Nov. 30th

"just a few words about the 'top of the pops' taping on thursday,nov 25th in germany: the cure played 'taking off' and 'alt.end'. robert came on stage with a glass of beer and did a very good job taking the piss out of the presenter ole tillmann (because they had to repeat an interview due to technical problems). let's wait and see if they will show it... :-)"

According to the Geffen site, it will air on Dec. 18th, but they will only show the 'Taking Off' performance.

(Thanks Christine and Pietro)



"RTL II “THE DOME”
Broadcasting dates:
4th Dec at 02.00pm on MTV
5th Dec at 04.00pm on MTV2POP
7th Dec at 08.15pm on RTL II
19th Dec at 04.00pm on RTL II

TARATATA (Sat 1)
Broadcast date: 18th December

And the new single "Taking Off" will be released 20th December in Germany."

(Thanks Pietro)



"the whole band was there. After the Interpol show I saw Roger, Perry and Jason standing and watching from beside the stage. I went over and spoke to Roger who told me that they did TOP OF THE POPS in Cologne. When I made my way to the exit I saw Jason coming out from the backstage part and I went over to him. He was really nice and chatty and told me that the whole band was there. He was looking for the rest of the band and asked me if I had seen them! When I eventually got out of the venue I went looking for the stage entrance and saw Simon sitting in a van reading a bike catalogue. I waited for quite a while (nobody else was there)when Perry came out got his guitar and a bag from the van and went back in. Roger and Jason came out and at long last Robert. When I shouted for him he came over, signed my Interpol setlist and was really charming. I've never met Robert before and it really was a special moment. He didn't talk much, just kept looking at me. They left without Perry.
On the motorway on my way home I was overtaken by the two vans! They were probably on their way to Hannover, where they appeared at THE DOME the night after."

(Thanks Tina)



"Marco on Oui FM finished his show presenting the book "Après la pluie..." saying it was probably the most beautiful ever writen about The Cure. Now it's available in every FNAC store in France, Switzerland and Belgium.

One will have the opportunity to win copies on both radio Couleur 3 in Switzerland and radio Pure FM in Belgium.

First articles in french magazines : D-Side, Music Info Hebdo."

(Thanks David)



"Not sure if you're aware of this, but I was flipping through the latest Previews (a publication where one can preorder comics and other items
such as this) and found this solicitation on page 213: 

Strange Day One-Shot

By Damon Hurd & Tatiana Gill

Skipping school to buy the latest Cure album, Miles arrives at the deserted Media Play parking lot waiting for the store to open. Here he meets Anna, who skipped school classes for the same agenda. A free spirit, Anna takes it upon herself to bring introverted Miles out of his black-clad shell. A Strange Day is an original graphic novella about alienation, kindred spirits, and two Cure-head’s serendipitous friendship, and the lessons they learn from each other.

Alternative Comics, 48 Pages, B&W $3.95

Out in February I believe.

That's all; I'll be ordering my copy!"

(Thanks Brandon)



(Thanks Nicolas)



"Here is a link on the site " emule"/edonkey, you will find the video of the concert of the group THE CURE organized by the French radio "europe
2" and mcm tv in lyon, november 19: 
ed2k://|file|Europe.2.Live.(MCM).(19.Nov.2004..23.32)[01].mpg|1514061828|D0124A6B5EA5487666AC509CE7FEC73B|/ "

(Thanks Adeline)



"We started an internet radio station and were hoping if you could mention the station. we play lots of cure, interpol, and other cool bands
ranging from synth-pop to experimental jazz. the site for the station is www.retroforwardradio.com
the live shows are under program schedule and are highlighted blue. the shows with the most cure is on fridays "two chord cool" and "transmission"
as well as destination cyberspace."

(Thanks Kamar)



"was very surprised to find this old interview done by Chris Spedding,  a  great guitarist who played with everyone.
 http://www.chrisspedding.com/jour/cure.htm"

(Thanks Toni)

"Whilst watching VH1, I saw the intro to their show "100 Most Cheesetastic Video Tricks" and noticed a clip of the "Mint Car" music video (Robert as a pharaoh). So, like a good Cure fan, I continued watching. They ended up labeling "Mint Car" under their #60: Faking of the Making of a Video and showed another little snippet of Robert walking around the set in the video. However, none of the little commenting "celebrities" mentioned anything specific about the "Mint Car" video."
 
(Thanks Lisa)

"On Vh1 there is a special called "The most Cheesetastic Video tricks" One was "egyptians" They showed Mint car and then had a contest of who makes the better Cleopatra Robert Smith or Susanna Hoff from the Bangles. Robert of course won...Weird Al said because he had better makeup and Kennedy said "of course Robert Smith, the man sold 27 million albums and she is probley working at a 7-11"(she must be a fan)."

(Thanks XllCoregirLllX)

Nov. 27th

"I was at the dome show yesterday. during the show they showed robert interviewed by anastasia (mtv-host) on a screen. robert said, they played a show with scooter (german techno-act) before and are kind of old friends. I wasn't able to understand the rest of the 3 minute long interview, cause some german tv-stars appeared on the stage and all the kids started screaming. later the boys performed taking off. they had sound problems with roberts mic, cause his voice got lost from time to time. after the song a woman, I think it was the unit manager, came onstage and robert, perry and simon started to discuss it with her. after a minute perry took his guitar and went off. robert was still talking to the woman, but she just shook her head. on the contrary to the cure the german pop act "jeanette" was allowed to do a second take half an hour before."
 
