Sunday, October 16, 2016

'Cured' contests

From Team Lol on Facebook:
"Have you read Cured yet?
Until November 1st, if you post your review on Amazon you will be entered into a drawing for a 18″ × 24″ museum-quality Cured giclee print that is Numbered, Limited-Edition (only 125 total are made), signed by both Lol Tolhurst and Pearl Thompson!
Winner will be announced on Nov. 2 - BE SURE to COMMENT "REVIEWED" below when completed so we can message you if you are the winner!!
Note: If you have already reviewed - you are in as long as you comment below!
(Value $100)"

To be clear, post "REVIEWED" on that post on Lol's Facebook, not in the comments here.

And you can win an autographed copy of 'Cured' from ARTIST Direct. Details here.
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Live in Stockholm (Oct. 9th, 2016)


Thanks @hachinthebeat.
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Lol in New York (Oct. 15th, 2016)



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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Lol in Long Island (Oct. 14th, 2016)


Thanks for coming out tonight to Long Island . Lovely people.

A photo posted by Lol Tolhurst (@lol.tolhurst) on


Long Island

A photo posted by Lol Tolhurst (@lol.tolhurst) on

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Friday, October 14, 2016

The Cure in Copenhagen (Oct. 14th, 2016)

October 14th, 2016
Forum  in Copenhagen, Denmark
Sold Out! / Doors at 6:30 PM
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:41 - 11:26
US start times for The Cure are 2:30 PM Eastern, 1:30 PM Central, 12:30 PM Mountain, and 11:30 AM Pacific
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Sinking, All I Want, The End of the World, Lovesong, The Last Day of Summer, Charlotte Sometimes, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Prayers For Rain, Disintegration

1st encore: Step Into the Light, Want, Burn, A Forest

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

3rd encore: Lullaby, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Reviews: Politiken / Poplish / SoundVenue / BT / Jyllands-Posten / Gaffa / Ekstra Bladet / Berlingske

Photos: Poplish / Francesco 

Videos: Full Show (Snuffybear's Periscope stream) / Pictures of You / High / Push / In Between Days / All I Want / Lovesong / Charlotte Sometimes / Just Like Heaven / Burn / Dressing Up / Lullaby / Friday I'm In Love / Boys Don't Cry  / Twilight Sad - I Could Give You All That You Don't Want / It Never Was the Same  

Cure Periscopes: Full show - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

Twilight Sad setlist: That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy, Last January, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, Seven Years of Letters, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, And She Would Darken the Memory

Twilight Sad Periscopes: Full Show - I Could Give You All That You Don't Want - It Never Was the Same

Thank you so much to , , , and for the help tonight! And a very special THANK YOU SO MUCH to , who Periscoped the entire show so we could all watch tonight.





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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Lol in Ridgewood, NJ (Oct. 13th, 2016)

From Vince: "I went to the book signing in Ridgewood tonight. Lol read the first chapter of the book and then answered a few questions before doing the signings. There was about 30 to 40 people there. Anyone who can get to his signings should definitely go. He was a delight to talk to and he signed anything people put in front of him. It was great to see him and support his book."

Thank you bookends Ridgewood NJ !

A photo posted by Lol Tolhurst (@lol.tolhurst) on

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'Cured' US book tour dates

Update (Oct. 13th, 2016): Tour starts tonight in New Jersey. If you're going, have a great time and let us know how it was.


Update (Sept. 30th, 2016): Now that the PledgeMusic campaign has hit, and surpassed, 100% of its goal, some new tour dates will be posted today. Continuing east from Texas.

And here they are.

Update (Sept. 17th, 2016): Some new dates have been added.

Dates and venues have been posted on Lol's PledgeMusic page.

"As promised, here is the initial run down of dates, venues and cities on the Cured US Book Tour.

Each event will feature a spoken word performance from Lol (with immersive audio/visual backdrop), followed by a fan Q&A and a signing session (unless noted)….

Oct. 13th - Ridgewood, NJ (Bookends) (x)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 14th - Long Island, NY (Book Revue) (y)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 15th - New York, NY (Morrison Hotel Gallery)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 19th - Los Angeles, CA (Grammy Museum) (y)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 19th - Los Angeles, CA (Lethal Amounts)

Oct. 20th - Long Beach, CA (Fingerprints)  (z)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 21st - West Hollywood, CA (Book Soup)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 22nd - San Diego, CA (The Casbah)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 22nd - San Diego, CA (Numbers Night Club)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 25th - Portland, OR (Powell’s)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 26th - Portland, OR (Lovecraft Bar)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 27th - Portland, OR (Lovecraft Bar)
Facebook Event Page

Oct. 28th - Seattle, WA (KEXP Studio)

