Photo shoot for Roger's Love & Other Tragedies

Posted on Roger's Facebook: "Photo shoot for Love and Other Tragedies thanks to Peony for the pictures."

Photos from BottleRock

Great photos as usual from Mauro Melis at Sound of Violence. More coming to his Flickr soon.

And check out his B&W Series on Facebook.

Photos from the BottleRock Rehearsal

Live 105 has posted photos from the BottleRock rehearsal.

For more on this, check out Jill's report here and Kariana & Justin's  reports here.

"I need to sing a song called Faith"

"This is for everyone that died (25 years ago) today in China."
The Cure - Faith (Rome 6-4-89 Tiananmen Square version)
"And don't forget!" (Thanks Vicky)

Another version here. (Thanks @guillaume_g_z)

Andy Anderson interview in The 13th

Issue #9 of The 13th is out and it includes an interview with Andy Anderson. English version coming soon. (Thanks Diego)

More Cure LEGO

@thecure immortalised as #LEGO pic.twitter.com/SJf6xYaRIe
— Adly Syairi Ramly (@adlysyairi) May 19, 2014

Included in this Billboard article. (Thanks Jean-Francois)

That's nice, but I think Guillaume's set is better.

Stickerwatch 2014: Simon's AC/DC tribute

For those about to rock, Simon salutes you.

No new Doctor Who stickers for Simon at BottleRock, but Olivier at It's A Perfect Day did get this photo, and it looks like Simon has an AC/DC tribute on the back of his bass.

If you can't make it out, it says For Those About To Rock, We Salute You.

If you want to try and tie it into his Who stickers, there is this fan video tribute to The Doctor, which uses the AC/DC song.

Thanks to Olivier for the photo. Not only does he get great videos & provide setlist reports, he humors my Cure guitar sticker obsession. :)

'Why Can't I Be You?' at BottleRock...sort of

The Cure try to play 'Why Can't I Be You?' after the power is cut at BottleRock. (Thanks Ryan)

Other versions here and here.

Update (06/02/14): From The Bay Bridged - "The plug was pulled on both Heart and The Cure at a very hard 10pm ending time. The organizers later explained that all bands, especially the headliners, were aware of the cutoff time and that due to contracts with the city, community and local businesses this was a rule they had to stick by."

From the Sacramento Bee: "Music fans were also miffed about the sound being cut off while the Cure and Heart each were in the midst of performing.

BottleRock organizers had promised the city of Napa to uphold a 10 p.m. noise curfew, which meant the plug was pulled on the Cure just as the band started playing “Why Can’t I Be You?” as an encore Friday night. Heart met a similar fate on Saturday as the clock struck 10 p.m.

It’s an awkward way to end a set, but ruffling the city after last year’s financial fiasco wouldn’t bode well for BottleRock’s future.

“We were very clear with the bands that 10 o’clock was a hard stop,” said David Graham, CEO of Latitude 38, in a Saturday afternoon press conference. “We wanted to address concerns related to noise.”

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/02/6451399/rocking-in-napa.html#storylink=cpy

'Before Three' at BottleRock 2014

Before Three - Napa, BottleRock 30-May-2014 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Finally back after a 10 year absence! Last played in Paris on Oct. 15th, 2004. Thank you, Olivier! Thank you, Robert!

Jill's report from the BottleRock rehearsal

As previously posted here, The Cure held a rehearsal for their BottleRock set on Thursday night, May 29th at Soundwave Studios in Oakland, CA. Jill was another of the lucky Live 105 winners and here's her report & photos from the show.

"Can mirror what other lucky winners said...heard Lullaby, Just Like Heaven as well as Catch and Shake Dog Shake before getting let into the studio.

Set list as I remember it (order might not be perfect--I did my best...I was a little beside myself):

Doing the Unstuck, Freakshow, Sinking, The Baby Screams, Before Three, Close to Me, Fascination Street, A Forest.

After checking in with their sound guy and the band, Robert asked if there was something else we wanted to hear...my only regret was that 'Underneath The Stars' was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't manage to say it out loud.

