August 29th
it's really simple...
8/28/2007 3:24:41 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
8/28/2007 2:52:16 PM - by antoe123
The poll on chainofflowers.com has been a little hurtful, I thought fans
would be more genuine and take Robert's word in it all. I guess some of
the fans posting here are pretty similar... just put a little faith in
the band and believe in what they're doing :-)
DONT WORRY ABOUT IT...
I GOT SENT IT JUST NOW AND IT MADE ME SMILE!
SO (ASSUMING THIS ISNT ONE MAN HITTING ALL THE BUTTONS... WHICH IS OF
COURSE A STRONG POSSIBILITY EH CONSPIRACY FANS?!!)
286 PEOPLE DONT SEEM TO NEED ANOTHER REASON BUT THE REASON - They need
time to finish the record (286) - CONGRATULATIONS!
179 PEOPLE THINK THE LABEL HAVE POWER(!!!) - Geffen wants the album
release & tour to coincide (179) (BTW OUR LABEL ISNT GEFFEN - ITS
SURETONE... AND THEY WILL SMILE TOO WHEN THEY SEE THIS!)
151 PEOPLE WENT FOR THE SNIDE ATYPICAL BRINGBACKROGER
ITWASALLSOMUCHBETTERINTHEOLDDAYS COF OPTION - Typical current Cure
bullsh*t (151)
60 PEOPLE THINK THAT SELLING OUT VENUES ACROSS AMERICA IS WEAK - Ticket
sales are weak (60)
AND YAY! 77 PEOPLE DONT THINK THEY CAN BREEZE THEIR WAY BACKSTAGE
BECAUSE DARYL ISNT THERE ANYMORE! - Disorganization. Bring back Daryl (77)
...AN EDIFYING POLL!
467 REAL (OR IMAGINARY?) PEOPLE KNOW THE REAL (OR IMAGINARY?)REASONS!
HMMMM...
PERHAPS THE OTHER 250,000 FANS WHO ARE COMING TO OUR USA SHOWS ARE ALL
WRONG TO JUST TAKE ME AT MY WORD...
OR MAYBE THEY HAVE A TOUCH MORE SENSE AND PERSPECTIVE? OR MAYBE NOT
ENOUGH TIME TO CONTINUE WITH THIS NONSENSE?
AND ON THAT NOTE
I HEAD BACK INTO THE STUDIO
RSX
OUT THE DOOR...
8/28/2007 4:01:25 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
Robert I do hope
8/28/2007 3:42:28 PM - by Serendipity*
you managed to read all the nice and positive posts as well as all the
crap you've been continually addressing.
YES
THANKS FOR ALL THE MORE REASONABLE STUFF
AS WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THE LAST FEW SPORADIC ANGRY NOTMUCHGOINGON POSTERS...
I FEEL I CAN LEAVE THIS FOR A WHILE (BUT NO... ONE LAST SIGH... I CAN'T
RESIST IT: TO THE DUH A FEW AGO... MY POINT WAS WHY WOULD WE ADD EXTRA
SHOWS IF WE AREN'T SELLING TICKETS? BUT I SUPPOSE THAT'S TOO TRICKY...
AAGH! TO BE BOTHERED WITH THIS IS SO DISMAL!)
ANYWAY
I FEEL I HAVE EXPLAINED AS BEST I CAN
FINAL APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GENUINELY DISCOMFITED BY OUR
POSTPONEMENT
ANYONE STILL LEFT WITH A BITTER POST IN THEM...
POST AWAY
I AM OFF TO SING SOME SONGS
AND WILL BE BACK WITH NEWS OF OUR RESCHEDULED SHOWS
LOVE
RSX
(Thanks Debi and Adriana)
"Last few days on the massive Cure T shirt sale Ends 8am GMT September 1st! Still a few bargains to be had!
http://www.mfc-cure.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1187593913/0#0"
(Thanks Hugh)
"got the new issue of Spin magazine in the mail, the one with Rilo Kiley on the cover. On page 138 in the REVIEWS of NEW CD's there's a review for VHS or Beta's new cd, Bring on the Comets. They got a poor 1 and a half stars for it and the review is as follows.
"Hey guys, Curiosa was three years ago. Let's move on.
Kentucky's least country sons, now entirely removed from the Francophile disco of their first album (2002's pleasantly innocuous Le Funk), continue to mimic '80s new wave on their third. But without the strong vocals and volatile rock leanings that make the Killers and Interpol sound modern, Bring on the Comets is ultimately a bland regression. Percolating synthesizers bleed into the album's unrelenting mid-tempo beat, as Craig Pfunder mewls like Robert Smith, highbred Sloane-y accent and all. Even the mix is thinny, like a fuzzy trip through an unremarkable memory.
Stacey Anderson"
(Thanks andythecurefan)
August 28th
ONE LAST TIME... AGAIN!
8/28/2007 1:02:16 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
TO THE BAND
8/28/2007 11:45:56 AM - by nacl.9
...i was so happy to heard that your come back to montreal after 10 years and now i'm so afraid you could cancel everything just because some unhappy people who can't just understand that this is not a TRAGEDY!
DON'T WORRY
WE WILL BE RE-SCHEDULING ALL THE 2007 USA/CANADIAN DATES
ALL OF THEM
IN FACT
AS THE SPRING 2008 ROUTING IS HAVING TO CHANGE DUE TO VENUE AVAILABILITIES IT IS VERY LIKELY WE WILL ACTUALLY ADD IN A COUPLE MORE SHOWS...
(AND WHERE WILL THAT LEAVE THE 'NO NO NO THEY CANCELLED THEY DIDNT POSTPONE AND THEY HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY DIDNT SELL ANY TICKETS' BLOCKHEAD FACTION I WONDER?!!)
LOVE
RSX
PS
EUROPEAN DATES WILL RUN FROM FEBRUARY 9TH TO MARCH 20TH... FULL DETAILS HERE SOON
MOST LIKELY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE RE-SCHEDULED NORTH AMERICAN DATES ANNOUNCEMENT...
WE ALREADY HAVE QUITE A FEW RE-SCHEDULED DATES LOCKED DOWN, BUT AS I ALREADY SAID
ONE OR TWO ARE PROVING TRICKY...
WE ARE GETTING THERE!
PPS
2 HOURS AT DOWNLOAD I THINK... I WILL CONFIRM IN A WHILE
(Thanks Debi)
LAST POST SOUNDING
8/27/2007 6:46:51 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
HERE WE GO AGAIN...
Disappointed
8/27/2007 4:05:09 PM - by gfaller
I, too, am disappointed....
THAT MAKES A FEW OF US THEN!
I feel as if they are selling out...
WHY? BECAUSE WE POSTPONED SHOWS SO WE CAN FINISH THE NEW ALBUM?
