idaho Statesman’s Facebook page. It was among dozens of freakouts and hundreds of shares that piled up after I blogged about the June 2 concert coming to CenturyLink Arena.

Thousands and thousands of page views later, The Cure was Monday’s most-read article at IdahoStatesman.com. It was nearly twice as popular as the day’s second-place finisher.

At 9:15 a.m., 94.9 FM The River started spinning The Cure songs every 90 minutes. (The British band’s biggest hits are ’80s classics such as “Lovesong,” “Just Like Heaven” and “Friday I’m in Love.”) Program director Tim Johnstone posted Cure videos on his Facebook page.

“My friends are stunned,” Johnstone says. “Stunned.”

So why is it so earth-shattering? Maybe because The Cure has never performed here. At various points an influential part of goth, new wave, alternative rock and other labels eschewed by singer Robert Smith, the group doesn’t tour the United States often. Many Idahoans already had bought tickets for The Cure’s performance June 3 in Salt Lake City — a big deal unto itself.

A relatively miniscule 4,874 seats will be available at CenturyLink. Multiple-night-stands at huge venues in cities such as Los Angeles and New York have sold out in advance.

The public on-sale for Boise is at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18. But a presale 24 hours earlier sold more than half the arena already. That said, don’t fret: Plenty of great seats were held for the public on-sale.

“The excitement level — I knew it would be there,” says Creston Thornton, owner of Eagle promoter CTTouring. “But this is a monster.”

Luring The Cure to Idaho wasn’t easy. Thornton wrote emails that were forwarded to Smith in an effort to sell him on Boise. The process took a month, Thornton says. (Among the points he made: Downtown Boise is hipper than you think. And Depeche Mode, a British band that shares fans with The Cure, sold almost 8,000 tickets here in 1998. (And that was in Nampa, at the Idaho Center.)

The Cure’s sonic calling card is a gloomy yet accessible sound. It’s the sort of era-driven music that jettisons nostalgic Gen-X brains back through time, straight into college dorms, high-school hallways and middle-school cafeterias.

Thornton says he saw The Cure at 16,000-capacity Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre as a teenager in Orange County. It was 1986. Clearly, bringing The Cure to Boise means more to him than just making a buck as a promoter.

“People are fanatical about this band,” he says. “To see people this pumped, it’s really cool.”

Tickets on sale Dec. 17th

Nov. 2nd, 2016 - Milan, Italy at Mediolanum Forum
On sale: Dec. 17th at 10 am CET
Ticket link


June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Presale: Dec. 17th at 10 am Mountain
Code: heaven
Presale link
Tickets range from $25 - $75 

2nd Milan show added on Nov. 2nd

From the official site:

"DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A SECOND MEDIOLANUM FORUM MILAN CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED ON WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2016

TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2015 @ 10AM (LOCAL TIME): www.ticketone.it"

Patrik Sandberg: "In praise of Robert Smith"

From i-D:

in praise of robert smith, patron saint of suburban teen goths everywhere

Growing up, writer Patrik Sandberg thought of The Cure's Robert Smith as something like an imaginary friend.

Robert James Smith was born in Blackpool in April of 1959, a little more than twenty-five years before I was. Both of us were raised Catholic and later became atheists. Both of us wore dresses as kids, were beaten by our male peers, were diagnosed with "personality crises" by our school administrators, and suspended for reasons relating to our attitudes toward religion. I never realized any of this until I began to write this essay. We both took piano and guitar lessons as kids, only he was, apparently, better.

When I was twelve, it was announced The Cure would be headlining a Christmas concert for the Bay Area alternative radio station "Live 105." When my parents forbade me to attend, I locked myself in my bedroom and threatened to commit suicide (it didn't help that Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins were also on the bill). I tried to jump out the window, but I couldn't figure out how to get the screen off.

As a gay, goth adolescent in the American suburbs - furious, skeptical, paranoid, isolated - I was drawn to Robert Smith's unfathomable majesty. He was almost like an imaginary friend.

There is a sense of wonder that originates in early childhood-the first time you see a Muppet open its eyes and speak, or when Roger Rabbit walks out of a cartoon and into a live-action world-which is part of the aura and the mystique that Robert has maintained for me forever. He's like Mickey Mouse, if Mickey's romances and nightmares and torturous, self-inflicted eviscerations could cut like a switchblade into your psyche and break your heart with each goofy cartoon antic, making you feel less at odds with the world-or, even better, more at odds but happier for it.

Working in magazines, my job has entailed tracking down hundreds of high-profile subjects. Each time I've reached out to Robert in an effort to coax him into the light, I am reassured with a promise of never. (Morrissey, on the other hand, never goes away and espouses sanctimonious opinions regularly. Perhaps that's why he feels so millennial. Robert seems to exist in another place and time.)

Reeves & Cure tracks on Strange Currency

The Cure & Reeves Gabrels on radio -- tonight (Tues Dec 15) streaming or broadcast via KMUW Wichita, Kansas. https://t.co/mJR52xX1tz

— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) December 15, 2015

From the Strange Currency Facebook: "We’ll hear selections from the self-titled release by Reeves Gabrels and His Imaginary Friends as well as music from The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me."

Perry in Paris tonight

Love Amongst Ruin, Perry Bamonte, La Flèche d'or

Posted by William Soragna Photography on Monday, December 14, 2015

#Perry and #me @loveamongstruin @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/R5uQ9CHQ7V

— Jeremy Wulc (@jeremyWulc) December 14, 2015

Boise, Idaho ticket info

June 2nd, 2016 - Boise, ID at CenturyLink Arena
On sale: Dec. 18th at 10 am Mountain
Presale: Dec. 17th at 10 am Mountain
Code: heaven
Tickets range from $25 - $75

Boise, Idaho show added on June 2nd!

