The Cure at Vivid Live in Sydney?

Interesting story/rumor going around, first posted at Mess and Noise, then picked up by Music Feeds & Faster Louder. Are The Cure playing special shows at the Sydney Opera House, as part of Vivid Live in Sydney, Australia next month? Hmm...safe to say that you can expect more on this very soon.
And standard disclaimer - It's not official until/unless it's announced on the official site. (Thanks Curt, Jo and Aaron)

On Twitter, some accounts you might want to follow...just in case - @VividLIVE, @VividSydney, @SOHnews, @triplej, @FasterLouder, @musicfeeds, @themusicnetwork, @modularpeople.

Entreat Plus vinyl gets a new release date

The Cure's Entreat Plus vinyl finally gets a new US release date from Rhino - May 17th, 2011. (Thanks Brad)

Update (5/5/11): Guess what's disappeared again? : (

Roger piano solo

Roger doing a nice piano solo for the Secrets For September song 'Wandering Minds'. (Thanks Matthew)

More Cure Print auctions to help Japan

"I'm donating a couple more prints. Thanks to your help I have raised over $400 in Cure prints alone. 100% of that has gone directly to Japan relief efforts :)
I have two more 8x10 photos to donate. They are set at a minimum donation of $25. One is of Robert and one of Simon." (Thanks sad giraffe)

Snow & Voices cover 'Disintegration'

Disintegration by Snow & Voices

I posted this a few days ago on the Cure Covers page & the CoF Twitter, but I love it too much to not put it on the front page, so here it is - Snow & Voices with their beautiful cover of 'Disintegration'. You can download it for free, but if you like it, why not buy it and help support the band? Only 99 cents at Amazon. Also posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and 17 Dots.
(Thanks Dresden Black)

Compact Space announcement

"Compact Space has signed a worldwide licensing deal with ferryhouse productions in Hamburg. First album “Nameless” and “Push Push” EP will be released simultaneously on 24th June 2011. For more information and updates visit our website - www.compactspaceworld.com."

Compact Space (@_compactspace) is:
Florian Kraemmer, Christian Eigner, Daryl Bamonte

(Thank you and congratulations, Daryl!)

Robert on 1st Wave all week...but old stuff

The plot thickens...Robert Smith will be Richard Blade's guest all next week on Sirius XM's 1st Wave show. Not 100% sure if this is new or a repeat of the 2009 stuff, but given the situation, I would think this is new. Everyone excited yet?
(Thanks @RoxyFerryCure)

Update: Richard's show airs from 3-9pm eastern. You can sign up for a free 30 day trial, and listen online, but just make sure you read the details. You will be charged if you don't call and cancel your trial before the 30 days are up.

Update 2 (04/25/11): Thanks to Slicing Up Eyeballs for getting the final word on this. It's just old interview clips.

Help Roger

"Anyone know who took this photo of me, where it was and if theres a higher res version around?"

Hi Simon!

David with Simon last week. So great to see him again! (Thank you, David!)

Happy Birthday, Robert!

A very Happy Birthday and Best Wishes to Robert Smith! May this be your happiest one yet! And as always, have a great day, and an even better night! Here's to a hundred more, or however many you actually want! : ) Cheers!

Also, a very simple, yet very heartfelt & sincere, Thank You.


Thanks to Jo/altr2elise for baking the fantastic cupcakes. : )

Always keep the faith

Happiness. Does it truly exist? Or is it, as some say, just an imaginary concept created by Man to give life meaning? And what of its pursuit? Is it really worth it? For many, its effects seem so fleeting. Merely lasting seconds, not years.

But no matter, because it IS worth it, and you must always keep the faith, no matter how hopeless and bleak times may seem. Find solace in the things that truly make you happy. Whether it's old friends, your partner, traveling, concerts, The Cure, whatever it is for you, that keeps you from being "lost forever in a happy crowd."

All this, simply to say, chin up! Darkest before the dawn. Silence before the big bang. Wonderful things are just around the corner. You just can't quite see them yet. But one day, you will.