I NEED US TO FINISH THE NEW ALBUM NOW, NOT IN A FEW MONTHS
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DONE BY NOW - THE DATES WERE BOOKED IN APRIL - AND I MADE A MISTAKE
IT HAPPENS...
I HAVE APOLOGISED - A FEW TIMES NOW! - AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST ON THE SUBJECT
TO BE CLEAR
(AGAIN!)
ALL 2007 CONCERT TICKETS WILL BE HONOURED AT THE 2008 SHOWS WITH NO EXTRA COSTS
ALL 2007 CONCERT TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDABLE
WE FEEL FOR THOSE WHO PLANNED TO TRAVEL TO MORE THAN ONE SHOW AND MAY LOSE MONEY ON UNINSURED AIRLINE TX - BUT...PLEASE REMEMBER: ALTHOUGH UNFORTUNATE, THIS WAS ONLY ONE CONSIDERATION AMONG MANY
They are postponing their concert to sell new CD's.
HUH? WE ARE POSTPONING THE CONCERTS TO FINISH THE NEW ALBUM NOW BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND AND MORE ABOUT ALL THIS AND MORE...
I DONT BELIEVE FOR A SECOND WE WILL SELL MORE OR LESS CDS IF WE PLAY THE SHOWS NOW, CHRISTMAS, SPRING OR NEVER
IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT WITH US
While I would love to see them FINALLY do something new, I long to hear them perform their old stuff.
GOOD
ME TOO
I would think that most of their fans thrive on their old stuff because most of the teenagers have never even heard of The Cure.
UMMMMM... NOT SURE I AGREE WITH THIS BIT THOUGH!
ANYWAY
The loyal fans want to hear the old tunes we grew up to and would still buy the new CD regardless of when it is released.
THE NEW TUNES CAN BE ENJOYABLE TOO...
Is anyone else with me?
SO
I AM KIND OF HALF WITH YOU?
BUT ALONG WITH A FEW OTHERS ON HERE I THINK YOU ARE MISUNDERSTANDING THE KEY POINT
WE MOVED THE DATES BECAUSE I AM DESPERATE TO FINSH A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED IN MARCH 2006
IT IS DRAGGING OUT TOO LONG AND I KNOW IN MY HEART WE NEED TO FINISH IT NOW
NOW
NOT IN 2 MONTHS
BUT
NOW
WHEN IT IS DONE
WE WILL PLAY SHOWS
AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF OLD SONGS
(SOME VERY FAMILIAR
SOME NOT SO FAMILIAR!)
AND LOTS OF NEW NEVER HEARD BEFORE SONGS...
WE WILL I HOPE PICK UP AT THE DOWNLOAD SHOW WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN NEW ZEALAND
ON FIRE
AND BURN OUR WAY THROUGH THE MEXICAN SHOWS TOO
AND THE BITTERNESS I AM READING FROM A FEW 'FANS' ON HERE WILL BE LONG FORGOTTEN
THERE!
LOVE
RSX
PS
OH NO...
THIS!
SIGH
Postponing a scheduled tour to finish an album that's been neglected for so long made no sense to me at all.
IT HASNT BEEN NEGLECTED1
IT HAS BEEN MADE
IT NEEDS TO GET FINISHED
WE HAVE TAKEN LONGER TO GET IT RIGHT THAN I THOUGHT WE WOULD
(AND ANYWAY
REALLY
INSIDE I THINK:
SO WHAT IF IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?!!)
It really pisses me off, and like someone else said, it seemed like a sell-out move. Disgusting.
HMMM... I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING... AS I REALLY CANT GET MY HEAD AROUND THIS ONE...
SOMEHOW, WITH ALL THE 'SELL-OUT' OPTIONS I KNOW TO BE OUT THERE, 'POSTPONE YOUR AMERICAN TOUR AND CAUSE A LOT OF UPSET' DOESNT SEEM TO ME LIKE THE BEST ONE!
But, then I thought, WHY is the album important now? WHY REALLY? Why the need to suddenly drop everything and finish it? I suddenly feel very
worried that maybe there is something more, something looming, some reason why Robert wants the record done with no further delay, even at the "cost" of pissing off loads of fans....
YES THERE IS A REASON
I NEED US TO FINISH IT NOW...
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND THIS?
AND WHY CANT THIS REASON BE ENOUGH FOR YOU?
(RESCHEDULING SOME OF THE DATES IS PROVING TRICKY BECAUSE OF THE
'PLAYOFFS' THAT HAPPEN IN A LOT OF THESE AMERICAN/CANADIAN VENUES IN
SPRING...
BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE)
X...
(Thanks Martin)
WELL
8/24/2007 8:05:52 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
hopefully we'll be able to sell the tickets we bought this year to someone else on ebay next year... somehow the enthusiasm for the next tour is all gone...
THATS TWO DOWN...
HMMMMMMM
FUNNY TO THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE HERE IF WE CANCELLED A SHOW!
AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE
LOVE
RSX
You seem angry
8/24/2007 8:12:54 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
You seem angry
8/24/2007 8:05:15 PM - by TilaPiaZadora
at us.
NOT AT ALL
I KNEW THE DECISION TO MOVE THE SHOWS WOULD UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE
I HOPED THE REASONS WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD
IT JUST RILES WHEN THESE REASONS ARE SEEN AS SOME KIND OF SMOKESCREEN
OR WHEN 'FANS' FEEL THERE IS A MONEY ANGLE...
AAAAAAAGH!
THIS IS MY FUCKING LIFE!
OUR LIFE...
SO
ANYWAY
AGAIN
I AM TIRED
AND
I SHOULD STOP NOW
I HOPE ALL CURE FANS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEVER DO THINGS FOR THE
WRONG REASONS
EVER
AND WITH THAT
I WILL MOVE FROM THE MIDDLE STAIR
TO THE
TOP
RSX
POSTPONED
NOT
CANCELLED
THE MORE LAST SIGH
8/24/2007 8:48:41 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
THIS ONE WAS GOOD
It's normal to be upset. Especially with the money situation. But it is what it is as well. So no need to be nasty either. If you can swing
it...it's just a few more months. If not..get your money back.Problemo solved.
PITHY. COHERENT. SIMPLE.
TRUE
BUT THEN
THIS ONE
I doubt anybody was honestly expecting him to say, "You're right. Our sales were crap. We had no choice but to abandon this sinking ship"
IS SO WANK IT STOPPED ME SHUTTING DOWN
OUCH!
FOR FUCKS SAKE!
