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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

The Cure frontman Robert Smith shares anti-monarchy cartoon: ‘Let them eat coronation quiche’

Singer is an outspoken critic of the British royal family

The Independent UK

Elderly shooter handed LIFE sentence aged 71 after gunning down three at church potluck

Robert Findlay Smith had been sitting alone at the Alabama dinner when a churchgoer approached him and offered him to join them - he declined and then pulled out a handgun, shooting and killing three people

Daily Mirror

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‘Let them eat coronation quiche’: The Cure frontman Robert Smith shares anti-monarchy cartoon

Singer is an outspoken critic of the British royal family

The Independent UK

Former Vikings RB Robert Smith is happy with the DeWayne McBride pick

Former Minnesota Vikings star running back Robert Smith really like what they go in seventh-round pick DeWayne McBride.

USA Today Sports Media Group

"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

Robert Smith to announce Minnesota Vikings day 2 draft pick

Former running back Robert Smith will announce the Minnesota Vikings' first day two selection in the NFL Draft.

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Lanarkshire driver used hammer to batter man who checked his hair in car mirror

Robert Smith claimed he thought that the victim was looking to see if there was anything to steal in the vehicle.

Daily Record

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

Smith Trace helmet review – a multi-disciplinary helmet featuring MIPS and Koroyd construction

Road, gravel or bikepacking, the Smith Optics Trace has been designed with versatility and safety in mind

Bike Perfect

Vending machines, forbidden colours and Scottish declarations – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

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

Cook County prosecutors drop case against man who spent nearly 30 years in jail for a double murder

David Wright had been convicted of killing two neighborhood friends, Tyrone Rockett and Robert Smith, in 1994. His confession was thrown out on appeal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Eubank Jr likely to be denied permission for revival of Conor Benn fight

The proposed revival of Conor Benn’s bout against Chris Eubank Jr is in danger of being derailed by the British Boxing Board of Control

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Man who helped woman cover up daughter's murder paroled

Robert Smith will be released from jail after 12 years for failing to seek medical attention for a six-year-old girl and helping her mother cover up her murder.

Louder

"It's over... tours are no longer fun" says Neil Young, as he lays into Ticketmaster on behalf of "ripped off fans"

"The old days are gone" writes Neil Young in criticism of ticketing giant

The Independent UK

Neil Young calls out Ticketmaster for its high ticket prices and fees

‘I get letters blaming me for $3,000 tickets for a benefit I am doing,’ singer says

Tribune News Service

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.

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Evening Standard

Ticketmaster offers partial refunds to The Cure fans over fees controversy

Ticketmaster has offered a partial refund to fans of The Cure after a controversy over high booking fees for the band’s upcoming US tour.

WEKU

Robert Smith of The Cure convinces Ticketmaster to give partial refunds, lower fees

The announcement came a day after Smith shared his frustrations with Ticketmaster, saying he was "sickened" by the company's fees. Fans who bought Cure tickets will get a $5-$10 refund.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - AU

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

Los Angeles Times

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.

Evening Standard

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

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

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