Friday, September 30, 2016
Jagwar Ma with Robert at Bestival
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Lol in Sheffield (09-28-16)
@CraigatCoF Great to see lol at Sheffield last night reading from his book. pic.twitter.com/DhgaQRw8JY
— Goldie (@goldie_1975) September 29, 2016
2 drummers drumming...Upbeat meeting #Pulp meets #The Cure at last nught's talk @therealnickbank @LolTolhurst @thecure_ pic.twitter.com/WkGfz72dTw
— Off The Shelf (@otsfestival) September 29, 2016
Lol Tolhurst.Was great to meet him - has a great turn of phrase. Signed book now mine. @LolTolhurst @otsfestival pic.twitter.com/aXC9hJIhEE
— Surriya Falconer (@FA_Sheffield) September 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Lol and Boris!
Lunch with an old friend in Bath... pic.twitter.com/ELCicmmd44
— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Lol on the Tom Dunne show (09-27-16)
Interview with Lol on Tom Dunne's Newstalk show. Listen to it here. (Thanks Barry and @is_maith_liom)
Lol on the Paulette Edwards show (09-27-16)
Interview with Lol on Paulette Edwards' BBC Sheffield show. Listen to it here (starts at 1:42:26)
Monday, September 26, 2016
Lol in Bath (09-26-16)
Just heard from Chris White that Julianne Regan from All About Eve will be doing the Q & A tonight. You must go!
TONIGHT The Cure's Lol Tolhurst gives us the tale of 2 imaginary boys @toppingsbath @LolTolhurst https://t.co/rc5FVj4MT2 pic.twitter.com/I6OobzNOry
— Topping & Company (@ToppingsBath) September 26, 2016
I can highly recomment the memoirs of @LolTolhurst of @thecure - out now on @QuercusBooks With thanks to @Hannah_Robbo :) pic.twitter.com/5iHwDvUNeX
— Julianne Regan (@msjulianneregan) September 25, 2016
.@LolTolhurst at @ToppingsBath before the event tonight for #cured! Signed copies in stock! pic.twitter.com/zvUX5dOEDs
— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 26, 2016
@CraigatCoF Lol being interviewed by Juliane Reagan pic.twitter.com/xpemxBhxiM
— The Curehead (@TheCureheads) September 26, 2016
Fantastic reading from @LolTolhurst at a fantastic event with @ToppingsBath! Packed house and great audience! pic.twitter.com/3XffRFQsQ3
— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 26, 2016
@CraigatCoF Lol reading from his book in Bath tonight pic.twitter.com/bEaNM0WMpO
— The Curehead (@TheCureheads) September 26, 2016
Wow. Had the pleasure of doing Q&A with @LolTolhurst at his book signing. Great book, warm audience, top bloke. @QuercusBooks @ToppingsBath
— Julianne Regan (@msjulianneregan) September 26, 2016
With Julianne Reagan. What a lovely lady. She was like a professional to host. I'll add the audio later pic.twitter.com/6z80VKSU1h
— The Curehead (@TheCureheads) September 26, 2016
@CraigatCoF There you go mate: https://t.co/tz9UAXj8LV
— The Curehead (@TheCureheads) September 26, 2016
Lol on BBC 6Music & Radio London (09-26-16)
If you missed it this morning, listen again to @LolTolhurst on @shaunwkeaveny @BBC6Music https://t.co/51wCAu2Ss8 (2.09 mins) pic.twitter.com/sOjZ1Kjvom— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 26, 2016
Hey #Londoners @LolTolhurst is LIVE on @BBCRadioLondon with @RobertElms now talking about his new book #Cured pic.twitter.com/stJxoCWRXL— Olivia Mead (@MeadOlivia) September 26, 2016
Listen to the Robert Elms interview with Lol here (starts at 1:12:53).
Lol on BBC Breakfast (09-23-16)
Lol was on BBC Breakfast Friday morning.
Watched @LolTolhurst whilst I was at work on my phone! pic.twitter.com/aB8xUkCFte— Aaron Law (@AaronLaw92) September 23, 2016
— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 23, 2016
Met Boy George at the BBC we reminisced about the 80's and I gave him a copy of Cured. BTW He's in it! Such a lovely man! pic.twitter.com/0skykIoJqY— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) September 23, 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Extract from the 'Cured' audiobook
The audiobook will be available in the UK on Sept. 22nd here, and in the US on Oct. 11th here.