ITS A POSTPONEMENT TO FINISH THE ALBUM
NOT A CANCELLATION
A POSTPONEMENT
A DELAY
A RESCHEDULING
NOTHING TO DO WITH SALES
AAAAAAAAGH
TO BE TRAPPED HERE
WITH THIS KIND OF IDIOT MIND
" ...BUT TO ABANDON THIS SINKING SHIP"
POETRY
BLEEEEARGH!
PLEASE
BED
RSX
NO ITS NO GOOD ONE LAST SCREAM
8/24/2007 8:53:57 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
i was excited and proud to be a cure fan, i really was. guess what- no one can stay excited that long. definitely not until APRIL.
THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST...
STAY EXCITED UNTIL NEXT APRIL?
ABSURD
RIDICULOUS
NEXT APRIL?
NEXT
APRIL?
SOMETIMES
I
WONDER
RSX
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH
8/24/2007 9:02:28 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
there is no proof of spring dates at this point, nor is there proof that tickets we already bought and paid for will be usable for equivalent
seats in equivalent venues... we could well end up with nothing to show for this in the spring, too.
UNREAL
PLEASE
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE POSTPONED A TOUR IN 30 YEARS?
ONCE?
IF YOU DONT LIKE US ANYMORE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO DISMAYED BY THIS POSTPONEMENT
IF THE WORLD DIDNT TURN YOUR WAY
THIS ONE TIME
PLEASE DONT BOTHER
GET A REFUND AND GO SEE SOMEONE ELSE
PLEASE
MY LAST SIGH
RSX
(Thanks to the 20 or so fans who sent these in)
"Former The Cure-member Lol Tolhurst has started a podcast (currently 2 episodes), via http://feeds.feedburner.com/LevinhurstPodcast you can subcribe for free, Lol gives a bit of background on the latest Levinhurst album + you can listen to a few excerpts of the songs."
(Thanks Dennis)
"I'm having a clear-out and have the following Cure stuff to offer:
* press cuttings
* interviews
* adverts (all from various UK music magazines)
* complete magazines with interviews
* calendars
* Cure News original fanzines
* various promo CDs
All in great condition, just not got the room to appreciate them. Thought I'd offer them on here first before selling on eBay. If anyone is interested please can they email me at this address (lepram@hotmail.com) stating what they are interested in and I'll reply with the detail.
(Thanks Jon)
"I saw the king of kong: a fistful of quarters last night and within the film they play a good minute or two of Pictures of You by the Cure. just thought you might want to put that in as a curespotting. oh and the movie is REALLY GOOD."
(Thanks Christie C.)
"The show "Scott Baio is 45 and Single" on VH1 has been playing alot of Cure songs, seems like one per episode. I've heard Hot! Hot! Hot!, Just
Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry, and Friday I'm in Love. The show's soundtrack also plays alot of other similar genre music like New Order, Depeche Mode, etc...just to name a few. Who knows, maybe Chachi is a closet Cure fan!"
(Thanks Michael)
"More Than This" was used as a music interlude during NPR's Morning Edition. Click here: NPR : Morning Edition for Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 "
(Thanks CrystalS)
"Early this morning I heard a snippett of Hot Hot Hot on CNN during the intro to a segment about Hurricane Dean. Sometime last week I heard a bit of High used on another early morning news segment."
(Thanks Cheryl)
August 25th
HMMMMMM
8/24/2007 7:42:01 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
I STAYED AWAY FROM THE FIRST 500...
BUT GET A FEEL THERE ARE SOME UNHAPPY ONES
(PLUS CA CHANGE?!!)
did Geffen make the push, and if so, Robert really can't say..because they are under contract.
NO
WE AS A GROUP MADE THE DECISION
THERE IS NO BACK STORY
NO ULTERIOR THING
WE WANT TO FINISH THE RECORD
ITS THAT SIMPLE
WE MADE A MISTAKE IN BOOKING THE DATES FOR SEPTEMBER I THINK
IT PUT US IN A 'FINISH IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN... WHATEVER' POSITION
AND IT MEANS TOO MUCH TO US TO DO THIS
IT HAS TO BE RIGHT
Was it poor sales?
WE HAVE ALREADY SOLD MORE THAN OUR GUARANTEES
SOLD OUT AND CLOSE TO SOLD OUT ACROSS THE BOARD
REALLY...
THERE IS NO 'IT MUST BE SALES!' BACK STORY
And what will they do between the CA festival show and the Mexico dates? Fly home for a week? Or do promo stuff?
FLY HOME AND MIX THE FINAL SONGS I HOPE!
WE REALLY DO FEEL BAD ABOUT PUTTING EVERYONE OUT LIKE THIS
BUT...
WE HAD TO DO IT
THE SHOWS IN SPRING 2008 REALLY WILL BE THE BEST CURE SHOWS
AND THIS ALBUM WILL BE THE BEST CURE ALBUM
THIS IS WHAT WE DO
SO
DONT GET TOO UPSET
I WILL DROP A NEW SONG IN HERE IN A FEW DAYS
AS A KIND OF PEACE STONE IN THE WATER?
LOVE
RSX
So there you have it. Robert was not on the grassy knoll, Simon did not plant C4 in tower 2 and Porl & Jason were nowhere near Roswell.
(Thanks Juergen)
August 24th
PRESS RELEASE 24/8/07
North American Fall 2007 Cure shows re-scheduled for Spring 2008
With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008.
The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t
enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.
Although this last month’s tour of Australasia showed that a great Cure show is not dependent on a new Cure album, it has to be remembered that we hadn’t played Australia for 7 years, New Zealand for 15 years, Japan for 23 years(!), and Singapore or Hong Kong ever before – so the absence of ‘new’ songs in the set was not really much of an issue.
However, we want to remodel/rework the live show for North America, change things around, incorporate new songs… and we need time and focus to do this.
So although we can agree it is a great shame to move these dates – believe us we have been looking forward to them more than anyone! – and know there will be a lot of disappointed people out there, we honestly feel that in the bigger picture we are making the right decision.
All tickets held for all 2007 North American Cure shows will be valid for the re-scheduled 2008 shows, and of course anyone who seeks a refund will be able to get one.
All validity/refund/rescheduling details will be announced as soon as we have them.
We are still going to headline the San Francisco Download Festival October 6th, and we will still be performing at the MTV Latin America Awards October 18th.
We will also play the three scheduled Sports Palace Mexico City shows October 20th/21st/22nd, as by this point we feel sure we will have finished
the new album, and will be more than happy to start dropping a fresh song or three into the set each night…
Once again, our genuine apologies to anyone who is upset by this announcement - please be encouraged by our promise:
The Spring 2008 Cure shows will be even better than the Fall 2007 ones would have been!!!
