Simon's Five

From the Orange Mountain Bikes Facebook: "Bass player for The Cure, Simon Gallup, is big into his bikes and here is his Neon Pink Five with custom MTBcut vinyl graphics by Davey Mac."
(Thanks Gildas)

Sao Paulo tickets on sale now

Tickets for The Cure in Sao Paulo, Brasil on April 6th are on sale now! Good luck!

And a reminder for international fans trying to register at the LivePass site:  "sending an email to livepass@livepass.com.br with Passport number, birth date and full name, could work in order to get registered manually in that site. i got my international registration, so this works! Beware, I had to send the e-mail twice, they didn't answer the first time" (Thanks Pablo)

'Lullaby' video remade with Legos

Lullaby vido remade using Legos. Tim Pope also posted this on his website, along with other clips/photos related to the 'Lullaby' video. (Thanks Tim Pope and Roger O'Donnell)

Update (Feb. 19th, 2013): Tim has written an article for Dangerous Minds, where he talks a bit about this video and others. 

Paraguay on sale today?

Tickets for the show in Asunción, Paraguay were scheduled to go on sale today at 10am (see local time here), but unless I'm missing something, they're not on sale yet. Has anyone heard of a new on sale date or time?

Update: "I called ticketshow.com.py today to ask about the supposed tickets sales - they weren't able to tell me when it's going to be. Maybe this week, they said. How reassuring!!" (Thanks Amanda)

Update 2: "Apparently it's going to be today at 8pm (Paraguay Time). This is the message I get when I go to my account on ticket.com.py: Tickets disponibles para la venta el 18/02/2013 a las 8:00 pm PYT. Here's the link to access the info (courtesy of bgolls)." (Thanks Amanda)

Well, 8pm has come and gone and still no tickets on sale. Who knows when they'll actually get posted, let's just hope we get some notice before they're put on sale.

Signs of life at the Ticketshow website! Not much, but one step closer. :) (Thanks Bgolls)

Now they've added the floor plan. Click on 'precios y ubicaciones' here. (Thanks Setenta y siete)

Win 2 tickets to the Sao Paulo show

Kiss FM will be giving away 2 tickets to the Sao Paulo show. (Thanks David)

The Cure in Brasil update

Livepass has finally posted a page for the shows in Brasil, with ticket prices & sections. Sao Paulo on sale Feb. 21st and Rio on sale Feb. 26th.

This article (English) also has info on sections & ticket prices. (Thanks @LOQUILLOPANAMA)

Rio
Preços (ingressos à venda a partir de 26 de fevereiro):
Nível 3: R$ 200,00 (inteira) | R$ 100,00
Pista: R$ 300,00 (inteira) | R$ 150,00 (meia)
Nível 1 Frontal: R$ 450,00 (inteira) | R$ 225,00 (meia)
Nível 1 Lateral: R$ 500,00 (inteira) | R$ 250,00 (meia)
Pista Premier: R$ 600,00 (inteira) | R$ 300,00 (meia)
Camarote: R$ 600,00 (inteira) | R$ 300,00 (meia)

Sao Paulo
(clique aqui pra ver o mapa dos setores)
Preços (ingressos à venda a partir de 21 de fevereiro):
Arquibancada C: R$ 125,00 (inteira) | R$ 62,50 (meia)
Arquibancada A: R$ 200,00 (inteira) | R$ 100,00 (meia)
Arquibancada B1: R$ 200,00 (inteira) | R$ 100,00 (meia)
Arquibancada B2: R$ 200,00 (inteira) | R$ 100,00 (meia)
Pista: R$ 275,00 (inteira) | R$ 137,50 (meia)
Cadeira Inferior A: R$ 325,00 (inteira) | R$ 162,50 (meia)
Cadeira Inferior B: R$ 325,00 (inteira) | R$ 162,50 (meia)
Cadeira Coberta A: R$ 350,00 (inteira) | R$ 175,00 (meia)
Cadeira Coberta B: R$ 350,00 (inteira) | R$ 175,00 (meia)
Cadeira Coberta C: R$ 350,00 (inteira) | R$ 175,00 (meia)
Cadeira Premium C: R$ 375,00 (inteira) | R$ 187,50 (meia)
Pista Premium: R$ 500,00 (inteira) | R$ 250,00 (meia)

