17 July 2026
Next Sunday it’s the big finale of the World Cup 2026
between Argentina and Spain.
The Cure‘s frontman Robert Smith isn’t impressed with the halftime
show, curated by Coldplay‘ orchestrater Chris Martin. See message
below.
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#MUGWANK
#pleasejustfuckoff
Goth Gods THE CURE have almost canned 3 longplayers according to their
orchestrator ROBERT SMITH, who told so to BBC Radio 6 yesterday (June 8).
Smith: “We did record three albums’ worth of songs, so the
second one is done, so that’s about to be delivered to Universal.
“The third one is weird, actually. Now I’ve been doing this, people think,
‘Ah, it’s because he’s been working with Olivia, because the third one is
actually really upbeat.
It’s really poppy, but it doesn’t compare melodically to the stuff that Olivia does,
but it’s my idea of Cure Pop. It’s probably 20 BPM slower than anything she does,
but compared to what we’ve done in the last couple of years, it’s really rocking.
It’s banging.”
This year’s TEENAGE CANCER TRUST benefit concert week in
the historic Royal Albert Hall in London is curated by The Cure‘s
Robert Smith.
The first edition not curated by event-founder
Roger Daltrey from The Who, who did it for
24 years.
2 December 2025
If you say so, Robert.
1 November 2025
Scottish romantic indies THE TWILIGHT SAD have been
around for a while, actually, since 2003. So far they have
released (only) 5 longplayers.
Despite a hiatus here and there, they always
came back and they’re still active to this day.
In the past they went on several tours with goth greats
The Cure on several occasions. That’s when Robert Smith
became a huge fan.
They’re back now with their first single in 6 years.
It’s called WAITING FOR THE TELEPHONE CALL
and Robert Smith plays guitar on it.
James Graham (bandleader) about the song: “Waiting For The Phone Call” is about
grief, love, and mental illness. These things took over my life, and I became ill. I lost the
person most important to me in one of the cruelest ways. I’ve always used writing as a
method of processing and coping with my emotions.
The past seven years had been both the escape and the opportunity to process and try and make sense of life. We’ve all been waiting on a phone call that can change our lives at some point. This unfortunately focuses on a phone call that you never want to have.”
It’s an intense rocker.
Dark, gloomy, and liberating.
Bone-chilling belter.
2026 TOUR
Top singles from the past
15 July 2025
THE CURE, named Malice (1976–1977) and Easy Cure (1977–1978)
before they became the band we all know scored multiple hits in
the past.
One of them IN BETWEEN DAYS (more than 221 million streams
on Spotify). It was released 40 years ago today, on 15 July 1985.
It featured on their LP The Head On The Door.
It was an international success (except in
America where it only got to No. 99).
In the UK, it was their 4th consecutive Top 20 hit. It was also
a Top 20 hit in Australia and New Zealand and several European
countries.
John Leland of Spin Magazine said, “It has the bittersweet feel of
a New Order record, with a hyperstrummed acoustic guitar for depth.
The boys even offer a genuine glimmer of hope, and the tune fairly
breezes by on its own momentum.”
“OMG, number 99 in America”
45prm singles on vinyl
25 June 2025
Band: THE GLOVE
Who: A short-lived project conceived by Robert Smith (The Cure‘s
frontman and Steven Severin (guitarist from Siouxsie and the Banshees)
with Jeanette Landray on vocals.
They recorded one LP, named Blue Sunshine in 1983.
PUNISH ME WITH KISSES was one of the two singles.
WATCH
Who wants one?
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
3 January 2025
Artwork ’40 Live: Curætion-25′ DVD’s
Following last year’s masterpiece Songs Of A Lost World goth God Robert Smith
talked in several interviews about THE CURE having two new LPs in the pipeline.
Now Smith told NME about one of the upcoming longplayers: “It has one song of grief on it which didn’t make it onto this album, which is a very, very old song which we’ve been playing for a long, long time called ‘It Can Never Be the Same’. And I think that this next album will have that song on because I think it’s about time. It used to be called ‘Christmas Without You’. “When I first wrote it, it was about my mum dying, but it’s mutated over the years and that’s actually turned into a really powerful live song. That would probably make it on.”
The song featured on 40 Live: Curætion-25 + Anniversary.
A 2019 box set including 2 DVDs/2 Blu-rays) and 4 CDs, with
live recordings from their 40-year anniversatry shows in 2018.
Wake-up people,
more sonic cures
to come in 2025.
IT CAN NEVER BE THE SAME
Full NME feature here.