See you all soon…
Love
Robert, Simon, Jason and Porl – The Cure 24/8/07
(Thanks to everyone who wrote in)
August 22nd
"This weekend, OCESA's adds in newspapers announced a third date for The Cure in Mexico City. The Banamex pre-sale is announced for Wednesday August 22."
(Thanks Leonardo, Marvin, Gywneth, Alberto, Nicolas)
(Thanks Jo)
"Dear cure-friends! 31 of August 2007 in Moscow (Russian Federation) will take place the annual music fest "Last Day of Summer"! Say farewell to this Summer the way it should be! Bands: InVerse (St. Petersbourgh), Vyhod Tam (Vydnoe town), Enfold & S.o.U.L. (Moscow). Djs Insecure, Catch, ok_printer, Hizzzzzz,ormfdmrush, Shade & O (True La La Project) make you stay awake all night long! Everyone's welcome ("Archeology Club", Ryazanova St., House 4)!!!"
(Thanks Olga)
"I was wondering if you could post a link to "The Biggest Cure T Shirt Sale in History" which I am holding. I am selling through a message board so that true Cure fans will get to buy the shirts.
http://www.mfc-cure.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1187593913/0#0
OK, here it is, the largest and bestest Cure T shirt auction in history!!!
Simply pick a shirt and send me your bids in an IM with the number of the shirt and the bid amount in £
£1 = $2 = 1.68 euros
Starting price on all shirts is £5
At regular intervals, I will post the current highest bid (and the forum name of the bidder)for each shirt. The frequency of these updates will depend on how active the bidding is on each shirt.
The auction will close at 8pm GMT on Saturday 1st September. I will then arrange shipping with individual winners, to take into account buyers who have bought more than one shirt.
Preferred method of payment is by Paypal but money orders accepted. Payment needs to arrive within seven days of the auction closing and the money having cleared before your item(s)are dispatched. If the money isn't paid, the next highest bidder will be offered the shirt."
(Thanks Hugh)
"Comcast subscribers can find yet another Later with Jools featuring our favourite boys in black when you go to Music in the On Demand thingie. I hate Comcast but love finding these goodies."
(Thanks Kam)
"NPR.org, August 17, 2007
Hey, Shout Out Louds: The Cure's Robert Smith called, and he wants his song back. He's not mad because the Swedish band is biting his style on "Tonight I Have to Leave It," but because his own group hasn't written a tune this simple, direct and catchy in many a mascara-ed moon.
The first single from Shout Out Louds' forthcoming Our Ill Wills, the love-is-lost song opens like an homage to The Cure's "In Between Days," with rolling toms and acoustic-guitar strums alternating between two chords. It then adds keyboard melodies using presets that seem lifted from The Head on the Door, but it's not until singer-songwriter Adam Olenius opens his mouth that the Cure connection becomes electric.
Robert Smith owns one of the most distinctive voices in popular music, and few singers come close to his careening wail. Olenius' style doesn't feel quite so loose or wild, but they share an eerily similar timbre. The association wasn't as overt on Shout Out Louds' first CD, the rambunctious indie-popper Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, but Olenius now seems a more demonstrative and confident singer. That he happens to sound like one of rock's most iconic artists is no slam against Shout Out Louds' own, unfussy brilliance."
(Thanks Craig)
"Just wanted to drop a line to state that Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on The Discovery Channel has listed The Cure as his number one band on his
IPOD. Check it out at Discovery.com Awesome!"
(Thanks Jimbo)
"little curespotting on french tv channel France 5, in the program 'Question Maison' (about architecture and stuff), the first part of the program was about polycarbons, a new material which is used more and more about arcitect to replace glass, and a long part of 'a forest (tree mix)' was used as background music."
(Thanks Fabien G)
August 17th
"Once the show was over I felt my excitement reach a crescendo...time to meet Robert backstage. The Producer of the segment had only just let me
know I was conducting the only Australasian TV interview, equal parts AAAAAiiiiieeeee and Arrrgh.
A niece and nephew of Robert filmed the interview which made me feel twice as nervous, but by the time he walked in, that feeling vanished, I
was too stunned to believe it was happening. Let me say this, he didnt disappoint me in anyway, you kind of expect that there is a chance that when you meet the person(s) you have been in awe of for years that you may find them to be difficult or disinterested? Not the case at all.
Robert was very generous with his time, he must have been exhausted, he said the band was very cold on stage and it was a struggle to play at
times as they had claw hands, I remember seeing Porl blowing on his hands at one stage and looking unhappy.
Robert said that the band had not had the best show, as they felt the crowd wasnt that into it and it felt like a battle of the wills. I asked him some questions about the new album and he confirmed he had the mixes with him (I wanted to say please play them, dream on) and that the album would not be out this year, he said in the scheme of things once its out people wont remember the waiting, they will only remember if they liked the album or if they hated it.....a fair point! He said they will be playing new material on the US dates (lucky beggars) and that there just isnt enough time to get the album done and do it justice between the end of the Australasian dates and the US ones.
Porl told me that he had done three different versions of the album cover so far and he had no idea which one would be used, he did say that the inside booklet was all but finished. Porl also said there are instrumentals on the album. But this could of course change, he suggested the number of tracks on the album could increase!
Gah! Sorry this is so long. Anyway I asked about the re-issues and he said a few things were done, Disintegration is all ready to go, he is still working on Wish and confirmed my suspicions about something that will be on it....but he swore me to secrecy! He talked about the anniversary DVD that is coming out and that he prefers this format to writing a book, he said that all the books written about the band are all 'wide of the mark' and made a funny face!
He said there is no plans to ever bring keyboards back in, but who knows perhaps they will have one onstage in the US and if any of the band feel
like embarrassing themselves then maybe it will get a bashing! and he said the ever delayed solo album will one day see the light, but then kind of laughed and made a very funny smile and poked his tongue out! He said if the band are touring again in the next couple of years they would definitely be heading back to the region! fingers crossed!
(Thanks Alastair)
"Didn't see this on the news page yet. But this story about a covers CD from Radio 1 in the UK is quite fascinating, including Editors covering
Lullaby. Check it out here: http://www.nme.com/news/radio/30390"
(Thanks Jeff and JC)
August 15th
10% OFF for COF customers when they purchase from idealcopy.com either or both of these compilations with Cure tracks :
RetroActive 6 (w/ Lovecats - 1983 12" Extended Version) [Reg. $13.99]
And/or
Triple J Live At The Wireless From The Vaults Vol. 1 (w/ A Forest - 1981 Live From Australia) [Reg. $22.99)
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And if any of your visitors have ordered either from us before the coupon was announced, let us know, and we'll make sure you get the discount.
