Win a copy of 'Trilogy' on Blu-ray

Musik Express is giving away 3 copies of 'Trilogy' on Blu-ray. Not sure if this is only open to those in Germany or not.
(Thanks David)

'Friday I'm In Love' on 'About Time' soundtrack

The Playlist reports that 'Friday I'm in Love' will be featured on the soundtrack (out Sept. 2nd in the UK) for the new film 'About Time', which opens Sept. 6th in the UK, Nov. 1st in the US. (Thanks David)

Phil Anselmo's love of The Cure

From Nola.com: Did you hear that the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience has added The Cure to the line-up?
Anselmo: I saw that. I’m a big fan, man. I love The Cure.

Do you really? I didn’t think you’d be as excited as everyone else seems to be.
Anselmo: I’m an older Cure fan. “Seventeen Seconds” (from 1980) and “Faith” (from 1981) are my two favorite Cure albums. Robert Smith is just a greater songwriter, period. It’s a beautiful addition to the Voodoo Fest. Big, big thumbs-up right there.

So if you’re in town the first weekend of November, you’ll be there?
Anselmo: I might be in town, I might not. I have a gig in South America. I wish I could tell you more about it. It’s kind of like the thing I do with the Metal Masters; it’s an all-star cast. But hopefully I’m home. Because I’d love to see The Cure.

New Cure shirt at the Honolulu show

Thanks to Olivier at It's a Perfect Day, here are some better shots of that special Cure Hawaii shirt.

Catching up with the Great Circle Tour

Just some stuff that's been sent in since the conclusion of the Great Circle Tour.

Lots of updates at It's A Perfect Day: Photos & videos from Osheaga, and photos and videos from Lollapalooza.
(Thanks Olivier)

Photo of Robert and Tamaryn backstage at the Honolulu show. (Thanks Leonor)

Great Lollapalooza photos from Mauro Melis posted at Sound of Violence. (Thanks Mauro)

Andreas has uploaded some better quality MP3s of the Lollapalooza webcast: Part 1 - 2 - 3. (Thanks Andreas)

When Robert met Trent in NOLA

The last time Robert Smith & Trent Reznor were together in New Orleans (Swing Tour show 1996, with Trent, Marilyn Manson, and Clint Mansell in attendance), well, things got a bit odd. The story from Alternative Press:

"Every city in America has at least one Gothic club. In New Orleans, it's the Blue Crystal. When a band like the Cure is in town, the Blue Crystal throws a party after the show. The club called Reznor, the closest thing they have to a local dignitary, to invite him to the Cure after-show party. Further conversation revealed that the only way the Cure would show is if Reznor is there, too. You can't hear it anywhere in Nine Inch Nails, but Reznor is a Cure fan from way back. He considers the Cure's The Head On The Door" one of the best records ever." His favorite description of himself: "Robert Smith with a head cold."

"I end up going to the club, and surprisingly, everyone from the Cure is there. And the bartender calls me over and says, 'Robert really wants to talk to you.'" Reznor smiles, makes a face that says: You mean I have to meet one of my teen idols in a goth club in Louisiana? Now? In front of all these people?

"It ends up," Reznor says, "me and him, hugging on the dance floor. He's like, 'I love you, dude,' and I'm like, 'I love you too, man.'" The Cure fans formed a loose circle around the pair while New Order's "Blue Monday" pumped out of the speakers. "It was the greatest scene," Reznor says.

"We were both fairly incoherent," he feels compelled to add."

So what will happen this time? Will the bromance continue? Do we even have a goth club now? I would have no idea. No, this time, since it will still be Halloween (sort of), Trent should take Robert to The House of Shock or The Mortuary. :)

The Cure @ Voodoo announcement on WWL

My bad cell phone video of WWL's announcement of The Cure at Voodoo on tonight's 6PM newscast in New Orleans.

After 13 long years, The Cure returns to NOLA!