(Thanks Anne)



"I just saw The Cure performing "Friday I'm In Love" at a show called "50 Years Of Rock - Lovesongs" on German tv-chanel ZDF, recorded live at
Messehalle, Bremen. Other artists: Uriah Heep, Chuck Berry, Europe, Def Leppard, Percy Sledge, Chris Norman, City, Zucchero & Paul Young, Ted Herold, Moody Blues, Chris de Burgh und Holly Johnson.

You can visit the ZDF-homepage an see an interview with Robert talking about his image, the latest album and his fauvorite love song:
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/27/0,1872,2114075,00.html"

(Thanks Simon, Dennis, Tim and Andre)



"I went to the INTERPOL concert in Cologne last thursday where I met THE CURE. They had been doing TOP OF THE POPS in Cologne that evening and took the chance to go and see INTERPOL afterwards. Did no one know they were doing TOP OF THE POPS???"

(Thanks  MaybeSomeday)



(Thanks Ange, Chris and Steven)



"Donner, one of the best bookstores in Rotterdam, Holland has had the remastered TIB + Bonus Disc on sale since yesterday.  I bought my copy
yesterday (11-25-2004) one they called me to tell me it was in stock.  It sounds fresh, crisp and wonderful on my stereo.  The scary thing is I can remember buying the album when it first came out (I can admit to being 40+)"

(Thanks Richard)



Taking off:
is down to 15 in the Spain top 20
is out from the Greece Top 50
enters at 78 in the "Europe Official Top 100"
enters at 78 in the "Airplay World Official Top 100"
 
alt.end:
is up to 32 in the "Internet Sales Top 40"
is out from the "US Sales+Airplay Top 40"

(Thanks Pietro)

"LOL TOLHURST Interview to the member of the Cure and to its new Levinhurst group. A complete interview with various pic. Of Lol inside.
http://www.erbadellastrega.it/letture/interviste/loltolhurst.html"

(Thanks Piggyinthemirror)



(Thanks Andy)



"Yesterday it was "Placebo day" on MTV Italy, and the prime time show was an exclusive concert taped a few weeks ago. In the interview prior to the live show, Robert got mentioned twice: first, when they were discussing what the band listened to before going on stage, they said that "Probably Robert Smith is our favourite pop artist. He writes the perfect, pure pop. And he also made a good album". Then a few minutes later, discussing about a time when Pixies' Frank Black joined them, the Canal + concert was mentioned. The interviewer asked him how they got to know Robert, and they answered they met him at Bowie's birthday concert. Brian also remembered the time he interviewed Robert a few years ago."
 
(Thanks Pietro)

"This isn't maybe the most positive thing, but in the music poll in the December issue of 'Playboy,' The Cure -'The Cure' is an option listed for the 'biggest disappointment' of 2004."

(Thanks mr. lent)

"In the newest US rolling stone magazine Brandon boyd of incubus lists his favorite songs of all time and the cure has made his list twice.
 
4. "The Kiss" -THE CURE
This was the song that was playing when i kissed a girl for the first time.
 
10. "JUST LIKE HEAVEN" -THE CURE
This was another part of my making-out-when-i-first-heard-this-deal.
 
And The Cure has 2 songs in the 500 greatests songs of all time:

#483  "Just Like Heaven"
"Ive never been a big fan of irony," Smith has said, which might explain why this reverie of love, cut at a vineyard in the south of france, is his favorite cure song. Their girlfriends hung out at the sessions, which influenced the music. "the girls would sit on the sofa in the back of the control room and give the songs marks out of ten," Smith said. "so there was a really big female input." It was the Cure's first U.S. Top Forty hit."

(Thanks Johanna and Dennis)

"Last Tuesday I saw a german lifestyle TV show, Avenzio, and they played "Boys don't cry" as background music!"

(Thanks Aline)

Nov. 24th

"According to this article The Cure will be contributing to a John Peel tribute night to be broadcast on Radio 1 on 16th of December. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4038323.stm"

(Thanks Adam and JC)

Nov. 23rd

WHO NEEDS FLU SHOTS WHEN RHINO HAS THE CURE!

Highly Anticipated Cure Reissue Campaign Begins With Expanded, Remastered THREE IMAGINARY BOYS December 7

LOS ANGELES - Twenty-five years after The Cure began their global pop invasion with their debut disc, THREE IMAGINARY BOYS, Rhino Records gives the album its first-ever U.S. domestic release with a deluxe two-disc edition loaded with previously unreleased tracks. THREE IMAGINARY BOYS will be available December 7 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $18.98.

The album marks the kickoff to Rhino Records' revitalization of The Cure catalog. Each title will receive a sonic upgrade and be released as a deluxe double-disc set featuring the original album on one CD and numerous rarities on the other. In addition, each release will come with a 16-page booklet filled with photos and tour memorabilia from the personal archives of vocalist Robert Smith, as well as a track-by-track commentary and notes by U.K. music scribe Johnny Black.

Cure fans have long clamored for THREE IMAGINARY BOYS, an energetic 1979 U.K. debut which features "10:15 Saturday Night," "Grinding Halt," "Fire In Cairo," and a quirky rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady." The band's debut U.S. album, Boys Don't Cry, featured many of the songs on THREE IMAGINARY BOYS along with singles like "Jumping Someone Else's Train" and "Boys Don't Cry." The Rhino reissue offers the original U.K. album with an added previously unreleased instrumental ("The Weedy Burton"), as well as a 20-track bonus disc which includes the additional tracks from Boys Don't Cry, previously unreleased studio and home demo versions, live renditions, and other curiosities. In total the package includes six previously unreleased songs, eight previously unreleased versions of songs, and 17 tracks never before available on CD.

Johnny Black's liner notes, which make use of extensive and exclusive
interviews with Robert Smith, provide fascinating insight into the making of this classic album. One interesting story tells how The Cure managed to get the album recorded with virtually no budget: they simply snuck into Morgan Studios at night once the Jam had finished their sessions, and, using the Jam's gear, recorded through the night till dawn.

