4 For The Cure press release

You can read the Sirius XM press release here. Note that the RS interview will air only once, on May 24th at 11am eastern. Also, it says that Robert will guest dj throughout the weekend, introducing Cure songs and offering insights into them.
(Thanks Kate)

Cure on Awaydays soundtrack

10:15 Saturday Night is included on the soundtrack of the film Awaydays. (Thanks Monghi)

NME polls

More pointless NME polls to waste time with. Greatest Indie Album and Greatest Guitar Riff. (Thanks David)

Update: Cure on MTV's World Stage

MTV's World Stage will be airing The Cure - Live in Rome (Oct. 11th, 2008) on Friday night. Here's the schedule:
MTV Thailand - 7pm.
MTV Germany - 8pm.
MTV Portugal - 9pm.
MTV Europe & MTV Philippines - 10pm.
MTV Brasil - 10:30pm. Repeats on 5/17 at 7:15pm.
MTV Australia , Canada (MTV2), Asia (Singapore) & Italy - 11pm.
MTV Latin America - 11pm. Repeats on 5/16 at 10pm, 5/17 at 5pm, 5/18 at 8pm, 5/20 at midnight, and 5/22 at 1am.
MTV Japan - 11pm. Repeats on 5/17 at 1am, 5/19 at 6pm, 5/22 at 11:30am and 6pm.
MTV Asia (Malaysia) - Midnight.

And here are the songs that will be aired: Wrong Number, Underneath the Stars, The End of the World, Sleep When I'm Dead, LoveSong, The Perfect Boy, Boys Don't Cry, The Walk.

Update: Well, the above is what MTV listed, but here's what they actually aired: Underneath The Stars, The Hungry Ghost, The Perfect Boy, Sleep When I'm Dead, Wrong Number, The End Of the World, The Walk, Lovesong, Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry. (Thanks Junko, Mad Bob, Stefan, Sandro and Yawns)

Official Site updates

Suretone has updated the official site with the news about the Sirius XM special and the MTV World Stage online webcast.

Update: DM cancels Athens, Istanbul, 4 more

Update: 4 more shows have been canceled. See DM.com for the latest.

Update: Tomorrow's show in Istanbul has also been canceled or postponed. See DM.com for the news.

Depeche Mode were forced to cancel or postpone tonight's show in Athens, Greece, after Dave Gahan fell ill backstage and was taken to a hospital. Here's the announcement at the show, and a story about the possible cause of his illness. Get well soon, Dave!

Cure special on Sirius XM radio

"So the rumored show on Sirius 1st Wave is happening on memorial day weekend, Robert will be introducing songs and they will broadcast a Cure concert, they did not say what show will be broadcasted." (Thanks Paul)

Cure on DirecTV VOD

"Under the videos section on DirecTV Video on Demand they have 14 minutes of concert footage from Berlin 2002. 100 Years and Fascination Street." (Thanks Chris)

Coachella footage needed

"I'm putting together a dvd of the Cure's coachella set. I recorded the entire set on video and am hoping to find other people who recorded video with their digital cameras from different angles to edit into the dvd. If anyone that reads your blog can help please let me know. I will post the dvd on dimeadozen as soon as it's complete." (Thanks Luke)

Update: DM in Israel

Highlights 1 / Highlights 2 / In Chains / Wrong / Walking In My Shoes / It's No Good / Question of Time -Part 1 & Part 2 / Precious Part 1 & Part 2/ Fly on the Windscreen / Jezebel / A Question of Lust / Come Back / Peace / In Your Room / I Feel You / In Sympathy / Enjoy The Silence / Never Let me Down Again / Happy Birthday Dave / Stripped / Master & Servant / Strangelove (alternate angle) / Personal Jesus / Waiting For The Night

DM played the same set as in Luxembourg, though the video for Strangelove was censored tonight. Some photos from the show. (Thanks to karimamilena at DM.com for the setlist)

Here's today's press conference in Tel Aviv (part 1 / part 2).

