July 24th

"The Benicàssim schedule has been released on the festival web site:

Escenario Verde
21:10 Athlete
22:20 Doves
23:40 The Cure
01:40 Yo La Tengo
03:05 Basement Jaxx

Rock oz'Arènes too:

18:00 Gates open

Grande Scène
20:00 Joseph Arthur
22:00 Good Charlotte
00:00 The Cure

And the show in Athens has turned into the "Terravibe Festival".  Line-up:

- Film
- Cranes
- Αλκινοος Ιωαννιδης (Alkinoos Ioannidis)
- The Cure

http://www.didimusic.gr"

(Thanks Olivier)



"Today's issue of the Austrian newspaper DerStandard features a review of the Pornography Deluxe Edition in it's supplement called Rondo.
The article is very favourable calling Pornography "a modern classic - nothing less." and the 2nd cd "nice but more for the freaks."
I especially like the following bit:
"Before Robert Smith mutated into the goth punchinello with Muppet Show hair-do and Udo Huber[Austrian DJ]-eyeliner he and his band expressed this aesthetical and textual ground-breaking opus."

The review is also online at: http://derstandard.at/?id=2118724"

(Thanks Markus)



"A month or so ago I heard about a movie coming out called Just Like Heaven and I wrote to you and asked if you knew the title was inspired by the Cure song. Well, I just barely got back from an advanced screening of the movie and can tell you it most definitely *is* inspired by The Cure's song. Not only that but the song is in the movie. It appears at the very beginning as a sort of easy listening/classical guitar version with a female singing and the lyrics altered so that they are from a female's perspective (e.g. " . . . the one that makes me scream he said, the one that makes me laugh he said
and threw his arms around my neck . . ., etc.") and the moment the movie cuts to credits at the end it goes right into the version we all know and love. The movie was a decent little romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and some guy that looks like he could be Johnny Knoxville's less obnoxious brother and has a supporting role played by Jon Heder that is very much like his Napoleon Dynamite character (the fro is gone though). I imagine both versions of Just Like Heaven featured in the movie will appear on the movie's soundtrack CD."

Also, David Poland @ The Hot Button has a review of the film.

Update: "thought you might like to know that the female vocal version of Just Like Heaven, in the forthcoming film is by Katie Melua, who Brits will know for her excruciatingly dull 'Closest Thing To Crazy'.  She had the third biggest selling artists album of 2004 in the UK too.  Coffee Table nightmare!"

(Thanks Christian and anonymous)



PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release

SingStar '80s: Don't you just love the '80s...

Culture Club. Dexy's Midnight Runners. Blondie. Nena. The Cure.

Hear the names and the songs just pop in to your head. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is pleased to announce that, in response to
lobbying from SingStarTM fans around the world, Studio London is to develop the definitive nostalgic music experience – SingStar '80s. Brace
yourself for the ultimate '80s invasion, available just in time to kick start your party season.

SingStar '80s features the first era-specific track listing to emerge from the music gurus at London Studio and comes packed with 30 original and totally classic tracks from the early '80s that are guaranteed to throw you back to your school disco days. Recreating the iconic style that defined the era, SingStar '80s brings the decade back to life with a new '80s-themed intro, retro colour scheme, fully licensed tracks from the original artists, and, of course, the videos that ushered in the dawn of music TV.

Providing pop kids with a great excuse to dig out the neon T-shirts, the frilly shirts or lace fingerless gloves, SingStar '80s fills your home with the tunes that topped the charts in Europe and around the world, from leading artists including The Cure, Kate Bush, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Erasure and Simple Minds. Journey back in time and indulge in nostalgic classics such as:

# Culture Club: Karma Chameleon
# Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen
# Vanilla Ice: Ice Ice Baby
# Belinda Carlisle: Heaven is a Place on Earth
# Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me)
# The Cure: Just Like Heaven
# Nena: 99 Red Balloons
# Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Power of Love
# Blondie: Atomic
# Kate Bush: Running up that Hill
# Foreigner: I want to know what love is
# Europe: The Final Countdown
# Soft Cell: Tainted Love
# Wham!: Wake me up before you go, go!
# Pretenders: Brass in pocket
# Billy Joel: Uptown Girl
# Erasure: A little respect
# Starship: We built this city
# Katrina and the Waves: Walkingon Sunshine

Easy to set-up and play, SingStar '80s comes with two high quality microphones and tracks players pitch, tone and rhythm, as they sing into the mic. SingStar '80s has got what it takes to turn even the most tone deaf of singers into a ballad-wailing sensation, - all you need to do is raid your wardrobe, put on your make-up, peroxide your hair, line up that power ballad and wow the crowd!