It's been almost three decades since a 17-year-old Smith formed The Easy Cure in Crawley, England. Despite various lineup changes, The Cure have forged an ongoing career highlighted by an astonishing run of artistic and commercial successes, including chart-topping hit singles, gold and platinum records, countless awards, critical acclaim, and an international fan base that follows the band with religious fervor. They have secured their place in music history by shaping modern rock as we know it today.

THREE IMAGINARY BOYS

DISC ONE
1. 10:15 Saturday Night
2. Accuracy
3. Grinding Halt
4. Another Day
5. Object
6. Subway Song
7. Foxy Lady
8. Meathook
9. So What
10. Fire In Cairo
11. It's Not You
12. Three Imaginary Boys
13. The Weedy Burton *

DISC TWO
1. I Want To Be Old (SAV Studio Demo 10/77) *
2. I'm Cold (SAV Studio Demo 11/77) **
3. Heroin Face (Live In The Rocket 12/77)
4. I Just Need Myself (PSL Studio Demo 1/78) *
5. 10:15 Saturday Night (Home Demo 2/78) **
6. The Cocktail Party (Group Home Demo 3/78) *
7. Grinding Halt (Group Home Demo 4/78) **
8. Boys Don't Cry (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
9. It's Not You (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78) **
10. 10:15 Saturday Night (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78) **
11. Fire In Cairo (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78) **
12. Winter (THREE IMAGINARY BOYS Studio Out-Take Cassette 10/78) *
13. Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) (THREE IMAGINARY BOYS Studio Out-Take
Cassette 10/78) *
14. Play With Me (THREE IMAGINARY BOYS Studio Out-Take Cassette 10/78) *
15. World War (on early copies of BOYS DON'T CRY album 1979)
16. Boys Don't Cry (Single‹also on BOYS DON'T CRY album 1979)
17. Jumping Someone Else's Train (Single-also on BOYS DON'T CRY album 1979)
18. Subway Song (Live In Nottingham 10/79)
19. Accuracy (Live In Nottingham 10/79) **
20. 10:15 Saturday Night (Live In Nottingham 10/79) **

* Previously Unreleased Song / Instrumental
** Previously Unreleased Version


Listening Party Audio Streams:

Windows Media-

http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/78895_album_56.asx
http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/78895_album_100.asx

Real-

http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/78895_album.ram

Quicktime-

http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/78895_QTStreamPlayer.lasso

Listening Party Track Listing:
1) 10:15 Saturday Night
2) Grinding Halt
3) Subway Song
4) Meathook
5) Fire In Cairo
6) Three Imaginary Boys
7) I Want To Be Old (SAV Studio Demo 10/77)
8) I'm Cold (SAV Studio Demo 11/77)
9) I Just Need Myself (PSL Studio Demo 1/78)
10) Boys Don't Cry (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
11) Winter (Three Imaginary Boys Studio Out-take 10/78)
12) Jumping Someone Else's Train (single 1979)

(Thanks to Andrew at Special Ops Media)

"Tonight at 8h30 pm (french time) on french radio "oui fm" there will be an acoustic session of the cure recorded by this radio in an hotel the 14 of
october this year.The radio is listenable on internet here: http://www.ouifm.fr/ "

Update: There was an interview too, and once again Robert says that if Ross hadn't been involved, and he (Robert) would have been "left to my own devices", the album would sound very different. Then again, he says "we wouldn't have made this record without Ross". Setlist: 'The End of the World', 'Boys Don't Cry', 'Taking Off'.  'TEOTW' should never, ever be done acoustically again. Just saying. : )

(Thanks Sylvain)



(Thanks Olivier)



"For those without cable, mtv awards ceremony is being shown on sunday 28th 3.55pm ch4!"

(Thanks Ange)



"Please vote for The Cure (a Forest) in the Top 2000 of The Netherlands.

You can use this URL to vote (sorry it's all in Dutch...'verder' means 'next screen'....) http://top2000.radio2.nl/2004/stempagina/
The voting contains of 4 stages:
1. Select min 3 songs from list (max 10) (max 2 x same artist)
2. Add any other song
3. Describe why you love this song
4. Confirm your list

Please send this URL also to all other Cure websites and forums you know. It's time to enter the top-20 for The Cure."

(Thanks Lucas)



"Just thought I'd let you know that adverts for Phil Jupitus' BBC Radio show has been using "Just Like Heaven" on its TV adverts here in
England. Also "Close To Me" has been getting an airing on another advert but I can't remember which! "
 
(Thanks Alex)

Nov. 22nd

The End of the World
Robert introduces Gwen

(Thanks Romuald)

"Just to let you guys know mtv latin america will be airing the mtv europe awards next friday november 26th..and on november 27th 8pm
(mexico) a 24 hour marathon will air featuring mtv icon and a whole bunch of cure stuff."

(Thanks Conrado)



"The Dome will be shown on Dec. 7th, 8.15pm (German Time) on RTL2 (can be received free-to-air via Astra 19.2°e)"
 
(Thanks Dennis)
 


"The Cure: Dignified
 
It is a comeback, even though more dignified and credible than Backstreet Boys' one, but with style re-shaped according to current fashion. A few false notes (but it is not easy to play with 10 degrees). Never mind: on Mtv the virtuous certainties of music end up overwhelmed by glam"
Vote: 5/6 out of 10
 
by Mario Luzzato Fegiz for Corriere della Sera
 
Elsewhere in the page there are other tiny bits: a quote of Robert saying "My favourites have been Muse, Eminem and Gwen Stefani. Playing
at the Coliseum has been wonderful" and the last paragraph in an article about the Coliseum show that says they have been "One of the most
cheered bands, even though today's youngsters, the Mtv generation, barely knows them". "
 
(Thanks Pietro)



"I took some photos at the Europe 2 show in Lyon (France). Here is the link : http://www.massiveattackarea.com/album_cat.php?cat_id=6 "

(Thanks to Laurie at Massive Attack Area)
 


Smith slams over-priced tours

The Cure's legendary frontman Robert Smith has hit out a musicians who charge large sums of money for concert tickets.