@thecure has joined the ritual. #voodoonola pic.twitter.com/pwIq6Qmcgf
— Voodoo Experience (@VoodooNola) August 14, 2013

TIB is 1 of Tom Robinson's favorite albums

"The great joy of The Cure is that Robert Smith manages to combine razor-sharp musicianship, first-rate song writing and that wonderful sense of the absurd and the anarchic and the fun."
Read more of Tom's thoughts on The Cure and 'Three Imaginary Boys' at The Quietus. (Thanks Moggieboy)

Robert, Roger, Dita, Jessicka at Lollapalooza

@DitaVonTeese with Robert at Lollapalooza 2013. (Thanks Aaron)

Robert, @DitaVonTeese and @Jessicka at Lollapalooza 2013.
Originally posted on Jessicka's Instagram.

Roger, @DitaVonTeese and @Jessicka at Lollapalooza 2013.
Originally posted on Jessicka's Twitter.

Eric Szmanda?, @Jessicka, Robert, and @DitaVonTeese at Lollapalooza 2013. Originally posted on Jessicka's Instagram.

From Reeves on Twitter

loved playing #lollapalooza sunday night. thanks to great audiences for #thecure, festival & webcast. pic.twitter.com/YVozPJttee
— reeves gabrels (@reevesgabrels) August 6, 2013

The Cure Lollapalooza webcast

Full HD 1080p version. (Thanks Heldersmith)

Webcast broken up into the individual songs.  (Thanks Diego)

The Cure play Monterrey, Mexico on Oct. 8th!

We all suspected there could be some "Inbetween Shows" during ACL week, and here's the first of them. Not confirmed by Robert at the official site yet, but it should be soon.

Update (07/30/13):  Here's the unofficial "official" announcement. The Cure plays Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, Mexico on Oct. 8th. Santander presale starts Aug. 1st at 10 AM and will run until Aug. 3rd.

Also now confirmed on the Monterrey Arena Facebook: "Confirmed! The Cure returns to the Arena Monterrey on October 8. Pre-sales #Santander from 1 to 3 August. Range of tickets: from $325 to $1,370 pesos."

Update (07/31/13): Here's a press release about the show, and the new corrected video ad. (Thanks @TheCureMexico & @jogelu)

And here's the seating chart with the various price points. Good luck to everyone trying to get tickets.

Update (08/01/13): Presale tickets are on sale now. If that link doesn't work, just get the link from here. Note that this is a presale for Santander customers only. General public sales start on Aug. 4th.

Update (08/05/13): General public tickets on sale now. Still not a single word about this show and ticket sales on any official Cure site.

See you at another Cure show, brother

From Hawaii Five-0 Undercover: Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) and Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond) from 'Lost' at The Cure show in Honolulu on July 30th, 2013. (Thanks Autumn)

The Cure at Lollapalooza (08/04/13)

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Trust, Want, Fascination Street, The Hungry Ghost,Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

Encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, Close To Me, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry.

Reviews: Chicagomag / Radio.com / Huffington Post / WGN / Cleveland Scene / Rolling Stone / Fender / Spin / Billboard / Consequence of Sound / ContactMusic / The Guardian / Rock Candy / Chicago Tribune 1 - 2

Photos: Sound of Violence / Peter Hutchins / Scott Legato / Debi Del Grande / A. Kozlowski / Swimfinfan / CBS Seattle 1986 / Pitchfork / LollapaloozaFest / Whopperjaw / A.V. Club / csimko75 / It's A Perfect Day / Official setlist (note that they DID have to cut Hot Hot Hot) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 -
Video clips: 1 - 2

Video: Webcast (full HD 1080p) / Webcast on DIME (Thanks @Mrs_Lament) / Plainsong / The End of the World / Lovesong / Inbetween Days / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 / The Walk / Friday I'm In Love / Trust 1 - 2 / Fascination Street / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry   

Audio: MP3s Part 1 - 2 - 3 (Thanks Andreas) / Webcast split into 3 RARS (Thanks AndytheCurefan)

Articles: Timeout Chicago (pretty idiotic) / Dawn / USA Today / ContactMusic / Perry Farrell cries for The Cure

12:30 PM Eden Gallup on Facebook/Instagram - Lollapalooza Soundcheck Chicago.

Blame Canada!

From Reeves on Facebook: "great show in osheaga. no thanks to canadian customs inspectors who managed to destroy my main guitar by seemingly leaving it outdoors in a heavy rain storm with the case open during inspection."

