Friday, March 8, 2024

Teenage Cancer Trust posters for sale

"New in! A series of exclusive gig posters celebrating a History Of Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.
Designed and printed by incredibly talented creatives and autographed by some of the worlds greatest musicians."

All 4 of these prints are a limited edition of 25 each, and the autographed editions are signed by Robert Smith and Andy Vella.

https://shop.teenagecancertrust.org/prints/categories/gig-posters



Tuesday, March 5, 2024

A Conversation With Alison Shaw of Cranes

From Post-Punk:

Well, since we’re hinting at some vague things here – what’s the scoop on returning to America? Is that something we can look forward to in the coming years?

Ahh, well, I can’t say much at the moment, but I’ll give you a hint. Just recently we have been offered something in America and it’s looking very positive…

Well, I accept that you can’t tell us more, but that’s very promising news! We’ll stay tuned for some more details on that, if and when the time is right! So, here’s a more open ended question – do you have a favorite moment throughout all the years you’ve been together as a band? 

Favorite moment? Well, I mean obviously the tour with The Cure was completely awesome for us. I remember especially on the American leg of that tour, I remember just being happy every day, like every moment of every day, driving from city to city and playing these incredible arenas and auditoriums and stadiums, even…

How did that come about – how were you first approached by the band?

Apparently, Robert, and Simon had heard the Wings of Joy album, and they liked it. We had an agent at the time, and I think that’s how they approached us. We met them around that time, they did a few warm up shows before the tour, playing in much smaller venues in the UK. They played in our local town hall, which is called the Guild Hall in Portsmouth. We were invited to the show, and that’s where we met the band and that’s when they invited us on the tour.

Well, it was a perfect match, and obviously they’ve invited you back regularly since then, for the Trilogy shows and some other one-offs over the years. It seems like the door is always open!

Well, they’ve been so amazing to us over the years. Every few years we’ll get a call. I’ve chatted to Robert a few times recently, over email, and he’s really supportive of what we’re doing now. They’ll always be a really important part of our journey.

I’m so glad it’s still be so positive over the years. It seems like it’s a lifelong friendship with the two of you, and some of the other bands they’ve been friends with over the years, like And Also the Trees… 

Yeah, he’s pretty amazing…as you might imagine.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Health update from Roger

From Roger on Facebook:

"Thanks for all the kind messages of support just a quick update, Im about 60% through treatment and everything is going very well. I feel pretty good and looking forward to the Spring when I will be done. Working on lots of new musical projects with lots of interesting new people and instruments... X"

This is great to hear and I sincerely hope everything continues to go well. Can't wait to hear the new projects!

From Roger on Instagram

Jason Cooper Shows How He Drums and Jams With Sirishkumar | Masterclass

Michael Timmons covers Trust

My cover of 'Trust' by The Cure is out now. I recorded it live for a radio session (The Radio Off) in January. It's a beautiful song & a favourite of mine, I hope I've captured some of that beauty, and hope some of you like it 🩷 find it here: linktr.ee/MichaelTimmons

Zetra covers Burn

Thursday, February 15, 2024

NewDad's cover of Just Like Heaven

Slowdive talk about their love for The Cure

Nocturne for RSD too

As part of Record Store Day 2024 Nocturne is being reissued for the first time on 140g black vinyl. This limited edition release features new artwork, has been remastered from the original source tapes & cut at half speed at Abbey Road, all overseen by Siouxsie and Severin.

The Top picture disc for Record Store Day

OUT 20TH APRIL FOR RECORD STORE DAY. THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VERSION OF 'THE TOP', REMASTERED BY ROBERT SMITH AND AVAILABLE ON PICTURE DISC FOR THE FIRST TIME. RELEASED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WARCHILD INITIATIVE. SEE ALL THE RELEASES AT recordstoreday.lnk.to/RSD24-GLB #RSD24


Saturday, February 3, 2024

Bid on a Robert Smith stage-played and signed acoustic guitar.

The auction is today (Feb. 4th) at noon pacific, 3pm eastern, 8pm gmt.

There will be a livestream of the event here.

It's to benefit MusiCares and you can see the full list of  auction items here.


2021 Schecter Diamond Series, Robert Smith RS-1000 Stage Artist Edition signature model acoustic guitar, serial number C210609586, in black finish with moon and star inlays, in original hard case. The body of the guitar is signed in white marker "The Cure / 2023 / Robert Smith." Smith played this guitar on stage at The Cure's May 2023 Hollywood Bowl performance during the North American leg of their "Shows of a lost world" tour.

The tone knobs are taped over and the volume knob features a glow in the dark sticker, with additional glow in the dark stickers along the fretboard binding marking the frets.

44 x 18 x 8.5 inches

PROVENANCE Donated by Robert Smith

Bid here.

Last chance to get this print

From Heart Research UK:

Calling all Robert Smith and The Cure fans

This is our LAST sale of "IT'S JUST THE WAY I SMILE" YOU SAID … by Robert Smith.

You can buy A4 prints here 

And A3 prints here 

Message from Robert:

“I am very proud to be a patron of Heart Research UK – their determined focus on pioneering research into the understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease, and their drive to improve the heart health of the UK is inspiring.

Someone dies of heart diseases every 5 minutes in the UK – I have very sadly seen too many friends and family fall victim over the years.”