From The Idaho Statesman:

Rock band The Cure to perform Boise concert
Coming to CenturyLink Arena
Selling out months in advance in larger cities
Tickets go on sale Dec. 18 for $25-$75

By Michael Deeds (mdeeds@idahostatesman.com)

It’s going to be “Friday I’m in Love” this week for fans of The Cure.

Known for its often gloomy yet accessible music, the British rock group is coming to CenturyLink Arena — and tickets go on sale Dec 18.

The concert will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2016. It marks The Cure’s first trip to Boise, despite tens of millions of albums sold and a career that stretches back to the 1970s.

The show is expected to last four hours. First is an opening set from The Twilight Sad. Then comes a three-hour onslaught from The Cure. Recent setlists have featured 40 or more songs, including hits such as “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Lovesong” and “Why Can’t I Be You.”

Tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday for $25-$75 at 208-331-8497, www.centurylinkarenaboise.com, www.cttouringid.com or at the Centurylink box office. Join a “CTTouring Insiders” list for a Dec. 17 presale by emailing info@cttouringid.com.

Driven by frontman Robert Smith’s gothic imagery and instantly recognizable alt-pop sound, The Cure’s music is an iconic part of ’80s culture. So it’s not entirely surprising that next year’s tour is generating buzz nationwide. Multiple nights at large arenas in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and Chicago have sold out in advance.

“Some very cool things and stars had to align to have The Cure play Centurylink Arena with only 4,874 seats available for sale,” says Creston Thornton, owner of promoter CTTouring. “We are very excited to bring this amazing artist to Boise in such an intimate venue.”

(Thanks @aluche44)

Auction for a drumming lesson with Jason

Charity Buzz has an auction for a private drumming lesson with Jason Cooper in London, benefiting the African Rainforest Conservancy. Auction ends on Dec. 17th.

Reeves plays Nashville tonight

Last show of the year is Dec 12 in Nashville for Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends. Reserve ahead @familywash pic.twitter.com/jl1vzzdEmZ

— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) December 5, 2015

Free show but call ahead to reserve at (615) 645-9930.

And here's a Dec. 2nd interview with Reeves on WVKR.

How The Cure saved The Twilight Sad

From The List:

Singer James Graham on how the band went from nearly calling it quits to a world tour with the Cure.

It wasn’t that The Twilight Sad wanted to call it quits after the touring cycle for their third album, 2012’s No One Can Ever Know, was over, but they felt that things weren’t progressing and they didn’t know how to fix it. The album had done well critically, but they were still playing to half-full venues. Those around them didn’t seem to share the same enthusiasm the band still had for their music. Other groups – their contemporaries and newer groups without half their experience – were being offered better opportunities.

‘The first time we played the Barrowlands in Glasgow, it was nowhere near sold out,’ remembers singer James Graham of every Scottish band’s rite of passage on the live stage. ‘People who were there said they enjoyed it and so did we, but somehow it felt like a career goal we hadn’t quite achieved.’

And then The Cure happened. Or rather, they had always been happening. Robert Smith and his band were one of the first groups Graham remembers hearing as a child growing up in Kilsyth, and as he got older he became more familiar with their darker side too. ‘They wrote so much that was dark but also some of the best pop songs of all time,’ he says now. ‘It’s not easy to do that, to write a pop hook that everyone identifies with. As a kid I listened to the Disintegration and Faith albums religiously, and on our last tour (supporting Editors across Europe in the autumn) I came back to Disintegration. I listened to it pretty much non-stop, thinking, the guy who sang this also sang one of my songs. Mental.’

Tickets on sale Dec. 11th

Dec. 3rd - London, England at Wembley Arena
On sale: Dec. 11th at 9 am UK time
Ticket links: Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory / AXS / Eventim


May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Ticket link

3rd London show added on Dec. 3rd

From the official site: "DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A THIRD (AND FINAL!) LONDON WEMBLEY SSE ARENA CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER - TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BookingsDirect.com

Direct link"

On sale Dec. 11th at 9 am UK time.

Dallas presale today

May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Presale: Dec. 10th at 10 am Central
Codes: BELLS, CATS, KZPS
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Presale link

Roger's 'Love & Other Tragedies' video now free

From Roger on Facebook: "When I finished the video from the concert of Love and Other Tragedies I tried an experiment that I was pretty sure would fail. I put the video on the new Vimeo on Demand service with a small fee... I think about 7 people paid and I would like to thank those people... Seems art has no value but the real value is in people hearing it so.. I have just posted it to Youtube, you can watch it for free."


"Also from the Vimeo on Demand package the interview I did with Ben talking about the Love and Other Tragedies project before the concert in London, June 26th 2015."


"...and finally to complete the collection, the 99X/10 10 year celebration concert from the evening of Exquisite Tragedy featuring Erin Lang, Hannah Curwood and Quartet Volute. I arranged a selection of songs from the 99X/10 catalogue for string quartet and piano and Erin and Hannah joined us on stage to sing them. An amazing evening."

Lauren from Chvrches has great taste in t-shirts

Old faithful. pic.twitter.com/TvwaPmPWci

— Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemay) December 4, 2015

Tickets on sale Dec. 5th

May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Tickets are  $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Ticket link

Tickets on sale Dec. 4th

June 16th - Boston, MA at Agganis Arena
On sale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Eastern 
Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50
Ticket link


May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Presale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Central
Tickets are  $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Codes: BELLS (Live Nation), EAGLE (Radio)
Ticket link

Houston tickets on sale Dec. 5th

Tickets for The Cure at the Toyota Center on May 14th, will go on sale Saturday Dec. 5th at noon central.

Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 4th at 10 am. Code: BELLS (Live Nation presale).

Update (12/03/15): Ticket prices, seating chart, presale links posted on the Toyota Center website. Also, EAGLE is the radio presale code. (Thanks Randy)

Tickets on sale Dec. 3rd

Europe

Nov. 20th - Madrid, Spain at Barclaycard Center
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10 am CET
Ticket link

Nov. 24th - Bilbao, Spain at BEC
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10am CET
Ticket link

Nov. 26th - Barcelona, Spain at Palau St Jordi
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10am CET
Ticket link


North America

June 16th - Boston, MA at Agganis Arena
On sale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Eastern 
Presale: Dec. 3rd at 10 am Eastern
Codes: LOVESONG, BELLS, COVERT
Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50
Ticket link

Boston tickets on sale Dec. 4th

Ticketmaster says tickets for The Cure at Agganis Arena on June 16th will go on sale Friday Dec. 4th at 10 am eastern. Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50. Floor will be general admission.

Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 3rd at 10 am eastern. Codes: LOVESONG, BELLS, COVERT(?).

(Thanks The_Vacancy_Smiles and Justin)

European tickets on sale Dec. 1st

November 20 - Madrid, Spain
Barclaycard Center
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 24 - Bilbao, Spain
BEC
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 26 - Barcelona, Spain
Palau St Jordi
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

European tickets on sale Nov. 30th

October 07 - Helsinki, Finland
Hartwall Arena
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 10 am CET
Ticket link

October 09 - Stockholm, Sweden
Ericsson Globe Arena
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link

October 12 -, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scandinavium
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link

Love Amongst Ruin European Tour

Love Amongst Ruin, with Perry Bamonte on bass, have announced a European tour for Nov. & Dec.

"We are very pleased to announce the first dates of the Lose Your Way tour! (Ticket links available soon)

24/11/15 - The Barfly, London, UK
26/11/15 - Rock Cafe, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
27/11/15 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany
29/11/15 - DAS BETT, Frankfurt, Germany
30/11/15 - Backstage München - Werk, Halle, Club, Werkstatt/Studio, Munich, Germany
01/12/15 - Viper Room, Vienna, Austria
02/12/15 - Chanel Zero, Ljubljana, Slovenia
03/12/15 - Vintage BAR, Zagreb, Croatia
04/12/15 - Lo Fi Club, Milan, Italy
06/12/15 - Reithalle Strasse E, Dresden, Germany
07/12/15 - Privat Club, Berlin, Germany
09/12/15 - John Dee, Oslo, Norway
11/12/15 - BETA, Copenhagen, Denmark
13/12/15 - Underground Colognel, Germany
14/12/15 - La Flèche d'or, Paris, France

Spread the word and we’ll see you at the shows…"

Also, in a new interview at XS Noize, Steve says he hopes to tour North America in Jan/Feb, and says "When I got older I crossed over to The Smiths and The Cure, I am a massive fan of The Cure."

European Cure Tour 2016 tickets for sale

Scam warning! DO NOT buy a London ticket from Notis Kritikos <figurehead37@yahoo.com>. He has scammed 2 people that I know of.

London

Dec. 3rd - two seated tickets in section S3, row N. The price for both tickets is £115. Contact me at rsx.the.cure (at) gmail (dot) com.

Dec. 3rd - 2 LIMITED VIEW seats. Block N3 Row O Seat 23 and 22. £45 each. Or swap for any tickets including limited view on 2nd of December. matt.jones (at) hotmail.co.uk

Dec. 3rd - 1 standing, face value. darrenaguy (at) aol (dot) com

Dec. 3rd - 1 standing, face value. M (dot) Karg66 (at) gmx (dot) de

Dec. 3rd - 1 x seated ticket for sale, block S7, Row T, £55. I'll be there so can pass over on the night.  james(dot)baggley(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk



Instead of having them spread throughout the comment sections of other topics, please use this one to post the tickets you have for sale. If you don't want to create an account or anything, just email your ticket info to me, and I'll post it in the comments for you.

Only post tickets at face value or below (plus fees & shipping), and no posting links to broker/tout sites.

Thank you, and let's hope we can get more tickets to actual fans, without them having to use the broker sites.

European tickets on sale Nov. 28th

November 22 - Lisbon, Portugal
MEO Arena
Onsale : 28-Nov-15 @ 11am CET
Ticket link

North American tickets on sale today

6/14/16: Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
On sale Nov. 27th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $30 - $94.50
Ticket link

5/31/16: Vancouver, BC at Deer Lake Park
On sale Nov. 27th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets are $57
Ticket link

Also worth noting, early bird passes for Sasquatch Festival are on sale starting today. But please note that there is absolutely NO hard confirmation that The Cure are playing here, just lots of speculation. Though KEXP seems to think they're a lock. Buy at your own risk!

Reeves plays 2 shows this weekend

Nov. 27th - Cambridge, MA at The Lizard Lounge
Club D'Elf with Reeves Gabrels -- Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Paul Schultheis (Moog, Rhodes, melodica), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir), Amit Kavthekar (tablas) & Dean Johnston (drums)

Doors 9 pm, show 10 pm - 1:30 am. 21+. 
Tickets $12adv/$15dos


Nov. 28th - Marlboro, NY at The Falcon
Club d'Elf w/ John Medeski (keyboards), Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir) & Dean Johnston (drums)

Doors at 6pm, show at 7:30. No cover but donation of $15 suggested. All ages.

