"I've just read this on the official website of Italian band 'delta v' "the band 'delta v' will perform at the heineken festival (imola, italy) on Saturday 19th, June..the line-up will include among others THE CURE, pj harvey and the pixies."

(Thanks Marcello)

"Here's an interview i conducted with jason cooper, it covers current recording, tour memories and the trilogy tour http://www.simongallup.com"

(Thanks Craig)

"I saw a film at the London gay and lesbian film festival yesterday called “Sing Me an Angel” (I think it’s a 16mm student film made in Israel in 2002) and there’s a scene when the protagonist goes into a shop and the shopkeeper is quietly singing a song and playing his guitar. The song is “untitled” from disintegration. The Cure are credited in the end titles. The film also opens with a quote from a Smiths song – but I forgot what it was!!

http://www.llgff.org.uk

http://www.sendmeanangel.co.il/ "

(Thanks Andrew)

"In November 1982, Siouxsie & the Banshees released the Melt! Single off the Kiss in the Dreamhouse album. The B-side for that single was a French Christmas song called "Il est né le divin enfant". On December 12, 1982, the band (including Robert) went on French TV (Antenne 2) on a show called "Embûches de Noël" and performed that song (well actually they just pretended). Most of them being severly drunk, the end result is, well, interesting!

A one-minute clip of that song was rerun in 1988 in "Les enfants du rock" show on the same channel and although I don't have the original 1982 video, I recently made a DivX of the 1988 rerun."

So thanks to Olivier we now have a 60 second color clip along with a 90 second black & white clip.

(Thanks to Olivier and everyone else who wrote in to help)

"NEW clip "Fire in Cairo" from The Cure’s first US tour (1980) and their stop in Boston at the Underground Club. http://www.nmdp.net/movies/moviepages/theCure.html

"Fire in Cairo" best viewed with windows XP and the latest windows media player 9. Older Mac users download the mpeg plugin for your QuickTime player.

Enjoy and check back every once and a while. "

(Thanks JCrocker)

"Case in point, Smith's use of The Cure's "High" during a school sequence. "I was a huge Cure fan. Still am, to a large degree," states Smith. "And that's like one of their lighter songs. Most of their stuff is kind of funeral dirgy, which is fun if you like kind of sad music, which I do, but generally The Cure stuff is kind of sad. That's one of their lighter songs and I always kind of dug that song, plus it just seemed to fit well in that sequence. That was the sequence people were always trying to get me to cut down, too. They were like 'Just get 'em to the school quickly!' And I was like 'No, I gotta use that song, dude. I gotta use as much of that song as possible.'"

(Thanks John)

"Join the dots is up to # 16 on the Greek charts!"

(Thanks Vagelis)

"cure night @ neo 10pm-4am 21 and over no cover. tuesday march 30. more info---planetearthchicago.com"

(Thanks Kamar)

"It's Disintegration time again

Time for a Last Dance together at Planet Moxy's 10th Annual Cure party!

Licky Oats presents Planet Moxy's 10th Annual Cure party!

See all your favourite Cure videos & hear all your favourite Cure tracks, as well as some obsCURE remixes, b-sides, and unreleased stuff.

Celebrate Robert Smith's birthday at the one and only Rififi's!

No cover, no drink minimums.

Wednesday April 21, 2004 10:15pm @ Rififi's (AKA Cinema Classics) 11th Street Between 1st & 2nd Ave

Questions/Directions/Song Requests : lickyoats@hotmail.com "

(Thanks Licky Oats)

"Just thought I'd let you know the Cure is given "honorable mention" kudos by MSNBC in their 10 Greatest Rock Bands story. They're listed in a sidebar towards the bottom of the story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4595384/"

(Thanks Lance)

"1) in an italian magazine ("Sette"), there's an ad for the Italian Association Pro Vegetarianism (OIPA) where they list a few names of famous vegetarians. Among Martin Luther King, Wagner, Gandhi, Einstein,Voltaire, Tolstoj, Plato, Rousseau, there's also our Robert (there are also Stipe and Morrissey, indeed)

Note: Again, unless there has been a recent change, Robert is not a vegetarian. He was for awhile, then he wasn't, then he might have been again, but then he said he wasn't. If it changes again, I'm sure someone will let us all know. : )

2) in the tv programme "porta a porta" (literally, door to door), which is an insight on the major political and cultural present situations, "want" was used in the background in a clip about politics."

(Thanks Pietro)

"just a few things I've seen/heard during the past two weeks in France:

- on tv channel Arte, Tracks program, they had a brief report on Blink 182 and obviously there was a brief mention of Robert Smith.

- radio station Rires et Chansons (argh!) uses close to me (closest mix) as jingle.

- on France 2 tv program Tout Le Monde En Parle, they always do a blind test game with the guests at the end, and the dj Bob Sinclar played just like heaven; it took the guest 5-10 seconds to recognize it, and 'surprisingly' she was one girl from the french girl's band variety/Britney Spears like, L5.

- and I don't really exactly remember this one, but I think that Pascal Obispo (french variety singer) said he liked and listened to The Cure."

(Thanks Fabien G and Barbara)

"I went and saw the movie "Jersey Girl" tonight with a friend....the new romantic comedy by director Kevin Smith (who directed movies such as Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mall Rats, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back). About 90% into the movie, the song "high" was played in both the background, and some in the foreground, in a montage-like segment. Instead of just a small 15-30 second snippet like how most songs are played in movies...most of "high" was actually played. Now I just wonder if Kevin Smith had anything to do with the chosing of that song."

(Thanks Jared)

"Just saw the new Kevin Smith film Jersey Girl last night, mainly because I read (on COF) that High was in the film & it is after all Kevin Smith. But I must say that (in my opinion) the film was GREAT!!! I'd say that about 90% of High was featured in the film during the climatic self realization scene of Ben's character ~ I actually felt like I was at a Cure show or something, the song fit perfectly with the scene!!!!!!"

(Thanks Joey)

"I was wondering if I could get a front/back and spine scan of In Orange and Show vhs. I transfered mine to dvd+r and then got rid of the vhs tapes and (duh) forgot to get a scan for my dvd cases. "

Update: " "Midsummer", released in 1999, contains "Plainsong". Interesting to note some of the other songs: "It's No Good & "Uselink", Maritn Gore, also "A Forest", The Cure. Why do I not remember hearing about this? What is a "uselink"? :-)

I have answered one of my own questions. I did not hear about this because it is a somewhat obscure cast. I don't even recognize some of the film festivals it played at. http://www.geocities.com/midsummerfilm/accolade.html "

(Thanks Ryan)

"Just seen a TV advert for the latest Q Special Edition - "50 YEARS OF ROCK'N'ROLL - PART 3" and a picture of The Cure (Head On The Door era) was shown. Not sure in what context The Cure are covered in this magazine, but I'm assuming they must be featured so it could be worth a look at.

The magazine featuring The Cure is the first magazine listed at this link ("From U2 to The White Stripes") but it doesn't actually list The Cure here, so the article may not be that big (despite it warranting a band photo on the TV ad?). "

(Thanks Dave Ace)

"A gentleman sent in a letter to RS in response to a letter regarding gay marriage. The kicker?

"Every issue, the author of the letter we like best wins a useful gift. Now that Tim needs something to occupy his time, we are sending him a Schecter Diamond Series Omen-6 electric guitar, autographed by The Cure."

Wot!!! Someone at RS got a clue! I immediately knew what it was!

What a way to wrap up the week."

(Thanks Jen)

"Kroq in south cal is doing a contest to win tickets to any one of these bands...

(Thanks Punam)

"3/26/2004

ROSS

WE WORK FROM 2 PM TO 5 AM 7 DAYS A WEEK NOW! I WAKE UP AT 10:30 AM FULLY EXCITED AND ON FUCKING FIRE! I'LL BE DOING A SIMPLE ROUGH MIX AND BREAK INTO TEARS OF GRATITUDE AND LOVE! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW REAL AND PUNK ROBERT IS, HE DOESN'T MOVE AWAY FROM MUSIC AND LYRICS. I'VE NEVER SOMEONE WITH MORE INTENSE CONVICTION IN MY LIFE! LAST NIGHT WAS ME WATCHING HIM DO VOCALS LAYING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE MIKE SET UP, GETTING EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER CRAVED IN MY LIFE! HOW COME MY LIFE IS SO FUCKING GOOD? IT'S THE PERFECT CURE!"

While he'll never admit it, Ross is really only 16 years old. : )

(Thanks Shane)

(Thanks Rowan)

"Waxploitation is pleased to announce that it will offer pre-orders of the new tweaker album “2 am wakeup call”, starting Wednesday March 24th at Noon PST. The album, from former Nine Inch Nails co-foundering member, including songs with Robert Smith (The Cure), David Sylvian, Will Oldham, Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields), Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and others.

