New Cure ink

Lorna from Glasgow's Lullaby tattoo. Thanks Moggieboy.

Added some new tattoos to the photo gallery - Billie C,  Andrea, Jeff K, and 2 for Lorna from Glasgow,

Denver Riot Fest daily lineup

@RiotFest says the daily lineup for Denver's Riot Fest will be revealed tonight, June 18th, at 7pm Mountain time. No mention of them releasing the single day tickets at the same time, but be ready just in case.

Update: While we wait for the official announcement, it looks like the band Clutch posted it early (and then removed it). It says The Cure are playing Saturday, Sept. 20th. Yep, it's official. And single day tickets ARE on sale now! $60 for regular (will go up to $65, then $70), $100 for VIP. They've also added a 2 day pass for $120.

"Robert Smith loves all of this music"

Grolsch Filmworks talks with Eric Green about his documentary 'Beautiful Noise':

What made you approach Robert Smith and Wayne Coyne, who aren’t really considered as part of the scene?

You know, funnily enough I thought that would have been a little more obvious. I did lots of research – also Trent Reznor and Billy Corgan – they’re all fans of this music, they’re all big fans, and they’re all mainstream musicians who have some of the ideas of this genre at heart in their playing; while they are more mainstream, they are in ways, each individual musician, a kind of kindred spirit. It came out in some of the interviews: Robert Smith loves all of this music and he’s very vocal about it.

He seemed the most passionate and romantic about some of the bands.

Absolutely. Perfect wording;  very romantic, very passionate, very interested in everything they did. And Wayne Coyne – Flaming Lips recently played in Ireland and Kevin Shields (from My Bloody Valentine) joined them onstage; we’re also talking about people that are friends with a lot of these bands. Billy Corgan was very friendly with the Cocteau Twins, Billy was also very friendly with Kevin and particularly Debbie Googe. Lots of connections there.
(Thanks Laurent)

Reeves in Nashville on June 13th

June 13th, 2014 at The Family Wash
Reeves Gabrels - guitar
Kevin Hornback - bass
Jeff Brown - drums.

Update (06/17/14): "I went to the show. Reeves was awesome. He played Yesterday's Gone. Got to talk to him after the show and he signed my CDs. He sort of apologized for YG not sounding as good as when Robert sings it. It's different live but very good."
(Thanks Alan)

Slowdive loves The Cure

Nice interview with Slowdive at Post Punk. Safe to say they are big fans of The Cure and would love to play with them some day. Lots of Cure mentions in it, here's one excerpt:

Nick: But it’s just- no, it’s never happened. So you know, maybe that’ll be something for the future.
Rachel: That’s Nick’s ultimate dream.
Nick: Well, I’ll just have to throw myself at Simon’s feet, won’t I? “I’m not worthy!”
Rachel: Simon’s his hero.

Post-Punk: Oh yeah?
Nick: Well, you know, he was one of my sort of early reasons where I thought, Yeah, I wanna play bass guitar.

Post-Punk: He’s still got it.
Nick: He’s on it!

(Thanks @Kafdancer)

New dates for Liqueur

Cure Tribute band Liqueur have  added 2 more dates for this year. September 13th , the '9:13 Dream' show at The Square Harlow and Nov. 22nd at O2 Academy Islington (2).

Update (05/07/14): The London show is now a 'Disintegration' Anniversary show.

Fan of The Cure? Catch Liqueur - The Cure Tribute Disintegration Anniversary Gig. Sat 22/11 On sale Sat 10/05 @ 12pm pic.twitter.com/RLA1adRif6
— O2AcademyIslington (@O2Islington) May 7, 2014

Update (06/01/14): New show added - a Disintegration set on Nov. 21st at Granny's in Lowestofts. Free show but limited space available, so please message Granny's to be put on the guest list.

Update (06/17/14): Another show added - Nov. 1st in Milton Keynes at the Craufurd Arms.

Photo shoot for Roger's Love & Other Tragedies

Posted on Roger's Facebook: "Photo shoot for Love and Other Tragedies thanks to Peony for the pictures."

Photos from BottleRock

Great photos as usual from Mauro Melis at Sound of Violence. More coming to his Flickr soon.

And check out his B&W Series on Facebook.

Photos from the BottleRock Rehearsal

Live 105 has posted photos from the BottleRock rehearsal.

