Fan effort to make A Forest #1 in UK charts

"A fan on Facebook has set up an event to get “A Forest” to number 1 on the week of Robert's birthday."
(Thanks Aaron and Danny)

Update: And if you really care about any of this, fans of The Smiths and Girls Aloud are also attempting something similar in Feb.

Inbetween Days cover in iPad video

"Just started watching the promotional video about new Apple iPad and at 01:15, there's a piano interpretation (by Ben Folds) of Inbetween Days in the background." (Thanks Theresa, James, Jason, Goshmac, Bryan, JP, and Chrissy)

New Mexican Cure website

"With a lot of happiness and excitement I let you know there is a new CURE fan page made by some Mexican fans. It was made with the huge love and passion that we feel for the band." (Thanks, congratulations, and best of luck to Mad Bob and the other great Mexican Cure fans)

Cryfest: Cure vs. Smiths in DC

http://www.myspace.com/fymproductionsdc (Thanks Yanic)

Robert duets with Anik Jean

Update 2: You can download the track for free here (select "Non, ..." unless you want updates from Anik). Or if you want to avoid giving her your email, click here. (Thanks Steve and Brad)

Update: This "new" collaboration is really just Robert and Earl Slick's Believe with Anik adding French vocals. Listen to it here. (Thanks Olivier)

Looks like one of Robert's recent collaborations has been revealed. According to 7Jours, Robert is doing a duet with Canadian singer Anik Jean on her upcoming album to be released in April. The song is “J’aurai tout essayé” (“I shall have tried everything”), with lyrics in English and French, comparing love and disenchantment. Looks like Earl Slick will be involved as well. (Thanks Jacques)

Roger plays Toronto and London

Roger will be playing two special shows in the upcoming months. Details from Roger's website:
"I will be playing a one off show in Toronto on February 18th. Its a preview from the Two/Three album and I will be playing three or four songs with Paul van Dongen on Cello details here.
I have also agreed to perform another one off show in London on March 7th. I'm currently writing a new suite of music for this show which will only be performed once. Its a very interesting night on a boat on the Thames (it doesnt go anywhere) run by a good friend of mine Klarita Pandolfi. Here are some details." (Thanks notherbob)

Disintegration remaster delayed again

Another delay for the remastered Disintegration set. Now scheduled for March 30th in Europe, and April 6th in North America. (Thanks to Chris @ The Ideal Copy)

Primary & Let's Go To Bed 12" singles

"I just wanted to drop you a line to let you (and all your readers) know that I recently posted both the Primary 12" and the Let's Go To Bed 12" on my blog. All tracks from both singles are available for download." (Thanks B.)

Fascination Street in Seattle

"Seattle’s Cure tribute band, Fascination Street, are playing Jan. 23rd at The Conor Byrne in Seattle, and we’ll be playing nearly 30 songs, all night long. We also have a Facebook page, a MySpace page & a website." (Thanks Tony)

Do The Hansa products

Comboutique has some Do The Hansa products for sale, including a spaghetti top (white or grey), a t-shirt (white or grey), a coffee mug, a V neck shirt, and a messenger bag. (Thanks Chris)

Official site update

Robert has updated the official site with the Alice soundtrack news, word of some additional solo/collaboration tracks, talk of an exclusive iTunes album, and an update on the Dark Dream. Also, some cryptic talk of "a lot of flux" going on.

Update: Couple of articles at Slicing Up Eyeballs and Consequence of Sound. (Thanks Kate)

Cure at Camden Palace 85 on BBC 6

The Gideon Coe show on BBC 6 aired 4 tracks from The Cure's 1985 show at Camden Palace last night. You can listen to it on the BBC iPlayer, starting at the 2 hour 20 minute mark. Here's the playlist: Boys Don't Cry, Charlotte Sometimes, Primary, The Baby Screams. (Thanks Aaron and Simon)

Robert and Mary paper dolls

From the Swedish comic magazine Galago (#1/2009).
(Thanks Lucie)

Robert on Burton's Alice soundtrack

Robert has contributed a cover of Very Good Advice to the soundtrack for Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. The album, entitled Almost Alice, will be released on March 2nd. Details at MySpace Music, and check out the original version of Very Good Advice at Twentyfourbit. (Thanks AndrewV127)

Update: More articles about it at NME and Slicing Up Eyeballs.

Levinhurst announce European tour

Sonic Seducer presents LEVINHURST - "Blue Star" Dates 2010
04.03.2010 NL-Amstelveen, P 60
05.03.2010 D-Iserlohn, Jazzclub Henkelmann
07.03.2010 D-Aachen, Musikbunker Aachen
10.03.2010 PL - Warsaw, Poland, Progresja Club
12.03.2010 D-Berlin, Music Hall
14.03.2010 D-Hamburg, tbc
18.03.2010 I-Turin, Spazio 211
19.03.2010 I-Rom, Blackout
20.03.2010 I-Vicenza/Bassano del Grappa, Vinile weitere Termine in Vorbereitung
more dates under construction
(Thanks to Julia at Wings of Destiny and Jacek)

And Also The Trees live in London

And Also The Trees 1/30/2010 8:00 PM
at The Luminaire (acoustic show), London,
Cost: 10 GBP in advance
acoustic performance + Katharine Blake & Nick Marsh.
Online tickets available from www.wegottickets.com
Check the band's MySpace for more shows.
(Thanks JC)

Disintegration 3 CD edition covers & info

Cover art for Disintegration, the Extras, and Entreat Plus.

