Cure Bestival poster

Update (11/12): What is said to be the final poster for sale, has now been listed on ebay.

Update: The artist has a 2nd printing available, limited to 50 prints. (Thanks John)

From Matt (the artist) on Facebook: "Hang tight Cure Fans ive stopped the orders so I can catch up on the other orders. I will re list them ill give you a day and a time but they are on a first come first served basis. Ta! mattx".
Also, looks like Robert wants one, too - "Robert Smith wants one of my posters... I am star struck in an email" (Thanks Antti)


Limited edition (100 printed) Cure Bestival poster announced. (Thanks to Lovecat @ curetrade.de)

Obi-Wan Kenobi covers 'Friday I'm in Love'

Ewan McGregor covered 'Friday I'm In Love' for a charity show in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Read the story at E! (Thanks Jeff)

Fan meetups for Reflections NYC

Pre-show Nov. 25th, 26th 27th around 5ish (or earlier even)
The Columbus Tavern (in the lounge area)
269 Columbus ave Between 72nd & 73rd
All ages welcome

Post show Sat 11/26
The Pyramid Club in the east village Ave A and 7th
Upstairs is 80's and downstairs is industrial goth
(Thanks to Roger @ The Cure For MFC)

Wish Tour necklace for sale

I know there are quite a few people looking for one, so posting on the main page where more will see it: "For Sale: Wish Fish / Bird Necklace (as new, never worn) is a complete original. If interested please mail me your bid at treaburke(at)hotmail(dot)com" (Thanks Trea)

Roger interview with Spinner

Interview with Roger at Spinner. (Thanks Heron, Kate and Debi)

TM "over the ticket limit" notices going out

"Not a problem for me but it’s a bit spooky how they managed to find out that two different credit cards tied to two separate billing addresses belong to the same guy."

From: Notification [mailto:Notification@Ticketmaster.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:21
Subject: ALERT: THE CURE TICKET LIMIT

Attention ticket holder!

The total number of tickets you have ordered for the below event exceeds the limit of 2 tickets, as posted on ticketmaster.com

To see which of your order(s) were cancelled, visit Ticketmaster.com and sign into your account to view your order history at: https://www.ticketmaster.com/member/order_history
(Thanks Olivier)

Update: "I just checked my account and I was able to print the tickets that I purchased, finally!" (Thanks Heron)

'Seventeen Seconds' vinyl reissue

Listed at The Ideal Copy with a Nov. 8th release date.

7 "mini LP" Cure CDs reissued in Japan

From CDJapan: "Japan-only thirtieth anniversary cardboard sleeve reissues from The Cure featuring the high-quality SHM-CD audio CD format (playable on standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve replica of the original UK E-style jacket artwork with inner bag. Part of a seven-album The Cure cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Three Imaginary Boys," "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," "Pornography," "The Top," "The Head on The Door," and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me." Release date is Dec. 29th, 2011.
I'm guessing these are just reissues/restock of the ones released in 2008.

The artist behind the Reflections tour admat

"Here's a blog post from the artist who created the "admat" for the Cure's current Reflections shows." (Thanks Heron)

A look inside the Beacon Theatre

In the balcony for the Reflections shows? Here's a great panoramic view, giving you an idea of your view of the show. (Thanks Untitled)

Win tickets to Reflections London

From the Universal email: "We are running an amazing competition to win a pair of tickets to the sold out Reflections show at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday November 15th, but be quick as it ends midday on Thursday 10th November. Click here to enter!" (Thanks Deadboycraved)

'The Cure Classic Album Selection (1979-1984)'

Amazon UK has a 5 CD box set listed for release on Dec. 5th, 2011, called 'The Cure Classic Album Selection (1979-1984)' that will include 'Three Imaginary Boys', 'Seventeen Seconds', 'Faith', 'Pornography' and 'The Top'.
(Thanks Aaron, Danny, and Fabien G)

