Putting up posters in Bogota

(Thanks Alfonso)

Robert posts about the Sao Paulo show

From the comments section of this post:

"APOLOGIES
IF THE MOVE FROM MORUMBI TO ANHEMBI HAS UPSET PEOPLE - APOLOGIES. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE OF COURSE BEEN CONSULTED ABOUT AND AGREED TO THE MOVE, AND HAVE TRIED TO ENSURE THE NEW TICKETING ARRANGEMENTS ARE FAIR TO THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE TICKETS, THE TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT/SEATING ARRANGEMENT IN THE ANHEMBI HAS MADE IT PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO SET UP A 'LIKE FOR LIKE' DEAL... SO ONCE AGAIN - APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO FEEL THE MOVE HAS PENALISED THEM IN ANY WAY... THE CONSOLATION? IT LOOKS TO US LIKE A BETTER VENUE FOR A CURE SHOW! ALMOST THERE... ONWARDS... RSX" (Thanks @AaronLaw92)

13 Best Goth Albums of All Time

The Cure comes in at #2 ('Pornography') & #3 ('Disintegration') on this 13 Best Goth Albums of All Time list. (Thanks David)

Cure article in La Segunda

From DG Medios Facebook: "The Cure request Chilean dishes: Fans wait anxiously"

Anything important in this article? Can anyone give a summation of it? Thanks!

Venue change for Sao Paulo show

The show in Sao Paulo, Brasil on April 6th has been moved from Morumbi Stadium to Arena Anhembi. Details on how to exchange your tickets are posted at the Live Pass website (English).
(Thanks Rafael, Antonio and Pablo)

Update (March 21st, 2013): Not surprisingly, this change is not going over well with many fans - "I’ve just read the comments at the XYZ fb page, and EVERYONE is furious! Lots of fans giving up on attending the show.. meanwhile Santiago, Lima and Buenos Aires are close to sold out.. shame on us! And now things are going from bad to worse here.. the whole SP show thing is already with the customer justice.. if you have the chance, translate this link (English)" (Thanks Antonio)

Update (March 22nd, 2013): New info about the ticket exchange from Live Pass. Looks like there will NOT be an additional charge. All info here (English). (Thanks Burton_)

LatAm 2013 Tour support acts

I'll post them here as they're announced.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - Herod Layne (Source)
Sao Paulo, Brasil - Lautmusik, Herod Layne (Source)
Asunción, Paraguay - Deliverans and Tribu Sónica (Source)
Lima, Peru - Resplandor and Kinder (Source)
Bogota, Colombia - Superlitio and MModcats (Source)
Mexico City, Mexico - Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Johnny Indovina, Andrea Ballency (Source)
(Thanks Rafael, Mad Bob RJS, David, Alfio, @biva77, @Ronald_Qiu)

Win this Cure prize pack & 4 tickets for Bogota

Live in Colombia & have a Chevrolet Sonic? You could be one of 4 people to win this Cure prize pack & 4 tickets to the Bogota show. Details here.

Bernard Lenoir talks about The Cure

"Bernard Lenoir, famous French 'alternative' radio DJ (also known as the 'French John Peel'), whose daily show on France Inter was suddenly stopped 2 years ago, is releasing a double compilation of his favorite songs that includes 'Just Like Heaven'.

In this interview with Telerama, he mentions the Cure twice: once about the Black Session in Paris in 2004, and later about how 'Just like heaven' became the theme song of the TV show 'Les enfants du Rock' (a cult French music TV show in the 80's)

- at 00:25 : he answers about his most memorable black session: "Oh my god! We did 350 Black sessions, I can't think of one... yes, the one we thought would never happen, it was The Cure. They finally came and played for nearly 3 hours. It was a big surprise."

- at 10:30 : Just Like Heaven reminds me of 'Les Enfants du rock'. When I became the presenter, we tried to upgrade the show and started looking for a new theme song. I had a friend called philippe [?] who suggested we ask for a tune from Robert Smith. He accepted right away and sent us 'Just like Heaven'. It was still instrumental, he put the lyrics on it a few months later. Later on, it became a real song, and I think one of the brightest cure songs, compared to the gloomier songs of Pronography or Disintegration." (Thanks Sylvain and @guillaumegrivaz)

More Cure posters in Santiago

"I just want to share a couple of photos of Street Promos that i took today for the Cure concert in Santiago de Chile Estadio Nacional." (Thanks Marvin)

Reeves previews one of his Cure Tour guitars

From Reeves on Facebook: "you will be seeing me playing this reverend "tricky gomez" prototype guitar ( minus the cat toys) quite a bit on the road with The Cure. quite the versatile little hot rod."

'Siamese Twins' on The Americans tonight

According to this review at Ain't It Cool, 'Siamese Twins' will be used in tonight's episode of The Americans on the FX Network, which airs at 10pm eastern & pacific. (Thanks broaddaylight)

New Cure fan forum

Hello and welcome, to the newest Cure fan forum, Cure Community. Wishing you lots of good luck with it and I hope you all have lots of fun discussions, and many Cure shows/tours to follow. :)

Cure Paraguay billboard

Posted by Javier Borquez on Facebook. (Thanks David)

Cure Santiago TV ad

TV ad for The Cure's show in Santiago, Chile on April 14th. (Thanks The Cure Rarities)

'Boys Don't Cry' is 44th most Satanic album?

Here's a weird one. Apparently because of 'Killing An Arab', Boys Don't Cry is #44 on this Top 100 Most Satanic Albums list.
(Thanks The Cure Rarities)

'Boys Don't Cry' in Rocksmith video game

The Cure's 'Boys Don't Cry' will be included in the tracklist for the upcoming 'Rocksmith' video game, which is like Guitar Hero & Rock Band, but uses real guitars.

Update (03/19/13): For those of you who still have this game, this article says a new downloadable Cure pack will be released today on Xbox 360 and tomorrow on PS3. The pack includes 'Lovesong', 'The End of the World', and 'Just Like Heaven'. Here's the link for XBox360. (Thanks David and fornever)

South America media reports

A few interesting articles from South America:

Peru.com (English) - clarification about the selection of the 2 opening bands.
La Tercera (English) - says 40,000 out of 55,000 tickets have been sold for Santiago, Chile.
Virgula (English) - interview with a longtime Cure fan in Brasil.
(Thanks David)
Publimetro (English) - interview with an excited Cure fan in Chile. (Thanks David)