(Thanks James)



960 - High
862 - A Letter to Elise
732 - Why Can't I Be You
730 - Fascination Street
564 - Lullaby
543 - Killing An Arab
530 - Boys Don't Cry
484 - Lovesong
478 - Pictures of You
474 - Close to Me
405 - Let's Go To Bed
342 - Just Like Heaven
304 - Lovecats
22 - Friday I'm In Love

(Thanks Jeff)



"Inside The Cure - http://www.classicrockproductionsonline.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CRP1906
 
Here's a link to this DVD ( incl. picture). Released late August according to this site."
 
(Thanks John)

 

"National Public Radio (NPR) profiled Paul Anka's new CD "Rock Swings" this morning (20 July 2005). The CD is a cover of some popular rock songs (Smells Like Teen Spirit, The Love Cats, Jump, etc.). In the profile, snippets of the original are played followed by Anka's version.

One cut covered is (obviously for this list) Love Cats. Anka comments on how he reworked the song.

Here is the link - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4755657"

(Thanks Berndt)

"Another version of the BGs song story from the June issue of Illinois Entertainer:

Now, Corgan can sit back proudly and relate wacky career-topping yarns like his recent transatlantic phone call to one of his heroes, Robert Smith, requesting his backing-vocal presence on TheFutureEmbrace (The Cure capo's response on hearing it was a Bee Gees song: ''What ... the ... fuck?!''). But Smith loved the cut so much, he remixed his own version of it, which a reverent Corgan copied for final release."

(Thanks Lenore)

"In last nights episode of Eastenders Kat tried to win back Alfie’s heart by playing a cat themed mix tape whilst working on her market stall. The
Lovecats was the fist song she played."

(Thanks Adam)

"I went to Billy Corgan's show in LA on July 13, and they played 2 Cure songs from Pornography era before Billy went on. One of the songs was Descent, but I can't remember what the other one was."

(Thanks Spencer)

July 18th

"The German - France TV Station Arte shows The Cure from the La route du Rock Festival on TV
 
The Cure on Arte Page: http://www.arte-tv.com/de/search__results/903138.html
 
The Cure on the festival page: http://www.laroutedurock.com/_pages/cure.htm
 
La route du Rock
Samstag, den 13. August 2005 um 22.30 Uhr / Saturday, august 13 th...at 10.30 pm
The Cure, The Raveonettes...
Regie : Laurent Hasse und Stéphane Kopecky"

(Thanks Wilco)



"There were only 150 'front of stage' tickets which are now sold out for the Cure performance.
(Map of the stage attached.)"



(Thanks Olivier)



"today i have stumbled upon something great called 'google earth'.  it's a world-wide satellite map that you can access through a piece of software you can download here: http://earth.google.com (windows only for now).

i have mapped the 2005 european festival venues, which you can access by downloading the software first (see above) and then this file:
http://mapage.noos.fr/odh/FestivalTour2005.kmz.

install google earth, double-click on FestivalTour2005.kmz to open it and then double-click on the various placemarks i have included - they will show up in your 'temporary places' folder in the 'places' area.  it will take you through all the places where the cure will be playing over the summer - you can zoom in and zoom out anywhere."

(Thanks Olivier)



"From www.depechemode.com

Warner Brothers was kind enough to send over an advance disc of a new CD being released this September. Entitled "Future Retro", it is a
compilation of remixes from influential bands over the last twenty years. The track listing is as follows...
 
