Aug. 25th

The Drowning Man and The 13th make their debut on the U.S. tour in New Orleans.

Aug. 23rd

High makes it's debut on the U.S. tour in Houston

Aug. 22nd

After 14 weeks on Billboard's Top 200 chart,Wild Mood Swings falls off,after entering and peaking at #12.

Aug. 19th

Much Music aired The Cure Live in London special today.

Aug. 17th

The Kiss and End make their debut on the U.S. tour in Irvine.

Tickets for the Toronto show are on sale today.

Aug. 16th

Tickets for the Hartford,Ct. show are on sale today.

Aug. 15th

In it's 14th week on the Billboard charts,Wild Mood Swings falls to #192.

After 5 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart,Mint Car falls off after entering and peaking at #58.

Aug. 14th

New Canadian tour date:Sept. 9th in Toronto.Tickets go on sale this Sat.(8/17).

The San Diego show has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.Tickets can be returned for a refund,or traded in for seats to the Irvine show and admittance to the soundcheck.

Aug. 12th

Robert has flown back to England for his week off.

New U.S. tour date:September 15th in Hartford,Ct.

Aug. 11th

KROQ hosted a Tea Party with The Cure today in Santa Monica,Ca.They played Just Like Heaven,Mint Car,Boys Don't Cry,Friday I'm in Love,10:15 Saturday Night,Killing an Arab.

The Cure were featured on The Web on the Sci-Fi Channel today,and discussed their web site.

Aug. 10th

The Cure filmed the video for Gone in L.A. today.Here's what Derek had to report:

The Cure had been filming the "Gone" video all day--with a "Tea
Party" set in the parking lot,the band cooking inside the trailer,and the
live stuff including three grannies playing trumpets during the concert.
After the show they continued filming with Robert in an Orange V W
Bug in the underground loading dock tunnel.At one point when Robert was
driving up the tunnel toward the crowd(About 60 people) everyone took off in
a mad dash toward him.Before anyone could reach him security slammed huge
iron gates closed.Once filming wrapped everyone waited till about 2:15 when
the bus rolled out.About 8 cars pursued.

Tickets for the Albany,Nashville and New York shows go on sale today.

The Cure's website is reviewed in the Aug. 16th Entertainment Weekly.Here's what they had to say:

The Cure House(www.thecure.com)-You would expect a website dedicated to 
Robert Smith's Goth-rock band to look like something decorated out of Cher's
Sanctuary catalog;instead,with it's citrus colors and polka-dot decor,it's
more like Esprit.Fashioned after the English manor where the band recorded
it's latest album,Wild Mood Swings,this unpretentious site offers audio and
video downloads,current tour information(including set lists),and a photo 
gallery that chronicles the band's progression from mod hipsters to the 
spiderlegged hair farmers they are today.Untypically,most of the content is
generated by members of the band,who take a Macintosh on tour with them,so
this house is truly their home.
Grade:B

Aug. 8th

New U.S. tour dates:Sept. 7th in Nashville,Tn.,Sept. 11th in Albany,N.Y. and Sept. 16th in New York,N.Y.

In it's 13th week on the Billboard charts,Wild Mood Swings falls to #164.

In it's 5th week on Billboard's Hot 100 chart,Mint Car falls to #92.

Aug. 7th

New tour dates for Italy:Oct. 20th in Forli,Oct. 23rd in Milano and Oct. 25th in Torino.

Aug. 5th

A new book entitled The Making of Disintegration is scheduled for release this month.

Shiver and Shake makes it's debut on the U.S. tour in San Jose.

Aug. 4th

The Cure did an in-store appearnce at the Tower Records in Campbell,Ca. today.

Aug. 2nd

Tickets for the Gainesville,Fl. show on sale today.

Wild Mood Swings has been certified gold (sales of 500,000) by the R.I.A.A.,making it their 7th gold album in the U.S.

Here's some info from the new Billboard on a new compilation featuring a Cure track(Mint Car):

HOME AND HANDGUNS: Jane cosmetics is running a promotion that includes a
free CD with the purchase of its products. The company will make a donation
to Cease Fire each time a consumer receives a CD by submitting by mail
three Jane proofs of purchase along with $1 for postage and handling. Cease
Fire is an organization formed to educate people about the potential
dangers of having handguns in their homes. The CD, compiled with the
cooperation of Elektra Entertainment, contains cuts by the Cure, Moonpools
& Caterpillars, Billy Ray Martin, Nancy Boy, Mista, Superdrag, the
Dambuilders, Keith Sweat, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Johnny Q.
Public, Double Plus Good, Sa-Deuce, Spacehog, and Nada Surf. Jane is
placing promotional inserts in the August issues of Rolling Stone, Us,
Teen, and Sassy magazines.

August 1st

In it's 12th week on the Billboard charts,Wild Mood Swings falls to #147.