2nd London show added on Dec. 2nd

From the official site:

"A SECOND LONDON WEMBLEY CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED ON FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2016 DUE TO SOLD OUT THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW AND AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS."

Ticket links - AXS / Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory / Eventim

Note that it doesn't say SECOND (AND FINAL).

European tickets on sale today

October 17 - Hamburg, Germany
Barclaycard Arena
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

October 18 - Berlin, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Arena
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

October 24 - Munich, Germany
Olympiahalle
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

October 26 - Vienna, Austria
Marxhalle
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link 

October 27 - Budapest, Hungary
Papp Laszlo Sports Arena
On-sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 06 - Stuttgart, Germany
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

November 08 - Leipzig, Germany
Arena
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

November 10 - Cologne, Germany
Lanxess Arena
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket links - Karsten Jahnke / Eventim

November 12 - Antwerp, Belgium
Sportspaleis
Onsale : 27-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 15 - Paris, France
AccorHotels Arena [ex Bercy]
On sale : 27-Nov-15 10am (local time)
Ticket link

November 17 - Lyon, France
Halle Tony Garnier
On sale : 27-Nov-15 10am (local time)
Ticket link

November 18 - Montpellier, France
Park & Suites Arena
On sale : 27-Nov-15 10am (local time)
Ticket link

November 29 - Manchester, UK
Manchester Arena
On-sale : 27-Nov-15 9am UK time
Ticket links - Eventim / Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory

December 01- London, UK
The SSE Wembley Arena
On-sale : 27-Nov-15 9am UK time
Ticket links - Eventim / Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory

Love Amongst Ruin in Hamburg tonight

From Michael: "I just came home from the Love Amongst Ruin Concert at the Rock Cafe St. Pauli. It`s a small club, not far away from the famous Reeperbahn. The Maximum capacity is 250 people. It was not sold out. Two bands played before Love Amongst Ruin and the sound was very good.

I got a Setlist after the concert and Perry Bamonte signed it for me. He was very nice."

European tickets on sale today

October 07 - Helsinki, Finland
Hartwall Arena
Presale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : Monday 30-Nov-15 @ 10 am CET
Ticket link

October 14 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Forum
Presale : 26-Nov-15 @10am CET
Onsale : 1-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link (or try here if having problems)

October 20 - Lodz, Poland
Atlas Arena
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

October 22 - Prague, Czech Republic
O2 Arena
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 04 - Basel, Switzerland
St. Jakobshalle
Onsale : 26-Nov-15 @ 8am CET
Ticket link

November 13 - Amsterdam, Holland
Ziggo Dome
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 29 - Manchester, UK
Manchester Arena
Pre-sale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
On-sale : Friday 27-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
Ticket links: Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory 

December 01- London, UK
The SSE Wembley Arena
Pre-sale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
On-sale : Friday 27-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
Ticket links: Bookings Direct /  Ticket Factory

Love Amongst Ruin in London last night

From The Cure Press Cuttings (more photos here):

 
From Love Amongst Ruin on Facebook:

@CraigatCoF Perry Bamonte on stage with @loveamongstruin last night in London pic.twitter.com/g76lmpmu8K

— chris white (@chriswhite65) November 25, 2015

Photo by LyseT:

@CraigatCoF @loveamongstruin Daryl And Perry ... Memories .... pic.twitter.com/9LmqM9GHEH

— Jeremy Wulc (@jeremyWulc) November 25, 2015

European tickets on sale Nov. 25th

October 11 - Oslo, Norway
Spektrum
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 10AM to 26-Nov-15 3PM
On-sale : 1-Dec-15 9AM CET
Ticket link

October 17 - Hamburg, Germany
Barclaycard Arena
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

October 18 - Berlin, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

October 24 - Munich, Germany
Olympiahalle
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

November 04 - Basel, Switzerland
St. Jakobshalle
Presale : 25-Nov-15 8am CET
Onsale : 26-Nov-15 8am CET
Ticket link

November 06 - Stuttgart, Germany
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

November 08 - Leipzig, Germany
Arena
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

November 10 - Cologne, Germany
Lanxess Arena
Pre-sale : 25-Nov-15 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 09:00 CET
Ticket link

November 15 - Paris, France
AccorHotels Arena [ex Bercy]
Presale through Alias site : 25-Nov-15 10am (local time)
(To access the presale on Wednesday, subscribe to alias-production.fr before 24-Nov-15 at 3pm (CET) to receive an email with a personnal code.)
On sale : 27-Nov-15 10am (local time)
Ticket link

Paris presale info

From Olivier: "As mentioned on thecure.com, the only way to get a presale password for Paris was to register on the alias-production.fr website before today (11/24) at 3:00 PM CET. My understanding is that people who did that will receive an individual password by email tomorrow morning (11/25) before the presale starts at 10:00 AM CET. With that password they will be allowed to buy 2 tickets per person, subject to availability."

European tickets on sale Nov. 24th

October 22 - Prague, Czech Republic
O2 Arena
Pre-sale : 24-25 Nov-15 @ 10am CET Ticket link
Onsale : 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET Ticket link

October 29 - Bologna, Italy
Unipol Arena
Pre-sale : none
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

October 30 - Rome, Italy
Palalottomatica
Pre-sale : none
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 01 - Milan, Italy
Mediolanum Forum
Pre-sale : none
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link 

Venues for Houston, Dallas, Boston

Pollstar is listing Toyota Center for Houston, American Airlines Center for Dallas, and Agganis Arena for Boston.
(Thanks @michaeljrgrant)

2016 European Tour announced!

From the official site (website is down, read on Facebook):

"The Cure will be playing 30 shows in 17 European countries next Autumn, their first major tour of the continent since 2008

During the past 7 years the band has performed a number of high profile London shows, and headlined most of the major European festivals, including Roskilde, Werchter, Reading & Leeds, Pinkpop, Hurricane & Southside, Paleo, Vieilles Charrues, BBK, Belfort, Optimus Alive!, Primavera, Frequency, Electric Picnic and Bestival…

"THE CURE TOUR 2016" will present Robert Smith (voice/guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys) and Reeves Gabrels (guitar) as they explore 37 years of Cure songs, mixing hits, rarities, favourites and as yet unreleased tracks in a brand new stage production that promises to be one of the 'must see' shows of the year!