Nov. 2nd - Pasadena, CA (MeowMeowz)
Nov. 4th - Las Vegas, NV (Zia Records)
Nov. 5th - Las Vegas, NV (Scarlet)
Nov. 6th - Phoenix, AZ (Zia Records)
Nov. 7th - Albuquerque, NM (Bookworks)
Nov. 10th - Ft. Collins, CO (The Music District)
Nov. 11th - Denver, CO (Tattered Cover/Twist & Shout)
Nov. 12th - Boulder, CO (Boulder Book Store)
Nov. 14th - Austin, TX (Book People)
Nov. 17th - Houston, TX (Cactus Music)
Nov. 18th - Dallas, TX (Mortified: Dallas)
Nov. 19th - Dallas, TX (Bill's Records)
Nov. 19th - Dallas, TX (Mortified: Dallas early show)
Nov. 19th - Dallas, TX (Mortified: Dallas late show)
Nov. 29th - Oklahoma City, OK (Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma)
Nov. 30th - Chicago, IL (Soho House private event)
Dec. 1st - Chicago, IL (SAE)
Dec. 1st - Chicago, IL (Pleasant House Pub)
Dec. 3rd - Indianapolis, IN (Indy CD and Vinyl)
Dec. 5rd - Cincinnati, OH (Joseph Beth)
Dec. 8th - Nashville, TN (Grimey’s Too)


(x) Signing Session only
(y) On Stage Q&A + Signing Session only
(z) Cured Book Event + Pearl Thompson Art Exhibition.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Cure in Gothenburg (Oct. 12th, 2016)

October 12th, 2016
Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden
Tickets still available / Doors at 6 PM
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:35 - 11:18
US start times for The Cure are 2:30 PM Eastern, 1:30 PM Central, 12:30 PM Mountain, and 11:30 AM Pacific
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, A Strange Day, A Night Like This, The Walk, The Baby Screams, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, In Between Days, Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry, Pictures of You, High, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, alt.end, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: At Night, M, Play For Today, A Forest

2nd encore: Lullaby, Burn, Never Enough,Wrong Number

3rd encore: The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, The Caterpillar, Let's Go To Bed, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, It Never Was the Same, There's a Girl in the Corner, The Wrong Car, And She Would Darken the Memory

Thank you so much to , , and for setlist reports tonight!

Photos: Kulturbloggen / Rockfoto

Reviews: GP

Periscopes: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 




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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Cure in Oslo (Oct. 11th, 2016)

October 11th, 2016
Spektrum in Oslo, Norway
Tickets still available / Doors at 6 PM
The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:07 - 10:57
US start times for The Cure are 2 PM Eastern, 1PM Central, Noon Mountain, and 11 AM Pacific
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Tape / Open, High, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Pictures of You, This Twilight Garden, The End of the World, Lovesong, Primary, Shake Dog Shake, The Hungry Ghost, Kyoto Song, Hot Hot Hot, The Walk, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry, Trust, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, End

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

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

3rd encore: Catch, Charlotte Sometimes, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Twilight Sad setlist: Reflection of the Television, Last January, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, Mapped by What Surrounded Them, There's a Girl in the Corner, It Never Was the Same, I'm Taking the Train Home

Thank you so much to for setlist & scopes and to for the fantastic Facebook Live stream!




A Pink Dream are broadcasting live on Facebook. (Thanks Herve)

Photos: Diechman Blogg Musikk

Reviews: Dagsavisen / Aftenposten / VG / Dagbladet

Videos: Full show (A Pink Dream Facebook Live stream)

Periscopes: Open - This Twilight Garden - 3 


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Lol at BUILD in NYC today



"Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, is coming to discuss his new memoir out in stores October 11. “Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys” details Tolhurst’s time with the band which spanned thirteen years. Tolhurst also reveals details of his relationship with the band’s frontman, Robert Smith, who he has known since the age of five. Tolhurst hopes that this memoir “illuminates events for you as much as it has for him.”

BUILD Series Studio
770 Broadway 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Tue, October 11, 2016
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Free tickets here

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. VALID ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRY for security purposes (No age minimum). This event will be streamed LIVE on AOL.com/BUILD! Make sure to check out the BUILD Series Newsletter for updates and information about our events: http://build.aol.com/newsletter.
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Sunday, October 9, 2016

The Cure in Stockholm (Oct. 9th, 2016)

October 9th, 2016
Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden
Tickets still available
Doors: 5:30 Entrance 2 opens for warm up / 6:15 Entrances 4 and 9 opens / 6:30 Remaining entrances open
The Twilight Sad 7:30 - 8:10 / The Cure 8:34 - 11:27
US start times for The Cure are 2:30 PM Eastern, 1:30 PM Central, 12:30 PM Mountain, and 11:30 AM Pacific
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, High, The Baby Screams, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, Sinking, A Night Like This, All I Want, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Boys Don't Cry, Jupiter Crash, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Hungry Ghost, 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: Lullaby, The Perfect Girl, Hot Hot Hot, The Caterpillar, Close To Me,Why Can't I Be You?