The first 500 CDs available via pre-order on the Waxploitation.com store will be signed (and numbered) by Chris Vrenna and Clint Walsh.

To place an order, please go to www.waxploitation.com/store

Please note that we have made a number of bundles available as well including CD + t-shirt + stickers, etc.

If you have not visited recently, please check out www.tweaker.net since we’ve totally updated the interface and skinned it to reflect new album art!"

(Thanks Waxploitation)

(Thanks Damiano)

While looking for a Church interview today on Live 105.3, I found a terrible cover of 'Just Like Heaven' by Taking Back Sunday (It's here, under the Listen section). Listen if you dare. : )

"From the April, 2004 Blender Magazine (in an article about David Bowie): U2 and the Cure are among the bands who have covered the song ["Young Americans"]. "The Cure don't often do cover versions, lead singer Robert Smith has said, "but we did "Young Americans" because David Bowie has written some great songs, and that's one of my favorites."

Also in the issue is a review of Just Jack's "the Outer Marker" that features the "Lullaby" sample as well as "Join the Dots" getting the excellent "Blender Approved" stamp."

(Thanks Rust)

"I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but but our brand new radio station in LA, Indie Radio 103.1 has been playing a ton of cure tracks you don't normally hear on the radio. So far I've heard Give me It, Birdmad Girl, Sinking (twice), The Blood, Shake Dog Shake, Bananafishbones, and a lot of other surprising songs. They play a lot of other good alternative stuff from the 80s that you never hear anymore. For those in the Socal area it's worth checking out."

(Thanks Dean)

"I just read the news today, the cure is now confirmed for the "xacobeo" festival in santiago de compostela, spain, along a bunch of other artists:

-Jueves, 15 de julio

MASSIVE ATTACK

CHEMICAL BROTHERS

THE DARKNESS

-Viernes, 16 de julio

DAVID BOWIE

BOB DYLAN

IGGY POP

-Sábado, 17 de julio

PETER GABRIEL

THE CURE

THE CORRS "

(Thanks Javi and Angel)

"Tickets for the Werchter Festival are available on-line (I bought mine yesterday) here only:

http://www.goformusic.be/tts/loadpage.asp?pageurl=http://www.goformusic.be/tts/werchter_eng.html

They will be available elsewhere and in stores only from April 17 on."

(Thanks Olivier)

(Thanks to Rodxxx at Your Tongue Is Like Poison)

"I went yesterday to Tower Records at Zona Rosa (México DF) and found out that Join the Dots is the #21 album in their top 40. Additionally, as part of their 10th anniversary, they're selling Join the Dots for 478 pesos, even less expensive than El Sótano."

(Thanks Leonardo)

"I found this picture http://www.pbase.com/image/22483319 on Stay beautiful's(http://www.staybeautifulclub.co.uk/) gallery. It's a club in London. "

(Thanks Antti)

"While surfing the net I've found an interesting picture. Limp Bizkit's lead singer Fred Durst wore a Robert Smith t-shirt at a live show on March 22 in Budapest, Hungary. Take a look at it: http://index.hu/cikkepek/0403/kult/limpbizkit//.gdata/gp_05.jpg"

(Thanks G****)

"Sky Movies are running an extended trailer in the UK for the forthcoming premier of Eight-Legged Freaks (a silly but fun film about massive spiders and such terrorising a small US town - i think David Arquette 'stars'). Lullaby (without vocals) is playing throughout, and there is the into to The Caterpillar at the end."

(Thanks Richard)

"Bought the Levinhurst CD (must have been really bored) and noticed a credit to Robert and Simon…??? Not worth the $12, though"

(Thanks Chris)

"One I don't remember seeing, but in Rolling Stones' '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' The Cure gets not two, but three nods. The third is in the XM ad booklet, pgs 6-7 of the booklet. The Cure is the first band listed on the screen of the XM stereo. Now hearing them on XM, thats something I've so far missed...."

(Thanks ALClovis)

"Tickets for the'Voix du Gaou' festival are now available at fnac.com for 38,50 €. You will notice that it is mentionned 'The Cure + Guests'. I know very well the place. It is very typical of the French 'Côte d'Azur'. It is a small island called 'Ile du Gaou', which is located just in front of the Embiez Island. You access the Island through a small bridge of wood. The place is really beautiful!"

(Thanks Frederic, Cherry Tree Girl, Fabs)

"tickets for both festivals can also be booked at www.eventim.de. You can easily pay with a credit card and international shipping is no problem.

Here are the direct links to the festivals:

Hurricane

Southside

(Thanks Lars)

"I am writing to tell you about a band I just saw play in the Philadelphia area, Five Star Dive.

Being an avid Cure fan myself, and seeing a lot of bands who attempt to cover the music by The Cure, this band ( Although they are an original band) did an amazing version of "Same Deep Water As You" where the lead singer first announced that the next song is dedicated to the bartender who's friend just passed away in a motorcycle accident and then went into a fast paced Same Deep Water As You WHAT made the song really cool is the singer sang different verses from "The Catch" and "Disintegration" with-in sdway, it was such a powerful version and interesting, I Just wanted to let you know that there is a band that you should check out and find what I did a unique band with talent and appreciation for what music is, all roads leading to The Cure..."

(Thanks Bridget)

"In the issue of March of the free mag Spike 40, there is a little article about about the Spanish band Fang´s new album entitled "Dos Vidas", and it says:

Among the 10 tracks there is a cover of the The Cure´s Close to Me; "we grew up with them, those sounds are the motor of our projects". "

(Thanks to Sharon from Charlotte Sometimes)

"Maybe a bit out of date (1996), but interesting anyway, I think...http://guitargeek.com/rigview/149/"

(Thanks jd)

"Just read the curespotting from the MST3K show "The Crawling Hand". There are actually quite a lot of Cure references in MST3K. During the title sequence in "Invasion USA", the writers name scrolls by. It is Robert Smith (This movie was made in the '50s). Mike and the 'Bots respond by saying something to the effect of "the lead singer of the Cure is also a writer". In the first Sci-Fi channel episode, "The Revenge of the Creature" Mike comments about a german shepherd the lead actress has. The dog had a black muzzle. Mike said "Look at all that black lipstick. The dog must be a Cure fan.". In the episode "The Space Children" there is a scene with the family driving down a beach and one of the Bots (Tom, i think), sings the beginning of "Standing on a Beach" with some slightly different lyrics. It was something like "Driving on a beach with my kids in the car". I'm sure there are more, but these are all the ones I've run across so far. I think somebody at Best Brains is a Cure fan"

(Thanks Darqueelfe)

"From an article appearing in the Pensacola News-Journal on 21 March 2004 titled "Vintage T-shirts Make a Comeback"

"...and an old Cure T-shirt sold for $40. Shirts from that tour are particularly hot sellers says Lindsay Pauly, business manager for New York City-based pop culture collectibles expert Tiffany Dubin. One recently sold on eBay for $180 and the bidding for an extra-large baseball-style shirt from that tour recently reached $79 before the bidding ended."

No specific tour was mentioned; anyone know which tour the article refers to?"

(Thanks Bevon)

"A few days ago in the TV during the program Big Brother in the presentation of a tenant played HALO in the background sound (EXCELLENT SONG, awful show, in the MTV's show about urban myths they interviewed someone who was wearing a BLOODFLOWERS cover t-shirt and on the mexican cable-videochannel Telehit in the program Resistencia played JUST LIKE HEAVEN on a documentary about the Tianguis del Chopo (open-air market where all the "urban tribes" join together every saturday)."

(Thanks Jorge)

"from pitchforkmedia.com

From a review of the new Guns N' Roses 'Greatest Hits' cd:

Today, pop metal serves as bacchanalia, irony, and imaginary nostalgia. MTV sells the 80s as a kitschy, decadent daydream, dodging their complicity in creating the pop culture divide that made Britny Fox possible. By the time of Guns N' Roses, thanks in large part to the network's conservatism, there was a cultural civil war going on, and those who threw down pop metal's chalice had to dress the part to find each other in the crowd. And I'm not saying our lives were harder-- we didn't walk two miles in the snow to buy Cure records-- but pop culture was stuck in a 1970s frame of mind. Everything had to be so much more obvious to be understood-- including alternative music-- which is why it all looks like a dayglo renaissance faire in retrospect, but prior to the information age, you couldn't chart your own roadmap. You needed big, flashing signs pointing the way."

(Thanks Michael)

"The Cure is now finally confirmed for the famous Belgian Rock Werchter festival where they will play for the 5th time! They will perform there on 1 July alongside amongst others Pink and Basement Jaxx. More bands to be announced soon. See www.rockwerchter.be. "

(Thanks Peter)

"the organiser of the Rock Werchter Festival made the anouncement officially that The Cure will play on thursday the 1st July. He said he had a luxuas problem with so many good bands and he said it it always good to have The Cure. "

(Thanks Stephan)

Update: Now confirmed at the official site.

