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"He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him": Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure... and the first time he met Robert Smith

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends

Louder

The Cure's Live Album 'Paris' Reaches New High On Charts

The Cure's live album 'Paris' sees a resurgence on the charts after 30 years, showcasing their enduring influence.

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First look at upcoming reboot of cult horror The Crow features an unrecognizable Pennywise star Bill Skarsgård

The first look at The Crow reboot is here

Total Film

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‘I’d take a mediocre album rather than nothing!’: the new music readers want to hear in 2024

Guardian readers are longing for returns by artists from Ariana Grande to Archie Shepp –and even possibly Kate Bush?

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: NewDad

The Galway alt-rockers are the latest in a rich seam of young Irish bands, with a sound bringing to mind the existential angst of the Cure and New Order

The Guardian - UK

"With music, you seem to take it all in and it becomes immersive. Music has a power all its own": The Cure's Reeves Gabrels picks the 10 records that changed his life

Former David Bowie and current Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels picks ten singles that left a lasting impact

Louder

J Mascis and Kevin Shields join forces to create alt-rock heaven with Cure cover

The My Bloody Valentine man joined Dinosaur Jr in London to perform Just Like Heaven – and songs from their own bands

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Goth connections that led to the Cure

From Sylvia Plath to Joy Division, the Cure co-founder examines the roots and impact of the oft-maligned subculture

Salon

‘Like the Three Tenors, but with drummers’: Budgie, Lol Tolhurst and Jacknife Lee on their supergroup rebirth

The drummers from the Banshees and the Cure joked about a collaboration until – with megaproducer Lee on board – they were soon jamming with The Edge and Bobby Gillespie. They talk pop, alcoholism and leaving the UK

The Guardian - UK

Picture Chicago: 30 Sun-Times photos from this week in news

A star-studded Riot Fest gets rained on, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords visits a Chicago training seminar for gun violence survivors, and hundreds flood the Loop to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.

Chicago Sun-Times

Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst review – the dark is rising

The former Cure drummer traces the genre from its 18th-century literary roots to its flourishing as a music subculture

The Guardian - UK

Summer festival season peaks with The Cure closing Riot Fest, finale just like heaven

The marathon performance deserves the title of the best headlining set of Chicago’s summer festival season.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘Goth is about being in love with the melancholy beauty of existence’

The band’s co-founder on reconciling with Robert Smith and the real meaning of the dark music subculture

The Guardian - UK

‘Instant 80s!’: ex-Midlake singer Tim Smith on mixing William Blake with the Cure

The Texan caused shockwaves when he left Midlake. Now he’s back with his new band Harp – and a musical love letter to the British landscape, full of drum machines and mystical poetry

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Schecter gets graphic on its new signature models for The Cure bassist Simon Gallup

Gallup gets a new EMG-equipped semi-hollow Corsair to join a newly refreshed Ultra Spitfire solidbody, and they are hard to miss with those red finishes and lion graphics

Salon

I saw The Cure with my parents

An ongoing struggle with learning to let others love the music I've grown up on

Louder

Watch The Cure's Robert Smith burst into tears during a recent US show

The Cure frontman Robert Smith got emotional while performing the band's 1989 track Plainsong at a recent gig in Atlanta

The Guardian - UK

From nightmare ticketing to online abuse, being a pop fan is becoming miserable

The stress of trying to get Taylor Swift tickets this week led to feelings of anger and loathing. It’s all part of a music culture that feels increasingly greedy and combative

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In a summer of Ticketmaster scandals, 'revenge spending' and inflation, Robert Smith of The Cure is the hero we need

The goth icon speaks for all of us: "I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE."

Louder

Watch The Cure's Robert Smith serenade his wife at LA show

The Cure frontman Robert Smith was in a romantic mood in Los Angeles last month, so sang Plainsong to his wife at the side of the stage

Chicago Sun-Times

The Cure plays generous assortment of old and new at United Center

English rockers road-test deliciously depressing new fare alongside forlorn favorites and a sprinkling of whimsical gems.

Metal Hammer

Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Turnstile and more announced for Riot Fest 2023

Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age are set to headline Riot Fest in Chicago in September

ABC News

British band The Cure has many loyal female fans. What is it about this band that inspires such devotion?

The British post-punk band has many dedicated older female fans, but their fandom is not about fancying lead singer Robert Smith. It's much more interesting.

MusicRadar

"Sales don't mean anything. Seventeen Seconds sold less than 50,000. We had success later – it doesn’t mean those records are better than Seventeen Seconds”: The Cure’s Robert Smith on how to make it on your own terms

From the Archives: Robert Smith looks back on The Cure’s beginnings, their inevitable ending, and what he's learned along the way

The Independent UK

Deadpan Robert Smith interview resurfaces as The Cure singer celebrates 64th birthday

‘One of my absolute favourite clips of all time,’ one fan wrote

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