The 'Boys don't cry' singer is proud his band's American Curiosa live extravaganza kept admission prices to a minimum earlier this year, and he can't understand why other performers look to profit so much from their fans.

He says: "Curiosa was the best live touring experience of my life so far. It exceeded all my expectations. It was particularly satisfying that we managed to do Curiosa without sponsorship and keep ticket prices low and still make a little money.

"The Sting and Annie Lennox package, for example, was more than $100 (€76) a ticket.

"Prices like that are crippling promoters and artists further down the ladder, because when fans spend that much on one ticket, they can't afford to go see so many other shows."



"First of all, "The Cure" is out of the album chart again in Greece.
 
Then "Taking off":

down to 14 from 9 in Spain Top 20
up to 37 from 48 in Greece Top 50"

(Thanks Pietro)

"According to the month's Spin magazine's article on Gwen Stefani, she said that "I wanted to collaborate with Robert Smith on my new album.
He wanted to, but he was making his own record."

(Thanks Jon)

"Pop Candy column in USA Today had "Staring At The Sea: The Singles" as the fourth best greatest hits album.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/popcandy/2004-11-16-pop-candy_x.htm"

(Thanks The Mick)

Nov. 19th

Pictures of you
Lullaby
alt.end
Inbetween days
Friday I'm in love
Just like heaven
A forest
The lovecats
Boys don't cry
 
Show started at 23:40 approx. and finished at 0:15
 
(Thanks Pietro, Gweza, Nerelyd, Washaki,)

"From the Scottish Daily Record:

CURIOSA & CURIOSA
Nov 19 2004

The Cure are all set for a new mega tour as The Gothfather sets out to undercut the opposition

By John Dingwall

THE Cure rocker Robert Smith has announced he is planning a Curiosa tour in the UK early next year and wants to include Scotland in his plans. The legendary British group - who have survived 25 years together - first took their Lollapalooza-style festival tour to the US earlier this year.

Featuring The Cure and their favourite bands, such as Interpol, on the bill, it was a massive success and now the man fans nicknamed The Gothfather would like to do something similar in the UK.

Insiders say the band have already been in touch with promoters to see if the dates could work in Britain and Scottish dates are among those being considered.

Smith said: 'I'd love to do another Curiosa tour, maybe even next year. I might even do a British version, but with the kind of weather we have here in the early part of the year, it would probably have to be an indoor thing.'

He has hit out at the superstars who charge fans exorbitant fees to see them, saying they are destroying live music.

He continued: 'Curiosa was the best live touring experience of my life so far. It exceeded all my expectations. It was particularly satisfying that we managed to do Curiosa without sponsorship and keep ticket prices low and still make a little money.

'The Sting and Annie Lennox package, for example, was more than $100 a ticket.

'Prices like that are crippling promoters and artists further down the ladder, because when fans spend that much on one ticket, they can't afford to go to see so many other shows.'

News of The Cure's plans to tour next year coincides with the launch of a new version of the classic album which launched the band back in 1979.

Three Imaginary Boys is been re-issued as a double CD deluxe edition having been remastered at Abbey Road with a CD of bonus tracks, memorabilia and unseen photographs.

The Cure's quarter century of albums also includes Seventeen Seconds (1980) which included one of The Cure's greatest ever singles A Forest, Faith (1981), the darker Pornography (1983) and the pop album Japanese Whispers, which includes the singles Lovecats and Let's Go To Bed.

In 1984 came The Top, The Head On The Door (1985), Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987), 1989 gave us Disintegration, Wish in 1992, Wild Mood Swings in 1996, Bloodflowers in 2004 and The Cure in 2004.

Smith explained: 'The Three Imaginary Boys re-issue is actually just the start of a programme of re-issuing all of our back catalogue and it will have the same care and attention lavished on it. Three Imaginary Boys is now exactly as we heard it in the studio when we recorded it.

'It's great to have it sounding like it should again.'

(Thanks Lenore)



(Thanks Fab G)



(Thanks Kate and VinCure)



"Christian O’Connell's Breakfast Show on XFM has a search going for the best school rock band in the UK.  hopeful's sent a demo covering any classic or current song on the XFM playlist. one group, The Zimmermen, covered 'Boys Don't Cry.' you can listen here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=49502 (and vote if you like it!)"
 
(Thanks Elyse)



"I just noticed on Ebay that FOUR!!! - Ultra RARE - 1987 Radio Sampler Promo CDs were for sale at ridiculously low prices. All for under $30!!!
Then I checked and 28 have sold in the last two weeks alone!!!

Cure Radio Sampler

This CD is very very RARE!!!!!!!!!!! It is NOT likely that so many have surfaced after all of these years.

Please let other Cure collectors know to be aware of this scam."

(Thanks Autumn)



"Cure mentioned in article about MTV concert in Rome."

(Thanks Liza)

"Was checking out www.jj72.org tonight, and I came across an interview with Mark Greaney ( vocalist ) in which he was asked what songs he would most like to cover. One of his choices was A forest..... see? I always new that a band as good as jj72 had to have good taste."

(Thanks Peter)

"I was watching Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN and they played two Cure songs as outros to comercials. The first song was Lovecats and the second song was Inbetween Days."

