Upcoming Cure fan events

April 17th - Hispacure 6th Anniversary party in Valencia.
April 21st - Fight This Sickness in Oslo.
April 21st - Cure B-sides & Rarities party in NYC.
April 23rd - Curemania Vol. VI in Moscow.
April 23rd - The Cure Drink in Berlin.
April 24th - A Strange Night in Berlin.
(Thanks B-Flower, B., Lars, Jared, and Wilco)

Dream Tour in Poland

"You can get a full sensational 50mins footage of The Cure in Lodz, Poland, during The Dream Tour 2000 visit 10years ago on www.thecure.pl. Watch a short clip here."
(Thanks to Martin @ thecure.pl)

Happy 10th anniversary to the 2nd best (imho) Cure tour ever. : )

Curespotting

Melissa Auf der Maur really enjoyed Curiosa, and Jared Leto says 'Prayers For Rain' is the best music for flying.
(Thanks to Monghi @ thecure.sk and Wirebaughs)
For more Curespottings, check the comments.

Mike Hedges interview

In keeping with the theme of celebrating 30 years of 'A Forest', here's an interview with Mike Hedges from Dec. 2004, that was published in Sound on Sound magazine. (Thanks jandmpowell)

Early performance of A Forest

Today's Vintage Video at Slicing Up Eyeballs features The Cure performing an early version of 'A Forest' from Dec 17th, 1979, at the Bataclan in Paris.

Official site update

No news or events, but the forum at the official site has been restored. You have been warned. : ) Also, comments are back for the news stories.

Levinhurst update

Update: "Mark it in your calendars! Levinhurst European tour Part 2 October 14th 2010 onwards! France/Spain/Germany/Uk/Italy"

From Levinhurst on Twitter: "Euro tour part 1 done! It was GREAT! next up prt 2 in October France/Spain/Italy/uk/Germany Meanwhile maybe Mexico and us this summer!"

Official site update

Robert has posted the press release/PUFF for the Disintegration set. The official date is May 24th in Europe. Okay, Robert, now how about that previously mentioned Dallas Prayer Tour show on DVD/Blu-ray? Please? : )

Cure covers

Lovecats by Paul Anka / Let's Go To Bed by Lotte Kestner / Lovecats by Lena Meyer (winner of the German Eurovision song contest) / Untitled by Pilal / End by Hopera. (Thanks Mark, Josh, Gianka74, Markus, Yawns, André, and Martin)

From the CoF archives

Update: Here are 5 videos that were originally posted on the official site back in July/Aug. 2001. The Cure in the studio working on the bonus and acoustic tracks for Greatest Hits (plus the return of Boris!) - Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5. Thanks to Silvio for the Day 1 clip.

Been going through some old CDs, and found a few things that I'll be uploading over the coming days. Here's a start:

Robert's comments from the old Greatest Hits microsite
1999 Christmas Card
Win Things (can't remember what this was for)
CureTown the teaser for the abandoned website
Cure movie cast listing for the bands suggestions on who should play them
Same Deep Water As You (MIDI)
Greatest Hits e-card sent out by Elektra (it's an .exe file, so please scan before opening. Came up clean for me.)
All of the tracks and photos from the old Greatest Hits microsite.
Robert's recipes from the old Cure House,
Robert's thoughts about the songs on Galore
Love Will Tear Us Apart page
Simon & Perry getting direction from Richard Anthony
Robert and Saffron recording Just Say Yes
Boys Don't Cry at the L.A. Forum (Aug. 11th, 1996)
Robert talks about bootlegs (date unknown)
Pornography live in Munich, Germany (Jan. 30th, 1984)
Mint Car on the Harald Schmidt Show (June 25th, 1996)
Robert tries to be heard in a club (Feb. 2000)
Robert interview at the Werchter Festival (July 2nd, 2000)
Recording Love Will Tear Us Apart in Brisbane (Oct. 2000)
Cut Here on TOTP Germany (Nov. 15th, 2001)
Robert interview on France 3 (July 25th, 2002)
Robert interview in Portugal (Aug. 4th, 2002)
Clip of Maybe Someday in Brussels (Nov. 7th, 2002)
Robert interview on Arte Tracks (Feb. 21st, 2003)

Update on Disintegration remastered set

Update 3: Uncut did not publish their review in this month's issue. (Thanks Keith)

Update 2: Wired has a brief mention of the set in the April issue, and Uncut says they will have a review of it in their next issue. (Thanks Screamer, Heron, and Keith)

Update: Pause & Play says the new release date is May 25th in North America. Will this be the date that actually sticks?
(Thanks Slicing Up Eyeballs)

"I spoke with someone the other day via the Rhino family and they don’t seem to have a new date in mind for the remaster…not sure what the hold up is and neither did they". (Thanks Friend of CoF)

And as previously mentioned, Universal has delayed it in Europe, and are now hoping for a late May release date.

Close To Me cover in Nivea ad

Kaki King's cover of 'Close To Me' is being used in a UK Nivea ad. (Thanks Vicky and Joanne)

Chris Parry update

Update 2: Stuff has an interview with Chris in two parts. Part one is about the Fourmyula reunion, while part two is about working with Robert & The Cure. (Thanks to Monghi @ TheCure.sk)

Update: The New Zealand Herald has an article about Chris.
(Thanks Kate)

Wondering what Chris Parry has been up to lately?
(Thanks Richard)

Cure articles in Spin archives

There are a bunch of Cure articles/ads in the Spin archives at Google Books. Thanks to Slicing Up Eyeballs for finding them and listing them all for us, along with listings for a bunch of other great bands.

Almost Alice in the charts

Not going to follow this like with Cure releases, but here's a couple of figures for you. Almost Alice debuted at #5 last week in the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, with sales of 58,000. The album also debuted at #11 on the World Album Chart, with sales of 62,000. (Thanks David)

Fascination Street dates

Fascination Street will be playing at JBay Bar & Grill in Kirkland, WA. on March 13th, and at The Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR. on March 26th. For more info and other dates, check out their website. (Thanks April)

Disintegration bonus update

From The Ideal Copy newsletter: "We are still waiting to hear from Rhino Records regarding the Pre-Order Bonus for the Disintegration reissue. We won't know until they are able to confirm the release date."

Cure wall mural

Allposters has a Cure wall mural for sale. They also have Wish and Kiss Me t-shirts. (Thanks Jek)

Levinhurst interview

Levinhurst was interviewed on the German radio station MOTOR FM. (Thanks Wilco)

Roger, Perry, Daryl updates

Roger has posted videos of 'October', 'January', and 'March' from his Ship of Fools performance, and the making of 'Good Years Yet'. Also, you can get a free iTunes download (Podcast #50) of his NPR Echoes interview.

An article about Perry's old band The Spurts. Turn your volume down before clicking. (Thanks JC)

Daryl has posted the video for 'Slew' by Das Shadow, on the We Collect Enemies blog.