Category: Festivals

The Cure enlists Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses for Pasadena Daydream Festival

The Cure enlists Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses for Pasadena Daydream Festival

The Cure will host and headline a daylong music festival on the golf course next to the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., over Labor Day weekend, with Robert Smith and Co. joined by hand-picked supporting acts Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses and more. Full details right here.

Like Totally Music Festival with Public Image Ltd. canceled after The Bangles drop out

Like Totally Music Festival with Public Image Ltd. canceled after The Bangles drop out

The ’80s-themed Like Totally Music Festival that was scheduled for Saturday at Huntington State Beach south of Los Angeles was canceled today, two days after co-headliners The Bangles dropped out and after organizers failed to provide proper safety documentation for the stage. Full details here.

The Cure to put on festival in U.S. this year, likely won’t play ‘Disintegration’ after Sydney

The Cure to put on festival in U.S. this year, likely won’t play ‘Disintegration’ after Sydney

Despite laying down hints that American audiences would see The Cure play Disintegration in full later this year, Robert Smith made it clear in a radio interview Friday that it’s unlikely that’ll happen — and the band isn’t planning to mount a tour of the U.S. before 2020. Instead, the band’s planning a festival in L.A.

The Cure to play 2-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas this October

The Cure to play 2-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas this October

The Cure today announced the band’s first U.S. live dates since 2016, a pair of headlining appearances at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas, this October — though it’s not yet known whether these will be 30th anniversary performances of Disintegration. See full information right here.

The Cure to headline Firenze Rocks in Italy, Eject Festival in Greece next summer

The Cure to headline Firenze Rocks in Italy, Eject Festival in Greece next summer

Further indications of what The Cure has planned for 2019 emerged this morning with the announcement that Robert Smith and Co. will headline a pair of European festivals in June and July, coming a few months after the band’s first-ever concerts in South Africa. See more details right here.

The Cure unveils first touring plans of 2019 with first-ever concerts in South Africa

The Cure unveils first touring plans of 2019 with first-ever concerts in South Africa

In the build-up to this year’s festivities celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Cure, bandleader Robert Smith said fans could expect further touring in 2019 — and we now have the first evidence of that, with the announcement that the band will play two dates in South Africa next March. Tickets go on sale Friday.

D.A.F. to play first-ever U.S. live show at Cloak & Dagger festival in Los Angeles

D.A.F. to play first-ever U.S. live show at Cloak & Dagger festival in Los Angeles

The long-running German electropunk/industrial act Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft — better known simply as D.A.F. — will stage what is being billed as the first-ever American live performance of its 40-year career this November at the Cloak & Dagger festival in Los Angeles. Full lineup right here.

New Order to headline Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach, Calif., this September

New Order to headline Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach, Calif., this September

New Order has lined up  a second U.S. festival appearance this year, with plans to follow up its headlining set at the inaugural InCuya Music Festival in Cleveland this August with another headlining appearance, this time at the Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach, Calif. Get the full details here.

New Order to headline Cleveland’s inaugural InCuya Music Festival this summer

New Order to headline Cleveland’s inaugural InCuya Music Festival this summer

New Order will join The Avett Brothers, SZA and Awolnation as headliners of the inaugural InCuya Music Festival in downtown Cleveland this August, a brand-new, two-day event that’s being put on by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and promoter AEG Presents. Full details right here.

Robert Smith to play Meltdown with ‘curious friends,’ says he’s working on new music

Robert Smith to play Meltdown with ‘curious friends,’ says he’s working on new music

London’s Meltdown festival today announced the remainder of the acts slated for this year’s Robert Smith-curated series of concerts, including festival closer CURÆTION-25: a two-hour performance by Smith at which he’ll be “joined onstage by four of his curious friends.” Full details here.

ohGr, Meat Beat Manifesto, Frontline Assembly top lineups for Cold Waves festivals

ohGr, Meat Beat Manifesto, Frontline Assembly top lineups for Cold Waves festivals

Chicago’s industrial-themed Cold Waves festival will return for a seventh installment this September, joined not just by the Los Angeles edition that debuted last year, but a New York City variation as well — with all three of the multi-day events headlined by Skinny Puppy spinoff ohGr. Full details right here.

Robert Smith taps My Bloody Valentine, NIN, Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh for Meltdown

Robert Smith taps My Bloody Valentine, NIN, Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh for Meltdown

London’s Meltdown festival today revealed the first round of acts selected by The Cure’s Robert Smith for this year’s series of concerts, a roster that includes My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, The Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses, and The Church. Full details right here.

The Cure’s Robert Smith to curate 25th edition of London’s Meltdown festival

The Cure’s Robert Smith to curate 25th edition of London’s Meltdown festival

Robert Smith, founder and only constant of The Cure, has been tapped to hand-pick the lineup for the 25th installment of London’s prestigious Meltdown festival this June, following in the footsteps of past curators such as David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Morrissey, David Byrne, Nick Cave and more. Full lineup to be announced.