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28 years of news, rumors, minutiae about The Cure. Since June 1996. 🎶 I found you in a chain of flowers 🎶 https://craigjparker.blogspot.com
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2025 North American tour dates on sale now via www.peterhookandthelight.live 13 solo dates performing the ‘Get Ready’ album in full, followed by a second set of Joy Division/New Order hits. 1 headlining festival slot in Las Vegas performing the best of Joy Division. See you soon! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

From "Boys Don't Cry" to "Mint Car," see which of the West Sussex goth heroes' songs come out on top in Paste's greatest Cure songs ranking. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-cu...

Next month we’ll be coming to The Fleece in Bristol for the first time to support @smellybdrmm.bsky.social alongside @lemondazeband.bsky.social Tickets are on sale now through the link in our bio x

From @nightsswimming.bsky.social: It will be our first time playing Fleece Bristol on March 18th! We are thrilled to be supporting @smellybdrmm.bsky.social alongside Lemondaze Tonight at Thekla, supporting Heartworms, has sold out. We hope to see you this evening - doors are at 6:30pm x

The best tv series of all time. The best US director. The best soundtrack. The best price you will ever see for the definitive version of Twin Peaks. These will not last long. Twin Peaks on Death Waltz. David Lynch forever. Angelo Badalamenti forever. monorailmusic.com/product/twin...

@craigatcof.bsky.social #curespotting COLD ends episode Season 3 / Episode 3 of Yellowjackets on Showtime / Paramount+

10 debut albums by great artists that aren't their best Sometimes your debut doesn't always demonstrate your potential - here are 10 debuts that paved the way for future masterpieces. www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-l...

The Cure's Songs of a Live World debuts at #6 on the Official UK Vinyl Albums Chart. www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl...

We’ll be returning to Tramshed Cardiff in Wales on 21 June 2025 for a special one off warm up show before we play Forever Now festival. Tickets on General Sale: Friday 28 Feb 2025 at 9am. Pre- Sale tickets sign up to our newsletter before 5pm on Tuesday 25 February 2025: themarychain.com/sign-up

We're excited to have our friends Drab Majesty back out on the road with us in Europe this March/April! They will be joining us for all shows, except Leipzig. There are still some tickets left in Leipzig, Wiesbaden and Nantes -> slowdiveofficial.com #Slowdive #Slowdive2025

We are playing Gezgin Salon Festival at Parkorman in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 29th. Tickets and info -> www.passo.com.tr/en/event/gez... #Slowdive #Slowdive2025

All men have secrets and here is mine So let it be known THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? #TheSmiths

Could their debut be The Smiths' most underrated album? 🤔

Andy Vella: How I designed the artwork for Songs of a Lost World Designer and long-time Cure collaborator Andy Vella joins us with an overview of his creative approach to the visual concept, sleeve, campaign, and the impact it's had.

Q&A from @theguardian.com - PLEASE don't make a fuss about the headline, which neither I nor the journalist is responsible for. It was one comment in an hour-long conversation. Oh, and also "indie legend". 😂 But I sympathise - subs are told to clickbait! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

20th Feb 1984 - The Smiths release their debut album. I know some people complain about the production and keyboards, however as the first Smiths record I owned it sounds perfect to me. #TheSmiths

GIG ALERT - FRIDAY, Feb 21st, guitarist Reeves Gabrels of The Cure plays with Club d'Elf at The Falcon in Marlboro NY nr Poughkeepsie. All ages. Doors & dinner 5:30 pm & music 7:30 pm. Moroccan-tinged dub-trance-jazz. Reserve at (845) 236-7970. No cover; band is paid by audience donation. Join us.

ICMYI - we’re off to Europe in the next few weeks, headlining two shows in Paris 🇫🇷 and Antwerp 🇧🇪 super excited to come and visit! Tickets available in bio d&b xx

Florida! We'll see you in September for Sing Out Loud Festival 2025. Tickets & info: www.singoutloudfestival.com

Tickets are now on sale for our return to Athens, Greece to perform live at Death Disco Festival, which takes place on September 20th & 21st of 2025. 🇬🇷 Get your tickets now via www.peterhookandthelight.live

From Bleach Lab: TOMORROW NIGHT We've well and truly defrosted and cannot wait to play our first show of the year for you @lowerthirdsoho Expect new music and dreamy vibes, see you there Doors @ 7pm @wearehalfhappy - 7:45pm Us - 8:45pm 📷: @alexesden

🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇺 We’ve added two new shows after the huge response for tickets last week! Tickets on sale NOW → daltours.cc/slowdive All shows are selling fast, and no additional shows can be added, unfortunately. #slowdive #slowdive2025

This is outrageous.