Update (5/5/11): Now that the news is out, I'll highlight the clues in red. : )

Daryl update

As many of you know, Daryl Bamonte has formed a band, Compact Space, with Florian Kraemmer and Christian Eigner (drummer with Depeche Mode). They are now on Twitter, @_compactspace, and will have an announcement on April 26th. (Thanks Roger)

More Sean Penn as "Robert" photos

Update (April 14th, 2011): Some outtakes from the film have been posted on YouTube. Also, the film will be in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. (Thanks Marco and Luca)

Update 2 (April 15th, 2011): The Playlist, Consequence of Sound, and TwentyFourBit have stories about it.

Original story (March 1st, 2011): As most of you will remember, in Sean Penn's new film, 'This Must Be The Place', director Paolo Sorrentino says he based the look of Penn's character on Robert Smith. David collected a bunch of photos of Sean filming the movie, so here they are. I don't know, looks like a little of RS, mixed with a lot of classic Wayne Hussey, to me. (Thanks David)

Roger Update

From Roger's newsletter: "I had a meeting with Gill Tarlton who is head of strings at the Centre For Young Musicians. We discussed the performance of my suite "Quieter Trees" and how it would progress. I met the arranger John Kirby on that Saturday and we now have a tentative date of Juy 2nd 2011. I personally believe this will be a career topping moment for me and I would so love for as many of you to come as possible. I wont be performing so I can enjoy it with you. I would just love to share this amazing special day in my career with everyone that has supported me for so long. I will let you have more details when I know. I am going to be filming the whole process for possible DVD release.

In the midst of all this I agreed to two more shows, one on the boat in London again which is called Ship of Fools on Sunday June 5th and the second at the WGT festival in Leipzi Germany. The show in Leipzig will also have Jo Quail my friend and an amazing cellist performing also Alan Wilder from DM with his Recoil project.

Lastly I have finally made the Synthesist T shirt that I have been talking about for ages!"

And from Twitter today: "Quieter Trees debut performance by the CYM String Orchestra confirmed for July 2nd in London at the Morley College!"

Congratulations, Roger! Could not be happier about this for you!

Sydney 1981 Faith show petition to Triple J

Update (April 13th, 2011): Bumping this up for Brent and for the 30th anniversary of the release of 'Faith' this week. Come on, Triple J, play it!

Original story (Oct. 20th, 2010): "With the 30th anniversary of Faith coming up in just a few months from now, and Lol's comments recently about thinking it would be fun to do some 30th anniversary shows for the Faith album with the original line-up, I had an idea and spent 10 minutes making this petition today.

Triple J radio in Australia recorded The Cure's Sydney 1981 show, a great show and best sounding recording of the tour (I'm sure you know the version of Faith on the Charlotte Sometimes 12" b-side).

Over the years Triple J has played the odd song here and there, I made this petition to ask them to please broadcast the whole show in full, what better time to do it than for the 30th anniversary!"
(Thanks Brent)

The Cure in 3-D

Virtual Festivals reports that Bestival will be filmed, and broadcast, in 3-D.

Update: It will be live for 2 hours each day, 7 & 1/2 live hours total, and a 90 minute special after the ed of the festival. More details here, here, and here. (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

'Disintegration' #17 on Q's Top 50 British Songs

'Disintegration' comes in at #17 on Q magazine's 50 Ultimate British Songs in their March issue. Full list here. (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

'Trilogy' on NME list

The Cure's 'Trilogy' makes it on to NME's 20 Live DVDS Everyone Should Own list. And rightfully so. The DVD is great and the Blu-ray is incredible! We really need 'In Orange' and 'Show' out on DVD & Blu-ray, too.

Porl's Gibson ES-345 for sale

Porl's Gibson ES-345 is for sale on ebay from New King's Road Vintage Guitar Emporium. (Thanks Xta)

'Entreat Plus' for RSD update

An update on the story posted here - It looks like the 'Entreat Plus' vinyl will NOT be a Record Store Day release, as Sunshine Records originally indicated. There has been no official word from anyone, no one (WEA, retailers, etc.) can find it on any RSD release list, and everything still points to it being canceled/indefinitely delayed. While it is still listed on Sunshine Records' website list, it is not on their more detailed list on Facebook, and I can't find any other record store that has any mention of it. Sunshine either had some bad info or WEA changed their plans.

Still, if you are going anyway, maybe to pick up the limited edition Deftones 'Covers' EP, featuring their live version of 'If Only Tonight We Could Sleep', look around for it...just in case.
(Thanks to everyone who helped with this)