For more on this, check out Jill's report here and Kariana & Justin's  reports here.

"I need to sing a song called Faith"

"This is for everyone that died (25 years ago) today in China."
The Cure - Faith (Rome 6-4-89 Tiananmen Square version)
"And don't forget!" (Thanks Vicky)

Another version here. (Thanks @guillaume_g_z)

Andy Anderson interview in The 13th

Issue #9 of The 13th is out and it includes an interview with Andy Anderson. English version coming soon. (Thanks Diego)

More Cure LEGO

@thecure immortalised as #LEGO pic.twitter.com/SJf6xYaRIe
— Adly Syairi Ramly (@adlysyairi) May 19, 2014

Included in this Billboard article. (Thanks Jean-Francois)

That's nice, but I think Guillaume's set is better.

Stickerwatch 2014: Simon's AC/DC tribute

For those about to rock, Simon salutes you.

No new Doctor Who stickers for Simon at BottleRock, but Olivier at It's A Perfect Day did get this photo, and it looks like Simon has an AC/DC tribute on the back of his bass.

If you can't make it out, it says For Those About To Rock, We Salute You.

If you want to try and tie it into his Who stickers, there is this fan video tribute to The Doctor, which uses the AC/DC song.

Thanks to Olivier for the photo. Not only does he get great videos & provide setlist reports, he humors my Cure guitar sticker obsession. :)

'Why Can't I Be You?' at BottleRock...sort of

The Cure try to play 'Why Can't I Be You?' after the power is cut at BottleRock. (Thanks Ryan)

Other versions here and here.

Update (06/02/14): From The Bay Bridged - "The plug was pulled on both Heart and The Cure at a very hard 10pm ending time. The organizers later explained that all bands, especially the headliners, were aware of the cutoff time and that due to contracts with the city, community and local businesses this was a rule they had to stick by."

From the Sacramento Bee: "Music fans were also miffed about the sound being cut off while the Cure and Heart each were in the midst of performing.

BottleRock organizers had promised the city of Napa to uphold a 10 p.m. noise curfew, which meant the plug was pulled on the Cure just as the band started playing “Why Can’t I Be You?” as an encore Friday night. Heart met a similar fate on Saturday as the clock struck 10 p.m.

It’s an awkward way to end a set, but ruffling the city after last year’s financial fiasco wouldn’t bode well for BottleRock’s future.

“We were very clear with the bands that 10 o’clock was a hard stop,” said David Graham, CEO of Latitude 38, in a Saturday afternoon press conference. “We wanted to address concerns related to noise.”

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/02/6451399/rocking-in-napa.html#storylink=cpy

'Before Three' at BottleRock 2014

Before Three - Napa, BottleRock 30-May-2014 from itsaperfectday on Vimeo.

Finally back after a 10 year absence! Last played in Paris on Oct. 15th, 2004. Thank you, Olivier! Thank you, Robert!

Jill's report from the BottleRock rehearsal

As previously posted here, The Cure held a rehearsal for their BottleRock set on Thursday night, May 29th at Soundwave Studios in Oakland, CA. Jill was another of the lucky Live 105 winners and here's her report & photos from the show.

"Can mirror what other lucky winners said...heard Lullaby, Just Like Heaven as well as Catch and Shake Dog Shake before getting let into the studio.

Set list as I remember it (order might not be perfect--I did my best...I was a little beside myself):

Doing the Unstuck, Freakshow, Sinking, The Baby Screams, Before Three, Close to Me, Fascination Street, A Forest.

After checking in with their sound guy and the band, Robert asked if there was something else we wanted to hear...my only regret was that 'Underneath The Stars' was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't manage to say it out loud.

Everyone was allowed to bring items to be signed, and the entire band signed everything. I was able to talk to Robert for a couple of minutes... he was very charming (shocking, I know). I wish I'd had the presence to ask about 4:14 Scream, but I was trying so hard to remain upright and not seem foolish- I remember him asking what we had to do to win this contest- and him wrinkling his nose at "enter, and get really f*ing lucky". It was SO random, but please know- 80% of the people there were huge, long time fans.

Hit me up with any questions!

Link to photos here. Sorry for the quality, we were only allowed to use iPhones...

Hard to see the silver pen in this shot for Craig at Chain of Flowers!

Included photos of items I was able to get signed by the Band...Craig...thought you'd appreciate the album!"

