Merry Christmas, Everybody!

Joyeux Noël and the happiest of holidays to you all!


The Cure - Merry Christmas Everybody (Wembley Arena - Dec. 9th, 1987)


Siouxsie & the Banshees - Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant (Dec. 15th, 1982)

'Not in Love' chart news

'Not in Love' has debuted at #54 on the official UK singles chart. (Thanks Anthony)

Cure covers

The Death Set covers 'Grinding Halt'.
Philippe Prohom covers 'A Forest'.
Sorry AnGel covers 'Just Like Heaven'.
Diane Birch covers 'Primary' (and other "goth classics").
(Thanks Danny, Max, AndytheCurefan, David, Fred, Roger, Lars)

More 'Not In Love' mixes

Crystal Castles & Robert Smith – Not In Love (GVNR Mix)
Crystal Castles & Robert Smith – Not In Love (Amazing Love Mix)
(Thanks Lars)

'Not in Love' radio edit

Does anyone have the 3:31 radio edit of Crystal Castles & Robert Smith's 'Not in Love'? If so, can you email it to me? Thanks!

CC & RS - 'Not In Love' update

There will be a new Robert Smith mix of 'Not In Love' released Dec. 12th. You can hear a sample of it at Amazon UK. There will also be a 12" vinyl version released in January, though I'm not sure if both versions of the song will be included. The regular radio version is available now at Amazon US and iTunes US.

Update: The tracks are now available at Amazon UK and iTunes UK, but the RS remix is not available outside of the UK right now. Hope the other stores get it added soon.

Update 2: If you are buying from outside of the UK, you can get it at the War Child Music Store. If that link doesn't work, try this and then search for the track. (Thanks BH)

Remastered 'Killing An Arab' found?

As most of you know, and for whatever reason, 'Killing An Arab' was not included on the remastered 'Three Imaginary Boys' CD in 2004. But Vikk may have found the remastered version on 'The Best of The Cure' CD, which was released in 2009 by Universal Music Lebanon. Take a listen and see what you think. Is that our missing track? (Thanks Vikk)

Update: Actually, this was released in the Ukraine by Moon Records, as discovered by the excellent thecurerecords.com. (Thanks JC)

CC & RS - 'Not In Love' (Sane Smith remix)

Brooklyn music producer Sane Smith has remixed 'Not In Love'. Here's his remix and the instrumental edit, and read more about his remix at Culture Bully. (Thanks Lars)
Update: Remix links removed at the request of Sane Smith.

Further clarification from Robert

Posted in the comments at the official site: "I HOPED MY BESTIVAL COMMENT WAS CLEAR ENOUGH..."AS OF DECEMBER 3RD 2010, THIS IS THE ONLY CURE PERFORMANCE OF ANY DESCRIPTION BOOKED FOR 2011". BUT TO BE EVEN CLEARER...WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING ROCK IN RIO. WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING LOLLAPALOOZA CHILE. WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING A LONDON SHOW IN THE SPRING... ETC ETC... IF THERE ARE TO BE ANY OTHER CURE LIVE PERFORMANCES IN 2011, THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE FIRST... ANYTHING ELSE ANYWHERE ELSE IS AS EVER MERE SPECULATION! TO GO...RSX"

Posted by CURE:ROBERT on 12/4/2010 10:27 PM (GMT-08:00)

Songwords (Expanded) for iPad

"I purchased an iPad many months ago and have loved reading books on it, I figured it would be great to make an ePub of Cure lyrics, so I developed the attached ePub that I've dubbed Songwords (Expanded)." (Thanks Nick)

Wear your Cure shirts today

BBC 6 Music is doing their Wear Your Old Band T-shirt To Work Day today, and a couple of Cure shirts have made it in to the gallery. Here's Benj - front/back (wearing one of my all-time favorite Cure shirts) and Timothy proudly wearing their shirts today. (Thanks Benj)

