UTS (Renholder remix)

You can hear the Underneath The Stars remix on the MySpace page for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The track is credited to "The Cure (f/ Maynard James Keenan/Puscifer and Milla) - Underneath The Stars (Renholder Remix). " (Thanks Ryan)

Note: Please stop posting download links for the song. This is commercially available, so either buy the album, or download the track when available. Thanks.

Cure make more Best of 2008 lists

The Troubadour secret show was #1 on Lyndsey Parker's Top Ten L.A. Gigs of 2008. (Thanks Heron)

4:13 Dream is #23 on Planet Sounds' Top 50 Albums of 2008 chart. (Thanks Andrew)

The album is also #2 on Jeremy Willets' Top 10 of 2008 list in the Cleveland Free Times, and #7 on Craig S. Semon's Top 10 of 2008 list in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

The 4Tour is mentioned as one of the best shows in Tampa this year, by the Tampa Tribune. (Thanks Kate)

5 new Cure shirts

Rev. Heron is starting the new year right, with 5 new shirt designs! (Thanks Heron)

New Robert Photo

NME has posted a new photo of Robert, from when he was doing the photo shoot for the recent NME cover story. (Thanks Aaron)

Memories of the 4Tour

Timo sent in some great photos during the Euro 4Tour, and now he's made a very nice video, reflecting on all of the shows he went to. (Thanks Timo)

Merry Christmas!

Have a Very Merry Christmas, and the Happiest of Holidays!

Trilogy on Blu-Ray update

As first mentioned back on Oct. 14th, Eagle Rock will be releasing Trilogy on Blu-Ray in 2009. The date has slipped a bit, but it IS coming. It's now scheduled for release on Feb. 3rd, 2009 (US) and on Feb. 9th, 2009 (Europe). (Thanks Fuji)

Update: Listed for pre-ordering at CDJapan, Amazon (UK), Amazon (Germany), Play (UK), Play (Euro). (Thanks Andreas)

Cure on Best of 2008 lists

"The Portuguese music magazine called "Blitz" (blitz.aeiou.pt) asked their readers to choose the best 20 concerts in Portugal in 2008. The Cure were listed #9 for their concert in the Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon (March, 8th 2008)!! Not bad!!
From the same magazine, "Blitz", 4:13 Dream was chosen by the readers as #30 in the Best International 2008 Album category." (I've posted the full lists in the comments section)
(Thanks JupiterMain)

Hungry Ghost on Kimmel

The Cure's performance of The Hungry Ghost has finally been posted on the Jimmy Kimmel website. Just wait for the commercial to finish, and the clip will start.

Cure make Top 10 of 2008 list

Okay, it's People magazine, but you take what you can get. : )
"Just reading the Best and Worst of 2008 PEOPLE Magazine. THE CURE 4:13 Dream has made the Top 10 Best of Music in 2008 list. They come in at #7. " (Thanks Pauline)

Cure on NPR's World Cafe today

Setlist: Push, The Perfect Boy, The Only One, RS Interview, The End of the World, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry.

Audio - Full Cure segment (Thanks J.)
Interview - Transcription (Thanks V)

The Cure recorded a World Cafe session on May 10th in Philadelphia, and it will air this afternoon. The easiest way for most of us to hear it will be to listen to WXPN. The show airs from 2-4pm eastern, 1-3pm central, noon-2pm mountain and 11am-1pm pacific. You can also listen to the show on your local NPR station. But be sure to check if/when your station carries the World Cafe show.
If you missed it, you can catch it again at 1-3am eastern, midnight-2am central, 11pm-1am mountain, 10pm-midnight pacific.

Update: Oh well, so much for the rumors of it being recorded in LA this week. This interview and performance was recorded on May 10th, after the Philadelphia 4Tour show, and has already been posted online. (Thanks Kate)

Update 2: Looks like the broadcast is slightly different than what was posted online.

More on UTS (remix) on Underworld soundtrack

As mentioned back on Dec. 1st, there will be a remix of Underneath The Stars on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans soundtrack album. It will be released on Jan. 13th, and Ideal Copy has it up for pre-orders, and has the full tracklist.

Carson Daly taping

The Cure taped an appearance for Last Call with Carson Daly on Dec. 12th. The show aired on Dec. 18/19th. Here's what they played:

Soundcheck: Sleep When I'm Dead.
Setlist: The Only One (aired on the show), Sleep When I'm Dead, Boys Don't Cry.
(Thanks Sara, Brian and Stephanie)

Video - The Only One
Review - Rev. Heron, Kittencult


(Thanks Stephanie)

Laura and Debi at Carson. Photo by Heron. (Thanks Debi)

Troubadour audio

The Real Snow White.
Update: Full show on Dime in 24 bit or 16 bit. And on Megaupload as 190KB or 320KB. (Thanks crowbi_wan, Pierre and Andy)

Davey Havok's Lovecats shirt

Davey Havok (AFI) has created a Lovecats inspired t-shirt. $63 and limited to 100 shirts. (Thanks Dane)

More video from the Troubadour

I've posted a bunch of new video links in the Troubadour topic. (Thanks to Yvonne and everyone else who has uploaded them.)

Further delay for the Cure Calendar

Is TMU printing them? : )

"We emailed you recently regarding your order for the 30th Anniversary Calendar. We have just been informed that there will be a further delay due to problems relating to the printing of the Calendar. It is anticipated that stock will now arrive at our warehouse this Friday (19th December). Obviously we will be working very hard to get the order dispatched to you as quickly as possible. You will receive a dispatch email once your order has been sent out to you. Please accept our sincere apologise about these delays and don't hesitate to contact us if you require any further information. Kind Regards, The Cure Customer Service Teams" (Thanks Kate, Rob, Diana)

Holiday deadline for Nightmare t-shirts

"The deadline for Nightmare teeshirt orders for holiday shipping is 6 pm Thursday, Dec. 18th. I will still have them after that, but that's the last day I will be able to ship them to have them there before xmas next week. " (Thanks Rev. Heron)

Jimmy Kimmel taping

They aired Freakshow and only 30 seconds or so of Hungry Ghost. Jimmy said we can watch the full performance of THG on his website, but I don't see it yet. The show is on his website, but no Cure.

Setlist and show notes are here.
Reviews - COF / Kittencult
Articles - Stereogum
Photos - COF
Video - On Dime, Hungry Ghost (FLV file, YouTube), Freakshow (click Watch in High Quality)
Audio - Freakshow & a bit of Hungry Ghost


Kimmel setlist (Thanks Amy A.)

Photo updates

Added a shot from the Kimmel taping.
More KROQ, including a shot of Tim Burton with Mr. Happy. : )
KROQ has posted their photos.
Added some excellent new shots from KROQ AAC.
A bunch of photos from the weekend events.
Tim Burton and Helena Bonham-Carter at KROQ AAC.
Some of Andy's photos from Carson Daly.
Heron's photos from the weekend.
(Thanks Gwyneth, Aaron, Lisa, Kelbel, fmjews and AndytheCurefan)