Future Retro
Warner Music
Release Date: September 27th, 2005 (tentative)
 
CD:
1. The Cure - The Walk (Infusion Mix) (5:36)
2. Yaz - Situation (Richard X Remix) (5:50)
3. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remix Edit) (4:52)
4. INXS - Need You Tonight (Static Revenger Mix Edit) (4:19)
5. Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease (Tiga Remix) (6:47)
6. Erasure - A Little Respect (Electrospect Mix) (6:35)
7. Howard Jones - New Song (Peter Black & Hardrock Striker Mix Edit) (3:29)
8. Alphaville - Forever Young (Hamel Album Mix) (5:04)
9. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (The Crystal Method Extended Mix) (6:04)
10. Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Elite Force Mix) (7:39)
11. Devo - Girl U Want (Black Light Odyssey Mix)(3:42)
12. B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Adam Freeland Mix) (7:31)
13. Book Of Love - Boy (DJ Irene Rockstar Mix) (4:28)
14. Morrissey - Suedehead (Sparks Remix) (6:36)
 
Doouble LP:
A1. The Cure - The Walk (Infusion 12" Remix) (8:59)
A2. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X 12" Mix) (7:04)
B1. Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease (Tiga Remix)(6:47)
B2. B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Adam Freeland Mix) (7:31)
B3. INXS - Need You Tonight (Static Revenger Mix) (6:41)
C1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remix) (7:32)
C2. Howard Jones - New Song (Peter Black & Hardrock Striker Mix) (7:42)
D1. Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Elite Force Mix) (7:39)
D2. Yazoo - Situation (Future Funk Squad Remix) (6:38)
D3. Alphaville - Forever Young (Hamel Club Mix) (7:41)

(Thanks Steve, Tim and Federico)



"It seems that after all, even the Cure had a "sales boost" deriving from the Live8 show: "The Cure" has re-entered the French Albums Top 200 at
197. Logical enough, it was the country they played in. In the first weeks after its release, it initially gained a #4 spot, and then slowly disappeared after 14 charting weeks."

(Thanks Pietro)



"Dinosaur Jr. (the ORIGINAL line-up) performed in NYC's Central Park tonight, for the first encore, you guessed it, they did Just Like Heaven."

(Thanks Joeylom)

"Arjan Writes (http://www.arjanwrites.com/)-- a fantastic music site -- has a Mash-Up of The Cure's "A Forest" with the latest Fischerspooner single "Just Let Go."  It's pretty good!"
 
(Thanks finalsound)



(Thanks Wilco)

"After the LIVE8, there has been all this fuss about Robert's make-up. I have found another article about some LIVE8 celebrities, and they make a
comment about Robert asking him to give up his lipstick and more.

From the article "Live8 not so legends"

"And we think the Cure's Robert Smith, while incredibly talented, should think about giving away the lippie, eye makeup and whatever substance
that's making him sweat like a wild boar."

To read the complete article go to: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15815552%255E28957,00.html"

(Thanks Pamela)

"From Exzibit.net:

Looking at British band The Cure. How have they survived the media despite being media shy, and what Cure songs you should definately check out.

(Thanks Tempest)

"They played the "Lullaby" bass and guitar instrumental lead-in on the British Open this afternoon.  Good lead-in music all day, capped off by The Cure."

(Thanks Stan)

"I've had this Curespotting for some time now... any surfers out there?  Pacific Longboarder magazine, vol. 8 no. 2, has featured on the cover 3
prime longboarders (Alex Knost, CJ Nelson and Jai Lee ); Jai is standing with a Cure surfboard- the classic "Boys Don't Cry" poster printed on
his board.  The article following asks about what music the guys are into. Jai Lee states immediately that "Robert Smith and The Cure are specials".   The magazine cover is worth seeing- check it out!"
 
(Thanks Renee)

"friday i attended u2 at the amsterdam arena in holland, just before u2 entered the stage, inbetween days was played, many people where singing
along with it, which was very cool !!"

"In Between Days" was played before the July 9 U2 show at the Stade de France in Paris, France.  Don't know if it has been played on other
tourdates or if the band chose it or not."
 
(Thanks Marco and carpet burner)

---

July 11th

"An update on the Istanbul tickets: one-day tickets have recently been made available for 40,750,000 TRL.  That's only 8,750,000 TRL (5.45 EUR)
cheaper than the two-day pass, though.

To add to the confusion, Biletix told me they would mail me my tickets (abroad) even though it apparently is against their policy - and I had not asked for that."

