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Shirley Manson to guest curate 2027 Teenage Cancer Trust shows at Royal Albert Hall

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson will lead the 2027 Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, taking over from Robert Smith after his hugely successful 2026 run.

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Garbage singer Shirley Manson honoured to curate Teenage Cancer Trust shows

‘I consider it an immense privilege to continue helping raise funds and awareness for our all-too-often-forgotten teenagers,’ says Manson

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Garbage singer Shirley Manson to curate next year’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs

To mark the announcement, a video has been released of Garbage’s performance of The Cure’s Lovesong when they played at this year’s event in March.

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“When I was growing up, there was peer pressure on you to conform to be a certain way. And as an English boy at the time, you’re encouraged not to show your emotion”: How the young Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s definitive songs

The band’s first song to pass one billion streams on Spotify

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“You know all the words to Just Like Heaven, and I know why he wrote them now”: Olivia Rodrigo still has The Cure’s Robert Smith on her mind on new single, Drop Dead

Lyrical reference follows Rodrigo and Smith’s Glastonbury collab last year

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Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

On this giddy first taste of the US pop star’s third album, she sets aside her rock bona fides to revel in the opulent flush of a crush-come-true. But why does it seem so doomed?

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Pastor charged with manslaughter after baptism death, says victim was ‘dancing with Jesus’

Her comments may come under scrutiny in court.

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Pastor charged with manslaughter after man drowns during baptism ceremony

Cheryl Bartley, 48, was charged with one count of gross negligence manslaughter in relation to her role as a pastor during the baptism

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Woman charged with manslaughter after man drowns during baptism

Robert Smith, 61, died during the ceremony which was filmed and livestreamed on the church’s Facebook page

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Pastor charged over drowning of man at baptism ceremony in Birmingham

Cheryl Bartley is charged with gross negligence manslaughter after 2023 death of Robert Smith, 61

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"English people don't really want to feel that much." The curious tale of Robert Smith's least favourite Cure album, despite him telling the world "anyone who doesn't like this just doesn't like the Cure"

"More passion went into the making of this record than all the others combined"

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Wolf Alice at the Albert Hall: Brit Award winners delight fans at Teenage Cancer Trust gig after Brit Awards success

Singer Ellie Rowsell said she was ‘so happy’ to be performing at the historic London venue

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Garbage cover The Cure at London gig for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Placebo also played a stripped-down set at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Manic Street Preachers cover The Cure at London gig

The Welsh rockers were playing the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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"Eyes pop, brains explode, jaws smack hard on the venue floor." Mogwai summon a post-rock apocalypse in London's most refined concert hall by invitation of The Cure's Robert Smith

Glasgow's finest are more than words at Teenage Cancer Trust fundraiser

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Sir Roger Daltrey makes surprise appearance as Robert Smith honoured at Teenage Cancer Trust shows

Sir Roger Daltrey presented Robert Smith with an award for guest‑curating this year’s fundraising events.

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Mogwai hail ‘special’ experience at Teenage Cancer Trust show

The band, formed in Glasgow in 1995, played at the Royal Albert Hall in a show curated by The Cure’s Robert Smith.

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Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night at the Royal Albert Hall review: fizzing with comedic talent

4/5 This who’s who of big names took off thanks to Maisie Adam and Stewart Lee

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Stand-up comedians raise a laugh and money for Teenage Cancer Trust

Robert Smith of The Cure has curated a week of shows at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Elbow at Royal Albert Hall: Teenage Cancer Trust gigs kick off in emotive fashion

5/5 Elbow blew the roof off the Royal Albert Hall as the Teenage Cancer Trust shows began in suitably special style

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Elbow’s Guy Garvey: ‘My advice for life? Have as much sex as possible’

INTERVIEW: The Manchester legends are headlining the Royal Albert Hall in London for this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust shows. Garvey catches up with Roisin O’Connor on marriage, fatherhood, gig etiquette and why life just keeps getting better

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“Although most of the songs on those two albums aren't really aimed at my demographic, they're all so good that it's hard not to fall in love with them”: The Cure’s Robert Smith gushes over Olivia Rodrigo, and says that they’ve been in the studio together

Rodrigo, meanwhile, says that her new album is 70% done

The Guardian - UK

‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on birth, death and breakdown

In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure

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Guy Garvey says Elbow are working on new album ahead of Teenage Cancer Trust gig

The band have started writing their 11th studio album, as they prepare to perform a concert in aid of the charity at the Royal Albert Hall next week.

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