Friday, December 23, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
40 years ago tonight...
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| Thanks, Petr @thecureCZ |
From Lol on Facebook:
"This week sees the 40th anniversary of the the band of musicians/ friends that became the Cure! I’ll take the liberty here of quoting from my own book !
“Personally, I consider the first gig we did as the band that became The Cure to be the one that we did on December 20, 1976, the Malice gig at our old secondary school, St. Wilfrid’s. True, we had done a gig of sorts a couple of days earlier in the minstrels’ gallery at Worth Abbey for Upjohn’s Christmas party, and a rather strange “performance” in 1973 as The Obelisk, but this was our first full-blown concert.”
Actually since I wrote the above I’ve changed my mind a little bit. To me it is unimportant which date you consider, the 18th or the 20th, as the start of the band that became The Cure .
What I do think IS important , is the fact that The Cure is STILL a band, and that Robert, Pearl and Michael are STILL in my life forty years later!
It’s the testimony of time to real friendship that I care about. I feel blessed. Lx"
What I do think IS important , is the fact that The Cure is STILL a band, and that Robert, Pearl and Michael are STILL in my life forty years later!
It’s the testimony of time to real friendship that I care about. I feel blessed. Lx"
French 'Cured' out Jan. 19th, 2017
@CraigatCoF @LolTolhurst French version of Cured will be published on 19 January 2017.https://t.co/wg2618Yuq1 pic.twitter.com/LT67MJxt9l— petr.halla (@thecureCZ) December 20, 2016
New Wave Christmas ornaments
"1/10 "HO HO HO! MERRY SMITHMAS!"
Exclusive New Wave inspired rubber die cut Christmas ornaments will go on sale this Friday! I'll be revealing the set of ten ornaments throughout the week. Keep checking back!"
Absolutely love these! They will go on sale here tonight at Midnight eastern, 11 PM central, 10 PM Mountain, and 9 PM pacific.
Update (Nov. 25th, 2016): Complete sets, along with Robert & Bowie ornaments, are sold out. Rest are still available individually. Matt says a restock is possible, but will take 3-5 weeks.
Update (Nov. 29th, 2016): 2nd run of the ornaments are now on sale. This run will NOT arrive before Christmas, but if you missed out on the 1st run, here's a second chance to get them.
Update (Dec. 20th, 2016): 4th run of the ornaments (sets only) will go on sale at 8PM eastern tonight. These sets won't ship until late January. BTW, got my set back on Dec. 7th, and they are even better than the photos make them out to be.
Live Sound Showcase: The Cure at MSG
From Prosound Network:
By Clive Young
NEW YORK, NY—The Cure first played Madison Square Garden in 1987, and 29 years later, the stalwart pop-goth band returned once again to the fabled venue to play the last indoor shows of its 2016 North American tour. The 26-date run took the production through a variety of venues, from arenas in Dallas and Chicago, to amphitheaters in Miami and Denver, to theaters in Kansas City and Las Vegas—and the journey isn’t over yet, as now the European leg is currently underway, running through December.
Working with the group every step of the way, much as it has since 1979, is UK audio provider Britannia Row, which fielded a full audio system for North America rather than pick up a stateside PA. FOH engineer Paul Corkett, who’s respectively engineered and co-produced two Cure albums with bandleader Robert Smith, explained, “Robert puts a lot of time and attention into rehearsals, listens to everything and he’s very hands-on and articulate about what he wants, so I think he wanted to carry one consistent rig with him.”
And what Smith wants coming out of that rig, it turns out, is an open-sounding show built around the dynamics of the carefully plotted arrangements. In many ways, “The band mixes themselves,” conceded monitor engineer Rob Elliot.
By Clive Young
NEW YORK, NY—The Cure first played Madison Square Garden in 1987, and 29 years later, the stalwart pop-goth band returned once again to the fabled venue to play the last indoor shows of its 2016 North American tour. The 26-date run took the production through a variety of venues, from arenas in Dallas and Chicago, to amphitheaters in Miami and Denver, to theaters in Kansas City and Las Vegas—and the journey isn’t over yet, as now the European leg is currently underway, running through December.
Working with the group every step of the way, much as it has since 1979, is UK audio provider Britannia Row, which fielded a full audio system for North America rather than pick up a stateside PA. FOH engineer Paul Corkett, who’s respectively engineered and co-produced two Cure albums with bandleader Robert Smith, explained, “Robert puts a lot of time and attention into rehearsals, listens to everything and he’s very hands-on and articulate about what he wants, so I think he wanted to carry one consistent rig with him.”
