Auction for a drumming lesson with Jason

Charity Buzz has an auction for a private drumming lesson with Jason Cooper in London, benefiting the African Rainforest Conservancy. Auction ends on Dec. 17th.

Reeves plays Nashville tonight

Last show of the year is Dec 12 in Nashville for Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends. Reserve ahead @familywash pic.twitter.com/jl1vzzdEmZ

— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) December 5, 2015

Free show but call ahead to reserve at (615) 645-9930.

And here's a Dec. 2nd interview with Reeves on WVKR.

How The Cure saved The Twilight Sad

From The List:

Singer James Graham on how the band went from nearly calling it quits to a world tour with the Cure.

It wasn’t that The Twilight Sad wanted to call it quits after the touring cycle for their third album, 2012’s No One Can Ever Know, was over, but they felt that things weren’t progressing and they didn’t know how to fix it. The album had done well critically, but they were still playing to half-full venues. Those around them didn’t seem to share the same enthusiasm the band still had for their music. Other groups – their contemporaries and newer groups without half their experience – were being offered better opportunities.

‘The first time we played the Barrowlands in Glasgow, it was nowhere near sold out,’ remembers singer James Graham of every Scottish band’s rite of passage on the live stage. ‘People who were there said they enjoyed it and so did we, but somehow it felt like a career goal we hadn’t quite achieved.’

And then The Cure happened. Or rather, they had always been happening. Robert Smith and his band were one of the first groups Graham remembers hearing as a child growing up in Kilsyth, and as he got older he became more familiar with their darker side too. ‘They wrote so much that was dark but also some of the best pop songs of all time,’ he says now. ‘It’s not easy to do that, to write a pop hook that everyone identifies with. As a kid I listened to the Disintegration and Faith albums religiously, and on our last tour (supporting Editors across Europe in the autumn) I came back to Disintegration. I listened to it pretty much non-stop, thinking, the guy who sang this also sang one of my songs. Mental.’

Tickets on sale Dec. 11th

Dec. 3rd - London, England at Wembley Arena
On sale: Dec. 11th at 9 am UK time
Ticket links: Bookings Direct / Ticket Factory / AXS / Eventim


May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Ticket link

3rd London show added on Dec. 3rd

From the official site: "DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TICKETS, A THIRD (AND FINAL!) LONDON WEMBLEY SSE ARENA CURE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER - TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BookingsDirect.com

Direct link"

On sale Dec. 11th at 9 am UK time.

Dallas presale today

May 15th - Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
On sale: Dec. 11th at 10 am Central
Presale: Dec. 10th at 10 am Central
Codes: BELLS, CATS, KZPS
Tickets range from $30 - $80
Presale link

Roger's 'Love & Other Tragedies' video now free

From Roger on Facebook: "When I finished the video from the concert of Love and Other Tragedies I tried an experiment that I was pretty sure would fail. I put the video on the new Vimeo on Demand service with a small fee... I think about 7 people paid and I would like to thank those people... Seems art has no value but the real value is in people hearing it so.. I have just posted it to Youtube, you can watch it for free."


"Also from the Vimeo on Demand package the interview I did with Ben talking about the Love and Other Tragedies project before the concert in London, June 26th 2015."


"...and finally to complete the collection, the 99X/10 10 year celebration concert from the evening of Exquisite Tragedy featuring Erin Lang, Hannah Curwood and Quartet Volute. I arranged a selection of songs from the 99X/10 catalogue for string quartet and piano and Erin and Hannah joined us on stage to sing them. An amazing evening."

Lauren from Chvrches has great taste in t-shirts

Old faithful. pic.twitter.com/TvwaPmPWci

— Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemay) December 4, 2015

Tickets on sale Dec. 5th

May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Tickets are  $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Ticket link

Tickets on sale Dec. 4th

June 16th - Boston, MA at Agganis Arena
On sale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Eastern 
Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50
Ticket link


May 14th - Houston, TX at Toyota Center
On sale: Dec. 5th at noon Central
Presale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Central
Tickets are  $25, $40, $55, $70, $85
Codes: BELLS (Live Nation), EAGLE (Radio)
Ticket link

Houston tickets on sale Dec. 5th

Tickets for The Cure at the Toyota Center on May 14th, will go on sale Saturday Dec. 5th at noon central.

Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 4th at 10 am. Code: BELLS (Live Nation presale).

Update (12/03/15): Ticket prices, seating chart, presale links posted on the Toyota Center website. Also, EAGLE is the radio presale code. (Thanks Randy)

Tickets on sale Dec. 3rd

Europe

Nov. 20th - Madrid, Spain at Barclaycard Center
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10 am CET
Ticket link

Nov. 24th - Bilbao, Spain at BEC
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10am CET
Ticket link

Nov. 26th - Barcelona, Spain at Palau St Jordi
On sale: Dec. 3rd at 10am CET
Ticket link


North America

June 16th - Boston, MA at Agganis Arena
On sale: Dec. 4th at 10 am Eastern 
Presale: Dec. 3rd at 10 am Eastern
Codes: LOVESONG, BELLS, COVERT
Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50
Ticket link

Boston tickets on sale Dec. 4th

Ticketmaster says tickets for The Cure at Agganis Arena on June 16th will go on sale Friday Dec. 4th at 10 am eastern. Tickets range from $17.50 - $77.50. Floor will be general admission.

