Roger Daltrey on Robert Smith

From Rolling Stone (via NME): "Robert Smith doesn't answer his emails," Daltrey said with a laugh. "He's hard to get hold of, but I remember them playing in 2006 and they did a three-hour set which was just magical. Robert lives around the corner from me, although I've never seen him, nor have his neighbors. I think he must only come out at night."

And for those who still insist the news is fake, a hoax, a 4:13 Nightmare, sorry, Rolling Stone says they have confirmed it.

Now that we have that out of the way, details about the album are starting to surface! Sounds awesome, bro! Fuck Goth Tom! ;) (Thanks Raphael and @mlindenuk)

Cure announce live DVDs, album, Trilogy 3 tour

Read the official press release here. (Thanks Julian)

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New Cure album on its way?

New album from @TheCure (working title '4:14 Scream') expected "in the next few months" with live dates to follow in late 2014.

— BBC 6 Music News (@BBC6MusicNews) February 3, 2014

This sounds like a fan generated rumor, especially that title. Therefore, it's probably true. :)

New Levinhurst EP on Feb. 3rd

Posted on the Levinhurst Facebook.

Available now at Amazon & iTunes.

Vieilles Charrues 2012 special tonight

"Just a quick note to let you know that Arte will show a 75 minutes highlights of the Vieilles Charrues Festival 2012 tonight at 00:15 French time. The Cure are scheduled, but no details about what they will show." (Thanks Sylvain)

Promoter statement about RAH tickets

From TheCure.com, Facebook (sorry, SPACEBOOK) and Twitter:

OUR PROMOTER TELLS US:
Both Cure RAH shows for TCT are SOLD OUT! However, agents may return odd tickets as they sweep for touts/multiple bookings; so periodically over the next week or so tickets will likely appear on either gigsandtours.com or Ticketmaster.com. Also, nearer the dates of the shows some 'debenture holders' will probably donate their seats to the charity, meaning a few more tickets will appear for sale in March, right up until the day of the show. I’m letting you know this not because we need to publicise, but just in case you wonder why every now and then someone is able to buy a ticket and posts about it on Facebook! Please keep checking back with gigsandtours, and thank you again for your wonderful support of Teenage Cancer Trust.

On a related note, article in the Daily Mail about the touts and their cashing in. (Thanks @AaronLaw92)

The Cure play London on March 28th & 29th!

The Cure will play the Royal Albert Hall on March 28th & 29th, 2014 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust series. Tickets on sale Friday (Jan. 31st) at 9:30 am. There's a 4 ticket limit per person.

"One of the UK’s most influential bands, The Cure will play an exclusive 3 hour show on Saturday 29 March. "

Robert Smith: “The Cure are once again delighted and honoured to be playing the Royal Albert Hall for the benefit of Teenage Cancer Trust.”

Here's the announcement video.

Ticketmaster (March 28th): Seated / Standing
Ticketmaster (March 29th): Seated  / Standing
Gigs & Tours: March 28th / March 29th
See Tickets: March 28th / March 29th
Royal Albert Hall: March 28th / March 29th 

Update: Fan pre-sale today (Jan. 30th) at 9 am here. Good luck!
Looks like we are 'beating the touts", as numerous fans are reporting that they were able to get tickets. Excellent! Congratulations!

Update: 2nd show added on the 28th. Tickets on sale now. Looks like nothing went on sale for the March 29th show. They really did release everything in the pre-sale. Hope you didn't wait for today. Both shows are now sold out. 

From JC/Perfect.Murder: "First in line at the RAH Queue"

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Lisa Loeb and Roger

Reconnecting with @RogerODonnell of #theCure #NAMM2014 @moogmusicinc after 27 years! pic.twitter.com/bpP0KkqQRf
— Lisa Loeb (@LisaLoeb) January 29, 2014

Lisa Loeb with Roger at NAMM. There's apparently some story about Lisa & her sister kidnapping Roger in Dallas, TX during the 1987 Kissing Tour. Hope we get to hear about that some day. :)

In other Roger news...

Yes I'm in LA working primarily on finishing the music for our ballet production and on a couple of very interesting film projects!

— Roger O'Donnell (@RogerODonnell) January 29, 2014

'Greatest Hits' climbing the UK charts

Well this one is a bit odd, but it seems 'Greatest Hits' has re-enterd the UK album chart and is doing quite well. It re-entered at #72 a few weeks ago, and has now climbed to #37. Its highest previous position was #33 in its original release week. Anyone have any idea about this? Cure getting a lot of UK radio play suddenly? Featured in some TV shows? (Thanks Matt)

Update: The reason why it's doing so well looks to be due to Tesco selling it for 75p. (Thanks mangosteensoundcorporation)

Update (Feb. 4th, 2014): Drops to #45 this week. (Thanks Matt)

Update (Feb. 10th, 2014): Holds at #45 this week. (Thanks Aaron)

Update (Feb. 17th, 2014): Up to #43 this week. (Thanks Aaron)

Update (March 5th, 2014): Went up to #35 last week, now drops to #38 this week. (Thanks Aaron)

Update (March 10th, 2014): Drops to #41 this week. (Thanks Aaron)

Cure on Polish tv tonight

"For those who still haven't seen it: The Cure's set at Hurricane Festival 2012 will be shown on Polish TVP Kultura (available via satellite: Astra 19,2e / 10862 h / 22.000 / fec 7/8) on Monday 27th January, 2014 from 11.40pm - 0.50am (GMT+1)."
(Thanks Dennis)

A Cure fan at the NY Times?

With a headline like this, "Loehmann’s, Out of Step and Closing Down", I'm going to have to say yes! If not, that's a hell of a coincidence. (Thanks @magicjewball)

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)