Support on all dates will be The Twilight Sad.

October 07 - Helsinki, Finland
Hartwall Arena
Presale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : Monday 30-Nov-15 @ 10 am CET
Ticket link

October 09 - Stockholm, Sweden
Ericsson Globe Arena
Presale : 26-27 Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link

October 11 - Oslo, Norway
Spektrum
Pre-sale : Wednesday 25th November 10AM to Thursday 26th November 3PM
On-sale : Tuesday 1st December 9AM CET
Ticket link

October 12 -, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scandinavium
Presale : 26-27 Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link : www.ticnet.se

October 14 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Forum
Presale : 26-Nov-15 @10am CET
Onsale : 1-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link 

October 17 - Hamburg, Germany
Barclaycard Arena
Pre-sale : Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket link 

October 18 - Berlin, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Pre-sale : Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
Ticket link 

2nd New Orleans show added on May 10th!

From the official site:

A SECOND (AND FINAL) NEW ORLEANS CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED TUESDAY MAY 10TH

DUE TO SOLD OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOW & AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A SECOND (AND FINAL) NEW ORLEANS CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED TUESDAY MAY 10TH

THIS WILL BE THE OPENING DATE OF THE CURE TOUR 2016

TICKETS ON PRE SALE THIS MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 10AM CT AT:
5/10: New Orleans, LA
UNO Lakefront Arena
Presale: 11/23 @10a - 11/23 @10pCT
Password: CURENO2

On Sale: 11/24 @10a CT
Ticket Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004F73C40C7789

Note: The arena's presale code/password is CUREUNO.

New Orleans & Miami night 2 on sale today

June 27th, 2016 - Miami, FL at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
On sale Nov. 20th at 10 am eastern
Tickets range from $25 - $125
Ticket link


May 11th, 2016 - New Orleans, LA at UNO Lakefront Arena
On sale Nov. 20th at 10 am central
Tickets range from $23 - $68
Ticket link

Roger updates

From Roger on Facebook:

"It's official; we are very pleased to announce that we will be performing two scenes from our new ballet Orpheus and Eurydice at a gala in Moscow on December 15th at the Kremlin Palace. Choreographed by Nikita Dimitrievsky with costumes designed by Irakli. Very, very excited about this, I will be playing on stage with four cellos and piano and Masha Semenyachenko will dance with her partner from the Bolshoi."

Update (11-19-15):

Rehearsals have begun in Moscow and I will be joining them on December 11th. https://t.co/z3r2Ez7woo Feeling very lucky to be doing this...

— Roger O'Donnell (@RogerODonnell) November 19, 2015

And another new project:

"It took me a while to get over Love and Other Tragedies emotionally and creatively but then I suppose you always need a break after releasing something...

Anyway I'm very excited to announce a new project which is a collaboration with Quartet Voluté and returns to a subject close to me The Crow.

A collection of six pieces of music for piano and string quartet based on Ted Hughes poems.

We're going to record it in December and the aim is to have it choreographed and a film made of the dance. Its nice to be inspired again and I have to thank somebody... they know who they are.
"Up there he cried where black was white, I won" "

Curespottings on recent TV shows

'Siamese Twins' was used in the Oct. 21st episode of American Horror Story: Hotel. Watch a clip here.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder, @ebbhead, and @manrae_)

'Pictures of You' was played and a Cure concert discussed on the Oct. 20th episode of Grandfathered. Watch it here (starts at 15:45, PoY at 18:55). (Thanks JH and Diego)

'Catch' is played during the closing credits in episode 9 of Aziz Ansari's new Netflix show, Master of None.
(Thanks Nancy and Debi)

" 'Friday I'm in Love' featured heavily in iZombie Season 2 Episode 5 (aired Nov. 3rd, 2015) “Love & Basketball”.  One of the characters sang lyrics, referenced The Cure, and the actual song was played as well.  You can see the whole show here (scene starts around the 33:35 minute mark)." (Thanks Chris)

Update (11-19-15) : More Cure on American Horror Story: Hotel. They used 'Lullaby' in last night's episode.
(Thanks @joefrog91, @nyx_awakened, and Todd)

Cure play Lakefront Arena in New Orleans!

Now we have the New Orleans show info!
Update (Nov. 16th): And now the presale info.

May 11th, 2016 - New Orleans, LA at UNO Lakefront Arena
Facebook Event Page
Tickets on sale Nov. 20th at 10 am central
Presale on Nov. 18th at 10 am
Codes: CURENOLA, CURE2016
Tickets range from $38 - $68
4 ticket limit for presale
Seating chart has changed! GA Floor now!

"The Cure arrive at the Lakefront Arena on May 11, 2016. This is their first stop on their U.S. Tour - you don't want to miss this intimate and memorable night! Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 20 at 10 am. Tickets available at the Lakefront Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Please check with Ticketmaster retail locations for their individual hours."

While many of us were hoping they'd play the Saenger or Orpheum, I am very happy to see them return to UNO! That's where it all started for me. My first Cure show was there on July 25th, 1987. So thank you to Robert and the band for coming back again!

