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“I was driving home, and I thought of this chord sequence. I was about 20 minutes away from the studio. I turned around and went back”: Robert Smith on the flash of inspiration that shaped the Cure's biggest hit

Proving beyond doubt that the band's range extended far beyond dense, brooding epics, it remains the Cure song to reference for those who know only of the band's name and maybe their frontman's inimitable hairdo

Guitar World

The Rolling Stones release song with Robert Smith and video with Anya Taylor-Joy

Both songs feature an appearance from former Spencer Davis Group and Traffic musician Steve Winwood on keys.

Evening Standard

Isle of Wight 2026 review – Magnificent, mighty The Cure once again prove themselves to be one of our greatest bands

4/5 Calvin Harris provides the dopamine and Teddy Swims and Liverpool’s Luvcat also give stand-out sets, but the biggest highlight has to be Robert Smith, on extraordinary form as his band headline the Sunday night

The Independent UK

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Olivia Rodrigo admits she panicked before Glastonbury headline set when the field looked empty

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed she briefly feared no one had turned up to her Glastonbury headline slot after her friends told her there was a nearly empty field just minutes before she walked onstage.

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Robert Smith, CEO of Vista Equity Partners, makes plea to businesses adopting AI: ‘Don’t destroy your intern program’

Robert F. Smith, who has made a career in technology, said young people must be part of companies’ workforces.

Fortune

Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good

Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craft

The Guardian - UK

Baptism Ceremony Ends In Death As Pastor Heads For Manslaughter Trial

A Birmingham pastor has been sent towards a manslaughter trial after Robert Smith drowned during a baptism ceremony, with a date now fixed for next June.

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Olivia Rodrigo, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review: An extraordinary tale of heartbreak from a generational talent

5/5 US artist scatters warning signs through the first side of the album in a way that feels pre-emptive, like she should have seen them all along

The Independent UK

Olivia Rodrigo shares lyric change she made to new album after Louis Partridge break-up

Singer was dating the English actor for two years before they split in December 2025

The Independent UK

"She’s banging out songs, saying ‘what do you think of this?’ And I’m like, ‘it’s great’. I’m not really sure, but it took me 16 years to do the last album!'": Robert Smith can't match Olivia Rodrigo's work rate but teases 'dismal' and 'poppy' Cure albums

"I’m slightly in awe at how easy she finds it all. It’s not really comparable to how I do things"

MusicRadar

No Glastonbury, no problem: Here are eight European music festivals you can still book this summer

Most of Europe's music festivals have sold out, but there are plenty you can still get tickets for across the continent.

Euronews

“I just can’t believe that this song exists with the person that it exists with”: Olivia Rodrigo confirms new song, What's Wrong With Me, featuring Robert Smith, then immediately sings it live with him during her surprise set at Primavera Sound

The pair previously sang together at the Glastonbury festival last year

MusicRadar

Grave in Norfolk of 119 sailors may be exhumed due to coastal erosion threat

Bodies were buried in Happisburgh after HMS Invincible sank in 1801 on way to join Nelson at Battle of Copenhagen

The Guardian - UK

“I just love them and they inspire me to be weirder and more myself”: Olivia Rodrigo names her current favourite band and says that their divisive 1996 record is “the only album I listen to these days”

“I was so lucky to get to perform with them at Lollapalooza last year,” she adds

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"Wait till you hear the s**t Keith’s playing. It’s unbelievable." Rolling Stones producer Andrew Watt says the band's forthcoming Foreign Tongues is "rawer" than Hackney Diamonds

Prepare to be excited for the summer release of Foreign Tongues

Louder

"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

MusicRadar

“I told them I was dying and they didn’t believe me. I could tell by the look on my doctor’s face that there was something very, very wrong with me”: Robert Smith on the madness and the magic of The Cure’s early days

The goth legends’ ‘Doom Trilogy’ was aptly named

MusicRadar

“Honestly, this song, The Cure, has nothing to do with the band, The Cure”: Olivia Rodrigo gives the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking about her new single

“I think it's like a new perspective that I haven't really had the maturity maybe to express before in earlier albums,” she says

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Olivia Rodrigo reveals what The Cure is really about

Olivia Rodrigo has insisted her new song The Cure isn't about the band of the same name even though she's good pals with frontman Robert Smith.

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“It’s my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made”: Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else?

The second single from her upcoming third album lands on Friday

Evening Standard

Satisfaction for Mick Jagger as 29-storey tower by the Thames blocked

A planning battle over the proposed 100m tower has raged for over two years

The Independent UK

When should you get a mammogram? The latest information amid conflicting advice

Information around routine mammograms in the US is confusing. Here is what you need to know

Evening Standard

The Rolling Stones perform as younger selves in new CGI music video

The video shows de-aged versions of the trio performing their new song In The Stars.

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Rolling Stones reveal Foreign Tongues tracklist - with every title translated into a different language

The Rolling Stones have unveiled the full tracklist for their new album Foreign Tongues, featuring multilingual song titles.

The Guardian - UK

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