How Robert Smith of the Cure Became Rock’s Most Dogged Activist
With his band’s first new album in 16 years out Friday, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and ...
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"Robert Smith is beyond passionate": Polydor's Ben Mortimer on The Cure's triumphant return to No.1
It was very much a case of Friday, The UK's In Love for The Cure, as the iconic group ... More than 32 years after their only previous No.1 album, Robert Smith’s band marked an emphatic return ...
Robert Smith Is ‘Not Letting This Go’ on Affordable Tickets
Robert Smith opened up about the notorious stance he took against predatory ticketing practices for the Cure‘s North America ...
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Robert Smith Celebrates The Cure’s First #1 Album In 32 Years
Cure mastermind Robert Smith celebrated that achievement in a new email newsletter from the band. “It is enormously uplifting ...
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The Cure Creates an Unrelentingly Sad and Singular Universe on ‘Songs for a Lost World’: Album Review
If I told you 40 years ago, when the Cure was in the midst of its new-wave ... Though the bleakly beloved Robert Smith was notorious for tensely flanged, existential rants such as “One Hundred ...
The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ album review: an exquisite unveiling of impending finality
In their latest record, the gloomy conviction of The Cure rings on, presenting a reminder that they will always be lurking in a haze of ominous questions.
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Robert Smith reveals wife Mary helped finalise The Cure’s ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ tracklist
The Cure‘s Robert ... Stephens, Smith opened up about how his wife helped him to put the record together. He said: “I was finishing the doom and gloom ones… and [Mary] said no, no, no ...
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Robert Smith names one song from each The Cure album that would fit on ‘Songs Of A Lost World’
Smith was asked by BBC Radio DJ Matt Everitt what his top 10 Cure songs of all time were. “There’s no such thing as my 10 favourite Cure songs. If I answer now I’d change it halfway though ...
The Cure singer and emo icon Robert Smith says he struggles to write songs about death now that he's older
Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but nowadays the musician is finding it harder to write about songs about death.
The Cure's Robert Smith: 'Singing new album live helps me grieve'
The goth icons played two sets at the BBC in support of their new record, Songs Of A Lost World.