Update (Sept. 24th, 2016): Another bit from the audiobook posted at Rolling Stone.
Lol at Rough Trade East (09-24-2016)
Enjoyed seeing @LolTolhurst of the Cure talk about his book Cured & can't wait to read it! See him at @otsfestival pic.twitter.com/OFXNZsyZCZ— Loretta de Souza (@LorettadeSouza) September 24, 2016
How did @LolTolhurst prepare to write #cured? 'I read every music memoir and autobiography I could get my hand on.' pic.twitter.com/asegDgBjXf— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 24, 2016
— Snuffybear (@Snuffybear) September 24, 2016
Nice to meet the legend @LolTolhurst who likes 'some' tributes :-) #drummers pic.twitter.com/omrChgca4P— Cure Tribute (@liqueurband) September 24, 2016
Lol interview with Radio X
"Lol will be on John Kennedy's RadioX show on Wed 21 from 10pm (BST). Listen via http://RadioX.co.uk! And I dare say there'll be a podcast of it later on in the week..."
(Thanks @Martin_OGorman)
Update: If you missed it, listen to it here.
Update (Sept. 24th, 2016): Here's another Radio X interview with Lol. (Thanks @Martin_OGorman)
(Thanks @Martin_OGorman)
Update: If you missed it, listen to it here.
Had the pleasure of interviewing @LolTolhurst about Cured today. pic.twitter.com/L3uuh9JWAN
— Martin O'Gorman (@Martin_OGorman) September 21, 2016
Update (Sept. 24th, 2016): Here's another Radio X interview with Lol. (Thanks @Martin_OGorman)
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Lol at Waterstones Manchester (09-22-2016)
Happy publication day for @LolTolhurst for #Cured! On our way to @WaterstonesMCR for tonight's event! pic.twitter.com/ui0tZgxzhb— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 22, 2016
.@LolTolhurst reading the prologue from his beautiful, gripping and evocative memoir #Cured at @WaterstonesMCR pic.twitter.com/ZwN8GC3wrZ— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 22, 2016
@CraigatCoF yaaaaay! pic.twitter.com/8Sc57Uzzzp— angela ellis (@ange_reflection) September 22, 2016
The fantastic @LolTolhurst reading from his new book #cured this evening for a fabulous audience. pic.twitter.com/iO4HliERao— WaterstonesDeansgate (@WaterstonesMCR) September 22, 2016
Thanks to @LolTolhurst and @WaterstonesMCR for inviting me to host their evening with a @thecure original. 👍🏻❤️🎉 pic.twitter.com/kusFoVJfRe— Sarah Walters (@SarahCityLife) September 22, 2016
Oh, y'know, just me and founding member of The Cure @LolTolhurst hanging out on Thursday night... pic.twitter.com/9aBKZEes4U— Adam Christopher (@ghostfinder) September 22, 2016
— angela ellis (@ange_reflection) September 22, 2016
— angela ellis (@ange_reflection) September 22, 2016
@CraigatCoF Lol Tolhurst in Manchester, when asked about The Cure's appeal in France - they understood our philosophy pic.twitter.com/jpZzAPnyp1
— Dave (@ScotmansFlash) September 27, 2016
@CraigatCoF Lol Tolhurst, Manchester, 22nd Sept 2016 - the places that they really got us were France and California pic.twitter.com/BMcPU776ys
— Dave (@ScotmansFlash) September 27, 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Lol at Waterstones Camden (09-21-2016)
#Finally #TheCure #Cured #UK https://t.co/eNeIYaxi2Z #TeamLol pic.twitter.com/ZlVS02TS0A
— lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) September 21, 2016
@CraigatCoF Arrived pic.twitter.com/dNK0OAyl28
— Snuffybear (@Snuffybear) September 21, 2016
Book reading my @LolTolhurst Waterstones @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/yAid2FrRZc
— chris white (@chriswhite65) September 21, 2016
Full house & snaking queues for @LolTolhurst tonight at @waterstonesNW1 Great first event for a special book #Cured pic.twitter.com/Z7LddWunib
— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 21, 2016
.@LolTolhurst signing for the crowds at @waterstonesNW1 tonight! Amazing first event and 4 more to go! pic.twitter.com/ToIeJXpJoV
— QuercusBooks (@QuercusBooks) September 21, 2016
@CraigatCoF great night chatting with Lol and fans who came from as far as Paris & beyond pic.twitter.com/WC62QpDttL
— chris white (@chriswhite65) September 21, 2016
'Cured' UK book tour dates
Wednesday 21st September - Waterstones, Camden
Facebook Event Page
Thursday 22nd September - Waterstones, Manchester - Deansgate
Facebook Event Page
Saturday 24th September - Rough Trade East, London
Facebook Event Page
Monday 26th September - Toppings, Bath
Facebook Event Page
Wednesday 28th September – Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
Facebook Event Page
If you can't make it to any of the events, you can still pre-order a signed copy from Waterstones.