(Thanks Olivier)



"I have one ticket for the Cure gig in Saint-Malo on the 13th of August that I'd like to give away for free. I've decided to go to Lokeren and Berlin
instead and just want to make someone happy.. Feel free to send me an e-mail and next week I'll let you know if you've won it."

(Thanks Menno)



(Thanks Steeve)



(Thanks to Toberr @ A Pink Dream)



(Thanks Matteo)



"The Story of...The Cure will be re-broadcasted on CityTV Vancouver Channel on July 22th at 10:00am Pacific Time...For other cities in Canada, please check your local listings."

(Thanks Pamela)



"I checked out the reunited Dinosaur Jr. in Orlando last night, and they played their famed cover of Just Like Heaven as a first encore. Lots of
fun to see that one live, and it ended just as spontaneously in person as it did on the album. I'd always just assumed the tape cut off and they decided to release it that way."

(Thanks drqshadow)



"A bit about the BeeGees song in an interview with Billy
(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10334869)

When you asked him to sing backing vocals on the song, did Robert Smith  [of the Cure] laugh?

Oh yeah. I basically told him just please listen to it and if you don't want to do it, that's fine. A few days later he phoned me and said, "I listened to it. I love it and it's fantastic." Most people take me so seriously — they don't get it. There really is some joy in that song.

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
(http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/12074112.htm)
 
By Todd Camp and Robert Philpot
THEY NEED AID, TOO

Last weekend's Live 8 concerts were meant to raise awareness of problems in famine-stricken African nations. So send a check to a hunger-fighting
charity, and then another to these guys, who ain't lookin' so hot... It was bound to happen with all that makeup he wears -- the Cure's Robert Smith is starting to resemble Bette Davis."

(Thanks Lenore)

"Ask the Pilot is a regular feature on Salon, and his latest features a a story set to Lovecats...You can get a free site pass to view the article - http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2005/07/01/near_miss/index.html"

(Thanks Rev. Heron and Tempest)

July 8th

July 7th

 
The Rock'n Coke Festival program is up on the Biletix web site: http://www.biletix.com/eng/live/wtsevent.php?Eventcd=FRCO2

14:00 - 14:50  Rashit/HE  50'
14:50 - 15:15  set-up     25'
15:15 - 16:10  Pamela     50'
16:10 - 16:40  set-up     30'
16:40 - 17:30  Ceza       50'
17:30 - 18:00  set-up     30'
18:00 - 18:50  The Tears  50'
18:50 - 19:20  set-up     30'
19:20 - 20:10  SKIN       50'
20:10 - 20:40  set-up     30'
20:40 - 22:10  KORN       90'
22:10 - 22:40  set-up     30'
22:40 - 01:00  THE CURE  140'

(Thanks Olivier)



"Tickets for toarmina are now available through http://www.ticketone.it.
 
they're expensive, though:
 
- front seats: 69.00 + 3.31 = 72.31
- standing (on the amphitheater steps): 46.00 + 3.31 = 49.31"

(Thanks Olivier and Ivan)



"Please find below the link for the voice ID of Robert Smith for the Istanbul concert...

http://www.thecuretr.com/music/cc%20rnc%20the%20cure%20(bdc%20ortada)%2023%27%27.mp3

If the link doesn't work you can enter www.thecuretr.com / download / the third link on the mp3 list.

(Thanks to Zack @ THE CURE TR)



(Thanks Rob)



"I asked DAA. They wrote: "Hi Michael, We don't know the shop addresses in Germany yet, that will happen end of this month and they will be in the shops in the middle of September."

I think it will be the same in other countries. It seems, they wont sell the shirts online..."

(Thanks Michael)



Update: "Thanks for the link to the page with the addresses of the AOL streams. This allowed me to discover more information that I thought everyone might be interested in. The links posted are for the MOV versions. I've now also discovered all the links for the Real Player format. People may be interested in these because they are easier to convert, are smaller, and more compatible with PC's in general.
 
For example, here is a link for a MOV file:
 
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmusic/specials/2005/live8/paris/paris_052_thecure_open_dl.mov
 
By changing 4 things in the URL, you can get Real Media version:
 
rtsp://demand1.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmusic/specials/2005/live8/paris/paris_052_thecure_open_bb8.rm
 
I really think people might find this info useful, so I thought I'd share it with you."

