Saturday, July 11, 2009

DM update

Update: Here's the NPR show (including the Come Back outtake) in MP3. (Thanks Pussycat)

Depeche Mode were on NPR's World Cafe today, and you can listen to the show here. Also, the band have had to cancel the final two shows of their European tour, due to a leg injury suffered by Dave. Get well soon (again), Dave!
The tour now takes a brief break, then hits North America, starting in Toronto on July 24th.

Reminder: Live in Paris 08 on French tv & dvd?

The Cure Live in Paris 08 (90 minute version) will air on Virgin 17 (French tv) on Saturday (July 11th) at 10pm. (Thanks Scarlett)
For those of us not in France, Moloch and his brother will be recording the show, and hopefully uploading the show very soon.

Update: The program for the Wien Film Festival says that the Paris show will be released on dvd in 2010. (Thanks Jörg)

Preview of Live in Paris 08 on Virgin 17

Here's the ad for The Cure Live in Paris 08 on Virgin 17, this Saturday night (Jully 11th) at 10pm. (Thanks Bill)

Watch Live in Paris 08 on Zattoo

For those of you in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK, you might be able to watch Virgin 17's July 11th (10pm) airing of The Cure Live in Paris 08 on Zattoo. (Thanks AndytheCurefan)

Has anyone found a way to make this work? Is it working for anyone? Only for French fans?

Friday, July 10, 2009

New Cure tattoo

Nicola gets some Just Like Heaven ink. (Thanks Nicola)

Thursday, July 9, 2009

New vinyl reissues

From SirenDisc: Into The Dark: 1979-1982 - Includes "Three Imaginary Boys" on picture disc, "Seventeen Seconds" on white vinyl, "Faith" on grey vinyl and "Pornography" on clear red vinyl. Lilith label release. Expected Release Date: 13-Jul-09.
(Thanks Matthew)

Cure on Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time

Triple J radio in Australia is counting down their Hottest 100 of All Time this week, and The Cure are in at #54 with Close To Me. (Thanks Brad)

Curespotting

Don't Hate the 80's. (Thanks Kate)
Brief interview with Sean from Fascination Street, Sounds of the 80s that still resonate, and mention of a Grinding Halt cover on Manikin's new album. (Thanks Heron)

"This is a bit weak, but ESPN chose two Cure songs to accompany the 80 greatest sports moments of the 80's. "Why Can't I be You" accompanies great moment #12 (Michael Jordan's title winning shot for UNC) and they chose "Boys Don't Cry" for #80 (Mike Schmidt's retirement announcement). " (Thanks Jared)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Live in Paris 08 Wien film fest reports

Update: Video (out of sync, sorry) of Lovesong & Inbetween Days. Watch on YouTube or download the MP4. (Thanks Jörg)

Setlist: Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, alt.end, The End Of The World, Lovesong, InBetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration, M, Play For Today, A Forest, Boys Don´t Cry, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.
(Thanks Monghi and Jörg)


Review: "I hope this film gets very very soon on dvd and in my dvd-player. It's absolutely fantastic. The dvd was very professionally made. Nice effects, nice camera shots. On the big videowall it was like being in Paris. Nice effects on alt.end and end of the world. a fantastic highlight was on play for today, very much camera moves within the crowd, looks nice on a 270m2 bigscreen. sound was wonderful. Nice on prayers for rain, it was raining :-) There had been some curefans, maybe 10 at all with t-shirts, and many "normal"." (Thanks Jörg)

Monday, July 6, 2009