Update (12/01/15): Presale starts on Dec. 3rd at 10 am eastern. Codes: LOVESONG, BELLS, COVERT(?).

(Thanks The_Vacancy_Smiles and Justin)

European tickets on sale Dec. 1st

November 20 - Madrid, Spain
Barclaycard Center
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 24 - Bilbao, Spain
BEC
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

November 26 - Barcelona, Spain
Palau St Jordi
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Ticket link

European tickets on sale Nov. 30th

October 07 - Helsinki, Finland
Hartwall Arena
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 10 am CET
Ticket link

October 09 - Stockholm, Sweden
Ericsson Globe Arena
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link

October 12 -, Gothenburg, Sweden
Scandinavium
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Ticket link

Love Amongst Ruin European Tour

Love Amongst Ruin, with Perry Bamonte on bass, have announced a European tour for Nov. & Dec.

"We are very pleased to announce the first dates of the Lose Your Way tour! (Ticket links available soon)

24/11/15 - The Barfly, London, UK
26/11/15 - Rock Cafe, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
27/11/15 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany
29/11/15 - DAS BETT, Frankfurt, Germany
30/11/15 - Backstage München - Werk, Halle, Club, Werkstatt/Studio, Munich, Germany
01/12/15 - Viper Room, Vienna, Austria
02/12/15 - Chanel Zero, Ljubljana, Slovenia
03/12/15 - Vintage BAR, Zagreb, Croatia
04/12/15 - Lo Fi Club, Milan, Italy
06/12/15 - Reithalle Strasse E, Dresden, Germany
07/12/15 - Privat Club, Berlin, Germany
09/12/15 - John Dee, Oslo, Norway
11/12/15 - BETA, Copenhagen, Denmark
13/12/15 - Underground Colognel, Germany
14/12/15 - La Flèche d'or, Paris, France

Spread the word and we’ll see you at the shows…"

Also, in a new interview at XS Noize, Steve says he hopes to tour North America in Jan/Feb, and says "When I got older I crossed over to The Smiths and The Cure, I am a massive fan of The Cure."

European Cure Tour 2016 tickets for sale

Scam warning! DO NOT buy a London ticket from Notis Kritikos <figurehead37@yahoo.com>. He has scammed 2 people that I know of.

London

Dec. 3rd - two seated tickets in section S3, row N. The price for both tickets is £115. Contact me at rsx.the.cure (at) gmail (dot) com.

Dec. 3rd - 2 LIMITED VIEW seats. Block N3 Row O Seat 23 and 22. £45 each. Or swap for any tickets including limited view on 2nd of December. matt.jones (at) hotmail.co.uk

Dec. 3rd - 1 standing, face value. darrenaguy (at) aol (dot) com

Dec. 3rd - 1 standing, face value. M (dot) Karg66 (at) gmx (dot) de

Dec. 3rd - 1 x seated ticket for sale, block S7, Row T, £55. I'll be there so can pass over on the night.  james(dot)baggley(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk



Instead of having them spread throughout the comment sections of other topics, please use this one to post the tickets you have for sale. If you don't want to create an account or anything, just email your ticket info to me, and I'll post it in the comments for you.

Only post tickets at face value or below (plus fees & shipping), and no posting links to broker/tout sites.

Thank you, and let's hope we can get more tickets to actual fans, without them having to use the broker sites.

European tickets on sale Nov. 28th

November 22 - Lisbon, Portugal
MEO Arena
Onsale : 28-Nov-15 @ 11am CET
Ticket link

North American tickets on sale today

6/14/16: Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
On sale Nov. 27th at 10 am Eastern
Tickets range from $30 - $94.50
Ticket link

5/31/16: Vancouver, BC at Deer Lake Park
On sale Nov. 27th at 10 am Pacific
Tickets are $57
Ticket link

Also worth noting, early bird passes for Sasquatch Festival are on sale starting today. But please note that there is absolutely NO hard confirmation that The Cure are playing here, just lots of speculation. Though KEXP seems to think they're a lock. Buy at your own risk!

Reeves plays 2 shows this weekend

Nov. 27th - Cambridge, MA at The Lizard Lounge
Club D'Elf with Reeves Gabrels -- Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Paul Schultheis (Moog, Rhodes, melodica), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir), Amit Kavthekar (tablas) & Dean Johnston (drums)

Doors 9 pm, show 10 pm - 1:30 am. 21+. 
Tickets $12adv/$15dos


Nov. 28th - Marlboro, NY at The Falcon
Club d'Elf w/ John Medeski (keyboards), Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir) & Dean Johnston (drums)

Doors at 6pm, show at 7:30. No cover but donation of $15 suggested. All ages.