"Just saw this at Morrissey-solo.com:

"Right I've got this direct from the promoter.... This years Move festival to be held at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester will include: Madness headlining the Thursday, The Cure Friday, Stereophonics the Saturday and will be rounded off on the Sunday by Morrissey. Not a stones throw from his old house. This is subject to licence, and judging by the last couple of years is in no way confirmed despite the acts themselves committing. Again expect a battle from the local residents to magistrates but after last years vehement protests and the subsequent good behaviour of the punters a licence for the four day event is as good as assured. Another interesting aspect is that promoters are trying to get Brett Anderson & Bernard Butler back together. The concerts are pencilled in for the weekend beginning 8th July. "

(Thanks Steven)

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(Thanks Jim)

"Just came across a Tweaker "2 a.m wake up call" Review by: The meat head perspective on the NIN hotline. I'm not too fond of it though..but hey it's a cure spotting!

"I'm probably asking to get Punched In The Face by saying this, but I was never much of a fan of The Cure. I don't actively make it a point to hate them, but I just don't care about them. However, if the Cure sounded like the totally un-Cure-like "Truth Is" (featuring Robert Smith), I'd probably own most or all of their records. This is a really fun track with slow, fat-sounding synths and a rockin' chorus. Great music to drink to. 5 stars."

http://www.theninhotline.net/meatpers/current.html "

Hahahaha...if The Cure sounded like this, I wouldn't own ANY of their albums. A horrible track! Oh many of you will love it, but that just proves you have terrible taste in music. : )

(Thanks Nothing)

"Whilst watching a Mystery Science Theater: 3000 episode on tape the other night (if anyone cares, it was 'The Crawling Hand') there was the following:

An astronaut having a serious problem while returning from space is on a viewscreen. His hair is madly askew, his eyes have huge dark circles, and his mouth is black (looking a lot like Robert in the Lullaby video!) No sooner did I think this than Joel and the 'Bots had the following dialogue:

Crow: It's Tammy Faye Baker!

Joel: He looks more like Robert Smith of The Cure.

Tom Servo: Looks like this guy NEEDS The Cure.

Don't we all?

Another reference to The Cure in MST3K:

In the Laserblast episode, Mike comments, upon seeing the protagonist, 'Robert Smith is having a GOOD hair day!' "

(Thanks Rayvn)

"I want to say a MASSIVE thanks for all who attended the London Curedrink party on saturday night at The Verge in London, the evening a complete success and SELL OUT!!!

What a way to celebrate my 3oth birthday - The awesome 'Predominant Lunatics' kicked off the evening with their cure-esque sound, there were many lucky winners of the signed cure items and 'Easy Cure' performed a 2 1/2 hour set way beyond my expectations!!! If only The Cure would bring 'one more time' back into their setlist, Luca your voice was amazing!!!! Followed by 2 hours of drunken partying and debauchery - why do I always leave Cure parties with a limp!???

THANKYOU for everybody's cards, gifts, drinks and well wishes and to share my occasion with all my favourite Cure buddies made for a memorable 10 hour party! Lots of the attendees made l-o-n-g train journeys and flights for this event and I hope you thought it was worth the trek?

Thanks for the 'Cure' birthday cake too, all I have to do now is to decide which cure members head to eat first???!!!!"

(Thanks Ange)

"the cure just went up against janes addiction. the songs went like this:

the cure - pictures of you

janes addiction - been caught stealing

the cure - fascination street

janes addiction - just because

And of course the cure won!!!!!!!!! They will be going up against weezer today around 5 PM. they got this far. let's not let them down now!"

(Thanks Asa)

"So The Cure defeated Janes Addiction on Philadelphia's Y100 Modern Rock Madness today. (I think Janes Addiction would have wanted it that way.) Anyway, they're down to the top 8. The "DJ" seemed actually excited by the win. "It's an upset" and all of that, saying he was surprised with Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro's wedding to TV he was surprised Jane's Addiction didn't win. He also attributed the Cure's "revival" to 311's cover of Lovesong. They're up against Weezer at 5 today. Here's hoping they smoke Weezer with their own hash pipe."

(Thanks Andrew)

Update: "the cure just went up against weezer. the songs went like this:

the cure - why cant i be you

weezer - sweater song

the cure - inbewteen days

weezer - dope nose

the cure lost to weezer. but at least that got that far."

(Thanks Asa)

"Well The Cure finally lost, to Weezer. At least they made the top 8. The DJ said it was a Hurculean feat worthy of defeating Mecha-Streisand on South Park all those years ago."

(Thnaks Andrew)

"Join the Dots is at # 44 on its sixth week of appearance on the Greek charts."

(Thanks Vagelis)

"From Rolling Stone, April 2004 (under the heading "Modern Trivia"): Cure singer Robert Smith stains his lips with Jane Cosmetics' #3 Reddest, but Joni Mitchell prefers Estee Lauder's Silent Red. "

(Thanks Rust)

Update: The missing Dream Tour photos are up now. Still have to fix the links from the Dream Tour pages though.

(Thanks Yan)

The Cure has confirmed several summer European festival dates via its official Web site.

The group will appear June 26 at the Hurricane Festival in Shessel, Germany, and the following day at the Southside Festival in Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany. French performances are scheduled for July 3 at the Six Fours Festival in Les Voix de Gou and July 4 at the Aix Les Bains Festival in Nuisilac.

The group, which last visited North America during its 2000 "Dream Tour" in support of its final Fiction/Elektra studio album, "Bloodflowers," will headline the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif., on May 2.

-- Jason MacNeil, Toronto

Ok, it's one thing to get the French festival info wrong, but how do you overlook Inland Invasion 3 last year?

"Just flipping through the channels when the Cure are mentioned on the ticker on (CNN) HeadLine News which says "Rockers The Cure to play European festival dates in June; will visit the US in May"."

(Thanks Mike)

"This is a little feature from Liz Kershaw's show. Great until the end where they spoil it by saying Bloodflowers is the Cure's only truly bad album...http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/music/howtobuy.shtml"

(Thanks Chris)

"Today my local radio station (Philadelphia Y100) had one of those band matches. They put Metallica up against The Cure. The songs went like this:

Metallica - Enter Sandman

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

Metallica - The Unforgiven

The Cure - Boys don't Cry

The Cure won of course. Mostly everyone who called in voted for The Cure. The Cure will be going up against Incubus tonight at 9:30. I'll try and catch it to see who wins that match."

Update: "The Cure just went up again Incubus. The songs went like this:

The Cure - Friday I'm in Love

Incubus - Pardon Me

The Cure - Close to Me

Incubus - Wish You were Here

The Cure kicked ass and won again! They will be going up against Janes Addiction tommorow at 2:30 PM!"

(Thanks Asa)

"The audience of radio Donna (still the biggest radio station in Belgium) voted last week for the 'eighties top 100'. 'A forest' is on number 3, sandwiched between U2 ('with or without you' on 2 and 'sunday bloody sunday' on 4)."

(Thanks Wout)

" 'in your house' was played pre-show at 'the mars volta/a perfect circle' show in slc, ut. thursday night. apc's latest album really does have a heavy dose of 'cure' influence. Great show btw. Check them out. Even Mars Volta (the) blew me away. Amazing live show."

(Thanks Dave)

"Henry Rollins mentions The Cure on his new spoken word DVD, "Live At Luna Park". It's in the bonus feature "Henry VS Iggy Pop". Somewhat disparaging but absolutely hilarious!"

(Thanks Amber)

(Thanks Jean Christophe and Martin)

"Just thought I would let you know that I found that The Cure's back catalogue is now available on www.mycokemusic.com. - all tracks are available to download individually etc etc."

(Thanks Andrew)

"I can't seem to get through to any distributors emails that sell Aria Guitars. I am trying to find information on how to purchase the BB1000 or BB500 Baritone 6 String Bass. Thank you for any information you may be able to provide."

Update: "As far as I’m aware, the Aria baritones have ceased production. (probably read that on your site to be honest). If that is the case, no distributor would be able to acquire one, they would certainly have to be a special order if they were in production. If any guitar retailers have any in the store rooms – that’s a possibility – but highly unlikely considering the specialist nature of the instrument.

If you’re (Luke) strictly after a baritone – obviously the new Hellcat VI is a good starting point – or Musicman & Danelectro produce baritones as well.

If it really is just the Aria you’re after, seriously your best bet is gbase.com or eBay – but that’s a really bad odds bet.

(I did find this with a quick search on google but neither know the company, nor the date of that advertisement http://rhythmcity.net/store/index.cgi?code=3&cat=40).

