Upcoming alt NOIR interview with Roger

Roger will be doing an interview with alt NOIR magazine and they would like for you to submit some questions for him. He can't really talk about any future Cure projects/events, but anything else is fine. You can post your question in the comments or email it to me, and I will pass them on. Thanks! Need them by the middle of next week. (Thanks Tracy)

Roger adds: "I will be mostly answering questions on algebra, statistics and pure maths so please make them challenging!" : )

Official site update

Robert has posted a link to his Take Forever remix, and in his usual cryptic manner, drops a "MORE NEWS VERY SOON I FEEL". IGA also posted the winners of 3 Cure Bestival guitars. That photo looks awfully familiar, doesn't it, April? ; )
(Thanks notherbob)

Bestival audio

Audience recording up on Dime.
FLAC on Megaupload - Part 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
MP3 on Megaupload - Part 1 - 2 - 3
Audio extracted from the Sky Arts video: MP3 / FLAC Part 1 - 2
(Thanks Andreas)

Cure playlist on BBC 6 Music's Now Playing

Tonight from 7 - 9PM UK time, BBC 6 Music's Now Playing will do a Cure inspired playlist. Tell them what you want to hear via their blog, Twitter, or Facebook. (Thanks Hugh and John)

Update: Missed it or want to listen again? Click here.

Vote for The Cure

Vote for The Cure as Best Summer Festival Headliner in the BBC 6 Music poll. Update: The Cure finished 5th.
(Thanks Angela and fatpie1664)

Also vote for The Cure and Bestival in the Festival Awards UK 2011 poll. (Thanks Antti)

Cure Bestival Sky Arts HD broadcast

Sky Arts HD Video: Lovesong / Just Like Heaven / The Only One / The Walk / Push / Friday I'm in Love / Inbetween Days
Sky Arts SD Video: Play For Today & A Forest
Sky Arts HD torrent on Dime & on Megaupload (4 x 700MB RAR) - Part 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
(Thanks to topscooteruk and matthew_north)

Cure article/Robert interview? in Sonic Seducer

Looks like there's either a Cure article or interview with Robert in the new Sonic Seducer magazine. Here's a translation of the preview: "This means, that the last album is some years ago, but Robert has done things. They listened closly as Robert talks about Thin Lizzy and "Alice in Wonderland" and tells something about exciting tour-plans and forthcoming releases of The Cure." (Thanks to Joerg from newly reformed The Last Remedy. Here's their cover of A Night Like This from 1994)

Update: As suspected..."saw it today, it is just a German translation of the Hot Press (Roisin Dwyer/Hot Press is credited for it) article, absolutely no news or anything else to add in the article." (Thanks Dennis)

Bestival notes

According to Rob da Bank, Robert's favorite act at Bestival was Kitty, Daisy & Lewis.

"Play for Today and A Forest were also broadcast in HD in the highlights programme on Sky 1 (as opposed to Sky Arts)"
(Thanks Ghostfinder)

Did Q TV ever show any of The Cure at Bestival?

The Sky Arts HD broadcast is now up on Dime.
(Thanks Andreas and TopscooterUK)

Roger on Radio Devon tonight

Roger O Donnell BBC Radio Devon 12.09.2011 by Thecurerarities

Roger was once again on the Late Show with Vic Morgan on BBC Radio Devon. Missed it? Listen on the BBC iPlayer (at 1:15:10) or SoundCloud. (Thanks Exploding Cure/TheCureRarities)

Update: Roger on future Cure events - "lots of people are going to be very very happy before very long." : )

Update 2: And here's a Swedish interview from Kulturbloggen (English translation).

And I'm sure Roger won't mind if I throw in a plug for our friend Matthew North and his band Secrets for September. They are playing Oct. 1st in London and you can get tickets here.

Fish & chips for The Cure? False

"For those who absolutely need to know everything about The Cure, please find an article I read in The Sun this morning...totally useless and who cares, but anyway..." (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Hey, I do say "News, rumors, minutiae". : )

No surprise, but Roger says it's not true: "How can they just make stuff like that up? And why would it have to be taxied there were about 100 F&C stands there! there wasn't even any food in our dressing room, I was starving! Well I was to nervous to eat!"

Shawn's DJ set from the Vegas Cure party

"With the Cure high that we're all experiencing because of the band's Bestival performance, I figured that I'd help it continue by asking Craig to post a link to the Cure dance party that I DJed in Las Vegas back in January. I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised with the setlist. Enjoy. :)

Note: It's a ZIP file with both an Mp3 with the show and an RTF file with the setlist and notes, so if you have any problem with the latter, just look in the comments. Oh, and make sure to click on the link in the blue box in the middle column that says "Click here to start download from sendspace." The download links that may show on the top or sides are actually ads." (Thanks Shawn)

Roger will be tambourine shopping again

Don't read this, Jason!