Reviews: Zero / Kulturbloggen / DN / Aftonbladet / Gaffa

Photos: Rex Features / Rocksverige / Rockbladet / Expressen / Rockfoto 

Cure Periscopes: Complete show - 1 - 2 -  3 - 4 - 5 - 6 

Videos: Full show / First 20 minutes of the show / Plainsong / Pictures of You / The Baby Screams / Push / In Between Days / In Between Days - Just Like Heaven - Sinking / Sinking / A Night Like This / All I Want / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Friday I'm in Love / Boys Don't Cry 1 - 2 / Disintegration / It Can Never Be The Same / Burn 1 - 2 / A Forest 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake / Fascination Street / Never Enough / Wrong Number / Lullaby 1 - 2 / The Perfect Girl / Hot Hot Hot / The Caterpillar / Close to Me / Close to Me & Why Can't I Be You? / Why Can't I Be You? 

Twilight Sad setlist:  Reflection of the Television, Last January, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, Seven Years of Letters, There's a Girl in the Corner, It Never Was The Same, And She Would Darken The Memory

Twilight Sad Periscopes:  Last January / There's a Girl in the Corner / It Never Was The Same / And She Would Darken The Memory 

Thank you so much to , , , , , & Eduard for help tonight! Appreciate it so much! And THANK YOU for scoping the whole show, and letting fans across the world enjoy tonight's show!

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Live in Helsinki (Oct. 7th, 2016)



Thanks Hannu!
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

'This is for Caroline"



Robert dedicated 'Last Dance' to Caroline Crawley, who passed away last week. Thank you, Robert.
(Thanks fmjews)
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'In Between Days' book updates

From Matt at The Flood Gallery: "The first thing to say is that Robert Smith has written the foreword for the book. At the outset this wasn’t though possible because of his touring schedule, but obviously Tom (and us) are over the moon and we really want to shout about this and spread the word.


Also, See attached images of the final front cover (as it was, but without the text on the cover, as we felt the images did all the talking that was necessary), plus 4 spreads from within the book which look great. Tom Sheehan has also given me some background on a couple of these photos below:


‘These ware taken on  a sunny Sunday afternoon, June 1990 in Buckinghamshire. I think the band were doing demos or recording at an old house that was once owned by the actor Dirk Bogarde. I did a few shots in the garden, then set up inside with my make-shift portable studio; 3 Bowens flash units , umbrellas, soft boxes, honeycombs etc. They had laid on some food and drink for our arrival, which is very much them..’ Tom Sheehan


‘Robert Backstage while filming ‘The Cure in Orange’ at the Theatre D’Orange. France, August 1986.
It was baking hot outside so I pulled him in out of the sun to rattle off a few ‘cheesy’ shots with the clapperboard. We spent two days there, a run-through, camera check, close ups etc. on the Saturday. On the Sunday the concert itself filmed by Tim Pope and his team. The film was later released on VHS where if you look close enough I have a ‘walk off ‘ part! After the show there was a bit of a knees up / celebration at the hotel … all good knockabout fun.’  Tom Sheehan 



 
For the launch/signing event, we have provisionally booked this in for Wednesday 30th November at The Cannick Tapps bar. Once this is absolutely confirmed, we’ll let you know but its 99%. Hope you all can make it!

Finally, the release date – a little later than planned as sheer volume of restoration work on many of the photos (old film, not digital!) took longer than we thought, but absolutely worth it. The book will be released officially on Monday 28th November. We’ll begin shipping pre-orders out a few days prior to that."

This is obviously going to be a fantastic book! If you haven't already, you can pre-order it here,
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Robert in Helsinki

Absolutely loves a photo @thecureofficial @thetwilightsad

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Friday, October 7, 2016

The Cure in Helsinki (Oct. 7th, 2016)

October 7th, 2016
Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland
Doors at 6 PM / The Twilight Sad 7 - 7:40 / The Cure 8:09 - 11:05
Get there early for The Twilight Sad! They are excellent!

Setlist: Plainsong, Closedown, High, A Night Like This, The Walk, Push, In Between Days, Lullaby, Let's Go To Bed, Sleep When I'm Dead, Pictures of You, The End of the World, Lovesong, Last Dance, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Want, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: It Can Never Be the Same, Prayers For Rain, Burn, A Forest

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

3rd encore: Friday I'm in Love, Doing the Unstuck, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry, The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?

Twilight Sad setlist:  Reflection of the Television, I Could Give You All That You Don't Want, Last January,  Mapped By What Surrounded Them, There's a Girl in the Corner, It Never Was The Same, I'm Taking the Train Home

Thanks so much to Antti, Steven, , , , and for the help tonight!