And what Smith wants coming out of that rig, it turns out, is an open-sounding show built around the dynamics of the carefully plotted arrangements. In many ways, “The band mixes themselves,” conceded monitor engineer Rob Elliot.
New Violet Vendetta EP & merchandise out now
NOW AVAILABLE!!https://t.co/9fk7AQFJkp pic.twitter.com/YgSJzQflba— VIOLET VENDETTA (@VIOLET_VENDETTA) December 19, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Cure Christmas & Birthday cards
Went to see Jesus & Mary Chain last night, and they were selling these Christmas cards at their merch table. An investigation into who made them lead to Piper Gates Design. And that lead to the discovery that they also make cards for other bands, including The Cure. Here's the Cure Christmas and Birthday cards.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Pearl & Lol in L.A. tonight
Pearl's artwork will be on display at Lethal Amounts in Los Angeles from Dec. 16th - Jan. 8th. And on opening night, Dec. 16th, Lol will be there for a 'Cured' book signing event starting at 8 PM. Facebook event page
After that, head next door to Monty Bar for the after party featuring The Curse. From the Facebook event page:
"Lethal Amounts proudly presents the Lol Tolhurst & Pearl Thompson gallery event official after party!
Join us for ‘a night like this’ with live music from The Curse, LA’s finest Cure tribute band since 2003.
The night begins with a live reading from Lol Tolhurst’s “Cured”memoir and an exhibition of Pearl Thompsons art displayed at Lethal Amounts Gallery starting at 8pm. Lol and Pearl will then do a meet & greet signing for fans to close out the gallery event.
The night continues next door at Monty Bar with a live performance from THE CURSE who will play a very special set consisting of select tracks of The Cure’s back catalogue (the Lol Tolhurst & Pearl Thompson eras)
If you attended Lol Tolhurst's DJ set ...at the Monty Bar in May you recall how great that was; trust us, you won’t want to miss this very special night celebrating the legacy of two influential musicians/artists!
The event is Free
21 + to enter
We expect to hit full capacity so come early and stay late.
For more info on the artists please visit
http://www.loltolhurst.com/
https://twitter.com/LolTolhurs
IG - @lol.tolhurst
IG - @p.e.a.r.l.thompson
IG - @LETHALAMOUNTS
www.lethalamounts.com
www.montybar.com
For more info on The Curse please visit
http://www.thecurseband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/curet
Friday December 16, 2016
Monty Bar
1222 W. 7th St
Los Angeles, CA 90017"
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Another Cure photo book coming soon
From First Third Books:
"We are delighted to announce 'The Cure – Standing Still' for publication in 2017.
For the last 18 months we have been working closely with celebrated music photographer Paul Cox, sorting through and carefully scanning his incredible photographic archive. From 1981 to 2009, Paul worked with Robert Smith and the band on a diverse range of shoots including privately assigned projects, sessions for press use, and promotional sessions for new releases. Paul attended and covered video shoots and a great many private projects, the results of which show him to be an almost official photographer to The Cure. The vast majority of these images have never been published – so this sanctioned and approved limited edition photographic biography, containing over 250 photos from 35 photo sessions will be a unique and important record of such an iconic and timeless band.
We will announce further details for 'The Cure – Standing Still' early in 2017. Please join our Facebook community to keep up to date with news."
Thanks, Colm.
"We are delighted to announce 'The Cure – Standing Still' for publication in 2017.
For the last 18 months we have been working closely with celebrated music photographer Paul Cox, sorting through and carefully scanning his incredible photographic archive. From 1981 to 2009, Paul worked with Robert Smith and the band on a diverse range of shoots including privately assigned projects, sessions for press use, and promotional sessions for new releases. Paul attended and covered video shoots and a great many private projects, the results of which show him to be an almost official photographer to The Cure. The vast majority of these images have never been published – so this sanctioned and approved limited edition photographic biography, containing over 250 photos from 35 photo sessions will be a unique and important record of such an iconic and timeless band.
We will announce further details for 'The Cure – Standing Still' early in 2017. Please join our Facebook community to keep up to date with news."
Thanks, Colm.
The Twilight Sad's photo diary from the tour
From NME:
Take a peak behind the scenes of the one finest live events of 2016
Having pulled off one of the marathon live shows of the year, The Cure‘s world tour has come to an end. Now The Twilight Sad,
who were handpicked by the band to support them at each and every show,
have shared a photo diary of their life of the road with the band.
“I asked The Twilight Sad to join us on The Cure Tour 2016 because they are the best band playing the best songs – consistently brilliant, emotional, intense, inspiring, entertaining,” said frontman Robert Smith – who also covered their track ‘There’s A Girl In The Corner’. “They have added immeasurably to this year’s live experience – for fans, crew and Cure band alike… and it turns out they are the best people too! I can’t thank them enough.”
