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  • Video: The Cure plays ‘Burn’ for first time ever at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience

    Video: The Cure plays ‘Burn’ for first time ever at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience

    • 3 November 2013
    • Festivals, Video
    • 11 comments

    The Cure tonight performed what’s been billed as its final show of 2013, a headlining performance at New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience that saw Robert Smith and Co. drop yet another shocker on fans: the first-ever live performance of “Burn,” the band’s contribution to the soundtrack to 1994’s “The Crow.”

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  • The Cure digs deep for ‘The Top’-heavy set in epic return to Mexico (Setlist, Video)

    The Cure digs deep for ‘The Top’-heavy set in epic return to Mexico (Setlist, Video)

    • 9 October 2013
    • Setlist, Video
    • 16 comments

    The Cure returned to Mexico last night for the second time this year, and while the band’s set didn’t quite match the epic length of its show on Robert Smith’s birthday in April, it did feature more surprises, including a heavy dose of The Top and the live debut of Head on the Door-era B-side “Stop Dead.”

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  • The Cure books Texas arena gig between Austin City Limits Festival headlining dates

    The Cure books Texas arena gig between Austin City Limits Festival headlining dates

    • 26 August 2013
    • Tour Dates
    • 2 comments

    The Cure continues to sporadically drop new fall tour dates, with the latest being an arena concert booked for the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 10 during the week between Robert Smith and Co.’s two headlining appearances at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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  • Vintage Video: Siouxsie, Robert Smith and Banshees get weird in ‘Play at Home’ special

    Vintage Video: Siouxsie, Robert Smith and Banshees get weird in ‘Play at Home’ special

    • 15 August 2013
    • TV, Video, Vintage Video
    • 9 comments

    For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present one of the weirder things you’ll see today: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Alice In Wonderland”-inspired “Play at Home” special that aired on the U.K.’s Channel 4 in 1983, during the period Robert Smith was in the band.

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  • The Cure joins Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails as Voodoo Music Experience headliner

    The Cure joins Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails as Voodoo Music Experience headliner

    • 14 August 2013
    • Festivals, Tour Dates
    • 1 comment

    The Cure’s newfound predilection for headlining North American festivals continues as New Orelans’ Voodoo Music + Arts Experience today announced that Robert Smith and Co. will join Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails as headliners of the Nov. 1-3 event.

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  • Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band’s 2-hour headlining set

    Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band’s 2-hour headlining set

    • 5 August 2013
    • Festivals, Setlist, Video
    • 31 comments

    The Cure wrapped up its short “Great Circle Tour” with a headlining performance at the Lollapalzooza festival in Chicago on Sunday night, delivering a 2-hour, 26-song set — and for Robert Smith and Co., that’s a pretty gig — heavy on the band’s more poppy material. Check out the full webcast here.

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  • The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

    The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

    • 29 July 2013
    • Festivals, Tour Dates
    • 1 comment

    The Cure will return to Mexico — site of the band’s epic 4-hour, 50-song performance in an earthquake-rattled stadium on Robert Smith’s birthday this past April — for an arena concert in Monterrey on Oct. 8, the first date to emerge between the band’s headlining slots at the two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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  • Vintage Video: ‘The Cure in Orange’ — watch out-of-print 1987 concert film in full

    Vintage Video: ‘The Cure in Orange’ — watch out-of-print 1987 concert film in full

    • 6 June 2013
    • Film, Vintage Video
    • 11 comments

    While we’ve posted this before — more than three years ago, in fact — The Cure’s Robert Smith has yet to follow through with his announcement of a DVD release of “The Cure in Orange,” so, as it remains sadly out of print, we once again present the full 1987 concert film, thanks to the miracle of YouTube.

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  • Video: Finland’s The Saturnettes pay musical tribute to ‘Bob From The Cure’

    Video: Finland’s The Saturnettes pay musical tribute to ‘Bob From The Cure’

    • 29 May 2013
    • Video
    • 5 comments

    Finland indie-pop outfit The Saturnettes — aka singer-songwriter Jann Wilde — this week released the lead single from the group’s forthcoming second album, an infectious number called “Bob From The Cure,” that, yes, is about the song’s protagonist bearing a certain resemblance to one Robert Smith.

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  • The Cure’s Robert Smith celebrates birthday with 4-hour, 50-song concert in Mexico City

    The Cure’s Robert Smith celebrates birthday with 4-hour, 50-song concert in Mexico City

    • 22 April 2013
    • Setlist, Video
    • 39 comments

    We’ve been marveling at the length of The Cure’s sets on the band’s just-completed Latin American tour, but last night’s concert in Mexico City took the (birthday) cake: Celebrating his 54th birthday, Robert Smith led the band through a 50-song set that lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes.

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  • Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/21/13)

    Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/21/13)

    • 21 April 2013
    • Radio
    • 1 comment

    Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — celebrated the birthday today of Robert Smith, with selections from The Cure, plus Smith solo tracks and associated music by The Glove, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tim Pope and more.

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