(Thanks Hazard)

"There's a small article (with an old 1985 picture) about Robert Smith's look in the last french "ELLE" magazine (issue #3035). Here is the scan : http://jjcc.chez.tiscali.fr/curepress/200403ElleFrance.jpg

Also, due to high success in clubs and radios, "Da hype" (Junior Jack feat. Robert Smith) will be released in France as a 2-tracks single (in card sleeve) on march, 23rd. Have a look on the french PIAS pre-order form : http://jjcc.chez.tiscali.fr/curepress/200403DaHypePreOrderFrance.jpg"

(Thanks to Jerome from Plainsong)

And if you want to do yourself a favor, be sure to check them out live on their upcoming UK tour. Go and see multiple shows and REALLY make me jealous. : )

Also, if you'd like to help out with promotion (putting up posters, handing out flyers, etc.) , please sign up here.

Was that a big enough hint for you? ; )

(Thanks Ange)

"On the Fnac Website tickets for the show of The Cure in Aix-les bains are on sale soon!

THE CURE + INVITES

+ (SCENE LOCALE)

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TREMPLIN (lic R-74-0201) et RPO (lic 2-134586) PRESENTENT: FESTIVAL MUSILAC 2004 Ouverture des portes à 18h00 Boissons et restauration sur place"

(Thanks Yan)

"According to the official site of the German promoter Karsten Jahnke, The Cure plays the Hurricane Festival at 11.30 pm and the Southside Festival at 9.30 pm."

(Thanks Lars)

(Thanks Kevin)

"Just a quick one….on the cover of this month’s Word there is a wee picture of Robert and the tiniest interview inside. A sort of favorite song thing. It's only one line and I'll send tomorrow. "

(Thanks Andrew)

"The bizarre 1998 gig will be repeated during the night 29th-30th may (3.30am) - that night, wdr will also show a the mission gig! http://www.rockpalast.de/sendetermine/ "

(Thanks Dennis)

(Thanks Steven)

"The Cure's Close to Me will be featured on Paul Oakenfold's Greatest Remixes out April 6, 2004."

(Thanks Aaron)

"last saturday Wayne Hussey (The Mission UK) played in Buenos Aires, Argentina and he played "A night like this". "

(Thanks n.)

There is a Christian band called Amberlin that has remade "Lovesong". Its basically the same as the original but with a faster beat. Air1.com has a :25 second clip where you can hear a bit of it. You have to look in the "Weekend Countdown" box, then click "complete chart" and you can find it there and listen. "

(Thanks Mark)

"There's a music TV channel in New Zealand called C4 and they have a "Flashback" show in the evenings featuring 80's videos and the like. The Cure get a fair bit of airtime but the main point of interest is that the sparse studio set features only 2 items, a chair for the presenter and a giant picture of Robert Smith (circa mid to late 80's) which takes up most of the floor area - obviously to represent that entire musical era."

(Thanks Steve)

"http://www.daisyrock.com/products/heartbreaker/hb_artist.htm

read the quote down at the bottom. kinda funny really."

(Thanks Dave)

"I was watching the Leafs/Sabres game last night, and I heard "Friday I'm in Love" being played in the Buffalo arena during one of the face-off breaks in the game. Took me by surprise!

You think The Cure will make the next "Hockey's Greatest Hits" CD's - LOL!!"

(Thanks Brad)

"Inbetween Days was played during the commercial break outro for "Anderson Coopers 360" on CNN today."

(Thanks Eric)

"I called the tourism office in Aix les Bains regarding this festival this morning.... (Just in case the phone number is 00.33. 4. 79.88.68.00, but she doesn't seems to speak english) The girl told me that the program is not official and not released yet and she asked me to call back in April.

Regarding tickets, there will be a phone line to buy tickets (00.33.4.79.88.09.99) , organised by the city and the girl told me you could buy them also at Carrefour and Fnac, so it should be on the Fnac website. I'll keep you informed as soon as I can."

(Thanks Martin)

(Thanks Pauly)

(Thanks Nicci)

(Thanks Pietro)

"MTV Holland, the news said that the cure were releasing new material after 4 years produced by Ross Robinson and the relaese will be in June."

(Thanks Leo)

"Black & Jones release their new album "Monument" on March 22nd. The limited edition inculdes another remix of A Forest, called "Ron Van Den Beuken & Exor Remix / B&J Vocalised Edit"."

(Thanks Simon)

"Join the Dots is at # 16 on the Greek charts."

(Thanks Vagelis)

"A band called Five Iron Frenzy included a short instrumental cover of "Close to Me" on their "Live: Proof that the Youth are Revolting" cd a couple of years back. The whole band loves the Cure, except for the lead singer, that's why it's only an instrumental"

(Thanks Dan)

"I was perusing the Apple Store and noticed on the Celebrity Playlists that The Cure is on Blink-182's playlist. Here's what they say:

Push: This is the raddest song by one of my favorite bands. I love the guitars at the beginning of the song."

(Thanks Andrew)

"i was just watching a show called Best Week Ever on VH1. It's where they do like a revalation on the past week. They were doing this segment that has "upgrades" and "downgrades" and this week they were doing it on song covers. They did a segment on 311's cover of Lovesong, which i personally dont like, and they talked a little about the cure and showd a clip of the original and cover version Lovesong videos. I thought it was pretty cool. And they listed it as a downgrade, which made me pretty happy. "

(Thanks Tara)

"there's a french fashion editor who brought out a book about the use of leather fabrics throughout history, and it's a really fascinating book, and there's a foto of the cure 1980 era as a reaction to punk. The book is called "CUIR", "LEATHER" in english, and it's really worth a look. I didn't know my boyfriend's niece was a fashion editor at Le Monde!!!!(French journal).!!!!

CREDITS Anne laure Quilleriet, editions ASSOULINE

quote: PICTURE: THE CURE, l'un des groupes fondateurs de New-Wave, they also mention the name gothic, whatever!"

(Thanks Owen)

"There was a Cure mention in an article in this weeks Zone 02 ( still the same free weekly Brussels magazine ). The article talked about Goths. I still think it's pretty ironic that The Cure are always refered to as a Goth band, while they have done nothing but negating that. Well hell, that's just how life goes i guess."

(Thanks Laurent)

"I was watching Totally Gayer on Vh1 and they used "Cut Here" as background music while talking about Boy George. It made my night. "

(Thanks Abby)

"There will be a SPECIAL raffle taking place at the curedrink: The band have signed many 'join the dots' goodies for us: posters, a boxset and cd promos to raffle off at our party next week !!!"

(Thanks Chris)

"I am doing a book, an artsy documentary if you will, about Cure fans and our bond together and with the band. I will be taking pictures and interviews at the Cure party in London and at Coachella. (I might get backstage and interview the band for Coachella as well) So I want to advertise if any Cure fans want to contact me about contributing there own personal experiences, feelings, art, or fan letters to the band. Also, the book is going to reflect this time in the Cure's career. If all goes well, it will be published and given to Robert Smith and the rest of the band. If you are interested, e-mail me at ShinakaiKitty@aol.com. "

(Thanks Britain Kitten)

"I was watching VH1 and they had this new ? show playing called 'Totally Gay' and in one part they were talking about how gay men aren't necessarily weak because they show their emotions more than straight men and Boys Don't Cry was playing as the background music."

(Thanks Diandra)

"Soundcontrol, "The UK's Number One Musical Instrument Retailer" have a free monthly magazine (available by registering at www.soundcontrol.co.uk, click "Free Magazine", menu on the left). Just received this month's copy in the post today and in a feature on the Winter NAMM Expo (Anaheim, USA) there was mention of the Schecter Hellcat IV, although the article also refers to it as the VI - not sure which is correct? (It's the Hellcat VI) No expected price or issue date is stated. Anyway, here is the article, complete with confusing name references:

Schecter Hell Cat IV Designed by Schecter's Michael Ciravolo and Marc LaCorte, the pair cites the Cure's Perry Bamonte and Robert Smith with invaluable input on the new Hellcat IV. Not a guitar, bass or even a baritone in today's terms, the Hellcat VI is designed to be an improvement of the '6-string bass' instrument of the early 1960's. Standard features include a countoured alder body, rock maple bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, and Grover tuners. Schecter Guitar also plans to make packaged Hellcat VI string sets available in the near future."

In case you missed it before, you can read the press release here and also check the Schecter website for more info.

(Thanks Dave Ace)

(Thanks Dave)

"On the Mexico City FM radiostation 98.5, www.985.com.mx, in their program "Referencia" will be a CURE show at 8.00 pm Mexico City time....besides in this fm station in all shows they talked very often about JTD and a Cure concert here in this year (as we all know this is very unlikely) and saying it will be a Cure-related events coming soon..."

(Thanks Jorge)

(Thanks Richard)

"A very well written article and a positive review about Join the Dots was published today by the Brazilian newspaper ZERO HORA. Nothing really new to translate, but the first line gives the tone of the article:

" They are 27 years old, have changed the line up several times, its vocalist looks just like the 80's, but nothing in pop music today is so hot as The Cure"

The Cure entrega os pontos

Caixa "Join the Dots" reúne lados B de compactos da banda inglesa

ROGER LERINA

A banda tem 27 anos de estrada, já mudou dezenas de vezes de formação, o visual do vocalista é datado como os anos 80 - mas nada no pop atual é tão quente quanto The Cure. O lançamento de uma caixa de quatro CDs com 70 canções raras do grupo inglês confirma a excelência da música de Robert Smith, ídolo de bandas como Coldplay, Placebo e Blink-182.

