Curiosa photos by Andy Willsher

Curiosa in Dallas, TX. (Aug. 14th, 2004). Different take in NME.

"4 nice pictures by Andy Willsher, from the Curiosa Tour in 2004 (you need to scroll on the right)." (Thanks Jerome C.)

Fire In Cairo playing in Ireland

"Fire In Cairo are a Cure Cover Band based in Limerick, Ireland and will be playing @ Baker Place Friday next September 24^th more info here." (Thanks IrishCure)

Disintegration single CD out Sept. 27th

The single CD edition of the new Disintegration remaster will be released on Sept. 27th in the UK. Play.com - £4.99, HMV - £4.99, Amazon UK - £7.99. (Thanks Aaron)

Roger update

rogerodonnell - YES, very excited and happy this morning "Quieter Trees" will be performed in London by the CYM part of the Guildhall School of Music!! If you want to hear "Quieter Trees" you can download the demos here. It describes Hockneys Bigger Trees Near Warter.

Also, Roger is on a new track by Secrets For September: "Ages ago Roger worked on a track of mine, and to cut a long story short we put it out as a single today. You can hear it here. He does a fantastic Pink Floyd esque solo on the moog." (Thanks Matt)

Cure in 'Best of Chorus' DVD boxset

"INA, the french TV archives company, will release in October a 3 DVD boxset with the best moments of the "Chorus" (a famous music TV program from the late 70's-early 80's). This DVD will include the Cure performing in the Theatre de l'Empire in Paris (november 79). You can also watch the show online from the INA website." (Thanks Jerome C.)

Update: You can see the full clip at Slicing Up Eyeballs (ignore the venue and date listed, they're incorrect). You can also see that "Cure in bed" clip mentioned earlier, here.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Cure FM 2nd broadcast

Listen to, and/or download, the second broadcast of Cure FM from Oct. 6th, 1990 at Slicing Up Eyeballs. And here's a transcript of the show. (Thanks Andy)

Washington, D.C. 84 complete soundboard

"As most people know Washington, D.C. 1984 commonly circulates as the official COLD bootleg, however the last 5 minutes or so of the last song Forever is cut, the bootleg also has a small cut in A Forest keyboard/guitar intro.

Wolfgang's Vault acquired Bill Graham Presents master recordings some years ago and has the complete uncut show streaming as low bitrate MP3, unfortunately for non-members the amount it allows you to play per month is extremely limited. However if you buy a 1 year membership for $48 you can access the whole show as 192kbps MP3.

*It's the 2nd last show of The Top Tour 1984, and is just Boris Williams' 8th show with the band, he'd only been with the band 10 days when they played this show!" (Thanks Brent)

Official site update

IGA has posted info on the official site about Robert donating an autographed Disintegration vinyl for auction (which will run from September 20th to October 7th) to aid the West Memphis 3 defense fund. Starting bid will be $100.
“Please bid generously and help free the West Memphis Three - this grotesque miscarriage of justice has dragged on for 17 years too long.” Robert Smith, The Cure.

New Cure ink

A new Cure tattoo for Gabesz, and more ink for Jason and Heron.

Cure Big Gig 09 show on Servus TV

Reminder: This will be rebroadcast tonight at 23:05. Moloch is recording in HD, so look for it soon on Dime, YouTube, etc.

Here's what was aired: Underneath The Stars, The Perfect Boy, The End of the World, Sleep When I'm Dead, A Forest, The Only One, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Want, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt.

"last night I came over it by chance, but the TV channel "Servus TV" will repeat it upcoming Tuesday: The Cure in Concert, O2 Arena, London 2009" (Thanks Thomas)

Disintegration Deluxe iPhone wallpaper

"Just made a few Iphone backgrounds based on the Disintegration micro website images. Thought I could share them."
(Thanks Anne-Frank)

Update: Added another one. (Thanks Keiran)

Guitarz looks at Robert's Jazzmaster

There's an article at Guitarz that talks a bit about Robert's Fender Jazzmaster. (Thanks Hal)

Cure #2 on WFNX list

The Cure came in at #2 on the Absolut Top 100 WFNX Artists of All Time list. #1 went to The Clash. (Thanks Lindsey)

The RS BLIM mystery

Finally something interesting in Cure world. Well, maybe. Robert posted this photo on his MySpace page 2 days ago, titled BLIM. Who/what is BLIM? What does it mean (Boy Lost In Music? Bunny Lake Is Missing?)? A piece of the next puzzle, perhaps? Or just something random Robert wanted to post?
(Thanks to Aaron for finding it)

Update: Just solved part of it. The image is from the movie poster for Bunny Lake Is Missing. But why has he posted it?

Discographies does The Cure

Discographies - The Cure: 1 You're 18...; 2-6 you only wear black...; 7-9...and the world feels beautifully sad! 10-13 Then your parents make you get a job. (Thanks Christian)

Win an autographed Disintegration poster

Rhino_Ent - New Rhino Contest! Follw us and RT to win a @TheCure "Disintegration" CD and Poster signed by Robert Smith!!! Winner announced Thurs.

Cure FM 20 years ago tonight

Slicing Up Eyeballs has a nice article on the 20th anniversary of Cure FM tonight. A bit more info on the show can be found at Impression of Sounds.

Toni Haimi joins Levinhurst for Euro Tour

Levinhurst -We have a new guitarist for the "Blue star over Europe " tour in Oct Toni Haimi (of All About Eve and Soho Dolls fame!). Welcome aboard!

Sean Penn as Robert Smith?

Update: "The director of the movie is Paolo Sorrentino. In an interview he said that for the rock star character played by Sean Penn, the inspiration was Robert Smith, leader of The Cure. "When he came to Rome, I went to see him in concert. Lipstick on the lips, punk hair, fifteen-year-old look and he is 50 years old instead. He doesn't have a cell phone, he doesn't drive a car, he has stopped the time to 1988." (Thanks fmjews)

From The Daily Mail: "with his red lipstick and wild hair, Penn looked more like 51-year-old Cure frontman Robert Smith than a Hollywood actor as he filmed on location in Dublin's Mount Street." Here's another photo, and here's another.
(Thanks April, John and Kate)

Cure #74 on VH1 countdown

The Cure came in at #74 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time countdown. (Thanks Kristy)