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(Thanks to Chris @ The Ideal Copy)
August 13th
(Thank Monghi and Duc)
"the newest release in the series of Retro Active (Retro Active 6 - Rare & Remixed) features besides extended mixes by Xymox, New Order + Peter Schilling the extended version of 'The Lovecats'. the release should be out on 11th of September.
http://idealcopy.american-data.net//Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MU-VARIO-RETRO-06"
(Thanks Dennis)
"In their reviews people have been saying that Robert is wearing a skirt on stage. He is not actually wearing a skirt but the good old bondage trousers. The trousers have a flap in front and in the back. I think they were originally designed by Vivienne Westwood in the late 70's and copied since by many manufacturers, most notably Tiger of London. You can see a picture of them here http://www.redhaze.com/acatalog/CCF108.jpg
Robert seems to be wearing them without the strap.
Just thought that maybe people would like to know."
(Thanks Antti)
"the listeners of Dutch radiostation Kink FM (http://www.kinkfm.com) voted their Top 13 Goth anthems of all time:
3. The Cure - A Forest
2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hongkong Garden
1. The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love"
(Thanks Dennis)
"Playboy Magazine, September 2007, page 25
these songs are go [HOT TUNES] From Canadian indie pop to pumping party anthems to poolside house for the final few evenings of summer,
we've got you covered. . .
"Digitalism in Cairo," Digitalism. Chopped-up clip of the Cure's "Fire in Cairo" puts bounce in this Daft Punk-like stomper."
(Thanks Kate)
August 11th
"Just saw on Much Music, Canada's lame music channel, a segment called "The Loop", and it said they had just received confirmation from The Cure's label, and the new album is definately delayed until April/May 2008."
(Thanks Nando and Paivi)
"Just letting you know that yesterday at eleven o'clock there was the pre-sale on the cure tickets for Banamex cardholders and it was like hell: in no more than two hours all available tickets sold out. Immediatly the second date (21st October) was opened for sale and it took just the rest of the day to sell out.
Despite our efforts, in Mexicure not everybody got fine tickets, but we managed to make the right shifts and noone in our forum is left out now. Brokers are not welcome in our forum.
Now we are expecting the third date to be opened anytime now, this time to everybody, not just Banamex cardholders.
Nevertheless it is likely that there will be some tickets available for the first two shows due to credit card rejections and -this is important- because looking at the map of the venue you can see there are seats for sale that are actually BEHIND the stage. I doubt those were on sale for the pre-sale, but anyone looking for seats from now on should be aware of this situation (specially because those seats are not cheaper than the ones that face the stage).
All info is as always in thecure.com.mx
Good luck to you all!"
Update: "The first date is definitely sold out. Some tickets for the second date are expected to be released through the weekend, so curefans left behind should keep on looking for the Ticketmaster website. And beware of the seats behind the stage! Here's a link to the seating chart."
(Thanks Miss Matrix)
"I've just checked Ticketmaster's website and it seems that there are no more tickets for either concert. It still seems to be open for "Row Zero", the special promotion area ("inside the stage" as their propaganda goes) for users of the Infinitum internet provider, which seems to be the only good thing about Infinitum's services."
(Thanks Leonardo)
August 10th
"Thank you MySpace for putting this on, and thank you so much to The Cure who played a unique set list which made it truly something else.
Okay there was lot of improvising, but this is what live music is all about. They chose a set list that they could not normaly play in front of a paying bigger audience and yeah that made it unique and just so good. Whoever's idea was to choose such a set list is a genius.
The set list was 6 songs and included Letter to Elise, Maybe Someday, Disintegration.
Robert made some lucky girls night, by handing her the set list at the end of the night."
Update: Setlist confirmed - Plainsong, Letter To Elise, How Beautiful You Are, Maybe Someday, Signal 2 Noise, Disintegration, Just Like Heaven
(Thanks Gavin, Shaun and Michael)
The Cure record postponed again
By Gelu Sulugiuc
Thu Aug 9, 9:44 PM ET
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Cure's 14th studio record has been postponed for a second time and will not hit stores until next spring, the band's record company said on Thursday.
"The album got pushed to 2008, more like an April/May release. Robert is still recording," a Geffen Records spokeswoman said from New York, referring to the band's frontman Robert Smith.
Smith told Reuters in an interview late last year that he was struggling to come up with lyrics to some of the 33 new songs he and the band had recorded.
The new album was originally slated to be released in May this year, then was postponed until October.
Smith said last month he wanted to release two versions of the album -- a limited edition double-record mixed by him and a single CD mixed by another producer.
The Cure is currently on tour in Australia and will be playing U.S. dates in September and October.
Reuters
The story is also up at the Vancouver Sun and antiMusic.
(Thanks Natalie)
MAXX to The Cure at Vector Arena
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:14 am
Press Release: Auckland Regional Transport Authority
ARTA Media Release
10 August 2007
MAXX to The Cure at Vector Arena
Cure fans heading to Vector Arena on Tuesday 14 August can avoid parking hassles and leave the car at home, as public transport services by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) will drop them off near the door.
Vector Arena is approximately 10 minutes’ walk from Britomart Transport Centre and the Downtown Ferry Terminal. A regular timetable will be operating for all buses, trains and ferries travelling to Britomart, and normal fares will apply.
Passengers can catch The Link bus from various locations around the CBD, Parnell, Newmarket, Karangahape Road and Ponsonby. The cash fare is $1.60 one way. The Link stops on Beach Road, close to Vector Arena.
Passengers are advised to allow plenty of time to get to Vector Arena in time for the concert.
Additional train services will be operating after the concert finishes at approximately 11pm. On the Southern and Eastern Lines, a train will depart Britomart for Papakura (via Glen Innes) at 11.55pm and for Otahuhu (via Ellerslie) at 11.50pm. On the Western Line, a train will depart Britomart for Waitakere at 11.52pm.
Fans heading home to the North Shore can catch an additional ferry to Devonport at 12am (midnight).
Fans planning to use public transport to and from The Cure concert can get more information from MAXX on (09) 366 6400 or at www.maxx.co.nz
ENDS
www.arta.co.nz
August 9th
August 09, 2007
The Cure album postponed again
The new The Cure album has been postponed again, this time till next spring, in April or May, the record company says. Robert Smith is still recording.
It's the second time the release is postponed. First the album was supposed to come out in May, then it was pushed till October. Tantalizingly, Robert Smith is promising a double-album, mixed by none other than himself. Worth the wait, we say!
I'm not familiar with this website and don't know if they are usually credible, but I don't think another delay would really surprise anyone.
(Thanks Jon)
(Thanks Leonardo)
Update: "Ticketmaster Mexico didn't ask for passwords (at least for tickets bought from Mexico). Indeed, the pre-sale is only for Banamex card holders, so many have been desperately seeking friends or relatives willing to lend them their Banamex card to buy the tickets. General public sale should start Saturday, but, although things are not going out as maniacally fast as three years ago, there aren't likely to be any (or any good) tickets left on Saturday. There's still tickets on the last and second-to-last sections of El Palacio, but the acoustics on that part of the venue are legendary dreadful."
