Cure Big Gig 09 show on Servus TV

Reminder: This will be rebroadcast tonight at 23:05. Moloch is recording in HD, so look for it soon on Dime, YouTube, etc.

Here's what was aired: Underneath The Stars, The Perfect Boy, The End of the World, Sleep When I'm Dead, A Forest, The Only One, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Want, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt.

"last night I came over it by chance, but the TV channel "Servus TV" will repeat it upcoming Tuesday: The Cure in Concert, O2 Arena, London 2009" (Thanks Thomas)

Disintegration Deluxe iPhone wallpaper

"Just made a few Iphone backgrounds based on the Disintegration micro website images. Thought I could share them."
(Thanks Anne-Frank)

Update: Added another one. (Thanks Keiran)

Guitarz looks at Robert's Jazzmaster

There's an article at Guitarz that talks a bit about Robert's Fender Jazzmaster. (Thanks Hal)

Cure #2 on WFNX list

The Cure came in at #2 on the Absolut Top 100 WFNX Artists of All Time list. #1 went to The Clash. (Thanks Lindsey)

The RS BLIM mystery

Finally something interesting in Cure world. Well, maybe. Robert posted this photo on his MySpace page 2 days ago, titled BLIM. Who/what is BLIM? What does it mean (Boy Lost In Music? Bunny Lake Is Missing?)? A piece of the next puzzle, perhaps? Or just something random Robert wanted to post?
(Thanks to Aaron for finding it)

Update: Just solved part of it. The image is from the movie poster for Bunny Lake Is Missing. But why has he posted it?

Discographies does The Cure

Discographies - The Cure: 1 You're 18...; 2-6 you only wear black...; 7-9...and the world feels beautifully sad! 10-13 Then your parents make you get a job. (Thanks Christian)

Win an autographed Disintegration poster

Rhino_Ent - New Rhino Contest! Follw us and RT to win a @TheCure "Disintegration" CD and Poster signed by Robert Smith!!! Winner announced Thurs.

Cure FM 20 years ago tonight

Slicing Up Eyeballs has a nice article on the 20th anniversary of Cure FM tonight. A bit more info on the show can be found at Impression of Sounds.

Toni Haimi joins Levinhurst for Euro Tour

Levinhurst -We have a new guitarist for the "Blue star over Europe " tour in Oct Toni Haimi (of All About Eve and Soho Dolls fame!). Welcome aboard!

Sean Penn as Robert Smith?

Update: "The director of the movie is Paolo Sorrentino. In an interview he said that for the rock star character played by Sean Penn, the inspiration was Robert Smith, leader of The Cure. "When he came to Rome, I went to see him in concert. Lipstick on the lips, punk hair, fifteen-year-old look and he is 50 years old instead. He doesn't have a cell phone, he doesn't drive a car, he has stopped the time to 1988." (Thanks fmjews)

From The Daily Mail: "with his red lipstick and wild hair, Penn looked more like 51-year-old Cure frontman Robert Smith than a Hollywood actor as he filmed on location in Dublin's Mount Street." Here's another photo, and here's another.
(Thanks April, John and Kate)

Cure #74 on VH1 countdown

The Cure came in at #74 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time countdown. (Thanks Kristy)

Dave Allen at The Woodmill on Aug. 29th

Legendary Cure producer Dave Allen will be making an appearance at The Woodmill in London on Aug. 29th at 3pm.
(Thanks Roger)

Lol interview on Part Time Punks

Lol Tolhurst on Part Time Punks (08-19-10) by CraigatCoF

Thanks to Michael Stock, host of Part Time Punks on KXLU 88.9 FM in L.A. every Thursday from 3-6pm, we now have the full audio of Lol Tolhurst's appearance on last week's show. If you're looking for Lol's comments about his proposal of playing some live 'Faith' shows, that's at 167:23. Lol also debuted a new Levinhurst song, 'Seeds are Sown', at 118:17. It was a great interview, with lots of great tracks and stories about the early Cure days, so thanks again to Lol and Michael for doing it, and for sending in the audio. Also, check the comments for the playlist of the show.

CoS reports on Lol's Cure update

Consequence of Sound has a story about Lol's Cure news update on Part Time Punks. (Thanks Kate)

To clarify something, Lol has no news about 'In Orange'. He said he was mistaken when he was talking about that. Robert only mentioned the 'Mixed Up' remaster and the Cure at the BBC set.

Update: The Guardian is running a story about this, too. But before anyone gets too excited, please remember that this is simply a proposal made to Robert by Lol. No indication yet that this will actually happen. (Thanks Keith)

And as Lol correctly points out - "The Guardian's headline is a little misleading! I have not asked RS to rejoin the Cure! I have my thing he has his..."

Reminder: Lol guest DJ set tonight

"Lol Tolhurst will be joining me as Guest DJ at the club known as Part Time Punks for a CURE TRIBUTE NITE on Aug. 22nd. For more info, go here." (Thanks Michael)

Levinhurst in South America 2011

Levinhurst - so its on: Peru/Chile/Argentina/Brazil! all before Easter next! See you all (again).

Lol on Part Time Punks

Update 2 (from Lol): "Just realized looking thru my recent emails from Robert he tells me that he's working on the Cure at the BBC and mixed up remaster..oops! Not Cure In Orange as previously reported! But anyway the dvd of it should be out soon enough...."

Update: Michael hopes to post the audio from the show soon, but until then, here are a few highlights - Lol said that Robert told him that work continues on The Cure @ the BBC box set and that it should be out next year. Same goes for the deuxe edition of Mixed Up. He also emailed Robert recently about the possibility of playing some shows together next year for the 30th anniversary of 'Faith', with the original lineup, and says the ball is now in Robert's court.

A reminder about Lol being on Part Time Punks today: "Lol Tolhurst will be on my Part Time Punks radio show today from 3-6pm P.S.T. on KXLU 88.9FM in Los Angeles. He promises to bring rare tracks by The Cure, Levinhurst, The Presence as well as some weird and rare tracks from his extensive collection of electronic music (which dates back to 1930)." (Thanks Michael)

Xplodingboys play Portland

The Cure tribute band, TheXplodingboys, will be playing Thursday, August 19th at Dante's in Portland, OR. They'll be playing all of 'Faith', plus lots of other songs.
(Thanks April & Suzy)

Cure on Madness of the 80s

"Yesterday on French TV channel France 3 there was a program called "the madness of the 80's", a collection of the most memorable events in music/fashion/politics etc.. and they showed about 8 seconds of The Cure. First they were lying on a bed doing a kind of a capella version of Close to Me with Simon singing the bass line, Boris clapping his hands and Porl singing the keyboard part. Then they showed a few seconds of The Cure on stage with Bananarama."(Thanks Sylvain)

65DOS tour dates and single

Update: Digital Download available from 7 Digital and Amazon. Also, Ideal Copy will be carrying the 7" single. (Thanks Brad & Chris)

65dos - November Euro/UK tour announced. All dates here. Click the venue to buy tickets.
Also, 'Come To Me' (their recent track with Robert Smith), paired with 'Weak4', will be released as a double a-side single on Aug. 16th. It will be available on 7" vinyl and Digital Download. The DD will include the b-side, 'Memorydress'. More info here.