(Thanks Asa)

Nov. 18th

(Thanks Michael)



Three Imaginary Boys
Fascination Street
High
Let's Go To Bed
Lovesong
Inbetween Days
Play For Today
Boys Don't Cry
The End of the World
 
they played about 50 minutes.

Update: "Well, Lacricure isn't exactly right. They played for 33 minutes (i know it because i recorded it and so my vcr shows the time).
There also was a short interview a few minutes before the show: it didn't tell us anything special, just that he was very excited. then he was asked about the wembley appearance with placebo, he said that they are friends since 97, and back in paris at the canal+ anniversaire concert brian asked him to join them on stage and he did, to return the favour.
The show was nice, Robert seemed in a very good mood. The setlist was spectacular, especially in the first half !!! 3IB and High, I didn't expect them at all ! A really comic feature is that (you'll see that as soon as someone rips the video, I know for sure someone will), they were all wearing coats (even though these days the weather is not so bad in italy), so it was quite an unusual dressing for a show ! Simon even wore those hats with special protection for the ears, too. Perry and Simon took them off eventually."
 
(Thanks Lacricure and Pietro)

Nov. 16th

"I've just heard that the Parisian radio, Oui Fm, will broadcast a Cure acoustic session on Tuesday 23rd November from 8:00pm."

(Thanks Sylvia)



"again German SAT1 has switched the Taratata-show which now (again) will be broadcasted on December 18th at 23.15 hours and The Cure will be
doing "Taking Off" and "Boys Don't Cry".
 
Let's hope they don't change it again the next weeks and sorry for the confusion."
 
(Thanks Richie)



(Thanks Neely)



'Taking Off'
entered the Greek Top 50 at # 48
entered the Spanish Top 50 at # 9
 
'The Cure'
re-entered the Greek Albums at # 50.
 
(Thanks Pietro)



"hispaCure (www.hispacure.tk), the new official spanish Cure fan club and forum have a new competition: you can win a
copy of the Taking off single CD!! We have 10 copies to draw amongst fans entering our competition. The competition is only for registered users of the forum currently living in Spain. You just have to register and write at least one post to be able to enter the competition.

Way to enter the competition:

1-Write an email (just ONE email is enough) to hispacure@yahoo.es  with the following information:
-Full name
-Nickname at hispaCure
-Address in Spain
-Phone (optional)

2-Answer the following questions:
-What are the two songs in the b-side of "Taking off"?
-Who directed the "Taking off" video?
-Who produced "The Cure" album?

Deadlines: 17-21 november 2004
Universal Spain will do the draw and will send the copies to the winners, good luck to all!!

Also, after the success of the first "hispaCure session" at Repvblicca (Valencia), there will be another party full of gifts and good music this Friday, 19th of November (00:30 a.m.) at the New Order Club in Madrid: Plaza de los Mostenses, semiesquina Gran Vía 64 backroom de Coppelia 101

You just have to print this flyer (colour or b&w) and show it at the entrance and you get into for free:
http://www.stkm.com/neworderclub/imagenes/cure/curecara1.jpg (till 3:00 a.m.; if you plan to arrive later than that send a mail to hispacure@yahoo.es)

It will be a great party with music from the 80's and The Cure and with gifts:
-Tribute 'Our Voices'
-Maxi Cds 'The End of the World' and 'Taking off'

Enjoy it!!

All the info about the competition here: http://hapserver.homelinux.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=890 and all about the party here: http://hapserver.homelinux.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=894

Dani (on behalf of all adminis of www.hispacure.tk)"

(Thanks Dani)

"This morning on Regis  and Kelly ( I can't believe I'm sending this) they played Boy's Don't Cry as they transitioned into their wheel spinning prize giveaway segment."

(Thanks Lou)

"Close to Me was played over a montage of footage of the last year's highlights of Mondo Thingo on Australian TV (Thursday 11/11). Always good
to be surprised!"

(Thanks Jo)

"During the documentary 'Und die Schuld, die bleibt' (about the demolition of a Jewish cemetary in 1988 in East Berlin), German TV RBB used 'Lullaby' and 'Just like heaven' as background music."
 
(Thanks Dennis)

Nov. 15th

"Go global for the 11th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, featuring scorching performances from the Beastie Boys, Eminem, Franz Ferdinand,
Gwen Stefani, The Hives, Maroon 5, Nelly and Usher. Hosted by Xzibit and assisted by presenters Naomi Campbell, Robert Smith, Amy Lee, Brian
McFadden, Brian Molko, Eamon, AJ McLean and Nick Carter, the big show airs on MTV2 on Thursday, November 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
MTV U.S. brings it to you on MTV U.S. on Sunday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m. PT/ET."

(Thanks Lenore)



"The "Europe 2 Live" show on Friday Nov. 19th will be broadcasted live from Lyon on TV (MCM) and the radio (Europe 2) from 8:00 PM CET until midnight. Each of the six bands should play for 30 minutes, including The Cure.

Streaming on mms://viptvr2.yacast.net/tvr_europe2 (if you don't want to install WMP 9, BSplayer is a nice alternative)."

(Thanks Olivier)

New bands are proud to pinch from the U.K.'s postpunk movement

Is the latest wave of breaking rock bands merely recycling sounds of the past? Every act has its influences. But a host of guitar-driven bands that is moving up the charts or generating buzz in the press bears more than a passing resemblance to a specific clutch of older groups.

The Killers, Interpol, the Rapture and Radio 4 each plays music that represents a Frankensteinian restitching of the Cure, the Smiths, Joy Division and Gang of Four.