Update: "Indeed, the presale for both dates ends tonight, at 23:00, not tomorrow as was previously informed. Those looking for single tickets for the 20th are still likely to get even section B tickets."
(Thanks Leonardo)
What: Cure soundcheck
Where: Sydney Entertainment Centre
When: Friday, July 10th from 5:30 - 6pm (you need to be in line at 4pm)
Who: Only the 100 people who received wristbands at Red Eye Records on Thursday morning
"in cure spotting a while ago i told you about talk sport radio in the UK running the advert which says "talksport, for men who go through a dark graveyard at night, think they see a flesh eating zombie but its robert smith of the cure"
well now they do that and another "For when a man is in a bus stop queue and thinks he sees a fit woman but when she turns around its Robert Smith of the cure"
(Thanks Aaron)
"On the flight back to Perth from the Adelaide concert, I discovered that Primary was being played on the 'Rock on Q' station on the inflight entertainment. I managed to listen in for the intro, where JC (the bass player for Oz group Powderfinger) was asked his favourite bass track. He
mentioned that he was a huge fan of the Cure when he was young, and that Primary was the song that got him into bass playing."
(Thanks Jo)
August 8th
Entry to this event will only be given to those who have a wristband.
We are issuing wristbands TODAY, Thursday August 8, on a first-come-first-served basis to the FIRST 100 PEOPLE who get to:
RED EYE RECORDS
66 KING STREET, SYDNEY CBD
NB. ONE WRIST BAND PER PERSON.
A subsequent Bulletin will be sent as soon as tickets are all exhausted. Please be aware that this wristband will not entitle you to entry to The Cure's full concert, it is for the MySpace performance only.
Update: 20 minutes later and they're all gone!
ALL WRISTBANDS FOR THIS MYSPACE PERFORMANCE HAVE BEEN ISSUED
Entry to this event will only be given to those who have a wristband.
Unfortunately all wristbands are now exhausted.
JASON
8/8/2007 11:19:58 AM - by CURE:ROBERT
IS THE BEST DRUMMER THE CURE HAS EVER HAD
ANYONE THAT STILL GOES ON ABOUT BORIS REALLY DOESNT GET IT
BORIS WAS WONDERFUL
JASON IS MORE THAN WONDERFUL
LISTEN TO THE SONGS
LISTEN TO HIM PLAY
WATCH HIM BAT HIS EYELINER EYES...
EYELINER?
C'MON!
HE IS PLAYING WITH US
IN LOTS OF WAYS!
I AM HAVING FUN
RSX
(Thanks Scott)
8/8/2007 11:19:58 AM - by CURE:ROBERT
IS THE BEST DRUMMER THE CURE HAS EVER HAD
ANYONE THAT STILL GOES ON ABOUT BORIS REALLY DOESNT GET IT
BORIS WAS WONDERFUL
JASON IS MORE THAN WONDERFUL
LISTEN TO THE SONGS
LISTEN TO HIM PLAY
WATCH HIM BAT HIS EYELINER EYES...
EYELINER?
C'MON!
HE IS PLAYING WITH US
IN LOTS OF WAYS!
I AM HAVING FUN
RSX
(Thanks Scott)
45. Lol Tolhurst / Boris Williams
You could easily look at the switch between the Cure’s two definitive drummers as the fulcrum between the two phases of their career. Lol Tolhurst’s drumming was tight, economical, and unembellished, guiding the Cure through their post-punk and goth years with his crisp and dark playing, but by the mid-’80s, the band was moving on to bigger and better things, and brought on Boris Williams to fill in as Lol became increasingly unreliable. Williams’ drum work, pronounced, thundering and anthemic, was just what the band needed for the epic and commercially viable musical statements they’d make for the rest of the decade, through the early ‘90s. Then they brought on some other guy, and no one cared about the band again. Coincidence?
The Best Of…
“10:15 Saturday Night” (Lol Tolhurst)
“A Forest” (Lol Tolhurst)
“Just Like Heaven” (Boris Williams)
“Closedown” (Boris Williams)
(Thanks Tim and Simon)
"i am trying to buy one of the fuji rock festival t shirts from the festival site. problem is it has an english section for the festival site but when you go onto merchandise it is just japanese which neither i or my computer can work out. i can pick the shirts i want but can't work out what to do next. any help would be great"
August 7th
PLEASE NOTE: Entry to this event will only be given to those who have a wristband. Wristbands will be available from a secret central Sydney location on Thursday 9th August – details to be revealed via a MySpace Secret Shows Bulletin at 8.30am Thursday 9th August.
Wristbands will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis and capacity is strictly limited. ONE WRIST BAND PER PERSON. A subsequent Bulletin will be sent as soon as tickets are all exhausted. Please be aware that this wristband will not entitle you to entry to The Cure's full concert, it is for the MySpace performance only.
(Thanks to Jo for the merchandise report and for explaining to me what a stubby is.)
ON...
8/7/2007 10:49:30 AM - by CURE:ROBERT
AIIIIIEEEEEE!
SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THESE SHOWS AS MUCH AS WE ARE - IF THAT'S POSSIBLE?!!
THANKS FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGING REVIEWS/POSTS - THIS IS THE REAL FUN...
WE HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE FEELING IN THE BAND OFFSTAGE AND ON - THESE CONCERTS ARE MAKING ALL FOUR OF US VERY VERY VERY VERY HAPPY...
AIIIIIEEEEEE!
ANYWAY...
A FEW SMALL THINGS
1
ITS PRETTY UNLIKELY WE WILL INTRODUCE ANY NEW (UNRELEASED) SONGS INTO THE SET IN AUSTRALIA/NZ - I WAS TRYING TO GET THE NEW ALBUM FINISHED RIGHT UP UNTIL WE LEFT SO WE ONLY HAD TIME TO REHEARSE SONGS I REALLY KNEW (?!) (REMEMBERING CHORDS AND WORDS AND STUFF AND GETTING LIGHTS SORTED AND... WELL... IT ALL TAKES TIME!!!) AND ANYWAY: THE POINT OF THIS TRIP FOR US IS ALL ABOUT PLAYING LIVE MUSIC IN A GROUP CALLED THE CURE - REDISCOVERING A FIRE AND A PASSION... AND I THINK WE ARE DOING JUST THAT
2
THERE WILL HOWEVER BE A FEW MORE SURPRISES OVER THE NEXT 5 SHOWS...
3
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET TO THE USA WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 25 MORE SONGS TO PICK AND CHOOSE FROM - INCLUDING LOTS OF NEW ONES!
