Primavera Sound Livestream

As long as The Cure give the ok, we'll have an official livestream of their set at Primavera Sound on June 5th.

From Official Charts:

Festi season is so back! And thanks to Amazon Music, you can live stream Primavera Sound Barcelona 🧡

Bodiam Sky lyrics offered in auction

From The Cure:

'BODIAM SKY’ HAND WRITTEN LYRICS BY ROBERT

PART OF AN AUCTION RAISING £100K+ FOR NORDOFF AND ROBBINS

11 MAY 2026

📷 JM Enternational

Simon in new Iron Maiden doc

From Greg N:

went and saw the Iron Maiden documentary in theaters last night. Simon Gallup made a brief appearance in the film discussing the bands music. Was nice to see him part of it.

How Robert ended up on the new Rolling Stones album

From Guitar Player:

“You are Robert Smith from the Cure!” Mick Jagger recalls the unexpected moment that led to a Rolling Stones collaboration

By Christopher Scapelliti

The Stones frontman shared the story during a chat on Tuesday with Conan O’Brien in Brooklyn to announce the band’s new album, ‘Foreign Tongues’

When Mick Jagger walked into a London studio to record vocals for the new Rolling Stones album, he found an unexpected guest waiting for him.

“I turned up one day to do my vocals in London, and there's this bloke standing there, with his back to me, with this long gown on,” Jagger recalled during an invitation-only event on Tuesday, May 5. “And when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick.”

The man turned out to be Robert Smith of the Cure — someone Jagger had never met before.

“And I said, ‘You are Robert Smith from the Cure!’ And he said, ‘Yeah!’” Jagger told the crowd.

“So I said, ‘Well, while you're here, then you better go and do something.’”

The impromptu encounter led to a collaboration that will appear on the Stones’ upcoming album, Foreign Tongues, due July 10.

Jagger shared the story Tuesday during a conversation with Conan O'Brien in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he appeared alongside the Stones’ electric guitar tandem of Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood to discuss the new record and preview a few tracks.

Cure play Bordeaux

 THE CURE

PAGAILLE FESTIVAL, BORDEAUX

AUGUST 28TH

TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 9TH

pagaille-festival.fr

Robert and Kevin at RAH

From Pitchfork:

The Cure’s Robert Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields at Teenage Cancer Trust 2026.

Cure at BBC repeat

 Repeat of The Cure at the BBC will air on BBC Four on April 3rd at 21: 10 and again on April 4th at 00 :30.

Cure covers at TCT RAH shows

 Garbage - Lovesong 

Manic Street Preachers - Close to Me

Robert and Roger Daltry

 From Getty Images:

The Cure's Robert Smith is presented a trophy by patron of Teenage Cancer Trust Roger Daltrey for curating this year's shows before Mogwai perform at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Picture date: Wednesday March 25, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)

Robert at TCT last night

From Getty Images:

Event curator Robert Smith, of The Cure, backstage ahead of the Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Picture date: Monday March 23, 2026. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

More shows added

 THE CURE WILL MAKE THEIR LONG-AWAITED LIVE DEBUTS IN LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA THIS SUMMER. PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE MARCH 24.

REGISTER FOR PRE-SALE ACCESS AT

 https://uk-umg.com/um-forms/curesignup.html

Boys Don't Cry prints

2 Cure Boys Don't Cry prints, one signed by Robert Smith and Andy Vella available in the Teenage Cancer Trust store.

shop.teenagecancertrust.org

Robert and Olivia Rodrigo in studio together

From British Vogue:

That Glastonbury headline slot was her biggest dream come true. “I didn’t think I would get it for [at least] another five years… All of my family and friends came from America to watch,” she says, all smiles. “I’m dying to go as a viewer, because this year I was so fucking nervous for the show I didn’t get to enjoy the festival.”

One of her musical heroes, Robert Smith, joined her to sing two timeless The Cure tracks: “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven”. Just as big a fan of hers, Smith was surprised and flattered to get the call. When he first heard “Drivers License”, “I bought Sour, and then Guts (both on CD!)” he writes to tell me. “Although most of the songs on those two albums are not really ‘aimed at my demographic’(!), they are all so good that it is hard not to fall in love with them.” They’ve stayed friends. “She calls me up quite a bit to talk about clothes and fashion – and we have enjoyed a couple of memorable nights in the studio together… I can’t wait to hear what she does next!”

Cure play Paleo Festival

From The Cure:

THE CURE WILL HEADLINE @PALEOFESTIVAL 2026
TICKETS ONSALE MARCH 25 VIA PALEO.CH

Robert's playlist for BBC 6

Replay will be available for the next 29 days (as of this posting).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s02q

The only Robert content is the brief intro.

Shirley Manson on playing Robert's TCT shows

 From NME:

The alt-rock pioneers will be playing as part of a stacked line-up at London’s Royal Albert Hall this month in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust – a cause close to Manson’s heart. Having stepped in as curator for this year in place of The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Smith has hand-picked a week of gigs from the likes of Wolf Alice, Manic Street Preachers, Chvrches, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai and Elbow.

The NME Icon Award alumni revealed that the invite came through via one of Smith’s legendary all caps lock emails, at which point she “just about fucking lost my marbles!”

I’ve loved The Cure for as long as I can remember, since I was about 14-years-old,” she told NME. “To get one of those famous emails from someone I admire so much was gobsmacking, really. He just asked us if we’d be interested in performing in support of Teenage Cancer Trust.

We didn’t really need any introduction and all of us were immediately like, ‘Yes, we are going to do this’. Management were like, ‘Hold on!’ but we said, ‘No, we have to make this happen’. Bless our management for figuring it all out.”

Tim Pope reads from his book

From Tim Pope:

Hear me reading from #IShootRockStars: @thecure 's wardrobe video,@iggypop’s infamous 'cock moment' and duetting with @DavidBowieReal  on 'Space Oddity'.

Next time I’ll drink less coffee. Promise.

https://www.davidreviews.com/News/Tim_Pope_Live_at_the_Flamingo/

Pre-order: https://linktr.ee/IShootRockStars

Robert on BBC6

From The Cure:

ROBERT TAKES OVER THE @BBC6MUSIC 6MIX AHEAD OF HIS 'CUREATION' OF THIS YEAR'S TEENAGE CANCER TRUST CONCERTS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL MARCH 23-29. TUNE IN FRIDAY 11PM UK TIME

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s02q

Reeves and the Boston Ballet

From Reeves:

GIG ALERT: REEVES GABRELS w/ BOSTON BALLET, ten performances, 19-29 Mar 2026. The Cure guitarist collaborated w/ Mischa Santora on music for choreography by My'Kal Stromile.

Full press release.

From Boston Ballet:

Reeves Gabrels isn’t just a guitarist, he’s a creative trailblazer. From Bowie collaborations to The Cure’s iconic sound, he knows how to push limits. Now he joins Boston Ballet for My’Kal Stromile’s world premiere of The Leisurely Installation of a New Window. Get tickets to experience how this unexpected collaboration opens a new window on what dance can be.

https://www.bostonballet.org/performances/the-dream/

Chuck Sperry variants

 From Chuck Sperry:

The Cure proudly released this special limited edition art print on its merchandising platform where the band's allotment of the poster sold out swiftly.

Now I'm offering my Cure poster and its variants to my friends and supporters launching Wednesday!

I will be making a very limited release of my Cure poster and variants opening on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 9 pm PST. The launch will be open for 36 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized. You may only win 1 blotter from the live launches within this 36 hour period. One per household.

Visit the launch page for the release (Set a reminder -countdown and launch)