And there will be some posters featuring Pearl's artwork up for raffle. From Lol on Facebook: "At UK events I will be bringing a very limited amount of some very special posters featuring exclusive Art work by Pearl Thompson for the book tour. We will have a free raffle for a few of the posters at each event so get there early !"
And from Lol on Facebook: When asked about France and the rest of Europe: "Next year , book and tour." and "Next year European tour."
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Happy Gothoween print
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Lol interview in The Guardian
From The Guardian:
The suburbs of the 1970s are a vivid presence in the opening chapters of your book. Was forming a band a reaction to the bleakness of it all?
People forget that in 1970s England there was still a hangover from the second world war, postwar austerity was still around and that didn’t change till the 80s. The only thing for us to do – our only defence – was to make our society. In that way it was a good thing, because it stimulated people to do stuff. If you’re too comfortable, you probably don’t want to change things too much.
You and Robert found an escape in punk – what was it that appealed?
I can remember the first Clash album, and it was something completely different for us. We’d been used to either disco or overblown prog. But the energy of punk completely resonated, and that idea that something had to change. But then, of course, we put it through a slightly different lens because we were more isolated than somebody who was living in the capital; we took longer to register how things changed.
There are quite a few violent incidents in the book!
I look back on it now and I realise it was probably all quite dangerous, but it was something we were used to. We dressed in old mohair jumpers and jumble-sale trousers and walking down the streets in Crawley, people would always say things to us. And then sooner or later, someone would come out and try to take a pop. At one of our first proper gigs in Soho, we had a lot of skinheads there who had assumed something entirely wrong about us from the title of Killing an Arab. We were expecting them to lay into us but then the biggest guy, with a tattooed eagle on his chest, decided he loved us and after that, we were fine. Even at that age, Robert was able to make people feel somehow included.
Read the rest at The Guardian.
The suburbs of the 1970s are a vivid presence in the opening chapters of your book. Was forming a band a reaction to the bleakness of it all?
People forget that in 1970s England there was still a hangover from the second world war, postwar austerity was still around and that didn’t change till the 80s. The only thing for us to do – our only defence – was to make our society. In that way it was a good thing, because it stimulated people to do stuff. If you’re too comfortable, you probably don’t want to change things too much.
You and Robert found an escape in punk – what was it that appealed?
I can remember the first Clash album, and it was something completely different for us. We’d been used to either disco or overblown prog. But the energy of punk completely resonated, and that idea that something had to change. But then, of course, we put it through a slightly different lens because we were more isolated than somebody who was living in the capital; we took longer to register how things changed.
There are quite a few violent incidents in the book!
I look back on it now and I realise it was probably all quite dangerous, but it was something we were used to. We dressed in old mohair jumpers and jumble-sale trousers and walking down the streets in Crawley, people would always say things to us. And then sooner or later, someone would come out and try to take a pop. At one of our first proper gigs in Soho, we had a lot of skinheads there who had assumed something entirely wrong about us from the title of Killing an Arab. We were expecting them to lay into us but then the biggest guy, with a tattooed eagle on his chest, decided he loved us and after that, we were fine. Even at that age, Robert was able to make people feel somehow included.
