The Cure in Photographs 1982 - 2005

From The Flood Gallery:

In Between Days. The Cure in photographs 1982 - 2005
by Tom Sheehan.

The Flood Gallery is proud to announce the second book from the archives of celebrated music photographer, Tom Sheehan. Having worked with The Cure for over 20 sessions across 3 decades, the book offers a stunning photographic journey, shown in chronological order, of one of the most important and successful UK bands of the last 40 years. 

The book includes many photographs never seen before all carefully scanned and retouched to show Tom’s work at its glorious best.

Featuring many previously unseen images, “In Between Days” is divided into three parts focusing on specific phases of their history. Part 1 (1982-84) traces their early travels at home and abroad, also including portraits of Smith’s parallel career in Siouxsie & The Banshees and the side-project The Glove. Part 2 (1985-89) highlights their imperial period through a trio of classic albums The Head On The Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration, including rare behind the scenes images from the celebrate The Cure in Orange concert film. Finally, Part 3 (1990-2005) collects Sheehan’s latter portraits of Smith and the group as they cement their status as one of the biggest alternative bands in the world, still touring today.

Each section is accompanied by an essay by acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Goddard (Ziggyology).

“In Between Days. The Cure in photographs 1982 – 2005” is a beautiful, strictly limited, Deluxe and Super Deluxe book with 240 pages charting over 20 years in the career of Robert Smith’s legendary group.

The Super Deluxe will be a limited edition of 700 with pearlescent hard slip-case which includes 3 unique photos from Tom’s archives with a bound-in certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by Tom Sheehan himself.

The Deluxe limited edition of 2500 features the 240 pages hardback book, complete with hardcover slipcase.

There will be a launch/signing evening at The Flood Gallery, 8 Greenwich Market, London, in late November (TBC), all welcome.

(Thanks @TheCureMexico)

Update (Aug. 4th, 2016): You can also pre-order the book at Pledge Music.

30 years of The Cure in Orange...

...and STILL no official release on DVD or Blu-Ray! That should be a crime, right? :)



From Lol on Facebook: "So my friend Toberr reminded me that tomorrow is thirty (!) years since the Cure played at the Theatre Antique D'Orange in France. We filmed the whole affair with Tim Pope at the helm for our film " The Cure In Orange". In "Cured" you can read about something that happened to me when we filmed it that added to the strange psychedelic madness of that experience !"

Still have my US LaserDisc & VHS, and a VCD from Malaysia.

Win VIP tickets to Bestival

Radio X has got a pair of VIP tickets to this year’s Bestival to give away. The passes include accommodation at the Pitch Village Tent with access to hot showers, private toilets, a freshen up area and even unlimited tea & coffee… Travel with South West Trains from London… plus ferry transfers to the Isle Of Wight!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this excellent prize is answer the easy question below.

What is the name of the lead singer of Bestival headliners The Cure?

Robert Smith
Robin Smith
Ross Smith

Top 10 Goth Icons

Robert is the #1 "Goth Icon" according to this list created by Watch Mojo. (Thanks @anduyuns)

The Guitar Work of Robert Smith

Nice article at Reverb about Robert's under-appreciated guitar skills:

"Robert Smith may be the most underrated rock guitarist of all time. While he was never one to shred with the same flash as some of his '80s contemporaries, his influence over droves of players and sub-genres should earn him a more revered spot in the guitar gods pantheon.

The Cure still fill stadiums with a surprisingly diverse community of adoring fans. Bands like Dinosaur Jr and the Smashing Pumpkins have recorded loving covers of Cure songs. If the recent cavalcade of boutique chorus and modulation pedals is any indication, Smith's influence as a tonal architect is alive and well.

So why is the ink devoted to his guitar craft comparatively limited?"

Read the rest at Reverb. (Thanks Matt)

Barney's selling "designer" Cure shirts for $175

For a mere $175, you too can buy a designer "Distressed The Cure T-Shirt" from Barney's. We truly are living in the most blessed and special of days.

From Brooklyn Vegan:

Nothing says punk like two-hundred-plus dollar luxury t-shirts, right? If you answered “yes,” you’ll be happy to learn that Barney’s is selling a Black Flag t-shirt for $265! It looks pretty much like all those other Black Flag shirts you see people wearing all the time, it just costs two hundred forty five more dollars! And that’s not all. You can also get that Joy Division shirt with the Unknown Pleasures artwork that definitely is hard to come by, for $225.