O box Join the Dots compila lados B de compactos, sobras de estúdio e canções compostas para antologias e trilhas sonoras que o conjunto do vocalista e guitarrista Robert Smith produziu entre 1978 e 2001 - período em que o Cure gravou para o selo Fiction. Ao contrário do que costuma acontecer com saladas fonográficas como essa, que recolhem uma rapa de tacho de qualidade duvidosa dos artistas, a mística das pérolas esquecidas refulge nos 300 minutos de música da caixa.

O rigor da seleção - coordenada e produzida pelo próprio Smith - e o cuidado na remasterização das faixas, feita no estúdio Abbey Road, refletem a importância que o líder do Cure sempre dedicou a esse material extra. "A primeira coisa que eu sempre fazia quando comprava um compacto novo era virar o disco e tocar o outro lado. Eu sempre esperei que o lado B me daria outra versão do artista, algo tão bom quanto o lado A, mas de alguma forma diferente. Eu esperava grandes lados B dos artistas que eu amava...", escreve Robert Smith no luxuoso livreto ilustrado de 76 páginas que acompanha Join the Dots.

O hype em torno do Cure inclui tietagem explícita de músicos como o líder da banda britânica Placebo, Brian Molko, e do vocalista do Coldplay, Chris Martin ("Temos algumas canções que soam como se a gente quisesse ser o Cure. E a gente quer mesmo"), o sucesso do concerto Trilogy, em Berlim - quando o Cure tocou na íntegra os discos deprê Pornography (1982), Disintegration (1989) e Bloodflowers (2000) -, a participação de Bob Smith cantando na faixa All of this, do mais recente disco dos americanos Blink-182, e a utilização de duas canções da banda, Inbetween Days e Pictures of you, em recentes comerciais de TV europeus.

Depois de quase três décadas de carreira, o Cure - cujos dois shows no Gigantinho, em Porto Alegre, em março de 1987, são cálidas lembranças para os fãs gaúchos - segue em frente: no último dia 4, Robert Smith e amigos terminaram de gravar em Londres as faixas de seu novo disco, que será lançado em junho, com produção de Ross Robinson (o mesmo que produz grupos pesados como Slipknot, Korn e Limp Bizkit).

O caminho

A caixa com quatro CDs Join the Dots reúne faixas produzidas durante 23 anos pelo The Cure na gravadora inglesa Fiction – selo cuja primeira contratação foi justamente a banda de Robert Smith. As 70 faixas do pacote (importado no Brasil pela gravadora Universal) são todas comentadas pelo líder do grupo, que revela as influências e os bastidores da gravação de cada um dos temas.

O caminho percorrido de 1978 a 2001 na Fiction (o Cure vai lançar seu próximo disco em junho, com 12 faixas, pela gravadora Geffen) se inicia com o lado B do primeiro single, 10:15 Saturday Night – e a revelação de Smith de que a canção deveria na verdade dividir o lado A do compacto com o hit Killing an Arab. A coletânea concentra-se mesmo nos "outros lados" dos lançamentos do Cure - quase todos, como o próprio Robert Smith escreve no encarte de Join the Dots, com vocação para puxar os compactos. Mas há também outro tipo de raridades na seleção, como as canções incluídas nas trilhas sonoras de filmes.

Robert Smith compôs para a versão cinematográfica de Arquivo X (1998) a música More than This. Apesar de não ter acompanhado a série na TV, o músico se puxou na inspiração: "Musicalmenmúsico se puxou na inspiração: "Musicalmente, ela foi inspirada na suíte de balé Gayaneh, de Khachaturian". Nem sempre, porém, a influência nobre funciona. Para o filme O Juiz algo muito grandiloqüente".

Outra delícia para os curemaníacos são as versões de sucessos de outros artistas - ainda que Smith declare que covers não são o forte da banda. Para For the Masses, disco gravado em tributo ao também oitentista grupo Depeche Mode, o Cure regravou World in my Eyes. No entanto, o hit de Martin Gore não foi a primeira opção: "Tentamos fazer Walking in my Shoes primeiro, mas realmente não funcionou".

O mesmo desconforto tendo que usar os sapatos de outro incomodou Smith na hora de regravar uma canção da banda americana The Doors para o álbum Rubaiyat ("Eu realmente não sou um fã do Doors", confessa Smith). O tema escolhido foi Hello, I Love you - e Join the Dots reúne três versões da canção, inclusive uma abordagem punk de apenas 11 segundos. Já com Jimi Hendrix e com David Bowie o flerte foi mais natural. O Cure gravou o clássico Purple Haze do guitarrista americano no tributo Stone Free, enquanto o camaleão do pop foi revisitado em Young Americans, especialmente registrada para o disco de uma rádio FM.

As influências literárias de Robert Smith afloram em algumas das faixas da coletânea, como A Foolish Arrangement, inspirada no poema Christabel, do romântico inglês Samuel Coleridge, How Beautiful you Are, baseado no poeta francês Charles Baudelaire, e Adonais, sugerida por um poema escrito por Shelley em tributo a Keats.

by ROGER LERINA - ZERO HORA - PORTO ALEGRE / RS "

(Thanks Antonio)

Update: Conflicting info on who's headlining when. We'll just have to wait until The Cure updates about this one.

(Thanks Stephan)

"As you'll see on this site, the capacity of the first one is only 5,000 people. It's a shiny and nice region, but of course with thousands of tourists at that time of summer. So we'll got to rush into stores to have a chance to get a ticket ! http://www.mairie-six-fours.fr/sitegaou/pres.htm

The second one is maybe a new festival because I didn't find info on the internet. It's also a very nice and touristic region, surronded by big cities like Genève, Lyon, Grenoble, Annecy, Chamonix and some others are very close too like Saint-Etienne or Valence. So : same conclusion !!"

(Thanks David)

"Here a some words from the suppliers to PerfectBeat.com regarding In Between Dazed. I wasn't aware that The Cure were an Indie band when the original In Between Days was released! Maybe they need to get their research sorted out.

"The following information was provided to us by our supplier and is not necessarily the opinion of Perfect Beat. The Industries current favorite remixers are back and this time they have teamed up with Fat Bob and his team to bring you a huge remix of this Indie classic! Using the full vocals from this goth classic and adding a huge bassline and clever 4/4 drum pattern turns this into a dancefloor filling hands in the air classic that you already know all the words to! Now not only do you sing it but you can jump in the air! Watch for Azuli unveiling signing these guys at Miami WMC 2004 Its a biggie!!!!"

Also, I have managed to track down a sound clip on the Cisco Records, Japan website. It's a 1min 13sec clip and Real Player is required (40kbps stream). Here's the link

http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/track_new/15302_1.ram "

(Thanks Richard)

"Just wanted to add that Join the dots, for its 3rd week in the french chart, fell to spot # 131 in the 14/2 week (previous spots: 29, 79) and then fell off the top 150"

(Thanks Pietro)

"Just Jack's 13 track cd, "the Outer Maker" was released in the US on Tuesday, March 9th. It includes three versions of "Snowflakes": the original track, "Snowflakes (Dan the Automator Mix)" and "Snowflakes (Cured by Temple of Jay Mix)" - which combines the original lyrics of "Snowflakes" to the music of "Lullaby" by the Cure."

(Thanks Rust)

"I was lucky enough to be selected as a screening audience for the new movie "Jersey Girl." "High" off of Wish is completely played during a great part of the movie. The movie is great I highly recommend it."

(Thanks Ryan)

"In the March issue of Mtv magazine there is a pic of the Cure (Porl, Boris, Robert, Simon & Lol) on page 32. Underneath the pic there is a brief "history" of the band. "Famous for: Hairspray, smeared lipstick, sadness; Currently responsible for: Manhattan's Lower East Side, men wearing black nailpolish, love on Fridays; Current activities: Three years after their supposed final album, the morose "Bloodflowers," Robert Smith and Co. have wisely sniffed out the cultural mood and reformed. A new album - recorded with Limp Bizkit producer Ross Robinson - is due this year; See also: the Rapture, the Faint, the sensitive girl in the back of English class wearing all black."

Looks like Eric Olsen also writes for MTV. : )

(Thanks Rust)

3 juillet SIX FOURS Festival Les Voix du Gaou

4 juillet AIX LES BAINS Festival Nuisilac

That would also mean that if the Werchter rumor is true (probably not though), they would have to play there on July 2nd.