Robert Interview & videos from 2004

An old interview with Robert from 2004 (around the time of the Rock Walk induction ceremony at Guitar Center in Hollywood.), which has recently been uploaded. (Thanks @biva77)

Update (08/03/15): And some more newly uploaded videos from the event. (Thanks ml68)




Update (08/30/15): And another newly uploaded video from the event.


Update (11/17/15): And another one just uploaded today.

Love Amongst Ruin rehearsal clip

In rehearsals
Here’s a little teaser from rehearsals ahead of our London show. We’ll be stopping at The Borderline on 24th Nov on the first date of our Lose Your Way Tour, with Desert Mountain Tribe supporting. We look forward to seeing you all there! Tickets: po.st/LARLondon
Posted by Love Amongst Ruin on Thursday, November 5, 2015

See all tour dates and get tickets here.

Also, they want you to film the shows:

Dear all,
We will see you all soon on the 'Lose Your Way' Tour. We would like to ask you to make videos during the concerts and upload them to youtube (or your preferred platform)and send us the link via private message. We will go through all the videos after the tour and re-post the amazing memories you recorded for us.
Thanks in advance – LAR

And from Perry:

"A WEEK AWAY FROM OUR FIRST SHOW. FIRST TIME PLAYING LIVE FOR ME IN A LONG TIME!

-To all those people requesting gigs in their town/country not on our schedule - I hope we can see you next time around!

Love to all - be safe!!!"

Have a great tour, Perry! So happy to see you playing again! All the best to you and your family!

Vancouver & Montreal sale info

5/31/16: Vancouver, BC at Deer Lake Park
On Sale: Nov. 27th at 10 am Pacific
Presale: Nov 25th at 10 am Pacific
(Note: This is a change from what the official site says)
Codes: TRACKS(?), COVERT(?)
Tickets are $57
Ticket link

6/14/16: Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
On Sale: Nov. 27th at 10 am eastern
Presale: Nov. 25th at 10 am eastern
Codes: Not released yet
Tickets range from $30 - $94.50
Ticket link

2nd Miami show added on June 27th

DUE TO SOLD OUT SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW & AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS A SECOND (AND FINAL) MIAMI CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED MONDAY JUNE 27TH

6/27/16: Miami Bayfront Park Amphitheater
OnSale: Nov. 20th at 10 am eastern 
Presale: Nov. 18th at 9 am eastern
Codes: TRACKS, COVERT
Tickets range from $25 - $125

Cure Tour 2016 ticket contests

FM 94.9: Win tickets to the Chula Vista show.

DC101: Win tickets to the Columbia, MD show everyday during the #90satnoon w/ @mikejonesradio, in the afternoon w/ @rocheonair and at night w/ @klingershow.

How The Cure reshaped goth rock on "Disintegration"

New Record Bin article at Nooga takes a look back at 'Disintegration'. Here's an excerpt:

"Disintegration" was released May 2, 1989, and would forever change the way people looked at and responded to The Cure. Once this record came out, for better or worse, people would gauge this aesthetic by its attention to or delineation from the sounds of this specific album. Whereas their previous few records were steeped in pop distraction, "Disintegration" was a return to the dark, dense sounds of their early '80s work. This was a new chapter in goth rock's storied lineage, and The Cure was determined that the genre would again have the emotional potential that it once had before it became something of a cultural stereotype.

These songs are bottomless, filled with cocooning rhythms and the band's trademark opulence. But there isn't a sense that they were trying to reclaim some of their former glory. They were taking the experiences and inspirations from those earlier records and reconditioning them into a subverting take on the goth rock mentality. And besides being a callback to the sounds of their prior releases, "Disintegration" is arguably the band's greatest accomplishment—it is the sound of a band remembering why they loved making music in the first place.

Read the rest at Nooga.

Public onsales Friday & Saturday

If you missed out on the presales, or want to try and upgrade your seats, public onsales for most of the shows start Friday, Nov. 13th, at 10 am local times. Miami, Denver, and Kansas City go on sale Saturday, Nov. 14th, at 10 am local times.


On sale Saturday Nov. 14th

June 26th - Miami, FL at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
Ticket link (on sale at 10 am Eastern)

June 8th - Kansas City, MO at Starlight Theatre
Ticket link (on sale at 10 am Central)
If you're having trouble with the website, call +1 (816) 363-7827 for tickets.Thanks @jess_and_tonic!

June 5th - Denver, CO at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Ticket link (on sale at 10 am Mountain)



On sale Nov. 13th at 10 am Eastern

June 22nd - Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Ticket link

June 24th - Atlanta, GA at Aarons Amphitheater Lakewood
Ticket link


On sale Nov. 13th at 10 am Central

May 13th - Austin, TX at Frank Erwin Center
Ticket link


On sale Nov. 13th at 10 am Mountain

May 17th - El Paso, TX at Don Haskins Center
Ticket Link

June 3rd - Salt Lake City, UT at Maverik Center
Ticket link


On sale Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific

May 19th - Las Vegas, NV at The Chelsea Theater at The Cosmopolitan
Ticket link

May 20th - Chula Vista, CA at Sleep Train Amphitheater
Ticket link

May 26th - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
Ticket link

Kansas City presale

June 8th - Kansas City, MO at Starlight Theatre
On Sale: Nov. 14th at 10 am Central
Presale on Nov. 13th at 10 am Central
Tickets range from $25 - $95
Codes: TRACKS, PHOTO
Presale ticket link

Lol at San Diego Music Thing on Friday

Go see Lol at the San Diego Music Thing on Friday, Nov. 13th, at 1:15 PM. He'll be part of this panel on touring:

ON THE ROAD AGAIN - REVENUE STREAMS FOR TOURING MUSICIANS• 1:15 pm
Every kid in a garage has dreamed of it, but how does a band actually go on tour? Learn how to pay for your tour and get the lowdown on alternative revenue streams for touring bands.
Panelists Include: Mike Merriman, PARR3; Andy Altman, GigTown; Brad Lee, Tour Manager; Lol Tolhurst, The Cure; Tim Mays, The Casbah.