At the end of last night's show, "Roger threw his tambourine, guess who got it?" (Thanks JC/Perfect.Murder)
Update from Roger: "Actually it was one of Jason's tambourines and I don't think he knows about it yet hahah so don't tell him!"

See it in action! And watch Roger throw it to JC. (Thanks Aaron and Matthew)

Roger comes clean...finally! : )

(Thanks to April for the photo)

"Yes I am on stage playing with the band again and hopefully 15 minutes in I haven’t played any wrong notes!

Robert asked me about a month ago to play Bestival and I was very happy to say yes. Playing these songs again, old friends, being up on stage with Robert, Simon and Jason who are really family to me, it is all right.

Looking forward I’m sure there will be lots of exciting Cure projects in the future which I am very excited to be a part of again... "

And on Twitter: "I never lied but was less generous with the truth than normal! Thanks for all the messages! I'm very happy to be back! Good things coming!"

Welcome back, Roger! It has been far too long, and we missed you tremendously!

The Cure live at Bestival

Setlist, show notes and photos moved here.

Robert interview in the Guardian Guide

The interview that Robert gave to The Guardian will run in the Guardian Guide this Saturday.

Update: In this article entitled "What should The Cure play at Bestival?", we get a preview of the interview. (Thanks lovecat)

Update 2: The interview is up! (Thanks Heron) And here are scans of the article. (Thanks John)


NME is also running a story based on this interview.

And if you missed Robert's recent Hot Press interview, the scans from Keith are here.

Bestival program

Thanks to April for the photo. April & Heron also sent photos of the Bestival wristbands and from the fan meetup.

Cure shirts at Bestival

Thanks to Maggie for the photo. She also sent a few shots from around the festival grounds.

Update on the Ferris Bueller score story

A followup on that story about Robert writing an unused score for Ferris Bueller's Day Off: "There is a very good book about John Hughes called "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried." Came out about a year ago and talks about this specific issue. It is true that John's music supervisor at the time of Ferris was close with Robert and sent him the famous scene where the characters are going through the Chicago Museum of Art and Robert did indeed write a piece of Instrumental Music for the scene. Apparently John Hughes wanted his music supervisor to work for him exclusively but this guy worked for a big record label and said that it was not possible. So John Hughes fired him and with him went the piece the Robert wrote for the film. A new music supervisor was hired with no relationship with Robert and a new band was brought in to score the scene." (Thanks DVosskuhler)

Bestival TV, 3D, Radio & Photo Gallery

Sky TV Schedule
09th Sept - 22:00 (Sky Arts 1)
10th Sept - 01:00 (Sky 3D), 15:00 (Sky 3D), 22:00 (Sky Arts 1)
11th Sept - 03:00 (Sky 3D), 13:00 (Sky 1), 19:00 (Sky 3D), 22:00 (Sky Arts 1)
12th Sept - 01:00 (Sky 3D), 19:00 (Sky 3D)
Kicking off at 3pm on Sky 3D, Saturday will be a dizzying display of Rock Stars, Pop Stars & Divas featuring The Cure, live! Yes! The Cure, LIVE!
If you’re joining us at Bestival, don’t feel left out of our super-modern 3D TV party, you can still relive those golden Robin Hill moments once again with an extra highlights show brimming with Bestival goodness on Sat 17th Sept on both Sky Arts 1 & Sky 3D.

Photo Gallery
"We have a new Photo Gallery going live from tomorrow evening which will be updated daily with live shots of artists, stages, arenas and all things weird and wonderful around the site."

Bestival Radio
Tune in via 87.7FM, Bestival.net & East Village Radio.
All info from the Bestival newsletter. (Thanks lovecat and Aaron)

Rob da Bank talks with The Guardian

From The Guardian:
What will make Bestival 2011 special?
Rob: Two and a half hours of the Cure on Saturday, for me.

How did you bag Bjork and the Cure?
Rob: They've always been on the wish list, particularly the Cure. The Cure have always been in the top two or three. I've been in contact with Robert Smith via email and through his agent for a number of years and it's nearly happened two or three times but I've since found out how thorough Robert Smith is, in a very positive way. He doesn't agree to do things unless he thinks it's going to be absolutely the right thing and he plans it to the nth degree. They're my boyhood band.