For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/11/11/wcfentertainment/pulse/790f8d5f83f1d3f186256f480055e140.txt

(Thanks Tempest)

"Sorry it took so long to send this, but at the beginning of the month (Monday 1st) Chris Moyles played Love Cats on his show on Radio 1. It was during his "Buzz Off" segment, where he plays a track of his choice from his personal collection and the other guys who work on the show (as well as the listening audience) have to decide whether he plays the whole thing or not. Love Cats received 88% of listeners' votes in favour of it, which is one of the highest they've ever had.
 
Also, Gwen Stefani was a guest on the show last Monday (8th) and mentioned that she wanted to make her solo project upbeat and dancey because she has fond memories of going to clubs and dancing to stuff like the Cure."

(Thanks Mr. Moose)

"for the final episode of surreal life coming up this sunday about the greatest moments of it and everything.. you hear "END OF THE WORLD" for
the commercial . as all of the cast members are hugging you hear glorious robert singing "COULDNT LOVE YOU MORE.."
 
(Thanks Johanna)

"I have heard on "Idolos", the portuguese programa that is the same as American Idol, the acoustic version of Why can't I be you. And very frequently, as they show scenes of various moments of the show. I have also heard "Close to me" in a brazilian program about restaurants where people sit altogether in one table. Very cool!"

(Thanks Claudio)

Nov. 12th

"I am currently selling the last 100 copies of my book "The Cure on Record" at a reduced price ...... available at thecureonrecord.com"

(Thanks Daren)



Update: Musician's Friend has it for $699, 30% off list. Due in stock on Dec. 13th.

(Thanks Dave and Patrick)

"this is probably the worst thing the band ever decided... they will play the worst of all crap german shows 'THE DOME', inbetween lots of boybands, crap german singers + bands you thought they'd better never exist...http://thedome.rtl2.de/show/lineup/content_32.html"

(Thanks Dennis)

"not sure if you already posted it, but The Cure will be playing "Taking Off" on November 26th at "The Dome" in Hannover, Germany. A few words concerning "The Dome": It is definitely the worst German music show. It is an arena packed with 13 year old girls and you can be sure to hear the worst of the worst chart music there. Most acts play playback and it is really horrible that The Cure are playing there. I just can´t imagine why this is happening, the 13 year old girls will hate them, because The Cure are no teenstars and nobody with the slightest taste in music will watch it. Very stupid. You can see the whole line up here and believe me: Nelly is really the best one there (apart from The Cure) and I hate Nelly.

The show will be airing on RTL2, but I´m not sure when."
 
(Thanks Martin)






Taking Off

Italy : out of the Top 50
France: down to 100 from 88 (Top 100)
 
alt.end

US Sales Top 20 (Nielsen/Soundscan): out
US Sales+Airplay To 40 : up to 29 from 36
 
(Thanks Pietro)



"I have a bit more info on the 'Robert purse'  I emailed the store and this is the response I got:

i have the purse, it costs $184.00.  if you would like to order the purse, please email me saying that i am authorized to charge your credit card...
send me your credit card number, card type and expiration date.  the purse is very cute, it is one of a kind.  it's funny because i got two emails
today about this bag, but you were the first one to email me so i wrote you back first.  let me know soon if you want it so that i can answer the other
person, thank you

this is the email address if anyone else wants to try and purchase it... I'm not going to... a bit too steep for my pocket book right now.
patriciafield@patriciafield.com"

(Thanks Sistermoon)

"On a famous Italian paper  11 nov.04 "La Repubblica" in the attached paper called "Musica" there is an article on Pollination Week and MTV
awards.

Rome literally come sto life this week with more than 50 events organized by MTV's Music Pollination Week leading up to a grand awards ceremony at Tor di Valle on Novembre 18Th. Numerous Italian and International pop and rock artists will be playng live at Terrazza del Pincio including Hanson on the 11th, Luca Derisio on the 12th, Adriano Giannini,Giorgio Surina and Francesco Renga on 13th, Gemelli Diversi on 14th, Max Pezzali and Zero Assoluto on 15th, Velvet on 16th and Natasha Bedingfield on 17th. Elsewhere in town Felix da Housecat will be playng at the Goa Club on the 11th and Robert Owens will be performing at the Alpheus on 13th. On the evening of the 18th there will be a mega concert at Trajan's Forum with an all star including Prince, THE CURE, Elisa, and Carmen Consoli while the actual awards ceremony will take place at Tor di Valle with hip hop star Xzibit and Sarah Michelle Gellar from the TV series, "Buff" handing out prizes to Eminem, the Beastie Boys, Anastacia, Franz Ferdinand,  Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Maroon5, The Hives, Tiziano Ferro, Usher and Alicia Keys. For details call 039-206868 or see www.mtv.it/ema."

(Thanks Damiano)

"Hey ya'll, i was watching Anderson Cooper 360 on cnn and they played "Love Cats" as they went to commercial on one of their last segments.
Maybe Anderson Cooper is a "The Cure" fan...hey, i'm still watching and they were playing "Inbetween Days" right after the segment with "Love Cats"."

(Thanks Curefreak989)

"The Cure get mentioned in today's Sportsguy column on espn.com about NFL playoff contenders:

Seattle (5-3) -- They could finish 8-8 ... they could make the Super Bowl... all bets are off. These guys aren't even worth discussing. It's like when my roommate JackO tried to analyze the lyrics to "The Forest" by The Cure in college. Why even bother? There was no answer."

(Thanks Nathaniel)

Nov. 9th

Update: Audio samples from the Placebo show have been added.

(Thanks Jesus and Richie)

"He actually said. "There is only one person who wears more make up than I do, welcome Robert Smith everyone" After the 2 songs Robert left the
stage with the band, hugging Brian and Stefan. Brian said: "It's a great honour, fucking amazing huh? Imagine how we feel?"