Presales this week

Will post all presale codes as soon as I have them. If you get any that are not listed, please let us know. Thanks! Will update with any new presales and info as it gets released.


Today Nov. 12th

June 22nd - Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $40 - $80
Code: heaven
Presale ticket link


June 24th - Atlanta, GA at Aarons Amphitheater Lakewood
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $25 - $100
Codes: THECUREINATLANTA, thecure2016, THECURE
Presale ticket link


June 26th - Miami, FL at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
On Sale: Nov. 14th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $25 - $125
Live Nation presale code: TRACKS
Live Nation Mobile App code: COVERT
Presale Ticket Link


May 13th - Austin, TX at Frank Erwin Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Central
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Central
Codes: THECUREATX, PICTURESOFYOU, LOVESONG, FRIDAYIMINLOVE
Presale ticket link


June 5th - Denver, CO at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
On Sale: Nov. 14th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Mountain
Tickets range from $25 - $75
Codes: itsFriday, iminlove
Presale ticket link


May 17th - El Paso, TX at Don Haskins Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Mountain
Tickets range from $19.25 - $60.25
Code: THECUREINELPASO
Presale ticket link


May 26th - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets range from $? - $107
Codes: lovesong, TRACKS
Presale ticket link 


May 19th - Las Vegas, NV at The Chelsea Theater at The Cosmopolitan
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Identity Membership Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets range from $50 - $125
Code: CURELV
Presale ticket link 


Nov. 11th presales end tonight

June 3rd - Salt Lake City, UT at Maverik Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 11th at 10 am Mountain
RESERVED MAIN FLOOR $58.00 - $48.00
RESERVED LOWER BOWL $58.00 - $38.00
RESERVED UPPER BOWL $28.00
Code: MAVCURE
Presale ticket link


May 20th - Chula Vista, CA at Sleep Train Amphitheater
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Presale on Nov. 11th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets range from $32 - $82
Live Nation code: TRACKS
Live Nation Mobile App code: COVERT
Other codes: thecure2016 / FM949
Presale ticket link
 

The Cure - 10 of the Best

Great list from The Guardian:

1. 10.15 Saturday Night
Miserable sorts looking to knock the Cure often crow over how erratic they can be. I can see their point: there certainly aren’t many other bands I can think of that bob so wildly from masterpiece to medicority. They’ve released some of my favourite ever albums – records I wish could be hidden in time capsules so that future citizens of Earth will hear them and hopefully feel the same way they made me feel. And they’ve made others which have been disappointing enough for me to wish Viking-style burials upon; a fleet of fiery CDs drifting in the ocean that can no longer trouble my ears. A tattered copy of Disintegration, a present from my older brother, is one of my prized possessions. On the other hand, my dad gave me a copy of 4.13 Dream shortly before he told me he’d been having an affair and was leaving home; I’m still more resentful about being saddled with 4.13 Dream.

But who cares about consistency? The Cure have always been guided by their restlessness, and it’s led them to many moments of greatness. It also means that, because they’re so changeable, they have more than one way of being brilliant. On their 1979 debut Three Imaginary Boys, for example, they’re still a post-punk band, coming on like Wire with smudged make-up, courtesy of cold, razor-like guitars and poppyish melodies. Opener 10.15 Saturday Night nails the nervy horror of sitting by a phone that never rings, with Robert Smith’s heavy fretting exacerbated by the irritating “drip drip drip drip” of a leaky tap. “I’m wondering where she’s been / And I’m crying for yesterday,” he bellyaches, before he’s drowned out by a needling, nagging riff.

2. A Forest
Smith wasn’t particularly taken with Three Imaginary Boys. The band’s label, Fiction, had the final say on its tracklisting and artwork, and it didn’t sound right either. “I didn’t even like it at the time,” he admitted. “There were criticisms made that it was very lightweight, and I thought they were justified.” Far more interesting was the sound being made by touring partners Siouxsie and the Banshees, for whom Smith would moonlight as a guitarist. But with their second album, Seventeen Seconds, the Cure made their first sprawl into smothering gothic rock. And no track on the album feels more like it’s been cursed by dark magic than A Forest. Smith has since backpedalled on the story that it was inspired by a dream he’d had as a little boy about being lost in the woods, but there is still something about it that feels like a twisted fairy tale: the organ’s ghoulish murmur, the ghostly guitars, the sudden flashes of synthesiser. “Suddenly I stop, but I know it’s too late,” pants a scared-sounding Smith. “I’m lost in a forest, all alone.” You’ll feel just as uneasy as him.

3. The Drowning Man
There has always been a literary bent to the Cure’s work: their controversial debut single Killing an Arab, for example, tapped into Albert Camus’s existentialist novella The Stranger. Smith used his bookcase for inspiration on their brilliantly melancholic third album, Faith, too, this time lifting from Mervyn Peake’s fantasy series Gormenghast. The Drowning Man’s spooky rattle is inspired by the fateful plight of Lady Fuschia Groan, who is devastated to discover that her lover, the sneaky Steerpike, is responsible for killing her father. Overcome with grief, she is perched on a windowsill when a knock on the door startles her into banging her head on the ledge and drowning. The scene is brought to life with one of the Cure’s murkiest scores, all icy splashes of noise and the hiss of snaky guitars as Smith sings her down into the watery depths: “One by one her senses die / The memories fade and leave her eyes.” He pinches and tweaks lines from Peake’s prose, too. “Everything was true / It couldn’t be a story,” he sings at one point, echoing the heartbreaking moment when Fuschia realises the evidence is overwhelming, and her betrothed is a scumbag. The truth doesn’t set her free; it is the beginning of the end.