4
THE NEW ALBUM HAS TO BE JUST RIGHT - WHICH IS WHY ITS TAKING A BIT OF TIME...
BUT IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT!
AND...
NO
ITS LATE...
SO
ON...
TO BRISBANE!
RSX
(Thanks Carrie)
Onsale to General Public:
Thu 09/08/07, 11:00
Internet Presale Info
Preventa Banamex:
Start:Thu 09/08/07, 11:00
End:Thu 09/08/07, 23:00
THE CURE
EN CONCIERTO
PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES
SABADO 20-OCT-07 20:00H
MX $230.00 - MX $1,350.00
(Thanks Ivan and Zeeba)
MySpace Secret Shows Presents
THE CURE
An Intimate & Live MySpace Performance
Friday 10th August in Sydney
As part of the celebrations for MySpace.com Australia's 1st Birthday this month, MySpace users will be treated to a special, one of a kind event that no Cure fan will want to miss out on. The iconic English rockers will perform for MySpace users next Friday August 10th in Sydney.
One of the most enduring groups to grace the world's stages The Cure were last in Australia in 2000 as part of their massive world-wide Dream Tour, playing to a collective global audience totaling more than 1 million in 9 months.
The only way MySpace users can find out specific details about this event is by adding Secret Shows as a Friend to their profile via http://www.myspace.com/secretshowsau.
PLEASE NOTE: Entry to this event will only be given to those who have a wristband. Wristbands will be available from a secret central Sydney location on Thursday 9th August – details to be revealed via a MySpace Bulletin on the morning of Thursday 9th August.
Wristbands will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis and capacity is strictly limited. A subsequent Bulletin will be sent as soon as tickets are all exhausted.
Got it? Add Secret Shows as one of your MySpace friends. Get a MySpace Bulletin on Thursday morning telling you to get to (Secret Location X) as fast as you can. Get your wristband. Go home and wait for the follow-up Bulletin later that day. It will tell you where and when you need to be on Friday for the secret show. Go to show on friday, have a blast. That is all. This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds. : )
(Thanks PixiesRock)
August 5th
"Iconic British rockers The Cure will cram in a MySpace secret show before their show next Friday. They're scheduled onstage at the Entertainment Centre after 9pm but will help MySpace celebrate it's first birthday at a secret gig a couple of hours before. The concert is free to registered Myspace users who will find out the concert venue the day before. (Thursday)"
The above was in the Sunday Edition of The Daily Telegraph. My tickets say The Cure go on at 7:45p.m., so some times aren't making sense."
(Thanks John)
"Man.... even Robert Smith couldn't escape from the "Queen of Media". It must be a slow day for the paparazzi site! Though I was surprised to
read all the comments written by Cure fans just to defend Robert and his music! =)
http://perezhilton.com/?p=3032"
(Thanks Judy)
"There were two Cure/Robert Smith comparisons in the album reviews in Perth's Sunday Times on 29 July 2007. The first was for the Shout Out
Louds, Our Ill Wills were it was said that the Shout Out Louds had "made one of the year's best pop songs by mashing the carnival style of Barry
Manilow's Copacabana with dour Robert Smith-like vocals. The result, Tonight I Have To Leave It, is brilliant, kooky pop."
The second was for Interpol's, Our Love To Admire where it was claimed that although Interpol were "most often compared to Joy Division, The
Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen, they have surpassed on the scale and scope of their shoe-gazing forefathers"."
(Thanks Jo)
"I was listening to the radio this early afternoon ( a rather rare occurance ), as this song was playing that could nor keep my attention, nor bother me. As the song came to and end, the radio speaker ( female ) was talking about how much this singer was like her wet dream and so on, and then she announced the next singer like this: "and this is the complete opposite: the dark, depressive Robert Smith", and Lovecats started playing... It certainly made me laugh! This was on Belgian/Flemish radiostation "Radio 1" b.t.w..
Oh yeah, A Forest was just as BGM during a scene in a Jim TV show called "Sexy Summer" on 25/07.
And i also came across a review of The Bravery's new album, it was featured in Focus Knack nr. 28-29, sold from 11-24 July 2007. The article can be found on p.111, and the conclusion was that: "For 'The Sun And The Moon', The Bravery has just thrown The Clash and Duran Duran into the blender and added some of Robert Smith's mascara. We too can make an album that way.".
And last but not least, Jonathan Davis allegedly said in an ( or more than one? ) interview that Korn's latest album sounds like a blend of again-i-don't-remember-what and The Cure. I'm really sorry, but i forgot where i read this, and can't seem to find it again. This been said, i've listened to the album, and quite frankly, it reminds me more of Depeche Mode than The Cure, but waddayaknow?
(Thanks Laurent)
August 4th
First, there's this photo from the Discography section of the 4Tour tour book. Is 4:13 the title of the new album? Is this the cover art? Or are these just "place holders" for the real title and artwork?
Second, here you go Mexican fans - In the Tour Dates section, Mexico is listed for Oct. 20th, 21st, and 22nd.
And third, here's the schedule for the rest of the remastered albums:
2008
disintegration / entreat / mixed up / wish / show / paris
2009
wild mood swings / bloodflowers /
You can see some of the Perth merchandise in the Photo Gallery.
(Thanks Brad)
August 3rd
"I'm an audio taper (a fairly good one :-) ) with a bit of a dilemma on my hands.
I got General Admission (pit/lower level) tickets for the Santa Barbara show, and I need to trade back...
i'm trying to trade my tickets for others, that are BEHIND/above the main floor area...for sound/taping purposes.
This could obviously benefit who ever trades with me greatly, if they are wanting GA tix to be with their friends, or just closer to the band...and of
course could potentially help the whole cure community if all goes well, and i pull a solid tape...
thanks in advance for any consideration/help you may be able to provide."
Contact Edgar here.
(Thanks Edgar)
"You'll find bellow a press presentation concerning the release of a second book about British band The Cure, a collaboration with Pascal Milette and Jean-Christophe Bétrisey, this time of their leader Robert Smith's texts.
For any information, interview request, press article, photos, banner, copies for your internet site, forum, newspaper... you can get in touch through email : fargierdavid@yahoo.fr or leave a message on this number : 00 33 (0)6 76 49 67 04 or visit myspace.com/davidfargier.
The book is available through the publisher's site : www.tricorne.org.
Many thanks for your support and don't hesitate to forward this message to your friends, contacts... !!
PS : I'm still looking for help/contacts to release the existing Spanish and Portuguese versions of "After The Rain... The Cure"..."