Update from Reeves on Facebook: "this reverend jetstream hb guitar came thru at lollapalooza last night with flying gold sparkly colors as a last minute substitute for my main reverend rg2 guitar that canadian customs destroyed. boundless thanks to ken haas at reverend and matt k at chicago guitar exchange."

Simon Gallup is a Doctor Who fan!

Simon now has a "The angels have the phone box" sticker on his bass. He previously had one that said "Saving the world has never been so ginger". Both are Doctor Who references. As a lifelong Who fan, this thrills me to no end. :)
(Photo from Rocksubculture)

Update: He's also had a "Come Along Pond" sticker on his white bass, and also wrote that on his arm.
(Thanks Charlotte Sometimes)

Update (10/21/13): Yet another Doctor Who reference from Simon, and further proof of his awesomeness. See those sets of marks on his arm? He must have run into The Silence quite a few times in Austin! ;) Thanks to Rev. Heron for sending the photo, and to Fuji for taking it at Austin City Limits on Oct. 5th.

Update (03/31/14): And his latest Who sticker, A Good Man Goes To War, was displayed at the Royal Albert Hall shows on March 28th & 29th, 2014.  Thanks to Perfect.Murder for spotting it, and to Olivier at It's A Perfect Day for the photo.

Update (5/30/14): No change at the BottleRock show. Still has A Good Man Goes To War sticker.

This is really fun! Have there been any other DW stickers or markings that I've missed?

Live webcast of The Cure's set at Lollapalooza!

Lollapalooza will once again be offering live webcasts from the festival. No schedule has been released yet, and no guarantee they'll show The Cure. But let's all hope Robert gives permission to air their set. And maybe even more than the usual 1 hour rule? (Thanks @object29)

Update (07/30/13): Now confirmed. The Cure's set will be webcast. Sunday night at 9:15 PM eastern, 8:15 PM central, 7:15 PM mountain, 6:15 PM pacific.

Update (08/01/13): The newly updated webcast schedule gives us hope for a full Cure set, not just the typical hour. They now have The Cure at 8:15, and Phoenix at 10:15. They could add someone in the middle of that, but for now, it looks good.

Note: If you saw Friday night's Nine Inch Nails webcast, you know this has the potential to be the best Cure webcast ever. The video & audio were outstanding! So was NIN. A phenomenal performance!

The Cure at Osheaga Festival (08/02/13)

Cure 'Close to Me' sign at Osheaga. From Olivier at It's A Perfect Day.

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, A Forest, Bananafishbones, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Trust, Want, Fascination Street, The Hungry Ghost, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

Encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, Close To Me, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry.

Huge thank you to Olivier, @thibaultdominic, @akajoeyjones, @ashtraygirl82, @anduyuns for helping with the setlist & reports. Great team effort tonight. You guys are the best!

Reviews: Huffington Post Canada / La Presse / Bible Urbaine / Under The Radar / Montreal Gazette / Le Huffington Post / Sors-Tu? / 24 Hour Montreal

Photos: Darren Boucher / dvanwie / National Post / Osheaga / Dose.CA / It's A Perfect Day / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15
Video clips: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - Inbetween Days 

Videos: Highlights 1 - 2 / Plainsong & Pictures of You / Pictures of You / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Lullaby & High / Lovesong - Inbetween Days - Just Like Heaven / Just Like Heaven / Lovesong / Inbetween Days 1 - 2 - 3 / Just Like Heaven / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Bananafishbones / The Walk - Mint Car - Friday I'm In Love / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 / Want / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / One Hundred Years 1 - 2 / Disintegration / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Close To Me 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry /

Next Trilogy/Reflections shows in 2014?

So they don't get lost in the Honolulu Meet & Greet topic, I'm giving them their own.

From Nando: "Robert revealed that there were plans for a Reflections-like tour focusing on The Top, The Head on the Door, and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me!"

From Darrell: "As with others, when I busted out my Reflections limited Litho, Robert said they are working out the next Reflections/Trilogy type show for next year, with The Top, Head on the Door, and Kiss Me!"

Why is the King of Secrets & Obfuscation being so chatty about these shows? And should that make us believe in them more? Or less? :)