Everyone was allowed to bring items to be signed, and the entire band signed everything. I was able to talk to Robert for a couple of minutes... he was very charming (shocking, I know). I wish I'd had the presence to ask about 4:14 Scream, but I was trying so hard to remain upright and not seem foolish- I remember him asking what we had to do to win this contest- and him wrinkling his nose at "enter, and get really f*ing lucky". It was SO random, but please know- 80% of the people there were huge, long time fans.

Hit me up with any questions!

Link to photos here. Sorry for the quality, we were only allowed to use iPhones...

Hard to see the silver pen in this shot for Craig at Chain of Flowers!

Included photos of items I was able to get signed by the Band...Craig...thought you'd appreciate the album!"

Thanks, Jill! I love it! :) And thank you for the report.

If you have any questions, ask Jill in the comments.

Anyone willing to pick up some merch?

"Do you know if there is someone, anyone of 'us' in there who might be able to help me and buy a set of badges for me? I'm from Greece you see..." Thanks for helping, Trev!

From Paul: "If any one is at the show today and cure merchandise is still available id love a shirt xxl, bag, and a badge set. I can PayPal for payment and postage to the east coast, near dc."

From Guillaume: "If anyone has spares, I'm looking for a pack of badges too (and a tee-shirt...). guyomes(at)Yahoo(dot)fr (yes i'm in France...) Thanks."

Backstage & 'Shake Dog Shake' at BottleRock

A very interesting look at The Cure before they take the stage at BottleRock.

The Cure at BottleRock (05/30/14)

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, alt.end, The End of the World, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Catch, Before Three (1st time since Oct. 15th, 2004), From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, Never Enough, Wrong Number, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Bananafishbones, Want, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: A Forest
2nd encore: The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, (Olivier: They cut the mike! And the rest. Very pissed off Robert), Why Can't I Be You (unplugged).

Note from @adfusaro about the end of the show: "shortly after WCIBY started, the sound started to fade...mic first completely, then instruments...when mic fully pulled, R made his way to front stage and began spinning and yelling "run around in circles...". R knew-said at encore start,"we need to play these fast-only have 20 min" "

Thanks to Paul K. and Olivier at It's A Perfect Day for the setlist updates, and to everyone else who posted photos & videos.

Tonight's Doctor Who sticker on Simon's bass: a repeat of A Good Man Goes To War. Thanks Trev!

Reviews/Articles: Sacramento Bee / The Bay Bridged / The Owl Magazine / Slicing Up Eyeballs / Stereogum / Examiner / Contra Costa Times / Press Democrat / Napa Valley Register

Photos: Sound of Violence / Kara Murphy / It's A Perfect Day / CoS / The Owl Magazine  / Romi the Writer / Jessica F. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Mauro 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Getty Images (also at WireImage) / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 (Robert backstage with fans) - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27

Video Clips: Here they come / Shake Dog Shake / alt.end / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Push 1 - 2 / Inbetween Days / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Caterpillar / The Walk / Bananafishbones / Robert dancing during Give Me It / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Close To Me / Simon during One Hundred Years / Robert on cowbell for Freakshow / Roger helps Simon

Videos: Backstage & Shake Dog Shake / Shake Dog Shake / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, alt.end / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 / Push 1 - 2 - 3 (Olivier) - 4 / Sleep When I'm Dead 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 / Catch / Before Three / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 / Lullaby 1 - 2 / The Walk / Never Enough / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / The Caterpillar 1 - 2 / Mint Car 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Bananafishbones 1 - 2 - 3 / Want 1 - 2  - 3 - 4 / The Hungry Ghost / One Hundred Years / One Hundred Years & Give Me It / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 (Olivier) / The Lovecats & Hot Hot Hot / Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed / Let's Go To Bed / Close To Me & Why Can't I Be You? / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 

Here's the encore part of The Cure's stage setlist. They almost fit it all in. (Thanks Ryan)

Cure BottleRock merchandise

Shirt, Hat, Badges and Bag all same design. pic.twitter.com/SQBnpkLoGu
— Fuji McMurtrie (@fujifezz) May 30, 2014

Thanks Fuji! I still don't know what Robert has against baseball caps! Enough with the bucket hats! :)

More photos here. (Thanks Olivier)
And a closer look at the buttons/badges. (Thanks Trevor)

BottleRock rehearsal (05/29/14)

Songs played: Before they were let in - Lullaby, Just Like Heaven, Catch, Shake Dog Shake. After they went in - Doing the Unstuck, Freakshow, Sinking, The Baby Screams, Before Three, Close to Me, Fascination Street, A Forest.

