The latest issue of Rolling Stone (Italy) features Robert on the cover, some photos and an interview. Don't get too excited, it's just part of the Hong Kong Ham interview from last July.
(Thanks Gwyneth)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Want a fan meetup and after party in Rotterdam?
"My name is Danny Hoogendijk and I am a huge Cure fan. I have a bar/restaurant near the Ahoy venue in Rotterdam. I would like to know how I can arrange a pre-meet for some Cure fans before the show and if there are enough people interested maybe even an afterparty. Cure music will be playing almost the entire day and also after the show. Normally my closing time is 20.00. but if enough people like the idea i could also open up after the concert. website: www.champselysees.nl."
E-mail Danny if you are interested: dannyenkaren@cs.com.
E-mail Danny if you are interested: dannyenkaren@cs.com.
Please Project now The Only One?
During the show in Antwerpen tonight, Robert introduced Please Project with "I think this is called The Only One."
(Thanks Olivier)
(Thanks Olivier)
Japanese SMH-CD's Rescheduled
Originally scheduled for release on March 19th, then removed, they are now rescheduled for May 21st. But it looks like Concert, Japanese Whispers, Standing On A Beach and Disintegration are no longer listed. Here's the e-mail from CDJapan:
Description:Japan-only thirtieth anniversary cardboard sleeve reissue from The Cure featuring the high-quality SHM-CD audio CD format (playable on standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve replica of the original UK E-style jacket artwork with inner bag. Part of a seven-album The Cure cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Three Imaginary Boys" "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," "Pornography," "The Top," "The Head on The Door," and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."
THE CURE/Three Imaginary Boys [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93477
THE CURE/Seventeen Seconds [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93478
THE CURE/Faith [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93479
THE CURE/Pornography [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93480
THE CURE/The Top [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93481
THE CURE/The Head on The Door [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93482
THE CURE/Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93483
Description:Japan-only thirtieth anniversary cardboard sleeve reissue from The Cure featuring the high-quality SHM-CD audio CD format (playable on standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve replica of the original UK E-style jacket artwork with inner bag. Part of a seven-album The Cure cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Three Imaginary Boys" "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," "Pornography," "The Top," "The Head on The Door," and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."
THE CURE/Three Imaginary Boys [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93477
THE CURE/Seventeen Seconds [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93478
THE CURE/Faith [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93479
THE CURE/Pornography [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93480
THE CURE/The Top [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93481
THE CURE/The Head on The Door [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93482
THE CURE/Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93483
Thursday, March 13, 2008
New Cure Tribute CD
"It's March and all things are humming here at American Laundromat Records. Here's the scoop:
JUST LIKE HEAVEN - a tribute to the Cure
This tribute is coming together quite nicely. We have some excellent artists on board to cover their favorite Cure songs. Who's on board you ask? Well, here's a partial list of artists and the songs they'll be covering (this is an American Laundromat Records newsletter subscriber exclusive):
A Forest / THE RAVEONETTES
A Strange Day / GRAND DUCHY (Violet Clark & Black Francis)
Boys Don't Cry / THE SUBMARINES
Close To Me / ELK CITY
In Between Days / KITTY KARLYLE
Jumping Someone Else's Train / LUFF
Just Like Heaven / JOY ZIPPER
Killing An Arab / THE ROSEBUDS
Lets Go To Bed / CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN
Lovesong / THE BRUNETTES
Pictures Of You / ELIZABETH HARPER & THE MATINEE
The Lovecats / TANYA DONELLY with DYLAN IN THE MOVIES
We're waiting on some other amazing indie artists to choose songs and once they do you'll be the first to know. Be our Cure tribute friend on myspace:http://www.myspace.com/atributetothecure"
(Thanks John)
JUST LIKE HEAVEN - a tribute to the Cure
This tribute is coming together quite nicely. We have some excellent artists on board to cover their favorite Cure songs. Who's on board you ask? Well, here's a partial list of artists and the songs they'll be covering (this is an American Laundromat Records newsletter subscriber exclusive):
A Forest / THE RAVEONETTES
A Strange Day / GRAND DUCHY (Violet Clark & Black Francis)
Boys Don't Cry / THE SUBMARINES
Close To Me / ELK CITY
In Between Days / KITTY KARLYLE
Jumping Someone Else's Train / LUFF
Just Like Heaven / JOY ZIPPER
Killing An Arab / THE ROSEBUDS
Lets Go To Bed / CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN
Lovesong / THE BRUNETTES
Pictures Of You / ELIZABETH HARPER & THE MATINEE
The Lovecats / TANYA DONELLY with DYLAN IN THE MOVIES
We're waiting on some other amazing indie artists to choose songs and once they do you'll be the first to know. Be our Cure tribute friend on myspace:http://www.myspace.com/atributetothecure"
(Thanks John)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Paris 2008 Live DVD?