See the photos at NME.
“I asked The Twilight Sad to join us on The Cure Tour 2016 because they are the best band playing the best songs – consistently brilliant, emotional, intense, inspiring, entertaining,” said frontman Robert Smith – who also covered their track ‘There’s A Girl In The Corner’. “They have added immeasurably to this year’s live experience – for fans, crew and Cure band alike… and it turns out they are the best people too! I can’t thank them enough.”
See the photos at NME.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Lol in Memphis (Dec. 11th, 2016)
Sun studios . Memphis. Where it all began. pic.twitter.com/bxP3J2vtrf— Lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) December 11, 2016
It's not every day you get to meet a rockstar. Let alone one as nice as @LolTolhurst. Thanks to all who came out. pic.twitter.com/Bg535kDJmG
— The Booksellers (@LaurelwoodBooks) December 12, 2016
'A Forest' on 'Westworld'
@CraigatCoF Am I crazy or did I hear A Forest being played on a Player Piano during Westworld tonight?— steve clark (@spcdesigns) October 24, 2016
@CraigatCoF There was a great piano version of A Forest in this weeks episode of Westworld.— Ian Halperin (@IanHalpyHalp) October 24, 2016
Watch the scene here (updated to a better version).
Update (Dec. 11th, 2016): Full soundtrack is now available - Amazon / iTunes. Thanks, Josh.
Soundwaves Art fundraiser
Limited edition artwork by Tim Wakefield.
Created by digitally manipulating, shaping and coloring sound waves generated in the studio recording of legendary songs. Signed by collaborating music icons.
Artwork featured here is benefiting a number of incredible charities chosen by the musicians through Wakefield's own Soundwaves Art Foundation. (see more below.) Each artwork is hand signed by the musicians and the artist and numbered with a certificate of authenticity.
$400 The Cure
2016 sees the 40th Anniversary of The Cure's formation. One the the world's most enduring bands selling an estimated 27 million albums, they were voted best British Band at the 1991 Brit Awards. Robert Smith chose "Underneath The Stars," for his artwork. Robert signed 50 prints on archival paper in 2009. These prints are now extremely limited. Printed on fine art paper. 28 x 28 inches.
2 out of 10 claimed
Estimated delivery: December 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Lol in Nashville (Dec. 8th, 2016)
Can't wait to hang with @LolTolhurst tomorrow! He'll be here at 6pm in support of Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys! 📚🎶❤️ #readsomething pic.twitter.com/Kx5VYdSjyl
— Howlin' Books (@howlinbooks) December 7, 2016
Monday, December 5, 2016
Robert watching Twilight Sad's soundcheck
This is wonderful! Love how much of a fan he is. Thank you so much for bringing them along, Robert! Made this fantastic tour even better for those of us who love them. And thank you to James for all of the help & kindness shown to myself and so many other fans!
Lol in Cincinnati (Dec. 5th, 2016)
@CraigatCoF Waiting. pic.twitter.com/MoClWzz6Ww
— Matthew Verkamp (@MatthewVerkamp) December 6, 2016
Lol is gonna sign stuff! @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/K2A1cBpDV0
— Matthew Verkamp (@MatthewVerkamp) December 6, 2016
I met Lol! @CraigatCoF pic.twitter.com/wfn2a7ylDH
— Matthew Verkamp (@MatthewVerkamp) December 6, 2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Lol in Indianapolis (Dec. 3rd, 2016)
Simon, Robert, and Mr. James Alexander Smith
Beautiful photo of Robert & Simon with Robert's father at Wembley Arena. I love that he's wearing a Cure shirt!
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The Cure in London (Dec. 3rd, 2016)
SSE Wembley Arena in London, England
Doors at 6 (standing), 6:10 (seated)
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:43 / The Cure 8:12 - 11:01
US start times for The Cure are 3 PM Eastern, 2 PM Central, 1 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!
Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, The Baby Screams, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, Before Three, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End
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, The Caterpillar, Freakshow, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Three Imaginary Boys, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing an Arab.
End of show. End of Cure Tour 2016. Thank you so very much, Robert, Simon, Jason, Roger, and Reeves! It was incredible, and we all enjoyed it SO MUCH! Hope you all get lots of rest and get back to enjoying "real life". Once again, THANK YOU!