Read the rest at The Guardian.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Ask Lol - Part 2
You had questions for Lol, and he's provided the answers. While the original thinking was that Lol would answer just 10-15 of them, he answered every single one! Part 1 was posted last week, now here's Part 2 Thanks once again to Lol for doing this, to Quercus Books for arranging it, and to everyone who sent in questions.
'Cured' will be released on Sept. 22nd in the UK and on Oct. 11th in the US, and autographed copies can be ordered from Waterstones. Or bring your copy of 'Cured' to one of these UK events or US events, meet Lol and have it signed in person.
From Keith:
Should The Cure have stopped at any time in its history, and if so, do you think theyd been doing the "Reunion" circuit these days?
LOL: No I don’t think the Cure should have stopped. What for ? I don’t think that The Cure should ever stop really.
Did Steve Goulding really play on LGTB because you couldnt play the "disco beat"? You were an acomplished drummer, I find it heard to believe you couldnt plat LGTB, its not very challenging.
LOL: WE wanted to change things up and it seemed like a good idea to get someone with a different feel. I could have played my “Lol disco beat” and it would have sounded like me ( as on The cult hero songs ) We always wanted to embrace change so we did!
Do you ever feel that your contribution to The Cure, especially in the first 5 (pivotal) albums, is unfairly forgotten about, given their relative lack of commercial and critical acclaim compared to the globally successful HotD to Wish period, during which many people would consider your involvement creatively to be minimal?
LOL: Not from where I’m sitting no! People always ask me about the early albums etc. especially in relation to what came after . This was especially noticeable after “ Reflections” The Cure has had a long and varied career and I think that depending on when you discovered our music it tends to shift the focus to that time. Eventually we have been around for so long that people that weren’t even alive when I was in the band listen to the songs and get attached to the music and that to me is a wonderful thing. It is almost eternal.
From word on a wing 1980: I wonder if you could share your views about performing live with The Cure. I'm particularly interested in whether you've experienced something special happening at a subtle level? And if so, whether you could share your views about what may 'really' be happening...
LOL: The most interesting question! I felt during the Sydney concert for reflections that something almost transcendent was happening on stage so yes in way I do feel that there’s a connection with the “other world” that’s going on but that’s just my view point..
'Cured' will be released on Sept. 22nd in the UK and on Oct. 11th in the US, and autographed copies can be ordered from Waterstones. Or bring your copy of 'Cured' to one of these UK events or US events, meet Lol and have it signed in person.
From Keith:
Should The Cure have stopped at any time in its history, and if so, do you think theyd been doing the "Reunion" circuit these days?
LOL: No I don’t think the Cure should have stopped. What for ? I don’t think that The Cure should ever stop really.
Did Steve Goulding really play on LGTB because you couldnt play the "disco beat"? You were an acomplished drummer, I find it heard to believe you couldnt plat LGTB, its not very challenging.
LOL: WE wanted to change things up and it seemed like a good idea to get someone with a different feel. I could have played my “Lol disco beat” and it would have sounded like me ( as on The cult hero songs ) We always wanted to embrace change so we did!
Do you ever feel that your contribution to The Cure, especially in the first 5 (pivotal) albums, is unfairly forgotten about, given their relative lack of commercial and critical acclaim compared to the globally successful HotD to Wish period, during which many people would consider your involvement creatively to be minimal?
LOL: Not from where I’m sitting no! People always ask me about the early albums etc. especially in relation to what came after . This was especially noticeable after “ Reflections” The Cure has had a long and varied career and I think that depending on when you discovered our music it tends to shift the focus to that time. Eventually we have been around for so long that people that weren’t even alive when I was in the band listen to the songs and get attached to the music and that to me is a wonderful thing. It is almost eternal.
From word on a wing 1980: I wonder if you could share your views about performing live with The Cure. I'm particularly interested in whether you've experienced something special happening at a subtle level? And if so, whether you could share your views about what may 'really' be happening...
LOL: The most interesting question! I felt during the Sydney concert for reflections that something almost transcendent was happening on stage so yes in way I do feel that there’s a connection with the “other world” that’s going on but that’s just my view point..
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