Word from Paris tonight is that the show is being filmed and may be released on dvd. If true, let's hope they do a Blu-Ray release as well. And they might as well release Trilogy, In Orange and Show in Blu too.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Radio special in Argentina
"por instinto ( name of the show) march 8 , 20hs (date)
the cure special
101.9 fm ksk radio
http://kskradio.com/ ( to listen on line)
(Thanks to ariel from http://thecurerarities.blogspot.com/)
the cure special
101.9 fm ksk radio
http://kskradio.com/ ( to listen on line)
(Thanks to ariel from http://thecurerarities.blogspot.com/)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
New album article from Blender
Sorry, I missed this one a few weeks ago. From Blender:
In The Studio: Cure
Goth-rock mopesters the Cure get cheery on their 13th album.
Josh Eells
Blender February 19 2008
Attention all Cure fans: Better find some wood to knock on. For their 13th studio album (and first in four years) the U.K. miserablists are basically telling bad luck to suck it—prepping two discs comprising 13 tracks each, with “13” imagery running throughout. “I have never been superstitious,” singer Robert Smith says. “Full moons are my favorite.”
The godfathers of gloom have been recording the album since last summer, when they decamped to an old converted farmhouse—Smith calls it “lived-in”—in the English countryside. “There’s a garden outside, and stables,” he says. “It’s quite genteel.” It’s also just a few miles from the icy waters of the English Channel. Has Smith applied his waterproof guyliner and gone for a dip? “I’ve looked at it,” he says, chuckling. “I’m not much of a swimmer. Only after a few beers.”
Although the album features its fair share of despair (Smith calls “Christmas Without You,” about the death of a close friend, “one of the most unhappy things we’ve ever recorded”), he says it is, on the whole, “more upbeat.” The fastest songs are “manic psycho rock,” and “Don’t Say Anything” stars a colorful cast of aliens and freaks.
“It’s been a fun couple of months,” Smith says. “Certainly the most fun I’ve ever had in a studio.” Might the black-clad master of melancholy actually be approaching (gasp) happiness? He laughs. “I’ll be happy when it’s done.”
All About Our Album
Producer: Robert Smith
Studio: Parkgate Studio, Battle, England
Last Album: The Cure, 2004
New Album: As yet untitled, due this spring
In The Studio: Cure
Goth-rock mopesters the Cure get cheery on their 13th album.
Josh Eells
Blender February 19 2008
Attention all Cure fans: Better find some wood to knock on. For their 13th studio album (and first in four years) the U.K. miserablists are basically telling bad luck to suck it—prepping two discs comprising 13 tracks each, with “13” imagery running throughout. “I have never been superstitious,” singer Robert Smith says. “Full moons are my favorite.”
The godfathers of gloom have been recording the album since last summer, when they decamped to an old converted farmhouse—Smith calls it “lived-in”—in the English countryside. “There’s a garden outside, and stables,” he says. “It’s quite genteel.” It’s also just a few miles from the icy waters of the English Channel. Has Smith applied his waterproof guyliner and gone for a dip? “I’ve looked at it,” he says, chuckling. “I’m not much of a swimmer. Only after a few beers.”
Although the album features its fair share of despair (Smith calls “Christmas Without You,” about the death of a close friend, “one of the most unhappy things we’ve ever recorded”), he says it is, on the whole, “more upbeat.” The fastest songs are “manic psycho rock,” and “Don’t Say Anything” stars a colorful cast of aliens and freaks.
“It’s been a fun couple of months,” Smith says. “Certainly the most fun I’ve ever had in a studio.” Might the black-clad master of melancholy actually be approaching (gasp) happiness? He laughs. “I’ll be happy when it’s done.”
All About Our Album
Producer: Robert Smith
Studio: Parkgate Studio, Battle, England
Last Album: The Cure, 2004
New Album: As yet untitled, due this spring
Valencia tv broadcast
"It will be broadcast on MTV Spain sometime around March 8th or 9th and then worldwide on MTVLive tentatively after March 15th.