Remember Robert Smith's appearance on South Park? How did the Cure frontman get involved with one of TV's most outrageous shows?

27 years ago tonight, Feb. 18th 1998, Robert Smith saved South Park from the terror of Mecha-Streisand.

From @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social: We've collaborated with Gibson on limited edition t-shirts,hoodies and caps featuring a new design by Jamie Hewlett which stars Johnny Marr’s ‘84 Les Paul Standard! 👀💙From 21 Feb, you can get yours from #GibsonGarageLondon, Gibson.com and teenagecancertrust.org

Note that they say Lola is the final announcement of performers for the show, so if you were hoping for a Cure performance at the BRITs, it's not happening.

From Official Charts: Following their recent Number 1 success, The Cure's new live album is about to impact the Official Chart. "Further expected new entries midweek including The Cure’s live album Songs Of A Live World – Troxy London MMXX (33)" www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/m...

40 Years of the Cure’s First True Surrealist Pop Album Forty-year-old The Head on the Door propelled the Cure toward arena stature with its musical cohesion and a collection of hallucinatory yet accessible songs.

From @menitrust.bsky.social: Europe! We are coming to see you. Through mist and moonlight, come as you are🌛 More dates coming soon. General on sale: Fri 21st Feb, 10am local menitrust.com

The Cure have gigged in 43/47 counties of England, missing out only on Cumbria, Northumberland, Herefordshire and Rutland (4 of the 7 least populated) Robert has holidayed in Cumbria's Lake District Unclear if he has visited the other 3 which would make him a rare completionist of counties ticked 🤓

Cure Gigs by US State 1980-2023

Can’t wait to be back in Spain very soon with our ‘Substance’ live tour! 🇪🇸 Please note, Madrid venue has changed from Shôko to Wagon (Sala LAB) - all original tickets remain valid for the new venue. Tickets for Valencia/Madrid/Barcelona available via www.peterhookandthelight.live

Eddie Murphy as Tracy Morgan is the best part of #SNL50 🤣

#SabrinaCarpenter and #PaulSimon open up the #SNL50 show with a beautiful rendition of "Homeward Bound." Paul: "I sang this song with George Harrison on SNL in 1976." Sabrina: "I was not born then...and neither were my parents."

Morrissey • Suedehead Why do you come here? And why, why do you hang around? Released 15.02.1988. An absolutely superb return for Morrissey following the breakup of The Smiths. Co-written by Morrissey and Stephen Street, the band also featured Vini Reilly on guitar. #Morrissey #StephenStreet

Ollie's been busy mixing a collab track we're doing with Lol and Gray Tolhurst for the EU tour - we'll be playing it live together and are looking forward to releasing it for your listening pleasure! Tix at mikistuff.com/live

We’re excited to return to Las Vegas in May to headline Punk Rock Bowling Festival as part of our 2025 North American tour… The day splits for the festival have just been announced. Single day tickets will go on sale from February 22nd via www.punkrockbowling.com www.peterhookandthelight.live

Released on this day in 1993 - I Feel You by @depechemode What on earth is this? Drums? Guitars? Beards? Why is Martin wearing his tracky bottoms for a video shoot? Is that the woman from 2 Up 3 Down? WHAT? Read all about it: almostpredictablealmost1.blogspot.com/2021/05/depe... #DepecheMode

Joy Division/New Order have been nominated for the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The fan vote is open now, here: vote.rockhall.com

New Substack post to mark the anniversary of the All About Eve debut album. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Cure - November 1 2024 - Troxy - London, UK 📷 Sony Alpha 7 III #thecure #showsofalostworld #songsofalostworld #troxy #albumreleaseshow #reevesgabrels @reevesgabrels.bsky.social @thecure.com

The Cure - November 1 2024 - Troxy - London, UK 📷 Sony Alpha 7 III #thecure #showsofalostworld #songsofalostworld #troxy #albumreleaseshow #robertsmith #simongallup #reedit @robert.thecure.com @thecure.com

Here's one that Bluesky hasn't seen yet but is up on my other socials.. The Cure - November 1 2024 - Troxy - London, UK 📷 Sony Alpha 7 III #thecure #showsofalostworld #songsofalostworld #troxy #albumreleaseshow #robertsmith @robert.thecure.com @thecure.com