New Cure fan site in Mexico

The Cure MX

"Over the course of the last three years I've been interviewing musicians of Mexican and Latin American Rock and people who in general had been somehow influenced by The Cure. They had told us their stories on how had they been influenced by the band or how their careers had been involved with The Cure.
The first video We`d like to show is from Daniel Fernandez a Mexican tattoo artist who during the last Cure visit to Mexico got Porl Thompson tattooed in 2007 and the second video from an interview with Alejandro Giacomán, a Mexican musician whom in the eighties was a member of the rock band, ´Bon y Los Enemigos del Silencio´, with whom he recorded three albums. Their song "Posmos" is a tribute to The Cure, included in "El Señor Tapaderrumbes" album from 1995."

Thanks & congratulations, Oscar! Wish you many years of fun & success with it!

'Kiss Me' vinyl reissue on the way?

HMV Japan has a European import up for pre-order with a release date of April 15th. Also, AllMusic has a new vinyl listing with an April 15th release date. In no way official, but something to keep an eye on. (Thanks Jean-Francois)

Change to on sale dates for Brasil

There has been a change to on sale dates for the Brasil tickets. Sao Paulo will now go on sale Feb. 21st and Rio will now go on sale Feb. 26th. (Thanks Rafael)

Also, Pablo may have found the way for international fans to register to buy tickets:

"Just wanted to let you know this was posted (in the comments for an unrelated event) in LivePass Brazil's facebook

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    Sebastian Goñi Olá. Sabem a partir de quando vai funcionar a venda internacional de ingressos? Vai ser antes de 18 de fevereiro? Obrigado.

    10 de febrero a la(s) 20:53 · Me gusta
  • Livepass Brasil Olá Sebastian Goñi, tudo bem? A venda internacional de ingressos para o The Cure será realizada simultaneamente com a venda normal. Para se cadastrar, por favor, envie e-mail para 'livepass@livepass.com.br' e informe número do passaporte, data de nascimento e nome completo.

So, sending an email to livepass@livepass.com.br with Passport number, birth date and full name, could work in order to get registered manually in that site." (Thanks Pablo)

'Open to the Dark' by 1991

This is a year old, but I never posted it. Listen to 'Open to the Dark' by 1991. Built around samples of 'Charlotte Sometimes'. (Thanks Ingmar & Clemens)

The looks of Robert Smith, by each album

Chilango (English) has an article about The looks of Robert Smith, by each album. (Thanks Jorge)

A look back at 'Bloodflowers'

Diffuser takes a look back at 'Bloodflowers' on its 13th anniversary this week. (Thanks Jorge)

Truck ad for the Bogota show

Rolling truck ad for the show in Bogota, Colombia.
(Thanks @PeterStayWay & @biva77)

Porl guitar rig up for auction

Gary from The Cureheads is selling a Cornford speaker cabinet and flight case, previously owned by Porl. (Thanks Gary)

Poster & radio ad for the Buenos Aires show

Listen to the radio ad here.
(Thanks The Cure Rarities)

Fiction playing 10 shows in Chile

Fiction, a Chilean Cure tribute band, are doing a 10 date tour (8 left). (Thanks David)

And here's an article with a brief interview with them. (Thanks David)

Peel Session 1981 on BBC 6 Music

The Cure's 1981 John Peel session on BBC 6 Music. Looks to be region restricted. (Thanks Aaron)

The Cure FOR & VS St. Valentine's Day

Gian at Cureuphoria has made 2 playlists for this "special" day.
The Cure FOR St. Valentine's Day
The Cure VS St. Valentine's Day
(Thanks Gian)

Top 10 Cure Love Songs

PopMatters has a list of what they think are the Top 10 Cure Love Songs. (Thanks David)

Mexico City tickets on sale today

The general sale will start today at 11am. All tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster, the box office or by phone 5325 9000. Good luck!

On sale now!