Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Wild Mood Swings

From the ridiculous: Robert plays kazoo in Antwerp.
To the sublime: Faith in Paris.
(Thanks Eric)

Cure in Modern Rock Madness

"The Cure go up against Nirvana tomorrow, March 20, at 2.00 p.m. in Yrockonxpn.org's Modern Rock Madness. Vote online at http://www.yrockonxpn.org/modernrockmadness.php"
(Thanks Steph)

Prayer Tour pass auction

The wonderful Julianne Regan (from All About Eve, Mice) needs a new Mac, so she is putting some personal memorabilia up for auction, including her after show pass from the Prayer Tour show in Dublin, Ireland on July 15th, 1989:

Monday, March 17, 2008

New album on June 3rd?

From a reliable source - Universal has changed the expected release date of the new album from May 5th to June 3rd.
(Thanks Friend of COF)

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Lovecats on NME compilation

Lovecats is included on the 3 cd, 61 track, NME Classics compilation.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Robert in Rolling Stone (Italy)

The latest issue of Rolling Stone (Italy) features Robert on the cover, some photos and an interview. Don't get too excited, it's just part of the Hong Kong Ham interview from last July.
(Thanks Gwyneth)

Friday, March 14, 2008

Want a fan meetup and after party in Rotterdam?

"My name is Danny Hoogendijk and I am a huge Cure fan. I have a bar/restaurant near the Ahoy venue in Rotterdam. I would like to know how I can arrange a pre-meet for some Cure fans before the show and if there are enough people interested maybe even an afterparty. Cure music will be playing almost the entire day and also after the show. Normally my closing time is 20.00. but if enough people like the idea i could also open up after the concert. website: www.champselysees.nl."

E-mail Danny if you are interested: dannyenkaren@cs.com.

Please Project now The Only One?

During the show in Antwerpen tonight, Robert introduced Please Project with "I think this is called The Only One."
(Thanks Olivier)

Japanese SMH-CD's Rescheduled

Originally scheduled for release on March 19th, then removed, they are now rescheduled for May 21st. But it looks like Concert, Japanese Whispers, Standing On A Beach and Disintegration are no longer listed. Here's the e-mail from CDJapan:

Description:Japan-only thirtieth anniversary cardboard sleeve reissue from The Cure featuring the high-quality SHM-CD audio CD format (playable on standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve replica of the original UK E-style jacket artwork with inner bag. Part of a seven-album The Cure cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Three Imaginary Boys" "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," "Pornography," "The Top," "The Head on The Door," and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."

THE CURE/Three Imaginary Boys [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93477

THE CURE/Seventeen Seconds [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93478

THE CURE/Faith [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93479

THE CURE/Pornography [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93480

THE CURE/The Top [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93481

THE CURE/The Head on The Door [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93482

THE CURE/Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93483

Thursday, March 13, 2008

New Cure Tribute CD

"It's March and all things are humming here at American Laundromat Records. Here's the scoop:

JUST LIKE HEAVEN - a tribute to the Cure
This tribute is coming together quite nicely. We have some excellent artists on board to cover their favorite Cure songs. Who's on board you ask? Well, here's a partial list of artists and the songs they'll be covering (this is an American Laundromat Records newsletter subscriber exclusive):

A Forest / THE RAVEONETTES
A Strange Day / GRAND DUCHY (Violet Clark & Black Francis)
Boys Don't Cry / THE SUBMARINES
Close To Me / ELK CITY
In Between Days / KITTY KARLYLE
Jumping Someone Else's Train / LUFF
Just Like Heaven / JOY ZIPPER
Killing An Arab / THE ROSEBUDS
Lets Go To Bed / CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN
Lovesong / THE BRUNETTES
Pictures Of You / ELIZABETH HARPER & THE MATINEE
The Lovecats / TANYA DONELLY with DYLAN IN THE MOVIES

We're waiting on some other amazing indie artists to choose songs and once they do you'll be the first to know. Be our Cure tribute friend on myspace:http://www.myspace.com/atributetothecure"

(Thanks John)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Paris 2008 Live DVD?

Word from Paris tonight is that the show is being filmed and may be released on dvd. If true, let's hope they do a Blu-Ray release as well. And they might as well release Trilogy, In Orange and Show in Blu too.

4Tour Tour Book scans

Just posted scans of the 2007 version of the 4Tour Tour Book.
(Thanks Steve)

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Austin Sold Out

Congratulations Austin, you sold out the show in 20-40 minutes.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Photo updates

Close Encounters in Katowice, new photos for Rome, Milan, Marseille and Valencia.

And more: Close Encounter in Marseille, photos from Madrid.

New album article from Blender

Sorry, I missed this one a few weeks ago. From Blender:

In The Studio: Cure

Goth-rock mopesters the Cure get cheery on their 13th album.
Josh Eells
Blender February 19 2008

Attention all Cure fans: Better find some wood to knock on. For their 13th studio album (and first in four years) the U.K. miserablists are basically telling bad luck to suck it—prepping two discs comprising 13 tracks each, with “13” imagery running throughout. “I have never been superstitious,” singer Robert Smith says. “Full moons are my favorite.”

The godfathers of gloom have been recording the album since last summer, when they decamped to an old converted farmhouse—Smith calls it “lived-in”—in the English countryside. “There’s a garden outside, and stables,” he says. “It’s quite genteel.” It’s also just a few miles from the icy waters of the English Channel. Has Smith applied his waterproof guyliner and gone for a dip? “I’ve looked at it,” he says, chuckling. “I’m not much of a swimmer. Only after a few beers.”


Although the album features its fair share of despair (Smith calls “Christmas Without You,” about the death of a close friend, “one of the most unhappy things we’ve ever recorded”), he says it is, on the whole, “more upbeat.” The fastest songs are “manic psycho rock,” and “Don’t Say Anything” stars a colorful cast of aliens and freaks.

“It’s been a fun couple of months,” Smith says. “Certainly the most fun I’ve ever had in a studio.” Might the black-clad master of melancholy actually be approaching (gasp) happiness? He laughs. “I’ll be happy when it’s done.”

All About Our Album
Producer: Robert Smith
Studio: Parkgate Studio, Battle, England
Last Album: The Cure, 2004
New Album: As yet untitled, due this spring

Valencia tv broadcast

"It will be broadcast on MTV Spain sometime around March 8th or 9th and then worldwide on MTVLive tentatively after March 15th.
Youtube vid commercial for MTV winter valencia show..with a bit interview with Robert."

(Thanks Gwyneth)