Big Wheel interview with Lol

There's a very nice interview with Lol at Big Wheel Magazine. (Thanks Carnage Visors)

'Plainsong' live from Bestival

It aired on BBC 6 Music during the Gideon Coe show on Nov. 17th. Starts at 2:01:41. (Thanks Aaron)

Cure Reflections London

Setlist, live show updates & photos are here.
Merchandise photos
Reviews: The Gap / Extreme Listening Mode / Gian @ Cureuphoria / Louder Than War / The Final Word / The Independent / The Guardian / The Telegraph / Gaffa
Audio: FLAC - Dime / T.U.B.E. MP3 - Part 1 / 2 / 3
(Thanks Andreas)

Photos: Michael Levy / Jo Nightingale / Jerome / Federilli / On Nights Like This (3IB set / 17 Seconds set 1 - 2 / Faith 1 - 2 / Encores) / Paul / Julian / Catstress / Bruciebonus / Mitchypop / Maxvon_d / Strange Artifact / Planet Me / Aaron Law / Lee Taylor / Marion / Marsworld 1 - 2 / Like-Cockatoo / Stuart-Lee / Exhibit-M / FenderJaguar / John Logan 1 - 2 / Yang / URLgoeshere / Vicky (meetup & show) / Japanese Popstars with Robert

Video: 10:15 Saturday Night / Accuracy 1 - 2 / Grinding Halt 1 - 2 / Another Day 1 - 2 / So What 1 - 2 / Subway Song 1 - 2 - 3 / Subway Song & Foxy Lady / Foxy Lady 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Meathook / Meathook - So What - Fire In Cairo - It's Not You - Three Imaginary Boys / Object 1 - 2 - 3 / Fire In Cairo 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / It's Not You / Three Imaginary Boys 1 - 2 - 3 / Weedy Burton

A Reflection / A Reflection & Play For Today 1 - 2 - 3 / Play For Today / Secrets 1 - 2 / In Your House / Three 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Three & Final Sound / Three - Final Sound - A Forest / Three - Final Sound - A Forest - M / Final Sound & A Forest / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / M 1 & 2 / At Night 1 - 2 / Seventeen Seconds 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

Holy Hour 1 - 2 - 3 / Primary 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Other Voices 1 - 2 - 3 / All Cats Are Grey 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Funeral Party 1 - 2 - 3 / Doubt / Drowning Man 1 - 2 - 3 / Drowning Man & Faith / Faith 1 - 2 - 3 / Full Faith set

Robert can't do "patter" / World War / I'm Cold 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry & Killing An Arab / Killing An Arab 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / Jumping Someone Else's Train / Another Journey By Train

Descent (Simon loses his pick in the fog) / Splintered in Her Head 1 - 2 - 3 / Charlotte Sometimes 1 - 2 - 3 / Hanging Garden

Let's Go To Bed 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 / The Walk 1 - 2 / Lovecats 1 - 2 / Encores (Partial) / Highlights / Merchandise / a bit of the soundcheck (just audio from the corridor) / Roger meeting fans before the show

(Thanks to Marsworld, ghostfinder, stenweb, Perfect.Murder and MrJohnLogan for help with the live updates)

NY Trip help and advice

Have a question about your trip to NYC? Or need some help with something? Ask here, and maybe someone can help.

Cure shoes & Reflections merchandise online

Update: Even more stuff has been added today. And the Screen Print added today.



Plus other Reflections merchandise available here.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder and Heron)

Tim Burton at Cure Reflections London

7:20 PM (UK): ghostfinder - "I'm sitting next to Tim Burton. OMFG. Blinded him with the flash! Tim Fucking Burton. Shook his hand. He's very nice!"
7:10 PM (UK): Perfect.Murder - "Tim Burton is sitting 3 rows away from me"

Other celebrities spotted at the show included Bobby Gillespie from Prinal Scream, James McCartney, The Japanese Popstars, Alison Shaw from Cranes, Steve Hewitt (former Placebo drummer) and Jay Aston from Gene Loves Jezebel. (Thanks Thomas, Andreas, Swinging Andonais and Zap)

Bestival on Arte

"ARTE (and ARTE HD) will show parts of this years Bestival on Saturday, 12th November 2011 at 10.55 pm CET and again in the night from Thursday, 24th November to Friday at 2.20 am. It will be 80 min long and include parts of some concerts and interviews with the artists." (Thanks Schneeflocke and Tobias)
See a preview here. (Thanks Bill)

Update: They aired 'Inbetween Days', 'Jumping Someone Else's Train' and 'Killing An Arab'. You can watch it here (only if you're in France or Germany).
(Thanks Exploding Cure, Fab G and Olivier)

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.