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 Louder · Jun 12, 2023
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. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2023
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 Metal Hammer · May 16, 2023
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. ABC News · May 15, 2023
"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 MusicRadar · Apr 30, 2023
Deadpan Robert Smith interview resurfaces as The Cure singer celebrates 64th birthday ‘One of my absolute favourite clips of all time,’ one fan wrote The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
The Cure's Robert Smith steps up crusade on secondary ticket sales The Cure have cancelled thousands of tickets on secondary resale websites, says frontman Robert Smith Louder · Apr 4, 2023
Seymour Stein, music mogul who discovered Madonna, Talking Heads and more, dies aged 80 Influential executive co-founded Sire Records and signed Lou Reed, the Ramones and introduced the Smiths and the Cure to the US The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023
‘Tours are no longer fun’: Neil Young lambasts Ticketmaster for ripping off fans Singer-songwriter says ‘the old days are gone’ amid wider consternation at ticketing company’s pricing policies The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
‘They’re an endurance test!’ Will Taylor Swift begin the era of the three-hour concert? With cash-strapped fans eager for epic setlists, Swift isn’t the only artist doing extra-long gigs – but performers and fans alike will need to toughen up The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023
Robert Smith, man of the people, finds a cure for Ticketmaster's ills An unlikely hero has emerged in the great war on Ticketmaster fees, effecting change which could reverberate throughout the concert industry. Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023
Lovecats vs Fat Cats: The Cure’s Robert Smith says Ticketmaster will partly refund fees for The Cure shows Site apparently agreed that fees, which more than doubled price of tickets, were ‘unduly high’ The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023
The Cure’s Robert Smith convinces Ticketmaster to refund ‘unduly high’ fees after fan anger Ticketing giant will refund $10 to fans who bought cheapest tickets on the band’s US tour, and $5 to everyone else after frontman asks for an explanation The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023
The Cure's Robert Smith is 'as sickened as you' by Ticketmaster's latest fees debacle Scoring tickets to watch the Cure perform live should be just like heaven ... but Ticketmaster is making the process hell for fans. Los Angeles Times · Mar 16, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2023 Morning Mail: AI cracks government ‘voiceprint’ security, Aukus nimby anger, Cure sick at ticket rorts Technology exposes security flaw in voice identification system used by Centrelink; Wollongong gears up for nuclear fight; Ticketmaster fees criticised
Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023 The Cure’s Robert Smith slams Ticketmaster for high ticket cost for band’s US concert The rocker isn’t happy with the ticket-selling website after fans met with eye-watering fees
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023 The Cure: Robert Smith tells fans he is ‘sickened’ by Ticketmaster fees as US tour goes on sale The frontman said that artists had no way to limit the ticketing giant’s fees but his band had declined to participate in the ‘greedy scam’ of dynamic pricing
Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023 The Cure announce first North American tour in 7 years NEW YORK — The Cure will play their first North American tour since 2016 this summer, highlighted by three shows at Madison Square Garden in mid-June.
The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023 Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began Throughout its 27 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2026 event
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2022 New Orleans craft cocktail recipe book ‘a love letter to the city’ “Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em,” by Bodenheimer is full of recipes for cocktails created at Cure, the craft cocktail bar he founded in 2009.
Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022 The Cure at OVO Arena Wembley - an impassioned performance from a band that cares as deeply as it ever did This is no nostalgia act, the band’s creative restlessness may well be the secret of its longevity
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022 The Cure review – the doyens of doom A devoted multi-generational audience aren’t disappointed as Robert Smith and band double down on desolations old and new
Leeds Live · Dec 7, 2022 Music legends The Cure deliver epic 27-song set at Leeds First Direct Arena The Cure performed a wonderful 27-song set of their biggest hits at Leeds First Direct Arena
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 The Cure review – top goths tease their bleak but beautiful new album Robert Smith and his men in black deliver haunting headphone music on a megadome scale in a sprawling set of greatest hits and tasters of the upcoming Songs of a Lost World
The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022 New Orleans cocktail book shows city's elegant drink side A new book from the owner of a New Orleans craft cocktail bar is showing readers an elegant look at cocktails in a city known for drinking excess