The words “long awaited” don’t begin to do justice to the new Cure album. Songs of a Lost World is an album that’s been promised, rumored, dangled, teased, longed for, despaired of, imagined. Cure fans have spent 16 years lighting candles and praying for this one, as Robert Smith has …
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When it comes to the modern model of live music ticketing services, Robert Smith is disinterested in framing recent practices as being complicated. Last year, when the Cure announced their first U.S. tour in seven years, the bandopted out ofTicketmaster‘sdynamic pricing modeland used non-transferable tickets toavoid scalpingby both the seller …
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The Cure have shared another new song, “A Fragile Thing,” from their upcoming album, Songs of a Lost World, out Nov. 1. “A Fragile Thing” is a romantically fraught plea anchored by a brooding bass line and filled with yearning guitar riffs and synth lines. “‘And there’s nothing you can …
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The Cure have released a new single, “Alone,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band’s first new song since 2008. “It’s the track that unlocked the record,” frontman Robert Smith shared of the seven-minute epic in a statement. “As soon as we had that piece of music recorded I …
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The Cure appear to be on the precipice of finally announcing their long-awaited new album, as the band has wiped their website and teased a release date for their first LP in 16 years. In August, Robert Smith and company announced a 12″ charity single featuring live versions of two …
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There’s something so beautifully weird about the triumphant return of the Cure. It’s a crazy moment for fans — of all the fandoms in pop history, this is one of the most bizarrely long-lived, open-ended, multigenerational, cheerfully unkillable. Robert Smith and his crew of English gloom gods are hitting the …
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The Cure honored their most diehard fans last night at the New Orleans kickoff of their North American tour with the first performances of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’s “A Thousand Hours” and The Head on the Door’s “Six Different Ways” since 1987. Frontman Robert Smith sang the vocal …
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Yungblud has unveiled a colorful, dance-fueled music video for his song “Tissues.” The clip, shot in London and directed by Charlie Sarsfield, sees the musician dancing through various scenes where the other people are frozen in time. The track, off Yungblud’s new self-titled LP, features a sample ofthe Cure’s“Close To …
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The Cure will mark the 30th anniversary of their best-selling album, Disintegration, this spring with a series of special gigs where they’ll play the album in its entirety at the Sydney Opera House. The record is home to a number of hit singles, including “Lovesong,” which was a Number Two …
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