(Thanks EasyFred and Christophe)

(Thanks Torr)

"I was looking at the HMV UK website to see if I could find anything on the remasters yet. Sadly couldn't find anything on that front, but in The Cure section I did come across something I haven't heard anything about so far. Sfb Vs Cure

In Between Dazed

Availability: usually ships within 3 weeks

Release date: 26-2-2004

Number of Discs: 1

Catalogue Number: SFBREMIX005

Label: WHITELABEL

I'm assuming that this is unofficial, especially being a white label, making HMV's selling of it quite curious (being a large chain). Anyone know anything about this?"

(Thanks Dave Ace)

"Of interest? [see message board frame -- bottom left of John Peel's home page on BBC Radio 1]

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/

BTW - SFB released an excellent version/remix of Siouxsie & The Banshees' "Happy House" last year. I have not heard their new release i.e. version of "Inbetween Days" but would be interested in more info on this e.g. Who are SFB anyway and where best to get a copy from etc?"

(Thanks Tom)

Update: "Here is the cover and 2 min sample. http://www.music-head.de/catalog/platte_details.articleid-487418.go_back-true.html"

(Thanks Petr)

"It's that time again boys and girls to let your hair down (or back-combed...hehe) at the Curedrink UK!!!! U can email me with any questions: nixnie@yahoo.com "

(Thanks niCCi)

"Just a mail to let you know there's a quite long Join the Dots review (in french) on this website: http://www.pop-rock.be/article.php3?id_article=514 "

(Thanks Pucheuo)

El Pais

Spike 40

D00 (Doble Cero)

El País de las Tentaciones

(Thanks to Sharon from Charlotte Sometimes)

'80s bands poised for another 'New Wave'

"Modern rock legends the Cure, though only broken up for the last few years, have a new collection out, "Join the Dots: B-sides and Rarities, 1978-2001", and a three-record deal for new material with Artist Direct Records."

Pretty incredible, isn't it? Three "Cure facts"and two of them are wrong. Research is your friend Eric, try it some time. : )

(Thanks Jennifer and Christine)

"I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Perfect Blue Sky is being sold on the Itunes Music Store for .99 cents."

(Thanks James)

"next saturday 13th March it will be a The CURE-Depeche Mode tribute closing the "7mo. Festival Vampirico de la Ciudad de Mexico" "7th Mexico City Vampire Festival, the address is at Hotel Virreyes, Izazaga 8 casi esquina Eje Central, saliendo del metro Salto del Agua..tel 5521-4180 9.00 pm, the price is $35 mexican pesos...playing djs FAce, Astroman X, Nightwing, Nissan & MR.....www.lasangredelasmusas.tk webmusas@hotmail.com "

(Thanks Jorge)

"The new INDOCHINE 3dvd 'Paradize Show' features among the hidden tracks their version of 'Just Like Heaven' at the last X-Festival 2003 together with Mickey 3D."

(Thanks Dennis)

"here's an interview with junior jack about his album and the collaboration with robert... He seems to be a huge cure fan...http://www.ukclubbing.com/clubbingFull.aspx?itemtype=6&id=2889"

(Thanks robbertc)

"The Cure were mentioned in one of my favourite webcomics today (March 10), Achewood: http://www.achewood.com/index.php"

(Thanks Christian)

"Fascination st is included in full during the film "the football factory"

(Thanks John)

From Billboard:

Lollapalooza Eyes Blend Of Success, Credibility

Geiger would not comment on specific bands rumored to be appearing on the Perry Farrell-reared event this summer, such as the Pixies, the Cure, Nine Inch Nails or Sonic Youth, the latter of whom is said to be very close to joining the bill.

The Cure WILL NOT be playing Lollapalooza.

(Thanks Tom)

"i just received a belated e-mail from (of all people) my dad telling me to look out for an interview with Robert last night (march 8th) on UK BBC Radio 1.

Know anything about this ?"

(Thanks Richard)

"We are still in the middle of recording a single for release AFTER the April 04 tour [ie out in May]. A-side is LET ME GO HOME. Other songs that may accompany it on the CD are: PHASED 2004, APART (our cover of the Cure classic).. but then we may well be recording NOBODY'S PERFECT / AQUAMARINA on Thursday, so, in true AAE style, who knows WHAT'S going to happen !"

"Results are in from the recent BBC 6 Music poll 'The Songs That Saved Your Life'. Pictures Of You was the 4th best track to beat depression. The Smiths topped the list with 'I Know It's Over'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3547347.stm"

(Thanks Ian)

"On XM Radio Channel 26, XM Live, they have listed the following:

DASHBOARD CONCERT SERIES SCHEDULE:

Fridays 6PM ET / 3PM PT Encores every Wednesday 6PM ET / 3PM PT

(Artists and Dates Subject to Change)

APRIL 30TH - New Wave

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

The Smiths, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes, New Order, Pixies "

(Thanks Jeff)

"ok this is not the cure news but just wanted to let you know that the siouxsie and the banshees guitarist john mcgeoch passed away last thursday. i found this out from Steve Severin's page. it's very sad, he was still so young."

(Thanks Antti)

MAXIMUM CURE - THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF THE CURE

CHROME DREAMS

AVAILABLE: 5th April 2004

Format - CD

Catalogue No - ABCD171

Barcode - 823564 017228

ISBN - 184240 265X

INCORPORATES COMMENTS / INTERVIEW MATERIAL BY THE BAND

FULL COLOUR PICTURE DISC

JEWEL BOX PACKAGED WITHIN DELUXE CARD SLIPCASE

8 PAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET AND FREE FOLD OUT POSTER

SET TO HEADLINE ONE OF WORLDS BIGGEST FESTIVALS IN MAY!!!

The Cure are the great survivors of alternative music. For more than a quarter of a century they have presented the bizarre perspectives and nightmare mental landscapes of Robert Smith to a devoted following around the globe. Maximum Cure traces the band's turbulent history, from teenage jam sessions, via a bizarre talent contest, to successive incarnations as punks, Goths, MTV darlings and the elder statesmen of misery.

· The Cure has just released a box set of B-sides and rarities.

· Their new Ross Robinson-produced studio album is to be released in May.

· Robert Smith collaborated with Blink 182 and singing vocals for 'All Of This' on their new album.

· The Cure are headlining the Coachella Festival in May and are already booked for many summer festivals.

Now for the first time 'Maximum Cure' tells the story of the band, how they broke America, and how they've managed to keep producing innovative music even though it's their third decade in the business. From Punk to Pop to Goth, every hip band name-checks The Cure, making this CD a must for any fan's collection!

And you can pre-order it at Amazon UK.

(Thanks Ian)

(Thanks Ian)

Update:

"Well. what can I say about this? This is the sort of person who takes the place at a special gig instead of a true fan. The blokes a total liger. It really annoys me and for him to assume Sue fainted to get back stage? well from where I was standing, Sue you didn't look like you did it on purpose. If I can find that blokes e-mail address I think I will tell him to FUCK OFF! I'm normally a nice person but this really pissed me off. What a wanker. "

- Chris

"fucking wanker - it was me trying to keep her stood up there so she wouldnt miss the end of the last song, what a cock!!! she was shaking and I was holding her up trying to give her water....grrrrrrrrr!!!!!! IM SO ANGRY!!!!!"

- Ange

(Thanks Marc, Chris and Ange)

(Thanks Andrew, Steven and Ange)

"according to Karsten Jahnke's ad in the new edition of WOM, a tour of Germany is under preparation for September/October as well as open-air festival appearances in June/July."

(Thanks Jens)

"Join the dots has dropped out of the TOP 10 on the Greek charts."Dots" is at # 16 this week."

(Thanks Vagelis)

(Thanks Wilco)

"I posted this story to our website (www.947zone.com) yesterday and thought it was funny...

Linkin Park singer talks Projekt Revolution line-up

As Linkin Park wraps up their wildly successful Meteora tour tomorrow night in Atlanta, Georgia, the band is already looking forward to this summer's edition of Projekt Revolution. Vocalist Chester Bennington said he managed to get most of his dream lineup on the bill. "I kinda sat down and I took one of our daily itineraries, and turned it over, took a hotel pen, and said, 'Tour.' And I wrote, 'The Cure, Linkin Park, koRn, Snoop Dogg,' and a number of other bands. Unfortunately, we couldn't convince the Cure to headline the show, but we got about a quarter of a notch below that on the totem pole, which is, you know, us and Korn and Snoop."

Projekt Revolution kicks off on 07.23 and will end on 09.06. Exact dates and cities will be announced shortly, along with more acts. The latest single from Linkin Park's Meteora album is called "Lying From You."

(Thanks Keith)

"A strange one: just saw an interview of Fred Durst in the news on german television (britneyblabla) and he wore a cure-t-shirt (hmpf?). Also I went to the "pink"-show in Berlin with my girlfriend, in a video-piece they played "adagio for strings". Very interesting, isn`t it?"