For a mere $175, there’s Black Sabbath, The Cure, Run DMC, Motorhead, The Grateful Dead (twice), The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Guns N’ Roses (twice), Metallica, The Doors, AC/DC, and Pink Floyd. For the rare cheap price of $98, there’s Van Halen.

These of course are all a bargain though compared to the $560 “army-skull” Givenchy t-shirt that reminds us of many a metal band design, most notably S.O.D.

But even that is a bargain when you realize there is a Snoop Dogg t-shirt that will cost you over $900!

This is of course not the first time we’ve seen pricey stores selling pricey designer concert t-shirts, but it never ceases to amaze.

Cure Unplugged on MTV Classic today

MTV is launching MTV Classic (replacing VH1 Classic) on Aug. 1st, bringing back a bunch of their old shows and actually playing videos again. Launch day will include a bunch of Unplugged episodes, with The Cure Unplugged airing at 6:30 PM eastern / 5:30 PM central.

"In its first European recording of "MTV Unplugged," the highly-acclaimed acoustic music series presents an acoustic performance of one of Britain's premier alternative rock bands: The Cure. This performance was shot in a small, intimate studio in London, band members Robert Smith (vocals/guitar), Porl Thompson (guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Boris Williams (drums) and Perry Bamonte (keyboard) perform acoustic renditions of hit songs past and present. Song selections include "Let's Go To Bed," "Just Like Heaven," "Caterpillar," "The Blood," "Boys Don't Cry" and "The Walk." This marks the first episode of the series to be simulcast on the Westwood One Radio Networks. "

'Plainsong' used in German film 'Toni Erdmann'

"The new German movie "Toni Erdmann" which played at Cannes this year featured "Plainsong" in full during the end credits." (Thanks Martin)

The Cure In Other Voices

From Vanyaland:

In Between Haze: Download a 32-track Cure cover compilation from The Blog That Celebrates Itself

Like many of us, Renato Malizia recalls the first time he heard The Cure.

“Back in 1987, more precisely on 31 March, I had exactly 13 years old, and my father took me to one of the most important experiences of my life, a concert by The Cure,” writes Malizia of Latin shoegaze website The Blog That Celebrates Itself. “Exciting, fascinating and many other adjectives I could use to define what I felt that day, images remains in my memory and will never be erased.”

Nearly 30 years later, The Blog That Celebrates Itself has released a free, downloadable 32-track tribute to Robert Smith and the boys, titled The Cure In Other Voices. Stream it and DL it below via the site’s Bandcamp. The band come from all around the world, Malizia writes, “who, like me, have their personal stories of love with one of the greatest bands of all time.”

This new comp follows a pretty aggressive tribute schedule The Blog That Celebrates Itself, which in recent weeks has released cover albums in the name of Fugazi and Galaxie 500, and over the past several months has unveiled similarly themed compilations honoring New Order, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Chapterhouse.

As expected, each band supplies their own sound and vision to a Cure classic. Among out faves are Blankenberge’s shoegazing opener of “Pictures Of You”, Scene Noir’s synthy, minimal “In Between Days”, and Echodrone’s dream-pop rendition of “All Cats Are Grey”.

More Cure art from Butcher Billy

Butcher Billy is back with a new Post-Punk Supervillains series
(Thanks @seruca_vault)

The Cure in Perth, AU (07-31-16)

July 31st, 2016
Perth Arena in Perth, Australia  
Box Office opens 5:30pm / Doors 6:30pm 
The Cure 8:05 - 10:58 / No opening band
Start times in the US are 5 am Pacific, 6 am Mountain, 7 am Central, 8 am Eastern on Sunday morning.

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Bananafishbones, Lullaby, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Want, Burn, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Close to Me

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go to Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thanks so much to @ctigwell, @cellogasms, @laura_boykin, @timcure78, @lgbtop, and @MasonSurtees for set reports, photos, videos and scopes!

And thank you so much to the great fans in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia for all of the help on this leg of the tour! We all appreciate it so much!

And as always, THANK YOU to The Cure for doing it all again and giving us so much joy! And THANK YOU Cure crew for making it happen!

