Cure Live in Rome on VH1 (US) tonight

The VH1 (US) schedule has The Cure Live in Rome listed for 2am eastern tonight/tomorrow morning. (Thanks Kate)

Update: Same setlist (and censoring) as the Palladia broadcast: Underneath The Stars, The Only One, The Reasons Why, Freakshow, The Hungry Ghost, Switch, The Perfect Boy, Sleep When I'm Dead, The Scream, It's Over.

Update: Cure posters at Christie's auction

Christie's has some Cure posters up for auction.
(Thanks Scott/Monkeybutt)

Update: The posters went for $875. (Thanks Van)

Autographed CD winners

Jamsbio has posted the list of winners for the autographed 4:13 Dream cd.

Live in Rome on MTV

"MTV Germany will broadcast The Rome Show on Friday, Nov 28th form 01:30-02:30 and then repeat the Videography." (Thanks Bi)

"MTV Latin America is airing a "The Cure Live" show next friday november 28th 9pm Central time, Im guessing it is the Rome show although no details are given in the ad." (Thanks Conrado)

Update: The Latin America airing was Valencia, not Rome.

Autographed Blackhawks jersey auction

"This Blackhawks Jersey, signed by the Cure, will be auctioned off on December 5, 2008 for Rock For Kids. For more information and to bid online visit www.rockforkids.org." (Thanks Eice13)

Win a signed copy of 4:13

Punknews.org is giving away an autographed copy of 4:13 Dream. (Thanks Kate)

The reviews for 4:13 never stop!

US - Christian Science Monitor (positive), Worcester Telegram (4/5), Electric City (mixed), EvilSponge (6/7).
France - Telerama (4/4), Rolling Stone (3/?), LCI (?), Rock n Folk (2/4), Les Inrockuptibles (negative), Femina (3/?), Voici (3/?), Start Up (3/?), A Nous Paris (3.5/5).

And here's a small article from Waterfront Online.

(Thanks Kate, Jason, Rod x, and Carole)

Leno tickets update

"Looks like whoever mailed in a request WILL get in! My friend requested 4 and just got them." (Thanks Debi)

MTV Live on Palladia

Here's the setlist: Underneath The Stars, The Only One, The Reasons Why, Freakshow, The Hungry Ghost, Switch, The Perfect Boy, Sleep When I'm Dead, The Scream, It's Over.
So they cut out Sirensong, Real Snow White, and THANWY.

And there was some very odd censoring going on: "I couldn't take all the censorship. Yes, backmasking an F-bomb I can understand. But "slide me in"??!?! "Suicide"??!?!"

(Thanks Brad, Drew, and S)

4:13 charts update

Sales news
Poland - certified Gold (sales of 10,000).
US - total sales as of last week: 39,436.

4th week positions
US (Billboard Top 200) - drops to #178.
Mexico - drops to #61.
Switzerland - drops to #82.
Spain - drops to #64.
France - drops to #51.
Croatia - drops off the chart.
Italy - drops to #46.
Poland - drops to #25.
Netherlands - drops to #84.
Belgium / Wallonie - drops to #39.
Belgium / Flanders - drops to #41.

3rd week positions
Germany - drops to #55.
Croatia - drops to #34.

2nd week positions
Greece - up to #8.

(Thanks to Bob, David, Levko, and Nevyn @ TheCure.pl)

The Curse plays UTS and more

"Here's some video footage of The Curse playing Underneath the Stars. UTS Part 1 / UTS Part 2
They also did The Only One (security told me to stop filming, so it's only 44 seconds long), The Perfect Boy, and The Reasons Why (audio only). It was a great show."
(Thanks AndytheCurefan)

Roger plays London on Dec. 2nd

Dec. 2nd, 2008 at 7 Day Xmas Itch at The Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road, London, London and South East NW5. 8pm.

"Part of an interesting art exhibition and series of shows. My set will feature Erin Lang."

More 4:13 Reviews

US - Daily Princetonian (2/5), Paste (69/100), Slant (4/5), Halo 17 (4.5/10) .
UK - Uncut (4 stars), The Word 1 / 2 (positive), MusicOHM (3/5).

(Thanks Kate, JC, and Swifty)

Looking back at In Orange

The Dec. 08 issue of Uncut has an article that takes a look back at In Orange. (Thanks JC)

Is Robert the coolest artist ever?

If you think so, vote for him at NME (that click gives him an automatic 10). (Thanks Aaron)

Cure play KROQ Almost Acoustic X-mas!

Night 2 (Dec. 14th) - The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, Paramore, Franz Ferdinand, Scott Weiland, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend.

Night 1 (Dec. 13th) - Offspring, Rise Against, AFI, Staind, 3 Days Grace, Slightly Stupid, Hollywood Undead, Stone Temple Pilots.

Tickets - Kevin and Bean will start giving away tickets on tomorrow's show (in the 7am hour, call in when you hear them play Plush by STP). And KROQ says they will be giving away tickets, nearly every day. When prompted, be caller 20 to 800-520-1067. You can also win by signing up for the KROQ Street Team.

You can see the ad for the show on the KROQ website. Perfect for those Nightmare Before Cure-mas shirts.

The show will be broadcast live on KROQ, and yes, Virginia, there will be a webcast. : )

4:13 charts update

3rd week positions
France - drops to #26.
Czech Republic - drops to #47.
Mexico - drops to #44.
Austria - drops off the chart.
Billboard Top 200 - drops to #109.
Billboard Comprehensive - drops to #130.
Billboard Modern Rock/Alternative - drops to #19.
Billboard Tastemakers - drops to #14.
Billboard European Top 100 - drops to #33.
Billboard Top Rock Albums - drops off the chart.
Canada - drops off the chart.
World chart - drops off the chart.
Sweden - drops off the chart.
Switzerland - drops to #46.
Spain - drops to #43.
UK - drops off the chart.
Ireland - drops off the chart.
Poland - drops to #15.
Italy - drops to #30.
Netherlands - drops to #53.
Belgium / Wallonie - drops to #16.
Belgium / Flanders - drops to #30.

2nd week positions
Argentina - drops off the chart.

1st week positions
Greece - enters at #11.

(Thanks David, Andrea, Pietro, Carole, and Thomas)

KROQ news tomorrow?

Kevin and Bean say they will announce "details" about Almost Acoustic X-mas, on Thursday morning's show. The show starts at 5am pacific, but you can probably expect the announcement to be made later in the show. (Thanks Debi)

Update: The announcement will be made at 7am pacific.

New articles

"The Cure are on the cover of D-Side's issue of Nov-Dec. There's also an article in Elegy." (Thanks David)

Update: Posted the scans from Elegy and D-Side. (Thanks Rod x)

Jimmy Kimmel update

"My cousin in law Joe DeMaio is the director for the Jimmy Kimmel show and has told me that the taping will be the 15th of December and not the 16th. Just wanted to share the info."
(Thanks Sara/bluecloudrain)