(Thanks Guido)

(Thanks Dennis)

"just wanna tell you, that in the latest issue of the german rolling stone magazine, the journalists votetd for the best cure singles ever. First was pictures of you, second boys don´t cry and the third was killing an arab. Its on the last page, where they put all kinds of charts. I could not find the list on the website of the german stone."

(Thanks Stephie)

"The Amp (UK music TV channel) have now made Boy's Don't Cry from In Orange available as one of the video selections on the Old's Cool show, replacing the original Boy's Don't Cry video which has been on for some months now."

(Thanks Dave Ace)

"There is an add for "Nature's Cure," a clear-skin product in the April issue of the video game magazine, GMR. There's a photo of an attractive couple in beach attire and the text above reads, "David and Amy / Saturday night 10:15 / Beach Bonfire." Really random! I can only assume that the copy writer wasn't inspired by clear-skin treatment products."

(Thanks David)

"Instead of walking off the stage after the main set, rather surprisingly the band stayed on. Robert said something along the lines of "usually we'd walk off then come back on but I will take this opportunity to answer 3 questions, anyone got any questions they'd like to ask?"

My main Cure buddy Nige asked if they were playing Glastonbury to which Robert answered "no because the organisers dont think The Cure have ever played a good set at Glastonbonbury!" obviously some kind of fall out there, enough said!

Then someone asked when the new album was coming out, he replied "we just finished recording the 20th song yesterday, and it will be out in June" that was music to my ears!

I can't remember what the last question was perhaps someone can help me out there..."

(Thanks Tom)

CURE FAN DOCUMENTARY NEEDS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS:

Hi! if anyone would like to do some archival research for my cure doc, please read the following and check out my website at www.arushabaker.com. you'll find my email there, by the phone icon.

there are three areas i need quotes from by the end of the week: what is need soonest is #1...then #2, and last #3....

1) info and quote from 1999/2000 stating that the bloodflowers album would be the last cure album. anything relating to the dreamtour being the last tour. robert going solo, etc. please include the resources & specific article data.

2) info from any time after 1989 about touring. the drain of tour, the fun stuff, anything that catches your eye

3) good quotes on fans. anything that supports the idea that the band shares a similar mindset to the fans. i am less interested in quotes about 'crazy fans' and more interested on what kind of fan the cure attracts.

great resources to check out:

2a) a chain of flowers, of course! check out the articles and links pages

2b) http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/interviewindex.html

2c) http://www.picturesofyou.us/poyindex.htm

.....this site is fantastic as well...articles, links and a 'friends links' page are all in here.

thanks so much for your time!

(Thanks Arusha)

"On E! on MTV (3/6/04), a good minute of Cut Here was played during a preview and actor interview for the film "Jersey Girl."

(Thanks Matthew)

"I've just been to a local bookshop where I found a book titled "L'ultimo disco dei Cure" ("The Last Cure Record") by Massimiliano Nuzzolo, a young music journalist. It's not a biography or stuff like that, is just a novel full of cure references. Very Nice."

(Thanks Gianpietro)

Update: No new songs, but two very special guests! I hope someone got a camera (and recorder) in. See the setlist here.

1st round voting is now closed. 2nd round voting begins tomorrow.

"DJ Dave Roberts, Kristine, and Toast will be throwing a Cure party Tuesday March 30, 2004 at the Chicago night club NEO. For more info you can visit planetearthchicago.com This should be lots of fun as it is 6 hours of non-stop cure and chances to win copies of "Join the Dots"!!!! The event is 21 and over and the best part.....NO COVER!!!!!!!!"

(Thanks Kamar)

"Check out the review of the Starsky and Hutch movie, 10th paragraph! It's online here:

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/movies/05STAR.html

"Mr. Phillips and his team upholster the film, which opens today nationwide, with a luscious 70's vibe. The sets luxuriate in the production designer Edward Verreaux's period credibility; Theodore Shapiro mines musical gold more thoughtful than mere pastiche. And the costume designer Louise Mingenbach earns the attention lavished on her handiwork: one of the villains wears a retro robin's-egg-blue suit that's simply too cool for words. As boldly captured by the cinematographer Barry Peterson, the atmosphere is what the Cure's Robert Smith might describe as "lime green, a sickly kind of orange."

"Certainly, the crime lord Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn, wearing a sprawling mustache suggesting a chocolate-milk smear on John Holmes's face) has the best-laid plans this side of America."

(Thanks Justin and Matt)

"Just seen the very funny piss-take movie of John Hughes-esque 80's movies, "Not Another Teen Movie" and durÔÕ
one scene there is a cover of Inbetween Days playing (without vocals). The closing credits reveals the cover to be by that well known group Face To Face. Perhaps that's a slightly old spotting (the film is from 2001) but I've never seen mention of it on COF before."

(Thanks Dave Ace)

"I've just been to a local bookshop where I found a book titled "L'ultimo disco dei Cure" ("The Last Cure Record") by Massimiliano Nuzzolo, a young music journalist. It's not a biography or stuff like that, is just a novel full of cure references. Very Nice."

(Thanks Gianpietro)

"From this weeks "popbitch" newsletter

Tom Middleton aka Cosmos is recording a new track with Johnny Marr from The Smiths and Robert Smith from The Cure. "

Robert & Johnny together!?!? Even if it's another dodgy dance track, I can't wait to hear it.

(Thanks Hugh, Ian and Mintsauce)

Update: According to the film's website, it will be 'Yesterday's Gone', not a new song.

(Thanks Noreleis)

"From the Guardians pick of the week recommendations:

London: THE CURE "Passport: Back to the Bars" is the name of this series of charity gigs - a select audience gets to see them, via non-transferable tickets, hence the need for a passport. Musically, meanwhile, this couldn't be coming at a better time for the Cure: what with the band's influence on the Rapture, and Hot Hot Heat, and a box set of rarities coming out - the band's moment is undoubtedly now. · Monarch, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 (020-7961 4244) Friday 5 7.30pm The Monarch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/pickoftheweek/pop"

(Thanks Hugh)

The Cure - Join the Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years)

Rhino and Fiction/Elektra

Grade: B

Overcast on the outside, or melancholy on the inside, there's nothing quite like loading the multi-disc player with a Cure marathon to emotionally indulge and unhinge. After all, itremains the band's raison d'etre nearly three decades hence. Here are four more CDs to put into heavy rotation when the mean reds or the black blues strike. The greatest thing about this extensive collection is that it was handpicked by vocalist Robert Smitth, making it a personal statement, indeed. The second-greatest thing is that this boxed set is not a shameless repackaging trick to get fans to buy a lot of what they already have just to score a few new cool tracks. Unless you have a huge stack of 12" vinyl, "extra" b-sides, Bryan "Chuck" New remixes, or bootlegged previously unreleased tracks, this is just like getting four new Cure releases. Not so great: their flaccid cover of Bowie's "Young Americans" and three plaintive interpretations of The Doors' "Hello I Love You." Amusing and worth the have nonetheless.

- Angela Lang

There's also a brief mention of the Coachella show:

"It's time to road trip to the desert for the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, Ca., for Radiohead, The Cure, The Pixies...."

(Thanks Dave)

"On Rhino.com there is a great interview with Chris Vrenna (the Tweaker guy Robert collaborated with, whose album is due out next month), who confesses himself as a great fan (it's fashionable these days!) since 84. he says he owns all the albums and most of the singles, and he even comments on Join the Dots. He seems to be a pretty dedicated Cure fan, after all. http://www.rhino.com/news/articles/cure.lasso "

(Thanks Pietro)

(Thanks Antti)

"Today at the record shop I work in I was checking the system for any new info on the first 4 Cure reissue's when I found this. The "Maximum Cure" CD is being released through Chrome Dreams on May 3rd (cat no: ABCD 171). For anyone that doesn't know this series they are Unauthorised Biography's with interviews, a small poster and they normally retail around £7.00. Worth looking out for."

(Thanks Skamrok)

Spiegal Online

Stylus Magazine

Toronto Star

(Thanks Peter, Dominik and another Peter)

Amazon UK Boxset : JTD # 4

Fnac France : JTD # 16

Barnes and Nobles US : JTD # 77

Amazon US Alternative Rock : JTD # 25

Amazon US Alternative Rock / New Wave - Post Punk : JTD # 1, GH # 4, Disintegration # 5, Galore # 12, Staring # 14, KMKMKM # 18, Pornography # 29, Wish # 33, Seventeen Seconds # 58, Mixed Up # 59, Faith # 78, Boys Don't Cry # 86, BF # 98, WMS € 139, Double GH # 157, TIB # 174

Amazon US Alternative Rock / New Wave - Post Punk / Bands appeared end of 70's / Crawley : Singles and albums from # 1 to # 74 !!!!

(Thanks David)

"Radio Free Northwest.