Thanks, Jill! I love it! :) And thank you for the report.

If you have any questions, ask Jill in the comments.

Anyone willing to pick up some merch?

"Do you know if there is someone, anyone of 'us' in there who might be able to help me and buy a set of badges for me? I'm from Greece you see..." Thanks for helping, Trev!

From Paul: "If any one is at the show today and cure merchandise is still available id love a shirt xxl, bag, and a badge set. I can PayPal for payment and postage to the east coast, near dc."

From Guillaume: "If anyone has spares, I'm looking for a pack of badges too (and a tee-shirt...). guyomes(at)Yahoo(dot)fr (yes i'm in France...) Thanks."

Backstage & 'Shake Dog Shake' at BottleRock

A very interesting look at The Cure before they take the stage at BottleRock.

The Cure at BottleRock (05/30/14)

Setlist: Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, alt.end, The End of the World, Lovesong, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Catch, Before Three (1st time since Oct. 15th, 2004), From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Pictures of You, Lullaby, High, Never Enough, Wrong Number, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Mint Car, Friday I'm In Love, Doing the Unstuck, Bananafishbones, Want, The Hungry Ghost, One Hundred Years, Give Me It

1st encore: A Forest
2nd encore: The Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed, Freakshow, Close To Me, (Olivier: They cut the mike! And the rest. Very pissed off Robert), Why Can't I Be You (unplugged).

Note from @adfusaro about the end of the show: "shortly after WCIBY started, the sound started to fade...mic first completely, then instruments...when mic fully pulled, R made his way to front stage and began spinning and yelling "run around in circles...". R knew-said at encore start,"we need to play these fast-only have 20 min" "

Thanks to Paul K. and Olivier at It's A Perfect Day for the setlist updates, and to everyone else who posted photos & videos.

Tonight's Doctor Who sticker on Simon's bass: a repeat of A Good Man Goes To War. Thanks Trev!

Reviews/Articles: Sacramento Bee / The Bay Bridged / The Owl Magazine / Slicing Up Eyeballs / Stereogum / Examiner / Contra Costa Times / Press Democrat / Napa Valley Register

Photos: Sound of Violence / Kara Murphy / It's A Perfect Day / CoS / The Owl Magazine  / Romi the Writer / Jessica F. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Mauro 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / Getty Images (also at WireImage) / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 (Robert backstage with fans) - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27

Video Clips: Here they come / Shake Dog Shake / alt.end / Lovesong 1 - 2 / Push 1 - 2 / Inbetween Days / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 / Pictures of You 1 - 2 / Caterpillar / The Walk / Bananafishbones / Robert dancing during Give Me It / The Lovecats 1 - 2 / Close To Me / Simon during One Hundred Years / Robert on cowbell for Freakshow / Roger helps Simon

Videos: Backstage & Shake Dog Shake / Shake Dog Shake / Fascination Street 1 - 2 / Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, alt.end / The End of the World / Lovesong 1 - 2 - 3 / Push 1 - 2 - 3 (Olivier) - 4 / Sleep When I'm Dead 1 - 2 / Just Like Heaven 1 - 2 - 3 / Catch / Before Three / Pictures of You 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 / From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 1 - 2 / Lullaby 1 - 2 / The Walk / Never Enough / Friday I'm In Love 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / The Caterpillar 1 - 2 / Mint Car 1 - 2 / Doing the Unstuck 1 - 2 / Bananafishbones 1 - 2 - 3 / Want 1 - 2  - 3 - 4 / The Hungry Ghost / One Hundred Years / One Hundred Years & Give Me It / A Forest 1 - 2 - 3 / The Lovecats 1 - 2 (Olivier) / The Lovecats & Hot Hot Hot / Lovecats, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed / Let's Go To Bed / Close To Me & Why Can't I Be You? / Why Can't I Be You? 1 - 2 

Here's the encore part of The Cure's stage setlist. They almost fit it all in. (Thanks Ryan)

Cure BottleRock merchandise

Shirt, Hat, Badges and Bag all same design. pic.twitter.com/SQBnpkLoGu
— Fuji McMurtrie (@fujifezz) May 30, 2014

Thanks Fuji! I still don't know what Robert has against baseball caps! Enough with the bucket hats! :)

More photos here. (Thanks Olivier)
And a closer look at the buttons/badges. (Thanks Trevor)