(Thanks Caley)



(Thanks Mark)



"The Monday, July 5 2005 New York Times had an essay about the live8 event. There was a picture of Robert and a mention of his "moaning about
angst". "

(Thanks Berndt)

July 5th

(Thanks Olivier and Greg)



(Thanks Jan)



"I believe it was your site that mentioned Robert designing a shirt for Designers Against AIDS. Well, this morning I finally got their website to work on my laptop and they have Robert's design up. It's an edited version of the picture of the dolls of himself and Mary that he took for a magazine article that I remember seeing in your gallery. Anyways, here's a link to a photo of the shirt:
http://beautywithoutirony.typepad.com/photos/designers_against_aids_ts/p1010007_1.html
I'm looking into how and where to buy one. The site www.designersagainstaids.com doesn't offer much help with that other than a list of places that were interested in selling them....but it does say that Robert had planned to wear his shirt for the Live 8 performance. If he did, I missed it!
 
There was a lot of confusion on The Cure's message boards about Robert's "CE" on his shirt. Well, watching The Cure's Live 8 performance provided a big clue. A friend of mine on deviantart.com helped me put it together. If you noticed on the back of his shirt at the performance, it said: "YOUR CHOI" Now add that "CE" to the end of it. "YOUR CHOICE". I saw Bill's souncheck pictures and noticed that Robert had on a different
one with the message "MY CHOICE".
 
But where's the BAD CHOICE shirt? : ) Now then, who's going to decode Porl's jacket? : )

(Thanks "Alexia")



"I was at The Get Up Kids' final show on July 2 in Kansas City, MO.  During the encore, they played their cover of Close to Me.  It was awesome and really energized the crowd."

(Thanks Andi)



"In Nick Hornby's new bestselling book, "A Long Way Down", there's a fleeting reference to The Cure "In Between Days". Nick Hornby is
well-known for several music references in his book, but i think it's the first time The Cure get such clear and sympathetic nod."

(Thanks Claude)

July 4th

"http://cultureetloisirs.france3.fr/musique/actu/11718657-fr.php
 
If you click on  "Le concert Live8 à Versailles" at the right of the window you can see The Cure during the soundchecks and at the end of the video a ninterview with Robert."
 
(Thanks to Toberr  @ A Pink Dream)

"I've put some cure pics on my website www.gaelleberi.com under works and then the cure. Hope you'll like them."

(Thanks Gaelle)



"I can tell you that the Italian channel SKY aired Open and One hundred years, but then after just a few seconds of End it switched to Philadelphia."
 
(Thanks Pietro)

"The BBC showed Open on BBC 1 after the US concert had finished.

For those with satellite, the BBC also had extra channels running. They didn't have a dedicated showing for the Versailles concert, but they did
have a pick'n'mix channel, which showed the Cure's main set. They'd switched to Toronto by the time the Cure came back on though, so that hasn't been shown on BBC at all.

The BBC does have an hour long 'The Best Of Live 8' program running on BBC 3 at 8 o'clock every day this week. I think this is showing some
footage from all the concerts (the description mentions Placebo), so there's a good chance that will show The Cure at some point."

(Thanks Rob, Sean and Claude)

"In response to the query on your website... XM's Coverage of Live 8 was generally pretty good. As the schedules for all the shows were all over
the place, you could tell that the XM DJs had no idea what was going on, who was coming on next, etc. At about 1pm Pacific Time I stuck to the
"Paris" channel (each city was given it's own channel) and just waited it out. Sometime shortly after 3pm, they announced that The Cure were taking the stage, but what followed was an awful mess of tape-playback and instrument sound checks with channels turning on and off, patches being plugged and unplugged.

They cut away from that temporarily to bring us some coverage of London, then cut back just in time for The Cure's first notes to be heard. What
followed was a fairly lousy mix; as far as live-Cure mixes go this one was very muddy and unfocused, but the overall fidelity was pretty good.
Unfortunately, XM only played the first three songs, and then announced they didn't know whether or not there'd be an encore (apparently there
was, but I listened for about another half-hour waiting, and it was not broadcast - instead, they went again to the London feed for some of Pink Floyd).