Photos: Marsworld
Videos: Kyoto Song 1 - 2 / The Baby Screams 1 - 2 / Push / In Between Days / Sinking 1 - 2 - 3 / Pictures of You / Before Three / Lovesong / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / One Hundred Years / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / A Forest / Freakshow / Three Imaginary Boys 1 - 2 / 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing an Arab 1 - 2 - 3 / Killing an Arab
Periscopes: Talleke (full show) / Baby Screams / Sinking / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / Burn / Burn - A Forest / Friday - Arab
Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Seven Years of Letters, Don't Move, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory
Twilight Sad Periscope: Snuffybear (full show)
Twilight Sad videos: Seven Years of Letters / There's a Girl in the Corner / And She Would Darken the Memory
Thank you so much to@jchristophem67, @object29, @spiggy, @talleke, and @snuffybear for the help tonight! And to all others who helped!
This dream always ends, this feeling always goes
The time always comes to slip away
This world always stops, this wonder always leaves
The time always comes to say goodbye
Final night of this wonderful, fantastic, amazing tour. One final (for now) celebration of the band we love. If you're lucky enough to be going tonight, please enjoy the hell out of it. Don't worry about what they play, don't worry or be bothered by the crowd around you, just forget every trouble & worry and get lost in the music, in the lights, in THAT feeling, and enjoy every single second of the show!
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." And you were lucky enough to experience it! What a year! What a tour! What a band!
Doors at 6 (standing), 6:10 (seated)
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:43 / The Cure 8:12 - 11:01
US start times for The Cure are 3 PM Eastern, 2 PM Central, 1 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific
Please arrive early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!
Setlist: Tape / Open, Kyoto Song, A Night Like This, The Baby Screams, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, Pictures of You, Before Three, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, One Hundred Years, End
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, The Caterpillar, Freakshow, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Three Imaginary Boys, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing an Arab.
End of show. End of Cure Tour 2016. Thank you so very much, Robert, Simon, Jason, Roger, and Reeves! It was incredible, and we all enjoyed it SO MUCH! Hope you all get lots of rest and get back to enjoying "real life". Once again, THANK YOU!
Photos: Marsworld
Videos: Kyoto Song 1 - 2 / The Baby Screams 1 - 2 / Push / In Between Days / Sinking 1 - 2 - 3 / Pictures of You / Before Three / Lovesong / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea / One Hundred Years / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / A Forest / Freakshow / Three Imaginary Boys 1 - 2 / 10:15 Saturday Night & Killing an Arab 1 - 2 - 3 / Killing an Arab
Periscopes: Talleke (full show) / Baby Screams / Sinking / It Can Never Be the Same 1 - 2 / Burn / Burn - A Forest / Friday - Arab
Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, Seven Years of Letters, Don't Move, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory
Twilight Sad Periscope: Snuffybear (full show)
Twilight Sad videos: Seven Years of Letters / There's a Girl in the Corner / And She Would Darken the Memory
Thank you so much to
This dream always ends, this feeling always goes
The time always comes to slip away
This world always stops, this wonder always leaves
The time always comes to say goodbye
Final night of this wonderful, fantastic, amazing tour. One final (for now) celebration of the band we love. If you're lucky enough to be going tonight, please enjoy the hell out of it. Don't worry about what they play, don't worry or be bothered by the crowd around you, just forget every trouble & worry and get lost in the music, in the lights, in THAT feeling, and enjoy every single second of the show!
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." And you were lucky enough to experience it! What a year! What a tour! What a band!
@CraigatCoF happy to offer you this final Craig Moment, thanks for all you did, do and will do for us :) Until next time! #TCM pic.twitter.com/a0W9gOKn1Y— Johan D. (@_Johan_D) December 4, 2016
— East Side (@EastSideNewbie) December 5, 2016"Hello? I'd like to speak to one of the programmers that's running this simulation that I'm living in, cause it's glitching, it's fucking unbelievable!" Most likely a reference to this.
@CraigatCoF RS speech before (encore) 3 (@Snuffybear at the rescue for transcript 😉) pic.twitter.com/wDMfrFeDfs— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) December 4, 2016
— Snuffybear (@Snuffybear) December 4, 2016
@CraigatCoF @wrongcar Robert thanking everyone and also TTS "in a better world they would be headlining Wembley stadium" Amazing last show!💚 pic.twitter.com/XZ2YpjmHXA— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) December 4, 2016
@CraigatCoF last night for TS with The Cure ! So happy for the band "dream tour" says James pic.twitter.com/z8eBd3Cc7T— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) December 3, 2016
@CraigatCoF @wrongcar James thanking The Cure end of set end of tour for now one of my fav bands 💖#thetwilightsad pic.twitter.com/OAGucQOFTd— Eric le Curiste (@ericlecuriste) December 3, 2016
London! Last night of @thecure 2016 tour at Wembley Arena. We're onstage at 7pm. pic.twitter.com/zpnesfQJA1— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) December 3, 2016
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