Seems like they got to watch about 45 minutes, then met the band, took photos with them, and got autographs. Very nice!

THANK YOU! to Leslie, Kariana, and Justin for the updates & photos tonight! Really didn't think we'd get any.

And THANK YOU to Jill for sending her report and photos, too!

That was one of the greatest moments of my radio career: watching THE CURE play songs in a warehouse @LIVE105 pic.twitter.com/FXbbKMwRgn
— aaron axelsen (@AaronAxelsen) May 30, 2014

Photos from Kariana & Leslie. Thank you!

From jmoranabel on Instagram: "That time I saw The Cure with 12 other people. Holy shit. Thank you live105" 2 more shots here & here.

Other photos - Live 105 / Jill / j9akaneerer / Kariana's autographed Three Imaginary Boys /

Thanks to Leslie and her niece Kariana, we have reports!

8:55 PM - "I just spoke with them and they are out. They met the band and had pictures taken. They said they will post more pics from their other camera and that they will post the details on the blog."

8:12 PM - "They are playing A Forest"

8:10 PM - "They are inside now for rehersal"

7:22 PM (Pacific) - "They are there now! Waiting outside and you can hear them playing "Lullaby" inside the venue."

A long shot, but if any of you reading this are attending tonight's rehearsal, please let us know your thoughts when you get out.

While it's doubtful they'll report anything, you can listen to Live 105 here. 

And again, please don't post the location of the event. Thanks, and have a great time if you're going!

Getting ready for BottleRock

From BottleRock on Facebook: "Let there be light! Test run for The Cure lighting last night. Can you believe that we get to see them perform a 2 1/2 set tomorrow night?! EPIC."

From Nancy/Nanners: "Dressing Up for BottleRock Napa! A hand painted pic of Robert on my thumbnail."

Robert interviewed on a carousel in 1985

From Dangerous Minds:


The Cure’s Robert Smith interviewed on a playground carousel, 1985

This interview should be a delight to any Cure fans out there, as Master Robert is in awfully likable form, as the rest of the playground keeps sliding past him in the back. For the interview is being conducted on one of those carousels you surely played on when you were a child. As it happens, the origin story of The Cure actually involves a playground, so it all works out.

The questioner (in my head he is “the poor man’s Jools Holland”) is terribly interested in how they came up with the CRRRRAZY ideas for their videos for “Let’s Go to Bed” and “In Between Days” and “The Love Cats” (the first two directed by The Cure’s longtime collaborator Tim Pope, while “The Love Cats,” apparently, was not). Easily the best moment comes at around 0:20, when Smith shouts at a bunch of rambunctious offscreen children to “SHUT UP!” (Thanks @godwinafaith)

Cure Press Cuttings on Facebook

I don't usually promote things on "Spacebook" (I hate the place), but will for this. It's a page full of Cure press cuttings. Very nice!

Roger's tambourine from TCT auction stolen?

From Francesca: "The person who won Roger’s signed tambourine from the TCT charity auction never received it. What we know for sure is that someone else "signed" for the parcel… if this can be considered a signature…. bah! The package never reached its final destination.
She’s really heartbroken because she knows that the chances to get the tambourine back are less than 0, but she asked help to spread what happened, so that if the tambourine surfaces somewhere all Cure fans will know it’s 100% stolen!"

If anyone offers to sell this to you, or you have more info on its whereabouts, please let me know. Thanks! And thanks to JC for the photo.

BottleRock promo codes end Wednesday night

Partner promo codes end Weds at midnight then all #BRNV14 tix are full price!
— BottleRock Napa (@BottleRockNapa) May 26, 2014

If you are going to BottleRock and still haven't bought your passes, do it before Wednesday at midnight. At that time, all of the promo discount codes will expire, and all passes will be full price.

Update (05/29/14): Or maybe not. I didn't try all codes, but DAYOFF and ROCKNAPA still work.