When I later checked COF and learned that there WAS indeed an encore, I was very disappointed (personally, I've been DYING to hear "Just Like
Heaven" sans keyboards... Impossible???). Overall I have to give XM credit for very thorough, high quality, and well-meaning coverage of Live 8 in general, but when it came to The Cure they kind of dropped the ball."

(Thanks Jordan)



"For a selection of Live 8 shots go here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=14118877

And don't forget to check out these galleries for more CURE!!!
www.pbase.com/sbill50/inbox
www.pbase.com/sbill51/inbox
www.pbase.com/sbill52/inbox"

(Thanks Bill)

Also, for anyone interested in getting some of the videos from the various shows, especially from London, you need to check the alt.binaries.mpeg.video.music newsgroup. Some really high quality stuff is currently being posted. As of this morning, you can get Coldplay (a 1.9GB file but fantastic quality!), Annie Lennox, Madonna, U2 & Paul McCartney (just Sgt. Pepper, not the full U2 set), Neil Young, Pink Floyd and one song from Bjork. And there's more to come.


Update: Ok, the mirror for the mp3s is up. The video will be there later today.



"There are a couple pictures of Robert signing autographs at Versailles at this site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fannysparty/23124992/in/photostream/"

(Thanks Lenore)

(Thanks Toberr)

July 3rd

"An article from The Guardian that explains the 3 gig dash that Youssou N'Dour and Dido did yesterday at Live 8. Last paragraph explains why The Cure didn't headline as expected.

"We're running two hours late, but calls are made to the organisers at the Palais de Versailles and the running order there is re-arranged. As the London show finishes, 200,000 fans in France greet the Senegalese superstar and his counterpart from Islington at the end of an incredible day."

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1520418,00.html"

(Thanks Jane)

"This is from the today's newspaper The Province of BC, Canada a short comment of Versailles show:

"Paris

In Versailles, an eclectic lineup including Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and The Cure united at a concert set amid one of the Frances's greatest
symbols of opulence - The Chateau of Versailles.

British rock trio Muse kicked off the event singing from a stage set in the front court of the 17th century palace that was once home to King Louis XIV.

A crowd of 60,000 crammed the tree-lined boulevard leading up to the palace, falling silent during two soaring arias by Bocelli and then dancing in time to tunes by Tina Arena and Latn superstar Shakira."
(July 3th, 2005, pag. C5)"

(Thanks Pamela)

"I've been checking the blogs from LIVE 8.com, and there are some comments about The Cure show. They pretty much describe The Cure's entrance, perfomance and when they left and came back to play the encore. Also there some other few comments from other fans who attended the show and similar blogs for  other artists who participated in the Versailles show.

Here are the links:

The Cure take 1 - http://journals.aol.com/live8paris/LIVE8--Paris/entries/402

The Cure take 2 - http://journals.aol.com/live8paris/LIVE8--Paris/entries/403

(Thanks again Pamela)

July 2nd

And this from Yahoo/AP:

Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure, said he was convinced the massive turnout of the global concerts would send a message.

"By mobilizing millions of people, you're effectively saying to a few very powerful people that there is a groundswell and it isn't going to go away," Smith told The Associated Press backstage. "There's too many people involved. There's too much anger for things to just remain as they are."

"The gulf between rich and poor isn't unbridgeable. There is enough to go around," said Smith, whose band was scheduled to close the 25-act event.

(Thanks to Dayna @ A Foolish Arrangement)

"Placebo & the cure are expected to perform a song together tonight at the paris show...
http://www.aol.de/index.jsp?cid=1027720657&pageId=3&sg=Musik_special_Live8"

Update: Despite what was listed there, they didn't do a song together.

(Thanks Koyldo)

"Soundchecks just over: open, 100 years, end."

(Thanks Olivier)

"The Cure is actually playing for the Soundchecks in Versailles (at 15 pm here in France). The french TV M6 just put a part of this soundcheck live ! This is a screenshot showing Robert and Porl !"



(Thanks Jerome)

And another photo from the soundcheck:



(Thanks to Jerry)

(Thanks Warren)

July 1st

"The city which will host the italian date is Taormina, and the event is a part of the "Taormina Arte Festival 2005".

Ticketone.it says the presale will start soon, so I suggest italian fans to check here (http://www.ticketone.it/newsComplete.jsp?idCat=51&cdNews=3611)."