Bestival statement from Robert

Robert has posted this comment at the official site:
"creeeeeak... AS OF DECEMBER 3RD 2010, THIS IS THE ONLY CURE PERFORMANCE OF ANY DESCRIPTION BOOKED FOR 2011... WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING ANY OTHER EUROPEAN FESTIVALS, AND UNLESS SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAPPENS, WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING ANY OTHER EUROPEAN SHOWS! THIS IS AS CLEAR AND AS DEFINITE AS WE CAN BE... SO IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE 120+ MINUTES OF THE CURE NEXT YEAR (AS WELL AS A DAZZLING PANOPLY OF OTHER GREAT ACTS) WE WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU GO TO BESTIVAL! (HOWEVER, IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH AMERICA, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER WAITING A WHILE BEFORE BOOKING YOUR TICKET... YOU NEVER KNOW... ) ONWARDS! RSX"

Posted by CURE:ROBERT on 12/2/2010 11:25 PM (GMT-08:00)

Entreat Plus marble vinyl unpack movie

Just so they can rub the salt in the wounds of all North American fans. Bastards. : )

Cure play Bestival 2011!

The Cure have announced that they will be headlining Bestival on Sept. 10th, 2011. It is being billed as their only European show of 2011 (actually, Robert's quote says "only European festival show"). Tickets are available now. Not a rumor, not a dream, The Cure are playing live again! Thanks for the early Christmas present, RS!
BBC 6 Music has an interview with Rob Da Bank about the show.

Update: About that "only European show in 2011" vs. "only European festival show in 2011" bit - "I’ve asked the promoter to clarify that. RS signed off the press release as it is but he may have overlooked the discrepancy so I’ll let you know once he comes back to me."

And about single day tickets - "There aren’t any plans at the moment to sell day tickets this year but have asked the promoter to confirm that, again once he comes back to me then you’ll be the first to know." (Thanks Aidan)

Roger's 99X/10 album collection

Roger is putting out a limited edition (only55 made) DVD of his entire 99X/10 album releases. It goes on sale today, Dec. 1st, and you can get more info here.

Rumor: Cure play Rock en Seine Aug. 2011

Update: Looks like we can officially mark this one as wishful thinking/dreaming.

Happy (Vegan/Vegetarian) Thanksgiving! Here's something else to be thankful for...the first rumored live date for 2011 (translated from Zegut):

"In the last week of August 2011, the Park lands of St. Cloud, I'll see on the Main Stage of the Rock en Seine, Foo Fighters, The Strokes. And then I had a vision of a crow on acid, The Cure. As usual, all such statements self-destroy in 5 seconds, and I deny having written anything."

Just a rumor, and nothing confirmed just yet, so please don't buy tickets to the show based on this. Can any of our French friends help with this? How reliable is this blog? Does it sound like this is just a wish, or saying he's leaking real info that he has?
(Thanks Calmin)

Andy Samberg as Robert Smith on SNL

(Thanks Aaron)

Click to enlarge.

On tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live (Anne Hathaway hosting), Andy Samberg played Robert Smith in the "Horse Play Soundtrack" sketch. If you recorded it and want to get right to it, it was the final sketch of the show, after the 2nd song from Florence and the Machine. And I'm sure it will be up at NBC, Hulu, or YouTube soon.

Early release for Entreat Plus vinyl

IGA has updated the official site with details on a Dec. 6th release for the Entreat Plus vinyl at the Universal store.

Note: "This a strictly limited and numbered edition that is only available from the Universal Cure store. Each disc is manufactured with its own unique pattern: no two discs are identical. The marble effect pattern on the vinyl is not printed but is created as part of a manufacturing process which means every disc will display a unique marbling effect, with the colours chosen to be sympathetic to the front cover artwork."

This appears to be unavailable to North American fans, most likely due to Elektra/Rhino having the rights in this region (Elektra/Rhino is releasing it here, not Universal), though that's only a guess at this time.

Not In Love chart news

Not In Love is #1 on NME's 10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week, and is #7 on the FM4 chart in Austria. It also entered the NME singles chart at #17, but that appears to be the non-Robert version. The Robert version won't be officially released until Dec. 6th. (Thanks Aaron, Drowning, and David)

And here's an article from RVA Magazine about some of Robert's collaborations over the last few years. (Thanks David)

Not In Love (ESotSM version)

Crystal Castles & Robert Smith - Not In Love (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind version)

Love this song, love this film, love that someone combined the two, so I had to post it.