The Cold & Lovely with Roger & Reeves

The Cold & Lovely cover 'Lullaby' with Roger & Reeves
Chaser's Lounge in Orange, CA on Jan. 24th, 2014
(Thanks Jeff)

From The Cold & Lovely on Facebook (where they have another video of it posted): "dreams do come true! Last night Reeves Gabrels and Roger O'Donnell of The Cure hopped on stage to play "Lullaby" with us!"

@coldandlovely my new favourite band who I had the pleasure of playing Lullaby with last night, fun to play with another keyboard player!
— Roger O'Donnell (@RogerODonnell) January 25, 2014

playin' Lullaby w/The Cure boys last night! we <3 you! @RogerODonnell @reevesgabrels #namm #thecure #thecoldandlovely pic.twitter.com/eDRblmB4Ku
— Nicole Fiorentino (@xocoleyf) January 25, 2014

From The Cold & Lovely on Facebook: "One more with Roger."

Update (06/27/14): And here's another version, Live at Studio Delux.

Photos from NAMM 2014

Reverend Guitars has a bunch of photos up on their Facebook.

From @KeyboardMag: Roger O'Donnell of the Cure checks out @moogmusicinc Sub37 @nammshow http://instagram.com/p/jhocK6vrKJ/

From @ReverendGuitars: Reverend artists The Cold and Lovely play "Lullaby" with Reeves Gabrels and Roger O'Donnell.

Richard (@wichid1) with Reeves

James with Roger & Reeves

Pearl Thompson with Lisa Johnson (Facebook)

Reeves talks about his new Spacehawk guitar

And here's a photo from @GuitarPlayerNow of Reeves with his new Spacehawk.

108 Rock Star Guitars: Porl Thompson Story

Too bad there's no actual interview or anything with Pearl.

Reeves plays NAMM LA on Jan. 24th

new @reevesgabrels signature spacehawk guitar by @ReverendGuitars Jan23-26 @NAMM LA incl performance 7pm Fri Jan24: http://t.co/sMxwMd8YTO
— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) January 19, 2014

A look at the new Reverend Reeves Gabrels Signature Spacehawk. See more photos on Reeves' Facebook.

Roger Interview on Pharmacy Radio

Really nice interview with Roger on Pharmacy Radio. It's broken into 3 parts, and they start at 6m48s, 24m42s and 47m10s. Roger's favorite song to play live - 'Like Cockatoos'. Favorite song he played on - 'Prayers For Rain' or 'Same Deep Water As You'. Favorite Cure song to just listen to - 'All Cats Are Grey'.
(Thanks Sascha)

Can Roger be allowed to put together the setlists from now on? Or at least let the man play his favorite songs more often? :)

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the 1980s poll

Now that the polls for the individual years are finished, time for the big one.What were the best albums of the entire decade? Head over to SUE and vote for your 25 favorite albums from 1980-1989. All of The Cure's albums are listed, along with The Glove's 'Blue Sunshine'.

Update (Jan. 6th, 2014): The results are in, and 'Disintegration' comes in at #1, beating out The Smiths' 'The Queen is Dead' by a mere 9 votes. The Cure dominated the poll with 3 other albums in the top 10 - 'Head on the Door' #6, 'Kiss Me' #7, and 'Pornography' #10. 'Seventeen Seconds' came in at #34, 'Faith' at #35, and 'The Top' at #70.

Update (Jan. 10th, 2014): USA Today has article about this.

First Cure show rumor for 2014 - Hungary?

The first rumor of a Cure show in 2014 comes from Recorder in Hungary. It says The Cure may play a festival there between July 14th - 20th. Goes without saying, but this is nothing more than a rumor and not confirmed. In fact, the promoter has denied there are any negotiations with the band. (Thanks Mars and Jorge)

Pearl at the Project Peace on Earth concert

Here's some video of Pearl Thompson and Finbar O'Hanlon performing 'The Spheres' at the Project Peace on Earth concert in Jerusalem on Dec. 25th, 2013. (Thanks Chris/Big Ginge)

'In Orange' 35mm screenings in L.A.

Cinefamily & Part Time Punks are presenting a 35mm screening of  'In Orange' in Los Angeles on Dec. 27th at 9:45pm and Dec. 28th at 9:15pm. (Thanks Scott and AndyTheCureFan)

@CraigatCoF nice long line out front. pic.twitter.com/jZHMI0rjR7
— Jeff Love (@JeffLove_23) December 28, 2013

Update (Dec. 29th, 2013): 2 more screenings have been added. Jan. 6th at 9:45pm and Jan. 9th at 10:30pm.

Cure Voodoo on top 5 NOLA concerts 2013 list

From Alison at NOLA.com: "On a cold, dark night, Robert Smith offered up his set of Cure classics and deep cuts, not to mention the band’s first-ever live performance of the song “Burn,” with feverish conviction. Loopy as we were from a long week of revelry, beginning with Halloween and ending with the band’s Voodoo-capping set, his snaky guitar lines and unearthly voice seemed to swirl us all up into a blissed-out, spooky delirium. It’s wonderful to be reminded of such a great and deep catalog — even more so to have it done live, and by an artist who seems quite as passionate as his fans."