(Thanks Chris)

"We now have complete details of the 3IB promo poster that we will be giving away free with pre-orders for the deluxe edition of Three Imaginary Boys."

(Thanks Chris)



"Spotted this purse in a trendy store called Hotel Venus in SOHO this weekend in NYC. It was part of the Sex and the City tour I was on with my girlfriend. Managed to take this pic before a sales clerk told me no pictures. I didn't notice the price though."

(Thanks Steve)



"Just wanted to share with you a picture of an autographed airbrushed guitar featuring an image of what is supposed to be our beloved Robert
Smith.  What photograph was this guy using as a model for the image.  Again , Yikes!!
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61&item=2283626412&rd=1

Has to be the worst job ever!!"
 
(Thanks Darrell)

Nov. 7th

Billy Corgan Brings In Robert Smith on Vocals for Bee Gees Cover
Posted by admin on November 04, 2004
Source: Artisan News Service - via forum-thread by RockNMouth

Billy Corgan, with his new poetry book Blinking with Fists currently sitting at #24 on the New York Times Best Seller list, has apparently finished his solo album. According to Corgan, this album is truly a solo effort as he plays all the instruments himself. When asked if he has any special guest artists on the new album, Corgan explained that he brought in Robert Smith of The Cure to help him sing a version of the Bee Gee's "To Love Somebody."
 
Watch video & hear audio @ artisannewsservice.com.

"No my solo album truly is solo. It's pretty much all me. There's only one guest musician that's Robert Smith from The Cure who's on one song."
Corgan went on to add "I do a cover of a Bee Gees song from the 60's called 'To Love Somebody' and he sings on that with me. It's really beautiful; I'm really excited about it."
 
With such influential albums from The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan already to his credit, Corgan isn't the only one excited about his much anticipated solo album, which is slated for a Spring 2005 release.
 
--Brian Miller

(Thanks Justin)



(Thanks Lenore)



"German band WISSMUT released a 4 track The Cure cover ep. http://www.roughtrade.de/kuenstler/kuenstler.php?kuenstler=6188 (to listen to some real media stuff...). tracklist is supposed to be:

1 Primary
2 The Figurehead
3 Love Song
4 A Thousend Hours"
 
(Thanks Dennis)



"Radio 1 has chosen DJ Rob da Bank (real name Robert Gorham) to replace John Peel-- he says his no. 3 favorite song is Lullaby & in his
biographical notes, he says he was "Saved By: The Cure". Full story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1346366,00.html"

(Thanks Lenore)

"About that new show on VH1 Motormouth I happened to catch some long haired metal head sing Just Like Heaven very horribly.. Just thought you
should know."
 
(Thanks FORREST)

Nov. 5th

"Thought you might like to know: I just got a phone call from my friend during Placebo's concert in Wembley Arena, London....with Robert
singing on stage during "Without You I'm Nothing". "

Update: "He just did Boys Don't Cry too!!!"

(Thanks niCCi)







'Taking Off'
UK Top 75: out
Italy Top 50: down to 38 from 21
France Top 100: down to 88 from 67
 
'alt.end'
US Sales (http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/us_singles.html): down to 12 from 6

(Thanks Pietro)

"A recent episode of the Gilmore Girls (which aired Nov 3rd in Canada, and last week in the US), the new Interpol is described as being "less
Joy Division, more Nick Cave... with some Seventeen Seconds-era Cure thrown in".

Not the first Cure reference on the show either.  Love it!"

(Thanks heather the buzzard)

"There is this new show called "Motor Mouth" on VH1 and its about people who sing in their cars horribly. anyway, one time in an episode you hear
the intro to BOYS DONT CRY . the blonde girl who is really bad at singing starts humming the tune badly , and her friend SADLY turns the station to something else. I thought it was quite funny! keep a look out on that show, never know that we may hear a cure song again. (by suck ass singers!)"
 
(Thanks Johanna)

Nov. 4th

(Thanks Ange and Chris)



(Thanks borland33)

(Thanks Pietro)

3 hours of concert

“The Cure” for a 25 year old curse was found!

            Finally the moment had come. Before 18 thousand people, the band which set the messed up hair, black clothes, black eyed makeup and red lipstick trend, would confront the mexican audience who would feel what real glam-goth rock is all about. The cure broke the spell with a 3 hour concert.

            Sports palace in mexico city was the venue to listen, last Saturday, to one of the bands who due to schedule problems and fear of flying couldn´t come to “the worlds largest city”, but who now was determined to pay the 25 year old debt with interests live and direct.

            Minutes after 8 pm Robert and the band, Simon Gallup (bass), Perry Bamonte (guitar), Jason Cooper (drums) and Roger O´Donell (keyboards) jumped on stage to startoff the concert with “lost” at the same time fans yelled “the cure!..the cure!”. Then a gift by Smith: “Fascination street”, next a classic: “lovesong” followed by “siamese twins”. Fans didn´t expect to finally be cured by the live versions of “lullaby” and “just like heaven”. A great stage and awesome lights couldn´t hide the fact that the band was giving its best to let their mexican fans know there will be The Cure for a while. Then came “the end of the world” sung along by the 18 thousand fans, “inbetween days”, “lovecats” and “before three” couldn´t miss to tonights concert of course. Another guest for the night was “labyrinth” which served as frame for “a forest”. “Push” followed the setlist then “anniversary” was added without leaving behind “the promise” which announced the ending of the concert.

            Fans wouldn´t let go of the band that easy, four encores were necessary to perform “why cant i be you” and to finally and sadly say goodbye with “boys dont cry”.

            This way The cure kept their promise to give their best on stage by giving away 30 songs and 180 minutes of their time.