(Thanks Pietro)



Starts around 4pm
Muse 5:30 - 5:50 pm
Shakira 7:25 - 7:45 pm
Placebo 9:50 - 10:10 pm
The Cure 10:35 - 10:55pm (but hints that they might break the curfew)

So in the US that would be 4:35pm eastern, 3:35pm central, 2:35pm mountain and 1:35pm pacific.

(Thanks Lenore)



"From Paris, you can either take "RER C" direction Versailles Rive Gauche - Chateau de Versailles.
The RER C stops at many places in Paris including :
Gare d'Austerlitz, Saint Michel, Musee d'orsay, Invalides, Pont de l'Alma, Champs de Mars, Javel & Bd Victor
See the plan here (look for the yellowish-brownish line on the borders of the river Seine):
http://www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan.php?loc=reseaux&nompdf=metro&fm=gif
Required time from Paris St Michel until Versailles is around 45 min.
More info about the RER can be found in english here : http://www.ratp.info/informer/anglais/index.php
 
Or you can also take the regular train from Paris Montparnasse station direction Versailles Chantiers.
The direct trains require only 11 minutes, but then you have to walk a bit more from the station till the site of the gig.
I made a little plan to visualize where is Versailles Chantier station, compared to Versailles Rive Gauche - Chateau de Versailles station here:
http://www.pbase.com/image/45550050/original
 
More information concerning the trains from Paris Montparnasse can be found on the french railway company website in english here:
http://www.sncf.com/indexe.htm
Look for the Transilien (around paris)."
 
(Thanks Bill)

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but are they hoping that one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15 minute break at Gleneagles (in Scotland) and sees ANNIE LENNOX singing SWEET DREAMS and thinks, 'F**k me, she might have a point there, you know?'

"KEANE doing SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW and some Japanese businessman going, 'Aw, look at him... we should really f**king drop that debt, you know.'

"It's not going to happen, is it?"

At the end of the day, it's just a worldwide rock show that we can all watch. If it ends up helping even one person out of poverty, starvation, etc., then it was well worth it. Now, let's all hold hands and sing "All You Need Is Love". : )

I wrote this at 3am this morning and forgot to include my main point - It's the first new Cure lineup in a decade, of course I'm going to give it a lot of coverage!





"There is new compilation out here in Austria celebrating the 10 year anniversary of "Forestglade Festival" where The Cure once played a few
years ago. This CD features amongst other songs by acts the studio version of "Close to me". So it´s not really worth buying it."

(Thanks Gerald)



"Just wanted to let you know that The Cure are going to be on "Later with Jools Holland" on the Ovation channel,  Saturday, July 9th at 10:00 p.m., in NY it's channel 83."

(Thanks Despayre)



"In today's Daily Mail(uk newspaper, 1st July) there is an article about Live 8, and there is a picture of Robert, but no mention at all of The Cure or their Versailles appearence..."

(Thanks JC)

"This is a short review from the today's newspaper The Province  (BC, Canada) about the next  LIVE 8 concerts in every country. They mention
The Cure as the strongest act for Versailles.
 
"France-Palais de Versailles, Paris
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maybe The Cure can remedy the somewhat lightweight lineup the French have mustered? It's kind of their army." (pag. C3, 06/30/05) "
 
(Thanks Pamela)

"On AOL Music today there's a quiz regarding people's knowledge of Live 8 performers
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/special2/article.adp?id=20050621112809990033

Question 5 is about The Cure:
 
5 .  On what book did The Cure base their song 'Killing an Arab'?
'The Stranger' by Albert Camus
'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville
'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov
'Midnight's Children' by Salman Rushdie "
 
(Thanks Wendy)

"Nike redid the cover of a Minor Threat album for some skate tour & got heaps of flak...So people on this site http://ilx.p3r.net/thread.php?msgid=5942033 then re-did other album art for corporations, great Kmkmkm cover
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/walterkranz/mac.jpg"

(Thanks I Think)
 
"Tonight (Wed 29th) the intro of "In Between Days" was used for like 15 seconds in Anderson Cooper 360  (CNN) . They were showing a survey regarding Tom Cruise's unusual behaviour and his beliefs as a Scientologist. Anderson Cooper and The Cure's song together, just made my night!"
 
(Thanks Pamela)