Reviews: West Australian / Perth Now

Videos: Plainsong / A Night Like This / Friday I'm in Love / Doing the Unstuck / Lullaby / High / Lovesong / Just Like Heaven / Disintegration / Burn / A Forest / Shake Dog Shake / The Walk / Let's Go to Bed / Why Can't I Be You? / Boys Don't Cry  

Periscopes: 1 - 2 

Clips: Doing the Unstuck - Bananafishbones - Disintegration - Want - Robert in between songs -  Wrong Number 1 - 2 - The Lovecats - Deep Green Sea - Boys Don't Cry 

Robert & Simon at the Melbourne airport

@CraigatCoF Met Robert at the airport! pic.twitter.com/prJrkWITb5

— Wendy Turnbull (@WendyTime_) July 30, 2016

@CraigatCoF Look who else was at the airport! pic.twitter.com/LSIVr8vngd

— Wendy Turnbull (@WendyTime_) July 30, 2016

Lol has a new Facebook page

Check out my new Facebook page! https://t.co/grvDIB4wKq

— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) July 29, 2016

The Guitars of The Cure

"I encourage everyone to pop on a pair of headphones and listen to a few songs by The Cure – especially if you’ve never really paid close attention before. You’ll hear how a few simple melodic ideas can be blended together to form a much more complex whole. It’s really intriguing to listen to and learn from how each instrument works together, especially when the six-string bass is used: often Robert Smith might play a high melody while Simon Gallup plays a more traditional bassline, but sometimes these roles become cloudy: Gallup will play a more wandering melody while Robert plays something more anchored. The lines really become blurred between the roles of each instrument in service of the song. Robert Smith, Reeves Gabrels and Simon Gallop all have current signature model instruments to help them get their sound. Let’s have a look at them all."

Read the article at iheartguitarblog.

The Cure in Adelaide, AU (07-29-16)

July 29th, 2016
Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia 
Doors at 7 / The Cure 8:11 - 11:03 / No opening band
Start times in the US are 3:30 am Pacific, 4:30 am Mountain, 5:30 am Central, 6:30 am Eastern Friday morning.

Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Primary, Last Dance, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, Lovesong, Friday I'm in Love, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, End

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Shake Dog Shake, Burn, A Forest

2nd encore: Lullaby, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Close to Me

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go to Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thanks so much to @Cureade2016, @spencerwebbism, @crawleyrocket, @craft_theory, @mjgal, @spawnboi, @cellogasms, @chanellkristen, @Donlegsgirl, @WendyTime_, @muy_curiosa, @susannalucky for setlist help, videos, photos, and periscopes.

Reviews: The AU Review / The Adelaide Review / Mix 102.3 / The Advertiser

Videos: Tape - Open / Push / In Between Days 1 - 2 / Last Dance / High / Lovesong / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven / One Hundred Years / Shake Dog Shake / Burn 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 /  The Caterpillar / The Walk / Close to Me 1 - 2 / Compilation

Periscopes: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 1st encore - 2nd encore - 3rd encore - 4th encore -

Clips: Kyoto Song - Primary - Last Dance - Want - Burn 1 - 2

The Cure in Melbourne, AU (07-28-16)

July 28th, 2016
Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia
Sold Out! / Box Office opens at 5:30 pm
Outer Doors 6 / Inner Doors 6:45
The Cure 8:07 - 11 / No opening band
Start times in the US are 3 am Pacific, 4 am Mountain, 5 am Central, 6 am Eastern Thursday morning.

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Doing the Unstuck, Friday I'm in Love, Bananafishbones, High, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Burn, One Hundred Years, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go to Bed, Close to Me

4th encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thanks so much to @ctigwell & @realstolenvalor for setlist reports, @smartremark24 & @spawnboi for photos, @susannalucky for scope links, and @luketorney @cellogasms, @chanellkristen, @WendyTime_, @LaUnicaFiFi & @karenmoss26 for the scopes!