All kinds of stuff

Some original Cure "goods". (Thanks Kazuko)

Random top ten: Singers pretending to be bands, and a game, promoting the band Toxic Sonic, but mentions Robert.
(Thanks Kate)

"Bloc Party played for a French TV show called 'One Shot Note' broadcast on France 5. The lead-singer wore a 'Boys Don't Cry' t-shirt. Not a surprise as they are huge Cure fans."
(Thanks David)

Robert doesn't like Remo drum heads

And he told them so. : ) (Thanks PMGen)

TIB 30th anniversary chat

"We are going to be doing a special chat tonight for the 30th anniversary of the release of TIB, and wanted to invite all CoF friends old and new to stop on by and say hello! Starting around 7 Pac / 10 EST (sorry eastern seaboard peeps!)." (Thanks Heron)

Cure #7 on Top 10 British Touring acts

"Tours by Coldplay, The Police and Iron Maiden helped make 2008 a record year for British music exports, according to figures published by PRS For Music.
Top 10 touring PRS for Music acts in 2008*
1. The Police 2. Iron Maiden 3. Coldplay 4. Spice Girls 5. Elton John 6. Mark Knopfler 7. The Cure 8. Def Leppard 9. James Blunt 10. Girls Aloud
*According to Pollstar Top 200 Worldwide Tours of 2008"
See the comments for the full story. (Thanks Peter)

Roger update

Roger has been selected as Moog's first Featured Artist profile. He also wrote a new song, The Crow Flies, and you can listen to at the Moog MySpace page. (Thanks Jeff)

Another Pearl recording

On DIME and Plastic Passion Torrent Tracker.
DIME - 16-bit & 24-bit / PPTT - 16-bit & 24-bit" (Thanks Junko)

Tour of the Universe warm-up show

Stop reading now if you don't want any spoilers for the Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe. This is the setlist (and videos) from the warm-up show on May 6th in Luxembourg:
In Chains / Wrong / Hole to Feed / Walking In My Shoes / It’s No Good / A Question Of Time / Precious / Fly On The Windscreen / Jezebel / A Question Of Lust / Come Back / Peace / In Your Room -part 1 & part 2 / I Feel You / In Sympathy / Enjoy The Silence / Never Let Me Down Again
1st encore: Stripped / Master and Servant / Strangelove
2nd encore: Personal Jesus / Waiting for the Night
If you only watch one video, watch Strangelove. ; ) Also, DM has arrived in Israel for the start of the tour.
Get the full show on Dime. (Thanks Kazuko)

Tour programs on Ebay

"I just posted to ebay all my tour/festival programs including some RARE items your readers may have interest in:
1981 Picture Tour Faith Tour Program
1984 Top Tour Program, Japan/UK
all my official tour programs 1985-2008
many festival tour programs 2000-2004
also some clippings/mags, posters, all the guitar song books and other auctions" (Thanks MickelCure)

More on Smith vs. Beaumont

Aversion has a report on Robert's remarks to Mark Beaumont. And as Martin points out, Mark has since apologized for his comments. (Thanks Kate and Martin)

Buzz celebrates 20 years of Disintegration

"Sorry this is a little late, but last Sunday (05/03/09) The Buzz alternative radio station in Kansas City played Disintegration in full to celebrate its 20th anniversary release. It was played on the show "Resurrection Sunday" and the DJ, Jason made some very good comments before and in between each track being played. He said that if you have never heard The Cure before that this is a great album to start with and that it defined them as a band and made them more popular worldwide. He also talked about their full catalog and stressed that if you thought The Cure were a depressing band, then think again - you MUST listen to all they have produced and understand that the band mean a great deal to an awful lot of people. He said that Disintegration defined alternative music and was a welcome break from the big hair bands such as Def Leppard in the US.
The show was very enjoyable to listen to and the DJ certainly knew his Cure stuff. (Thanks Steve)