Youtube vid commercial for MTV winter valencia show..with a bit interview with Robert."
(Thanks Gwyneth)
Youtube vid commercial for MTV winter valencia show..with a bit interview with Robert."
(Thanks Gwyneth)
Robert helps Starter For 10
"Here's a cool article about the Penelope soundtrack and about how Robert made the soundtrack cool! (correction: the part about Robert is referring to the film Starter For 10, NOT Penelope.)
Excerpt:
And the film, set in the 1980s, had a "phenomenal soundtrack" featuring the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, the Smiths and more.
"The story behind the soundtrack for that was that we couldn't afford such a great soundtrack because those tunes cost a lot of money," says McAvoy. "Morrissey doesn't really let his songs out for less than a ... lot of money, and neither do the Cure.
"But the lead singer for the Cure came along, saw the film, liked it so much and he was originally going to try and score some of the music, but it didn't work out due to other commitments, and he said, 'Yeah, you can have lots of our songs.'
"As soon as he did that, everybody from the '80s, including Morrissey, was like, 'Yeah, you can have our music. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. Have it cheap.' So it was great."
(Thanks Spencer)
Excerpt:
And the film, set in the 1980s, had a "phenomenal soundtrack" featuring the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, the Smiths and more.
"The story behind the soundtrack for that was that we couldn't afford such a great soundtrack because those tunes cost a lot of money," says McAvoy. "Morrissey doesn't really let his songs out for less than a ... lot of money, and neither do the Cure.
"But the lead singer for the Cure came along, saw the film, liked it so much and he was originally going to try and score some of the music, but it didn't work out due to other commitments, and he said, 'Yeah, you can have lots of our songs.'
"As soon as he did that, everybody from the '80s, including Morrissey, was like, 'Yeah, you can have our music. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. Have it cheap.' So it was great."
(Thanks Spencer)
KC and Sunrise passwords
The pre-sale password for both KC and Sunrise is INBETWEEN. Thanks to Mark O. for getting it for all of us.
Also, Ticketmaster says The Cure will be using the "half house" setup for the Sunrise show. So be sure to check the seating chart before you let go of what would seem to be "bad" tickets when looking at the normal seating chart.
Also, Ticketmaster says The Cure will be using the "half house" setup for the Sunrise show. So be sure to check the seating chart before you let go of what would seem to be "bad" tickets when looking at the normal seating chart.
New Cure Merchandise
Probably old news, but I just noticed that The Cure Store has added a bunch of the new 4Tour merchandise for sale.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Teenage Cancer Trust dvd update
Don't get too excited about that TCT dvd. Here's the track list:
1 THE WHO - THE SEEKER
2 NOEL GALLAGHER - DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
3 KAISER CHIEFS - TAKE MY TEMPURATURE
4 NOEL GALLAGHER & PAUL WELLER - THE BUTTERFLY
5 THE CORAL - DREAMING OF YOU
6 THE CURE - THE KISS
7 RAZORLIGHT & ROGER DALTREY - SUMMERTIME BLUES
8 THE VIEW - FACE FOR THE RADIO
9 BLOCK PARTY - LIKE EATING GLASS
10 THE BEES - GOT TO LET GO
11 GRUFF RHYS - NI WN
12 JUDAS PRIEST - HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
13 KASABIAN - L.S.F.
14 THE WHO - BABA O' RILEY
15 THE WHO - TEA & THEATRE
Amazon UK has it listed for release on April 14th.
(Thanks Graeme)
1 THE WHO - THE SEEKER
2 NOEL GALLAGHER - DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
3 KAISER CHIEFS - TAKE MY TEMPURATURE
4 NOEL GALLAGHER & PAUL WELLER - THE BUTTERFLY
5 THE CORAL - DREAMING OF YOU
6 THE CURE - THE KISS
7 RAZORLIGHT & ROGER DALTREY - SUMMERTIME BLUES
8 THE VIEW - FACE FOR THE RADIO
9 BLOCK PARTY - LIKE EATING GLASS
10 THE BEES - GOT TO LET GO
11 GRUFF RHYS - NI WN
12 JUDAS PRIEST - HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
13 KASABIAN - L.S.F.
14 THE WHO - BABA O' RILEY
15 THE WHO - TEA & THEATRE
Amazon UK has it listed for release on April 14th.
(Thanks Graeme)
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