4. One Hundred Years
Has there ever been a more terrifying start to an album than this? Listen, now, to Pornography’s desolate opener One Hundred Years, and you’ll be convinced that some spectacular storm is brewing. “It doesn’t matter if we all die!” yelps a crazed Smith as black clouds gather above, over dry clattering drums and the shrill howl of guitars. Smith has often referred to Poronography as the first instalment in a trilogy of albums that also includes Disintegration and 2000’s Bloodflowers. It’s a canny idea, but it’s possible, too, to regard it as the finale in some dread triptych that starts with Seventeen Seconds, gathers misanthropic pace with Faith and culminates here, with the Cure at their most magnificently bleak. “Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot!” barks Smith, like he’s being forced to watch gruesome images of violence à la A Clockwork Orange. “Fighting for freedom on television / Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs!” The terror doesn’t stop there, either. “The ribbon tightens around my throat / I open my mouth and my head burst open,” he yells, a rush of noise wailing dementedly behind him, before concluding: “We die one after the other / Over and over.” A song thick with frenzied fear that’s made for the end of days.

5. A Strange Day
Pornography, according to Smith, was supposed to be the “ultimate ‘fuck off’ record”, an album so unremittingly harrowing that the Cure would never be able to follow it. It certainly proved too upsetting for some. Rolling Stone, for example, memorably declared it: “the aural equivalent of a bad toothache. It isn’t the pain that irks, it’s the persistent dullness.” Think of A Strange Day, then, as some hellish hallucination brought on by the gas given to you in the dentist’s chair: the moment when Smith peers far into the future and brings back dreadful tales of the world’s end. It’s a few minutes of eerie calm among the ugly din of Pornography, with its sick, churning synthesiser and sidewinding guitar. But its subtlety doesn’t make it any less scary. In fact, it’s creepier, to hear Smith so disturbingly peaceful about what he’s seen. “Give me your eyes that I might see the blind man kissing my hands,” he sings serenely, making like a feverish Colonel Kurtz. “The sun is humming / My head turns to dust as he plays on his knees.” The horror, the horror.

More dates announced for the 2016 tour!

From the official site:

"The Cure will be playing 27 shows in 22 North America cities next Spring, their first major tour of the continent since 2008.

During the past 7 years the band has performed a number of 'Reflections' shows in LA and NYC, and headlined most of the major festivals, including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bottlerock, Osheaga, two Austin City Limits, three Riots and a Voodoo...

"THE CURE TOUR 2016" will present Robert Smith (voice/guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keys) and Reeves Gabrels (guitar) as they explore 37 years of Cure songs, mixing hits, rarities, favourites and as yet unreleased tracks in a brand new stage production that promises to be the 'must see' show of the year!

Support on all dates will be The Twilight Sad.


May 11th - New Orleans, LA
On-sale and show info announced soon

May 13th - Austin, TX at Frank Erwin Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Central
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Central

May 14th - Houston, TX
On-sale and show info announced soon

May 15th - Dallas, TX
On-sale and show info announced soon

May 17th - El Paso, TX at Don Haskins Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Mountain.
Tickets range from $19.25 - $60.25

May 19th - Las Vegas, NV at The Chelsea Theater at The Cosmopolitan
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Pacific.
Tickets range from $50 - $125

May 20th - Chula Vista, CA at Sleep Train Amphitheater
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Presale on Nov. 11th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets range from $32 - $82

May 22nd, 23rd, 24th - Los Angeles, CA at The Hollywood Bowl
Sold Out!

May 26th - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Pacific
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets range from $? - $107

May 31st - Vancouver, BC at Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park
On Sale: Nov. 27th
Tickets are $57

June 3rd - Salt Lake City, UT at Maverik Center
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 11th at 10 am Mountain
RESERVED MAIN FLOOR $58.00 - $48.00
RESERVED LOWER BOWL $58.00 - $38.00
RESERVED UPPER BOWL $28.00

June 5th - Denver, CO at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
On Sale: Nov. 14th at 10 am Mountain
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Mountain
Tickets range from $25 - $75

June 8th - Kansas City, MO at Starlight Theatre
On Sale:Nov. 14th at 10 am Central
Tickets range from $25 - $95 

June 10th & 11th - Chicago, Il at U.I.C Pavilion
10th is Sold Out!

June 12th or 13th - Toronto, ON
On-sale and show info announced soon

June 14th - Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
On Sale: Nov. 27th at 10 am Eastern

June 16th - Boston, MA
On-sale and show info announced soon

June 18th, 19th, 20th - NYC, NY at Madison Square Garden
18th & 19th are Sold Out! 

June 22nd - Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $40 - $80

June 24th - Atlanta, GA at Aarons Amphitheater Lakewood
On Sale: Nov. 13th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $25 - $100

June 26th - Miami, FL at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
On Sale: Nov. 14th at 10 am Eastern
Presale on Nov. 12th at 10 am Eastern.
Tickets range from $25 - $125

NB.
There will also be a Seattle, WA performance...
On-sale and show info announced soon"

Pure speculation on my part, but looks like that Seattle show could be at Sasquatch Festival, as the schedule is open between May 26th - 31st, and Sasquatch runs May 27th - 30th.

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