 
Mexico City “Excelsior” Newspaper Monday September 6th, 2004

 - Translated and submitted by Conrado

(Thanks Conrado)



"I am happy to announce that I won The Cure contest from Ticketmaster. I recieved a box from Ticketmaster in West Hollywood. In the box was The Cure CD deluxe, The Cure double Album and items from the End of the World Video.Starting with the apple, a small pillow from the bed scene
(it has a small smudge of red lipstick on it), 2 books ( one of the books had a card from Type Casting in Toronto, Ontario), and the blue cover that is over the small couch."

(Thanks Donna)



"wed nov 3, coming back from commercial break around 9:23AM, air america radio's "unfiltered" show plays the cure's "fight" in defiance. rock on air america! (http://airamericaradio.com/) - "....never give in!"

(Thanks pirat)

"This weekend austrian radio FM4 played in their morning show a track from RAZORLIGHT and the dj said that "this guitar reminds him of
something: 10.15 Saturday Night by The Cure and that he wanted to play this number but they haven´t got it, so he has to play the wrong number
and he played "Wrong #". Kind of funny to start a day with.
 
And on sunday evening in "Zimmerservice" they played the COMPLETE 3 Imaginary Boys Album, I think it was vinyl, because you heard some
scratches and the dj said something like that this debut album contains everything The Cure are best at doing it (meant as a compliment)."
 
(Thanks BEEEEEEEE)

Nov. 3rd

Nov. 2nd

(Thanks Michael)



"On http://www.ticketorder24.de they say cure will play 2005 in germany, france and austria (vienna) on the other hand rumor has it that the cure will play vienna already in jan. 05"

(Thanks mrs.pinkeyes)

"The Cure were in session on Radio2 in the UK on Saturday afternoon. I didn't get to hear the full show. Tracks I heard performed were "Faith
Healer" and "Never". Dermot O Leary, the host of the show said that there would be UK tour in the new year..."

(Thanks Liquefactionist)



"Serbian Television 'B92' started airing Taking Off on their top-ten list (I guess). Serbian Cure fans can support it by following SMS message :
BRD 8  Phone number is 9292"
 
(Thanks Janko)



"http://www.101cd.com/Music/info.asp?id=6247336
"The Darksdie"
However the cure song on the Cd is A forest NOT boys dont cry like advertised on TV"

(Thanks Craig)

"I was surfing through the website of Irish rockers Therapy?, when I found a mention of The Cure in the bassist's band diary: apparently, when Therapy? was rehearsing for their new album in June 2004, they were in the same accomodation as The Cure, who were rehearsing for their Curiosa tour in the studio next door...http://www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk/biography/diary/read.php?diaryid=110"
 
(Thanks Jamal)

Nov. 1st

"On MTV website  they say that the gig is at Colosseo, Via San Gregorio http://www.mtv.it/music/eventi/pollination/schede.asp?app=8&orario=1
 
here's the link about the place: http://www.activitaly.it/infobase/index.php?lang=it&mode=showinfo&type=monument&id=400"
 
(Thanks Lorenzo)



(Thanks Lenore)



(Thanks Antti)



"Good quality, larger size quicktimes, that you can actually save, are now up at salineproject.com"

Update: Here are the direct links to download the videos -

http://www.salineproject.com/mov2/curealtend.mov
http://www.salineproject.com/mov2/curetakingoff.mov

(Thanks Steve and Joel)



"The release of Taking Off has been further delayed in Germany.the single will be out as 5" and 3" (PockIt cd) on 20th December..."
 
(Thanks Dennis)





(Thanks Dave Ace)



"people can look at the wish tour jacket i told you about at: www.heliumdesign.com/cure/jacket.html

it's the same as the one that someone is ebaying right now, but i'll  take the best offer sent to me by monday november 1."

(Thanks Brian)



"on the Germany Radio station NDR2 is always on mondays between 21:05 h and 22:00 h a radio-concert from various artists. And tomorrow is one
hour with Katie Melua.  I never heard of her before.  But when you scroll down this site  http://www.ndr2.de/musik/radiokonzert/index.html you can see the tracklist and you find a song written by Robert James Smith. The song she played was The Love Cats."

(Thanks Michael)

"Not really a big deal, but on Sunday during the CBS show Cold Case they played "Just Like Heaven" and "Pictures of You"  while showing  flashbacks to events happening in 1991. Earlier in the show during another flashback they played Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth", so I kind of had a feeling The Cure were going to be used too."

(Thanks Brian and Nigel)

"The poetry in the Pumpkin - http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=7ba664a0-3d0d-4468-9194-45d97845fffe"

(Thanks Tempset)

"Very randomly came across this - Dermot O'Leary being one of Britains most popular telly host for hire of the moment... gave loads of praise
for "theCure" and why this CD in particular brought him back to the legion of fans http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2860634"

(Thanks Steven)

"It's my lucky morning! Not only did I hear and see The Cure on Music Choice, I also just saw them on VH1 where they talked about Roberts
neices and nephews doing the art work for The Cure album, talked about their long existance in music and then played The Walk. What a great way
to start my day! "
 
(Thanks Cureloverofcourse)

"Spooky Sounds - http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2004/10/28/arts/688457"

(Thanks Tempest)

"Just wanted to say that in 'TV Magazine', a french weekly free tv program given away with many weekend newspapers in the country, there is a small pic of Robert and Simon around brian Molko from Placebo as one of several pics illustrating Canal + (the TV chanel) 20th anniversary evening in Paris where THE CURE played a couple of song.  The show will be shown earlier on NOV 6th 'coded' for those who are suscribers of Canal +, and uncoded (and thus accessible to all) on a repeat on Jan 1st."

(Thanks Fabien G)