Reviews: WA Today / The Age  / Herald Sun / Noise 11

Photos: Faster Louder / Rod Laver Arena

Videos: Plainsong / Jupiter Crash / A Forest /

Periscopes:1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 1st encore set - 13 - 14

Clips: The Walk - Bananafishbones - Never Enough 

Noisey interviews Lol about 'Cured'

US cover. Artwork by Pearl Thompson

From Noisey: Laurence ‘Lol’ Tolhurst met Robert Smith at the age of five. Years later, he’d become a founding member (and the original drummer) of The Cure. Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys, his first book, is an incredibly candid and personal memoir that looks back at his childhood friendship with Robert Smith, as well as his time in The Cure until, in 1989, he left during the recording of eighth album, Disintegration, due to his struggle with drugs and alchohol. Below is a world-exclusive first extract from the book–detailing the band’s first ever time in the USA–as well as a conversation with Tolhurst about the art and intention of writing it, the nature of memory, and the enduring power of his friendship with Smith and the rest of the band in the face of trying times and acrimonious lawsuits.

Read the interview and extract at Noisey. Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys is out in the US on Oct. 11th, 2016.  Pre-order here.

The Cure in Sydney, AU (07-25-16)

July 25th, 2016
Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia
Tickets still available / Box Office opens at 5 pm
External Doors 5:30 / External Doors for GA 6 
The Cure 8:18 - 11:18 / No opening band
Start times in the US are 3 am Pacific, 4 am Mountain, 5 am Central, 6 am Eastern Monday morning

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, All I Want, Push, In Between Days, Primary, Like Cockatoos, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be The Same, Burn, A Forest

2nd encore: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Lullaby, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Sleep When I'm Dead, Friday I'm In Love

4th encore: The Lovecats, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thank so much to Lara, @toni59hood & @ctigwell for set reports under tough conditions! And to @susannalucky & @Jezzieone for scope links.

From @ctigwell: The Cure's setlist from Sydney, AU (07-25-16) pic.twitter.com/2aAdfJbvlA

— Chain of Flowers (@CraigatCoF) July 26, 2016

Reviews: Sydney Morning Herald / Noise 11 / Music Feeds / Howl and Echoes / Daily Mail / News

Photos: Linda (show / soundcheck 1 - 2 - 3) Qudos Bank Arena

Videos: Closedown / High / All I Want / In Between Days / Primary 1 - 2 / Like Cockatoos / Just Like Heaven / Want / It Can Never Be The Same 1 - 2 / Burn 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Shake Dog Shake / Shake Dog Shake & Fascination Street / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 / Friday I'm in Love 1 - 2 / Boys Don't Cry  / Short clips 

Periscopes: Plainsong - Primary - Boys Don't Cry

Clips: Let's Go To Bed - Close to Me - Lovesong - Reeves on Deep Green Sea

Sydney show info

From Qudos Bank Arena on Facebook:

Good afternoon everyone! We know you all just can't wait for Monday night!
We have the event times available:
Box Office - 5:00pm*
External Doors - 5:30pm*
External Doors for GA patrons - 6:00pm*
The Cure - 8:00pm*

*Please note that all event times are subject to change. There will be no support act.

GA patrons please enter through the Northern Foyer, opposite light tower no 16.
Public transport info: http://www.transportnsw.info/…/transpor…/events/detail.page…
If you need to drive to the venue, please consider prebooking one of Sydney Olympic Park carparks, prebooking must be made by 23:59 the day before the event. http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/parking/pre-book_parking


Don't forget to visit the merch stand tomorrow for The Cure sneak peek here!

 We hope you enjoy the show!!!

The Cure at Splendour in the Grass (07-23-16)

July 23rd, 2016
Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay, Australia
The Cure play the Amphitheatre Stage from  9:09 - 11:37 PM
Start times in the US are 4 am Pacific, 5 am Mountain, 6 am Central, 7 am Eastern

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, In Between Days, Friday I'm in Love, The End of the World, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, The Hungry Ghost, Disintegration

1st encore: Shake Dog Shake, Burn, A Forest

2nd encore: Fascination Street, Never Enough, Wrong Number

3rd encore: Lullaby, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Close to Me

4th encore: Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry

Thank so much to Lara C & @okinakashi for the setlist reports, to @fujifezz for the final encore scope, @ctigwell & Toni for photos, and to @aHundredYears & @susannalucky for scope links!

Reviews: The Guardian / Faster Louder / AU / Daily Mail / The Australian

Photos: Getty Images (Mark Metcalfe)

Videos: Friday I'm in Love / A Forest

Periscopes: Plainsong - In Between Days & Friday I'm in Love - 4th encore set 

Clips: Burn 1 - 2