Update: From the Universal email - "We are proud to announce the release of The Cure Classic Album Selection on 5th December. This 5CD box set includes mini-LPs housed in an attractive slipcase and provides the perfect album anthology of The Cure's career spanning the classic period 1979-1984."
(Thanks Deadboycraved)

Roger live in Toronto

More photos here, and a couple of videos here & here. And this was listed in the program for the show: "At the request of Roger O'Donnell, tonight's concert is being recorded thanks to the generosity and expertise of Keith at SOUNDCHASER (soundchaser.ca) in the hope that iTunes sales can be directed to benefit programs for young musicians." (Thanks Shawn)

Nov. 3rd at Little Trinity Anglican Church in Toronto, Roger will be performing Quieter Trees with the Corktown Chamber Orchestra. Here's some video from rehearsals.

Compilation of Springwatch Cure mentions

Watch it here.

"For the benefit of non-UK CoF'ers, Springwatch is an annual BBC show (with a sister program Autumnwatch) which is on daily for about two weeks each year, and charts the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons. It got my attention in 2009 when I found out that one of the presenters, Chris Packham, was shoehorning Smiths references into his live links (as seen on this YouTube video). I loved this, and then found out that this year he did the Manics. I had a quick google to see if he'd 'done' anyone in the interim year (fingers were crossed for The Cure as my wife is a MASSIVE fan). Sure enough, he had done them, and had even posted a handy blog about it on the BBC site - only snag being it had been on well over a year ago.

Fast forward to October this year - we were getting married on the 11th and I thought it would be a great idea to track down the series, find the clips and make the video. Perfect wedding present for my Cure-daft wife-to-be, I thought. Thanks to a handy torrent site I was ready to go. Didn't manage to get it done in time for the wedding but this is kinda the midpoint between the wedding and the Reflections show so there you go. Took well over 25 hours to do, including having to watch episode 10 four times right through in the (unsuccessful) attempt to find In Between Days. But - got all the rest though (eventually), so here you go.

PS - went down a treat with my wife Lorna - hope he doesn't do Depeche Mode next or I'm fucked."
(Thanks and congratulations, Alan & Lorna!)

Rubik's Cubes as Cure album covers

"Space Invader is a famous french artist inspired by lot of 80's stuff : video games, movies... I saw a brief TV broadcast in which were shown some record covers made of hundreds of Rubick's cubes. Among them Pornography and Boys Don't Cry." (Thanks David)

A look back at La Route du Rock 2005

M-La-Music (English translation) talks to a fan about The Cure's show at La Route du Rock 2005. (Thanks David)

Cure on Beacon Theatre marquee

"While watching Conan in NY last night, they had a road trip segment on Andy driving from WB studios in LA, to the Beacon Theater in NY. When Andy finally got to the Beacon, The Marquee had THE CURE on it in big blue letters! The show has a lot of good shots of what the theater looks like inside. Conan will be at the beacon for the rest of the week if you want to see the theater, it is really beautiful in there. You can see it here at 7:09. Watch the ticker on the marquee!" (Thanks Carnage Visors)

Robert interview in Uncut

There's a new interview with Robert in the December issue of Uncut magazine. (Thanks Chris)

Update: Added easier to read scans. (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Reflections LA tickets for sale/trade

A million thanks to everyone who sold tickets to other fans at face value and helped get more fans in to the show!

Cure Reflections LA ticket info

Sold Out! But keep trying! Random tickets do still pop up occasionally. Try for single tickets instead of pairs. Try calling 800-745-3000.

Tickets are listed! Night 1 - Night 2 - Night 3
Very important note: There is a strict two (2) ticket limit across all three shows per household. You are allowed to purchase two (2) tickets only for one show. Any orders exceeding the ticket limit will be cancelled with out notification.

Official word from The Cure on Facebook:
On sale: Oct 31st at 10am Pacific
Prices: $101.50 / $81.50 / $61.50
TWO TICKETS PER PERSON MAXIMUM
(Thanks Robert, Lovecat and AndytheCurefan)