Inappropriate Song Choices in Advertising

From Cracked - #3. Hewlett Packard Wants You to Take Pictures to Cure Your Suicidal Depression. (Thanks Pietro)

Some presents from David & Amanda

A gift from David & Amanda: "Just for a few days on Youtube: "Collector .........Take it!"

A few more presents from D & A - Other Voices (Monterrey Oct. 8th, 2013) / The Kiss (Vieilles Charrues July 20th, 2012) / 1st 4 songs from Reflections NYC (Nov. 26th, 2011).

(Thanks David & Amanda)

A Robert puppet for Christmas

 "Merry Christmas to you! I got the coolest Christmas present this year, a handmade Robert Smith puppet, made by my 13 year old niece Alanna....I have attached a pic, thought maybe your readers might like to see it." (Thanks Peter)

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

Paul Hartnoll covers 'A Forest'

Paul Hartnoll of Orbital covers 'A Forest' live on Lauren Laverne's BBC Radio 6 show (starts at 02:10:00). This looks to be on an upcoming album, and also features The Unthanks.
(Thanks Stephen)

Roger's 'Love & Other Tragedies'

Il Regno Dei Morti from Roger O'Donnell on Vimeo.

"A day in the studio with Francesca Ter-Berg recording Orpheus and Eurydice, part of the Love and Other Tragedies suite for piano and four cellos..."

And from Roger on Facebook: "This Friday I will be recording cello with Jo Quail a very dear friend. She is playing the Tristan and Isolde act from the Love and Other Tragedies suite. Ive also booked the mastering studio for January 9th to cut the acetates with Guy Davie for the pressing. Looks like the premiere will be the middle week of April in London at St Leonards..."

Update (Dec. 20th, 2013): Roger on Facebook - "...and here we are back at Fossil Studios recording Jo Quail and of course it sounds beautiful...."

And the recording is finished - "Well there we have it, recording finished for my new album project Love and Other Tragedies featuring on cello Julia Kent, Francesca Ter-Berg and Jo Quail with me of course on piano. Telling the three classic love tragedies of Scheherezade, Orpheus and Eurydice and Tristan and Isolde... Each story has three movements, a trilogy of trilogies and will be released as double vinyl on April 3rd 2014. ("Also digital download but not CD!")
Its taken a long time to finish and theres still some work to do but Im very happy with how it sounds right now and with Guy Davie's mastering genius and Anna Dorfman's art direction things can only get better.. " 

River Plate show voted best of year

Readers of Rolling Stone Argentina have voted The Cure at River Plate Stadium, the Show of the Year. (Thanks bob)

Framing The Outsider

Article at NewStatesman: The Cure, the new Penguin editions of Camus, and the details of presentation. (Thanks David)

Robert donates guitar to charity auction

From Amaze on Facebook: "We are extremely excited to announce that Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure has donated a very special guitar to Amaze. The guitar will be auctioned by Bonhams in London on December 18th. All proceeds from the sale will go to Amaze.

The guitar is a Schecter 'Robert Smith RS-1000' signature model acoustic guitar in gloss black finish, with spruce top, maple body, and rosewood bridge, owned and played by Robert Smith, fingerboard inlaid with stars and moon motif. Lyric notes on paper for 'A Boy I Never Knew' are taped along top side with tuning instructions "DGCFAD" handwritten in silver ink, inscribed on the body by Smith in silver pen "I'd love to see him sleep, I'd love to know him dream... The Cure 2008" additionally signed later "Robert 2013", accompanied by a Gator hardshell case with black plush lining, with masking tape on the outside labelled in black pen 'A Boy I Never Knew, DGCFAD' and inscribed on the case in silver ink 'CURE 2008.

Amaze is very grateful to Robert and his family for this generous donation." (Thanks @guillaume_g_z)

Update (Nov. 25th, 2013): The guitar is up at the Bonhams auction site, and that prompted a very rare tweet from The Cure on Twitter.

A SCHECTER RS 1000 GUITAR IN BLACK GLOSS FINISH OWNED AND PLAYED BY ROBERT SMITH http://t.co/pkcUbyAGK4 pic.twitter.com/k9xSxO9a0K
— The Cure (@thecure) November 25, 2013

Update (Dec. 3rd, 2013): The official site has been updated with this info.

Update (Dec. 18th, 2013): It sold for £22,000 (£27,500 including premium)! Wow! Well done! Thank you to Robert for always being willing to support great causes and charities!

From The Cure on Facebook, Twitter, and TheCure.com: "WOW! THANKS! RSX Lot 403 THE CURE: A SCHECTER RS 1000 GUITAR IN BLACK GLOSS FINISH OWNED AND PLAYED BY ROBERT SMITH, Sold for £27,500 inc. premium"

Update (Dec. 20th, 2013): Nice article about this at The Argus. (Thanks David)