The aim here is not to give way to the fashion of the 80’s, to smother you into this “new wave” holdall vocabulary in which one confuses Talking Heads’ stripping inspiration and The Communards’ idiotic aspiration for electro pop. This said, one must admit that The Cure can pride themselves with their working having influenced several generations of musicians. And it’s as much Robert Smith’s integrity and freedom as the music itself that are referred to by artists, from Nine Inch Nails to Tori Amos, from Placebo to Faithless…
Three decades trying to apprehend the author’s abundant inner world, of all these mythic tracks, frightening or delirious, surreal or of a desperate naturalism. This book doesn’t pretend to bring answers but to offers a 100 translations of these texts highlighted by rare, unreleased, amazing pictures.
Then your imaginary will be able to fly away and taste Robert Smith’s “vanilla smiles” and why not, “find a cure” to his creative genius !
This book is a collaboration between the Swiss psychologist Jean-Christophe Bétrisey, the French author David Fargier, the Canadian designer Pascal Milette. The rear cover was kindly written by the French singer Dominique A :
“There was a time when it was unthinkable for me to put my nose outside without a grey raincoat and super strong hair gel on my hair (I used to have some once). I owe that teenage shell to The Cure. Nevertheless it was the time when “In between days” was charming the whole of France and when, due to a defence mechanism, I had to refrain from any external signs for New Wave inclination, a movement then becoming gregarious.
A few years prior Robert Smith had opened the album “Pornography”, with a final judgment, which probably appears in every gothic missal in the entire world : “It doesn’t matter if we all die”.
Was it to be laughed or cried about ? At that time, I banally chose the second option, and then, some time later, equally banally, as I mocked the kid in a grey raincoat I used to be, opted for the first one. Of course, smartest of all, was to choose both : one could then both laugh and cry about it. That's probably what The Cure expected us to do all those years; and it’s in this “in between” that hides, so far beyond the caricature, the intriguing secret of their ageless songs.”
A book published by Les Editions Tricorne : www.tricorne.org
First 100th copies at a special price
Contact : fargierdavid@yahoo.fr or 00 33 (0) 6 76 49 67 04 or visit myspace.com/davidfargier
(Thanks David)
"A friend of mine has worked on an Harold & Joe cover. You can listen to it on : http://www.myspace.com/thisisblue
As a Cure fan, I really like the originality of his choice (H&J is an unusual cover) and I love the way he recorded it.
(Thanks Loïc)
August
2nd
"Just thought you'd like to know that the Cure have landed safely in Perth... there was a small group of fans there to welcome them to Australia..."
(Thanks Brad)
Saturday, October 20, Palacio de los Deportes
A new album will be ready exactly that month
The British quartet The Cure returns to Mexico. With the possible edition of a double album, the band led by Robert Smith will play in Mexico City next Saturday October 20, at the Palacio de los Deportes. Tickets will be available for presale for Banamex’s cardholders on August 9 (Thursday), and August 10 (Friday), and for the general public on August 11 (Saturday), through the Tickemaster system.
Created around 1976, The Cures is an enigmantic and historical band. The various labels that have been attached to their music have included goth, dark, pop, new wave, post punk, and pop [sic]. What is certain is that their music’s main characteristic has been a certain stylistic attachment to the dark side of life. On the beginning, the band was the gothic community’s best kept secret, it transformed into an important band, and, around the mid-80s’, they were already a legend which overflowed 40-thousand people stadiums in Argentina and Brazil.
Currently made up by Robert Smith (guitar and voice), Simon Gallup (bass), Porl Thompson (guitar), and Jason Cooper (drums), it took many years for the band to find a stable line-up. When writing his songs, Robert Smith has always been inspired by existentialist literature (Camus, Kafka), films, and the internal exploration of his dark side. During the 80s, his peculiar hairstyle became the iconographic symbol of a whole generation, and today it’s still used as a reference for a cultural movement.
The Cure is one of those bands which have left a firm and clear mark in their follower’s character and way of thinking. They are not the typical radio-hit band, but rather a musical phenomenon which found thousands of kindred souls around the world to speak to. The most recent announcement regarding new material was made by Smith to the Billboard magazine. He told them that it’s probable that a new double album will come out in October: “it would be a limited edition, which I would mix. But I suppose that it will also come out as a single-disc album, somebody else, from the record label, will mix it and decide which songs to include”.
According to Smith, some of the tiles will be Lusting Here In Your Mind (according to him, this is a very heavy song), The Hungry Ghost, The Perfect Boy, Christmas Without You (he says that it’s not a very happy song), and Please Come Home. Subjects will include interpersonal relationships, the material world, politics, and religion, and the sound will be very basic and direct: “so much, that people are going to be surprised”, the singer says. He is partially to blame for the delay in the album’s final edition, since he admits that he has gone through and corrected/increased the lyrics many times. “I try to give a good reflection of the person I am, the age I have”.
The five-piece band [sic] will arrive to Mexico with the full maturity which a 25-years career offers. It will be a night in which the generational gap will disappear, in favour of a “cohabitation” built on the music’s honesty. Perhaps The Cure has transcended, because they never included success among their goals, because their songs reflect the feeling of thousand of persons, although Smith assures that, when he writes, he only thinks in a ghost ally which embraces the feelings of thousands.
The Cure returns to Mexico to offer a show at the Palacio de los Deportes. The appointment is for Saturday October 20, and tickets will be available in pre-sale for Banamex’ cardholders on August 9 (Thursday) and August 10 (Friday), and for the general public, from August 11 (Saturday), through the Ticketmaster system, Mix Up, Discolandia, Liverpool, at the telephone number 5325 9000, and the website www.ticketmaster.com.mx
Please visit our website www.ocesa.com.mx
(Thanks Leonardo)
MySpace Secret Shows Presents :
The Cure - Sydney August 10th
Free & All Ages
"If you add "Secret Shows Australia" as your MySpace friend you will receive a bulletin from them with the Venue / Time info for the show (usually 1-2 days before the show). http://www.myspace.com/secretshowsau"
This is all that has been revealed so far. Remember, it's a "secret show", so don't expect many details yet. As soon as I hear something, I'll let you know.
(Thanks bomber2007 and B. Young)
August 1st
"I received a seating chart for the half stage seating chart in Dallas. I thought some of the fans might be interested in it. Here is the message
I received from the AAC.
-----Original Message-----
From: Caroline Zalman
Sent: Tue 7/31/2007 4:11 PM
To: Blackwell, Justin S
Subject: Cure Seating Chart
Mr. Blackwell,
Thank you very much for your email. The seating chart is indeed a half-house set-up as shown on the attached map. I want to thank you for bringing to our attention that Ticketmaster does in fact have the incorrect seating chart posted on their website. I have contacted them regarding this and they are rectifying the issue.
Section 14 is located on the Floor behind Section 11.
(Thanks Justin and Chris)
(Thanks Jo)