Periscopes: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

Preview articles: Rumba

Reviews: Kommersant / Soundi / MTV / Turun Sanomat / YLE / HS / Dome / Iltalehti / Rumba

Photos: Live Nation TV / Rumba / Rex Features

Videos: Full show - Part 1 & Part 2 / 30 videos from Tanina1313 / 79 minutes of highlights / First 66 minutes of the show / Plainsong / A Night Like This / Push / In Between Days / Lullaby 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Let's Go to Bed / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Lovesong / Last Dance 1 - 2 / One Hundred Years & Disintegration / It Can Never Be The Same 1 - 2 - 3 / Prayers For Rain / Burn 1 - 2 - 3 / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / Shake Dog Shake 1 - 2 / Never Enough / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Wrong Number / Friday I'm in Love / Friday I'm in Love & Doing The Unstuck / Just Like Heaven / Hot Hot Hot / Close To Me 1 - 2 

Best of luck to the bands and crews and everyone involved with the tour! Be safe and have a great time! Same goes to all of the fans, whether you're going to one show or following them around Europe & the UK. Have a blast!


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European/UK Tour Merchandise



Update: Hoodies and beanies have been added. Thanks, Aaron!


Thanks, Michael!
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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Win Robert's Bestival guitar

Another new guitar. Possibly to be auctioned off for charity?

Update (09-29-16): Win Robert's Bestival 2016 guitar. Details from Radio X:

"Radio X is giving you the chance to win Robert Smith’s specially-designed Schecter "RS Ultracure Bestival 2016" guitar, as played on stage during the band’s headline set at this year’s Bestival.

Printed with Bestival 2016 artwork, the Schecter "RS Ultracure Bestival 2016" is so rare that only 2 of them exist in the world. One belongs to Robert himself and you can be in with a chance of winning the other one, signed especially for Make Some Noise and Radio X by the Cure frontman.

This is an incredible opportunity to own a piece of musical history by one of Radio X’s biggest icons.
To support our charity and be in with a chance of winning, text the word ROBERT to 83936

Entries close at 11.59pm on Friday 7 October 2016.

You must be over 18 to take part. Texts cost your standard network rate, plus once you've entered we'll do the bit that raises the money for all those good causes and will automatically take a donation of £3, unless you reply STOP to the first text message we send you. 100% of these donations will go to Global's Make Some Noise.

Full terms and conditions can be found here

Global’s Make Some Noise is Radio X’s very own charity, supporting small but brilliant projects across the UK which help youngsters and their families living with illness, disability or lack of opportunity.

By supporting Global’s Make Some Noise, you’ll be helping small projects make a big difference, so thank you. Find out more here.

Thanks to Robert Smith and Schecter for kindly donating this prize."

Update (10-05-16): From Radio X - "Unfortunately, contrary to previous published information, fans outside the United Kingdom are NOT eligible to enter, we’re really sorry! We were given the wrong information from the competition organisers. However, anyone that texted will NOT be charged. If anyone has a query about any texts sent into this competition, please contact prizes@makesomenoise.com. Apologies for any disappointment and thanks for all your support.

Also, on Friday 7 October (the same day the European leg of the tour kicks off in Helsinki), we’ll be promoting the RS guitar on air.

Robert has given us two tracks from Bestival to play on Radio X. One will probably be played on John Kennedy’s show on Thursday night to launch the charity day, the other will be on daytime on Friday. The tracks are Lovesong and Just Like Heaven."

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Farewell, Caroline


Caroline Crawley (of Shelleyan Orphan and Babacar) has passed away. The announcement was made on Shelleyan Orphan's Facebook yesterday:

"It is with deep sadness and sorrow that my dearest oldest mate in life and music passed away today after a long illness. please play our music very loud today."

(Thanks @chriswhite65)

Was fortunate enough to see them open for The Cure 3 times on the Prayer Tour in 1989 and loved them. I think 'Tar Baby' became my favorite non-Cure song that year. And while I never had the pleasure of meeting her, everyone I know who did, said she was always so sweet and kind to them. A wonderful person.

Thank you for sharing your lovely voice and music with us, Caroline. We love you! We are all so sad to lose you, but take some small comfort in knowing your battle is over, and you are now at peace.

Sending all of our love and support to her family and friends.

Pitchfork has a great article up today, and there are more articles at Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum, and Telerama.



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Help From Europe?

As we gear up for the start of the European leg of Cure Tour 2016, time to send out a call for help with the live set reports!

If you're going to the Helsinki, Stockholm, or Oslo shows, and wouldn't mind helping me with the live setlist reports, photos, Periscope streams, or anything else, then please do! Updates via Twitter (@CraigatCof), email (craigatcof (at) gmail (dot) com), or Facebook would work best for me.

Thank you! Have a great time and enjoy the shows!
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