You may have hear that The Cure have a new box set called Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978 2001, and KEXP has signed copies of the box to giveaway (signed by Robert Smith and band)! Listen to the Morning Showat 9:00 AM Monday, March 8th through Friday, March 12th for a special Cure feature and giveaway. KEXP 90.3 Seattle"

(Thanks Christine)

"During Sunday’s final of the World Golf Championship – Match Play Championship on ABC Sports, when they went to a commercial break the cut away music was Pictures of You. Are we getting THAT old when The Cure is used during a GOLF telecast????"

(Thanks Jeff)

"I just stumbled across something on the internet and decided to check it out. It looks like an old Thief fan mission (a mod level playable in the PC games Thief: The Dark Project and Thief Gold) with a Cure theme has recently been "discovered". Apparently created by a disgruntled Cure fan back during that year when the labels were "waiting" to release the finished Bloodflowers album, the mission involves sneaking into Polydor mansion, stealing a Bloodflowers CD, and stealing back The Cure's contract..heh It's really only about 10 minutes long and not anything amazing, but it's a bit of Cure-themed fun...

The mission's called Bloodflowers. Anybody who has Thief or Thief Gold can find the mission and the tools necessary to play it here: http://www.thiefmissions.com

Just thought it might be something of interest."

(Thanks Josh)

(Thanks Antti)

"In Baltimore, MD USA on March 17 there will be "CURE KARAOKE NIGHT!" at The Ottobar. More info: www.theottobar.com"

(Thanks Brian)

"Coming in April from the Sound Choice label:

8861 70'S & 80'S - VOL. 72

TALK TO YOU LATER - THE TUBES

PANAMA RED - NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

SHE'S TIGHT - CHEAP TRICK

ROAM - THE B-52'S

VOLUNTEERS - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

LONGER BOATS - CAT STEVENS

LOVE SOMEBODY - RICK SPRINGFIELD

PICTURES OF YOU (RADIO VERSION) - THE CURE

MINUTE BY MINUTE - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS

MOVING IN STEREO - THE CARS

HANDY MAN - JAMES TAYLOR

FERNANDO - ABBA

HONKY CAT - ELTON JOHN

DANGEROUS TYPE - THE CARS

ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - MOTT THE HOOPLE

REDEMPTION SONG (ACOUSTIC VERSION) - BOB MARLEY

This is the first label to make "Pictures of You" available. Certaintly a great one to sing..."

(Thanks Mark)

"I've just read an aticle in French Premiere about the last movie of Tim Burton which will be out on wednesday here in France and there are some words of fans about Burton. Especially Brian Molko of Placebo who answered this question "What is the first movie of Tim Burton you have seen ?" :

-Beetlejuice. I think that Tim Burton must be one of the biggest Cure fans in the world (laughs). Edward (Scissorhands), he's ROBERT SMITH. And the books he wrote with his little drawings are very inspired by The Cure."

(Thanks Yan and David)

"The Cure has been asked to play the "Festival des Voix Du Gaou" in Toulon, France in july. I just had the information from one of the festival's manager, but this is still NOT confirmed. As I live a few kilometers from the festival site, I just can say that it's a small venue for a festival (capicity : 5000-6000). The site takes place on a peninsula in Le brusc, a small city near Toulon (10 kilometers) and Marseille (65 kilometers). I will have more informations next, but check the website (still not updated) : www.mairie-six-fours.fr/sitegaou/pres.htm"

(Thanks to Jerome at Plainsong)

"http://www.foreverdrowning.com/presse.php?page=1128

At this time only Bowie is sure. The article said that the mayor of the city said during a meeting that The cure will confirm their coming in a very few days. So according to this mayor this is sure that The cure will come. The date is not confirmed right now but according to others shows it can be July the 20th.

The festival is called : Les voix du gaou..

This is on a tiny isle in the south of France near Toulon!

Also, there are nearly confirmation for Werchter (Belgium) and Evreux (France) festivals. Some fans had great contact and The Cure have to confirm in the very next days"

Remember, these are only rumors at this time. Don't make those travel plans just yet. : )

(Thanks to Arnaud at Forever Drowning)

(Thanks Mindy)

Update: Guys, it was a JOKE!!! I just meant that since Robert always lies in his interviews, a 100% guarantee probably meant a 0% chance. A joke.

(Thanks Jorge)

"on the bbc 6music site.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/6sense/songsthatsaved/vote.shtml

We've compiled a top 20 from your submissions to Songs That Saved Your Life and now we'd like you to vote for your favourite. When you've voted, be sure to email us if you'd like to be entered for the chance to win a DAB Digital Radio!

Don't forget you can hear the winner announced live onair on 8 March along with a week of special programming all about music and mental health."

I feel like a traitor, but I had to vote for 'I Know It's Over'. Hey, if it wasn't for that album, there wouldn't be a COF. And wouldn't we all be better off that way? : )

(Thanks JJ)

"Another Dots review will be featured in the march issue of the monthly magazine "Rockstar" (its site hosted the famous cure vs queen fight)."

(Thanks Pietro)

"join the dots review in Pitchfork Media."

(Thanks Shayne)

"Dots" review in Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil):

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u41846 .shtml http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u41847 .shtml

Quite positive review. Only in portuguese,for now."

(Thanks Diana and Beatriz)

"I have an item listed right now that is a very nice Cure collectable. It is the Wish Electronic Press Kit Video. It is in perfect condition and in PAL format (Europe TV Standard). Starting bid is quite low..ends in a couple days.

(Thanks Robert)

"About the new book about The Cure in French and probably in English. Maybe you could help me in finding some stuff :

- English traduction of the French article : Les Etangers (Francis Dordor - Best - 79)

- Original English version of : Une Cure de rire (New Musical Express - 81)

- English traduction of the French article : Kiss Me : les sessions (Lydie Barbarian - Libération - 86)

- English traduction of the French article : Portrait d'une adolescence éternelle (Thomas Sotinel - Le Monde - 92)

- English traduction of the French article : Caprices d'adieux : « Bloodflowers » (Arnaud Viviant - Les Inrockuptibles - 00)

- An English article written on the internet a few months/years ago about Disintegration (I read it on C.O.F. or just found the link, don't remember).

I'm also looking for fans who would be OK to let me use some personal pictures to light the text.

Thanks in advance for your help.

david.fargier@fr.smurfitgroup.com "

(Thanks David)

"I found this on The Essence website over the weekend. A good incentive to vote for them to open up for The Cure. http://www.xs4all.nl/~essence/concert2.htm"

(Thanks DG)

"In the new "Your Band Sucks" feature (which the Cure seem to always be on!) at Something Awful (www.somethingawful.com), there is a review of the 311 cover of Lovesong...

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2006

A comprehensive list of covers which appeared on soundtracks in recent years would not only be way too long to read, but it would be so thoroughly disgusting that it would probably be deemed to be in taste too poor even for Something Awful.

However, I’m sure you’ll forgive me if I take a bit of time to bash one that’s currently burning up the nobody-gives-a-shit charts: 311’s cover of The Cure’s “Lovesong.” I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that if you’re too lame to cover The Cure properly, you have to be a pretty massive pussy. As is their mellow frat-boy wont, they have set the Reggae dial to “medium” and flaccidly plodded through the song, keeping it fairly similar to the original. Of course, they saw fit to replace Robert Smith’s plaintive, emotionally nuanced vocal performance with an absolutely blank, robotic rendition that may as well have been sung to a cat, thereby stripping the song of what little impact or meaning it may have originally had. The video is even more appalling than the song; in it, smarmy singing Ken-doll Nick Hexum sleazily croons to a sorority girl in a bar, transforming the song into nothing more than an exaggerated pick-up line. But hey, if that’s what the studio needs to do to get more people to watch Drew Barrymore give a handjob to a walrus (or whatever that movie is about), then whatever, it’s not like art still exists or anything.

Good, huh? "

(Thanks Sean)

"In February's issue of "RifRaf", a free music magazine, there's an interview with Mauro Pawlowski ( not know internationally i guess, but pretty well known in Belgium ), in which he talks about New Wave having influenced him, and of course he also mentions The Cure on that one. Personally i think that's pretty fun, 'cause having seen him live ( with his band: Mauro & The Grooms ) last Friday, i must say i didn't really find much "New Wave" and "Curisch" sounds in it. It was more like some kind of indrustrial... Anyway, he rocked and i liked it, so... "

(Thanks Laurent)

"I recently spent a week in Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We flew from Gatwick with Thomas Cook and they showed the BBC 3 Dom Joly show featuring The Cure on both the outbound and the return flight. It was a real treat on a very cramped flight, especially since I missed it when it was shown on terrestrial TV. They sound great on both Inbetween Days and the shortened version of A Night Like This, and Robert's timing is impeccable when he tells Dom that he's "not that interested" in what Dom's been upto in the week preceding the show.

When I got back I picked up Q magazine and Close To Me is number 20 in the top 50 music videos... The article just says how they all got ill from being in the water for 10 hours... Not one mention of the stomach churning effects of inhaling Lol's trumpets!"

(Thanks James)