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  • Robert Smith performs 3 songs off The Cure’s ‘Faith’ for charity livestream

    Robert Smith performs 3 songs off The Cure’s ‘Faith’ for charity livestream

    • 27 December 2020
    • Video
    • 2 comments

    A couple weeks after playing three songs off The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds for a charity webcast Robert Smith was at it again this week, this time performing a trio of songs off that album’s follow-up, Faith, for a different fundraising broadcast. Watch the full set right here.

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  • The Cure announces new album ‘4:14 Scream,’ live DVDs, new ‘Trilogy’-style tour

    The Cure announces new album ‘4:14 Scream,’ live DVDs, new ‘Trilogy’-style tour

    • 3 February 2014
    • Album News
    • 22 comments

    The Cure’s two sold-out shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March are being billed as just the beginning of “a very busy 2014” for Robert Smith and Co., with the band today announcing plans to release the long-delayed companion to 2008’s 4:13 Dream and a series of live DVDs — and a third ‘Trilogy’ tour.

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  • Lol Tolhurst on The Cure’s ‘Faith’: ‘I feel blessed and amazed that it still resonates’

    Lol Tolhurst on The Cure’s ‘Faith’: ‘I feel blessed and amazed that it still resonates’

    • 3 April 2013
    • Misc.
    • 8 comments

    The readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs named The Cure’s grim third album ‘Faith’ as the best record of 1981, an accolade that led then-drummer Lol Tolhurst to reflect this week on that “very emotional and intense period of my life,” and thank fans for the fact that the album “still resonates with people all these years later.”

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  • Robert Smith: The Cure to record with new lineup, enlist Mogwai, Cranes for ‘Mixed Up 2’

    Robert Smith: The Cure to record with new lineup, enlist Mogwai, Cranes for ‘Mixed Up 2’

    • 23 July 2012
    • Album News
    • 18 comments

    The Cure’s now a few day into a month-long break in its summer festival tour, and frontman Robert Smith says the band will use the time to record with new guitarist Reeves Gabrels for the first time — plus, he claims, the long-promised ‘Mixed Up 2’ will come out before Christmas with new remixes by the likes of Mogwai and Cranes.

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  • The Cure’s Porl Thompson auctioning guitars, album artwork, leather corsets and more

    The Cure’s Porl Thompson auctioning guitars, album artwork, leather corsets and more

    • 1 May 2012
    • Misc., Video
    • 21 comments

    Taking a page from Depeche Mode’s Alan Wilder, guitarist Porl Thompson this month will auction off dozens of personal items spanning his tenure(s) in The Cure, including a guitar played on ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ and ‘Wish,’ album artwork proofs and clothing ranging from a ‘black net catsuit’ to leather corsets.

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  • The Cure’s Robert Smith hints at 2012 tour, tells New York: ‘We’ll see you again next year’

    The Cure’s Robert Smith hints at 2012 tour, tells New York: ‘We’ll see you again next year’

    • 28 November 2011
    • Concerts
    • 11 comments

    As The Cure wrapped up its second straight 48-song ‘Reflections’ concert in New York City last night (Friday’s show was only 46 songs long), frontman Robert Smith signed off by saying, ‘We’ll see you again next year’ — hinting that the revived band’s 2011 shows were no anomaly, and fans may see The Cure back on tour next year.

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  • Robert Smith to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ‘Jason Cooper is The Cure’s drummer… bah!’

    Robert Smith to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ‘Jason Cooper is The Cure’s drummer… bah!’

    • 28 September 2011
    • Beefs
    • 36 comments

    Robert Smith’s not happy with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, slamming the organization online for not mentioning his just-nominated band’s current drummer in its bio of the group, writing, ‘Jason Cooper is The Cure’s drummer — and it sickens me that he doesn’t get a name check… bah!’

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  • The Cure to perform ‘Reflections’ concerts in London, New York, Los Angeles in November

    The Cure to perform ‘Reflections’ concerts in London, New York, Los Angeles in November

    • 27 September 2011
    • Tour Dates
    • 11 comments

    The Cure announced today that it will reprise its ‘Reflections’ concerts seven more times this November, and will perform their first three albums — 1979′s ‘Three Imaginary Boys,’ 1980′s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ and 1981′s ‘Faith’ — in New York, Los Angeles and London.

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  • Video: The Cure plays 44-song ‘Reflections’ concert with Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

    Video: The Cure plays 44-song ‘Reflections’ concert with Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

    • 31 May 2011
    • Setlist, Video
    • 19 comments

    The Cure has just wrapped up a 44-song, nearly four-hour performance at Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House — a concert that found Robert Smith & Co. running through the band’s first three albums in their entirety and reuniting with former keyboardists Lol Tolhurst and Roger O’Donnell.

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  • Robert Smith hints The Cure may perform more concerts after ‘Reflections’

    Robert Smith hints The Cure may perform more concerts after ‘Reflections’

    • 14 May 2011
    • Concerts
    • 2 comments

    With The Cure’s first performances in more than two years just weeks away, Robert Smith is now hinting there could be more activity from his no-longer-dormant band than just the upcoming full-album shows in Sydney and an appearance at the U.K.’s Bestival this September.

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  • The Cure playing first 3 albums in Sydney with ex-members Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

    The Cure playing first 3 albums in Sydney with ex-members Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

    • 5 May 2011
    • Festivals, Reunions
    • 13 comments

    Ousted keyboardist Lol Tolhurst will rejoin The Cure after 22 years to help perform the band’s first three albums — 1979’s ‘Three Imaginary Boys,’ 1980’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ and 1981’s ‘Faith’ — in their entirety on May 31 and June 1 at the Vivid Live Festival at Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House.

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