Key Features:
3 disc Deluxe Edition including the original album, a second disc of rarities and the live album Entreat Plus
- Digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes
- Compiled and supervised by Robert Smith
- Features a total of 24 tracks for the first time on CD
- For the first time the entire Entreat Plus live recording from Wembley 1989 with four previously unreleased performances
- Deluxe package contains a 24 page book including sleeve notes and lyrics with rare and previously unseen photographs
- The double gatefold vinyl release will be the re-mastered 12 track original album
- A re-mastered single CD release of the album will follow three months later

Promo Sampler:
A special Disintegration Deluxe Edition CD promo sampler containing nine tracks will be available. Tracklisting:
from CD2 'extras' (1988-1989)
01 PRAYERS FOR RAIN (RS HOME INSTRUMENTAL DEMO-04/88)
02 THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU (BAND INSTRUMENTAL DEMO-09/88)
03 DELIRIOUS NIGHT (ROUGH MIX-12/88)
from CD1 the album
04 PICTURES OF YOU
05 CLOSEDOWN
06 LOVESONG
from CD3 'entreat plus'
07 LULLABY (LIVE)
08 FASCINATION STREET (LIVE)
09 DISINTEGRATION (LIVE)

More re-mastered The Cure releases will follow in 2010, including Mixed Up, In Orange, Show & more.

Early release for Disintegration vinyl?

Interpunk and CD Wow have the Disintegration vinyl listed for release on March 2nd, two weeks ahead of the cd release date. Not sure if that's a mistake or if the vinyl will be out first.
(Thanks Aaron and Lindsey)

Update: "Distributors are currently listing the Disintegration vinyl 2LP to come out on March 2nd. Since all vinyl releases these days arrive late anyway, it probably won't really be out until the 16th. The distributors will probably be revising the release date at some point just as the 3CD was changed from the February release." (Thanks to Chris @ Ideal Copy)

Cure best of the decade polls

Update 4: Due to some jackass, or jackasses, screwing up the poll, it is now closed and the results discarded. Had a really nice battle going between BF and UTS, but some no-lifer had nothing better to do than add hundreds of votes for BF. So we revert back to the results of the previous poll of the Top 25, and Underneath The Stars wins, followed by Bloodflowers, Last Day of Summer, Out Of This World and Cut Here. Thanks to everyone who voted (once) and enjoyed the polls. And to the asshole(s), get a life.

Update 3: Okay, we have our top ten now for the final round of voting on the best Cure song of the past decade. Can any song defeat UTS? And we have a winner for Best Tour - Dream Tour 00, and Best Album - Bloodflowers. Thanks to everyone for voting!

Update 2: The top 25 Best Cure Songs Of This Decade have been decided. Now vote for your favorite on that list in round 2, and we will take the top 10 from this one, and have the final vote next weekend. Songs are listed in their final order from the previous poll. The top 25 contains 10 BF tracks, 7 TC tracks, 7 4:13 tracks, and Cut Here.

Update: Added the "Best Cure song of this decade" poll. Cast your vote, and we will take the top 20-25, and run it again next week.

I'm going to be adding a few Cure - Best of This Decade polls over the coming days, and will start with the best album and tour. What do you think? Which Cure album and tour was the best of this decade (2000-2009)? Why?

Disintegration pre-order bonus

Update: From Chris @ Ideal Copy - "We felt comfortable with our announcement in our newsletter about a bonus item to be included with pre-orders for the Disintegration 3CD Deluxe because our regular customers have a history with us and probably have a good idea of the incentives we try to provide them. For instance, this year we included exclusive promo only remix CDs and exclusive-content samplers for the new Pet Shop Boys album and Kraftwerk Reissues Box Set, respectively.

For those that have not shopped with us before - we're big fans of the Cure and have had a good relationship with Rhino over the past 5+ years. For the previous Cure reissues, we have included promo-only posters for those that ordered them from us. Nice posters. Big. We probably have a few left.

When we spoke to Rhino about doing the same thing with Disintegration, they indicated that they probably weren't going to do posters, but they were most likely going to do something else. Something that I thought was pretty cool.

So, sorry to tease, but we found all this out right before the holiday break, and I'm sure Rhino won't have confirmation until mid January.

As usual, any pre-order bonus is first come first serve. Always best to get the order in in a case like this, and then cancel if it's not for you. Even if we weren't offering a bonus, we think you should buy from us, rather than the robot companies. We'll figure out a way to make you happy with your purchase from us no matter what.

Oh yah, we just activated the 2LP vinyl reissue as well. How cool is that? My picture disc from 1990 only has 10 tracks and the 2LP has all twelve. and i just want to own one version of their albums on vinyl. quite the dilemma, eh?"

From the Ideal Copy newsletter: "...those who do get their orders in early should be getting a very special Free Bonus Item as well. Can't say what it is yet, but it's probably not a Promo Poster as we've done in the past, unfortunately. It's better. :) More details as we get confirmation."