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Lupe Fiasco, The Cure and More Light Up 2009 Coachella Festival Day 3
April 20, 2009 02:04:56Day three of this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was glittered by star-studded performances, including appearances from rapper Lupe Fiasco. Among other songs performed by Lupe at the event were "Kick Push" and "Streets on Fire".
After that, Somali-Canadian artist K'Naan appeared on one of the festival's smaller tents. He entertained concertgoers at the concert with such tracks as "If Rap Gets Jealous" and "T.I.A.", which come from his third studio album "Troubadour".
Paul McCartney, The Cure, The Killers and More Lined Up for 2009 Coachella Festival
January 31, 2009 10:01:17Performers lineup for this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been announced, and Paul McCartney, The Cure as well as The Killers are among those signed up to perform at the annual event. In regard of the upcoming show, McCartney says to be thrilled stating, "I'm really excited to get out there and rock!"
Other musicians set to entertain music lovers during the festival to take place at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. include Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Amy Winehouse. Franz Ferdinand and The Ting Tings are both confirmed to sing on the first day of the festival, April 17, while Amy Winehouse will be performing the following day.
The Cure Christen Thirteenth Album '4:13 Dream'
August 30, 2008 10:08:24The Cure's thirteenth studio album will be named "4:13 Dream" and will be released on October 14 in U.S. No explanation given for the title's meaning, but the Geffen album has been circling on the number thirteen, releasing its singles in the past four months on every date 13.
Prior to the album's street date, an EP containing remixes of all the four spawned singles from the set will be put in the market first on September 13. The EP, which is called "Hypnagogic States" features the remixes by Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars, Jade Pudget of AFI, My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump. Artist royalties from the EP sale will go to The International Red Cross.
Video Premiere: The Cure's 'The Perfect Boy'
August 14, 2008 03:08:44Circling around the number 13, The Cure have chosen to spawn singles on the particular date in anticipation of their thirteenth album's release. Another single, "The Perfect Boy" has been lifted from the long-delayed album on August 13, marking itself as the fourth one. On the same day, a black and white music video is released in support.
The upcoming album will be the band's first release in four years after releasing a self-titled album in 2004. It was meant to be a double album due to its 33 final pieces but frontman Robert Smith decided to cut it half for another album. The thirteenth album is scheduled to hit the stores on October 13.
The Cure Set 13th for New Singles Release Date
May 02, 2008 04:05:36A unique and new method will be done by The Cure regarding the release of their new untitled 13th album. Before the upcoming album is released in September, they plan to drop a new single each month starting from May 13.
Moreover, the unique thing is not only that they will they release a new single each month until the album hit the stores but they also have set 13 as the release date of each and every song. Beside the official tracks they will also add a B-side to be released along with their new singles.
The Cure Auctioning Guitar for West Memphis Three
December 11, 2007 03:12:10Another musician has decided to lend a hand on the ongoing case of West Memphis Three. Robert Smith and his band The Cure donated a signed guitar which will be auctioned so that money from its sale can benefit the legal proceedings.
The guitar that is up for bidding is a Schecter RS-1000 acoustic that is personally designed by Smith and signed by the four members of the band. The specifications are "maple body with spruce top, maple and rosewood neck and specially designed white pearl moon and star inlays".
Need More Time for New Project, The Cure Postpone Fall Tour
August 25, 2007 12:08:02
Time is all The Cure need right now. Leading to perfection, an amount of time is necessary to complete their new album, which is now confirmed to be a double CD. And for that North American Tour this fall will have to be pushed back.
The new trek is dated as far as April and May next year. The post in the band's website read, "The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn't enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction."
The Cure's 13th Album Postponed to 2008
August 10, 2007 12:08:04
Still with uncertain release date, The Cure's 13th studio album is being postponed again to next spring, announced the band's label Geffen. The album that is planned to be a double pack is reported unfinished.
"The album got pushed to 2008, more like an April/May release. Robert is still recording," a spokeswoman from Geffen said on Thursday (August 9) in reference to frontman Robert Smith. The follow up to 2004's self-titled album was initially slated for this May but was postponed to October, presumably because Robert had difficulty in writing the lyrics, as he stated last year.
A Double CD for The Cure's 13th Record?
July 10, 2007 01:07:39
The Cure might have a double album for the price of one for their next album. Frontman Robert Smith is still considering to put his remix and other's in a single package but not making it for a commercial purpose.
Smith told Billboard magazine, “What will probably happen is that a double album will come out like a limited edition, mixed by me, a single-disc version, which I assume will be primarily chosen by the label, might get mixed by someone else in order to have a different thing."
The Cure Promoting Untitled Album in Tour
June 25, 2007 10:06:04
After having a three-year absent, The Cure is back on road. The British rock act will kick off in a one-month jaunt to promote their latest 'mysterious' album.
The band chooses to embark from Tampa, Fla on September 13 and wrap up a month later on October 17 in Dallas. This tour will see the comeback of guitarist Porl Thompson who left the lots in 1993 and re-joined in 1995. That makes the band's current line-up as Robert Smith in vocal, Simon Gallup in bass and Jason Cooper in drum.
More Line-Ups Heading to 2007's Download Fest
May 30, 2007 01:05:36
The 2007 Download Festival is adding some new artists to their already attention-grabbing line-up. The Cure, Kings of Leon, AFI and Neko Case are the acts that will join previously announced Modest Mouse, Incubus, The Shins and Wolf Parade.
More detailed arrangement of line-up for each day in the festival has also been announced. Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade, Band of Horses and Case will play the first part at Boston's Tweeter Center on August 18. The next show on August 5 at Washington's Gorge Amphitheatre will be filled with Modest Mouse again and others like Incubus, The Thermals, Nada Surf and Heavenly States.
Ashlee Simpson and The Cure in One Album?
April 03, 2007 04:04:37
An unlikely pair has teamed up for collaboration in an album. English rock band The Cure agreed to help pop singer Ashlee Simpson working on her third album after the band attended her show as Roxie Hart in musical "Chicago".
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy stands in the middle of the two but denied any participation on the alliance. "I doubt I had anything to do with it, 'cause they were friends since she was performing in Chicago. But I definitely only have good things to say about Ash--I think the collaboration could be great," he said.
The Cure to Start Recording New Album In January
November 19, 2005 11:11:44While Robert Smith, the frontman of music group The Cure, has been busy working on a number of archival projects, he reveals that his band will in January next year hit the studio to record its next album. "We will now not be in the studio 'for real' until January 2006. But we are still on course for a summer release, as it's all in the preparation," Smith posted on the band's website (http://www.thecure.com).
As to everybody to know, the as yet titled new set will mark The Cure's first project since losing keyboardist Roger O'Donnell and guitarist Perry Bamonte, who left the band earlier this year. Besides, it will also be the first release since former guitarist Porl Thompson rejoined the group.
The "Incomplete" Cure
May 30, 2005 09:05:25The Cure is now incomplete as its two members, keyboardist Roger O'Donnell and guitarist Perry Bamonte, decided to exit the U.K. rock act, leaving the band they've been worked together for nearly 20 years. On his Web site (http://www.rogerodonnell.com) O'Donnell wrote "As of Tuesday this week I am no longer a member of the Cure. It was sad to find out after nearly 20 years the way I did but then I should have expected no less or more."
Concerning O'Donnell and Bamonte's exit from The Cure, the band Web site confirmed that others could be part of the lineup. The new replacements, who will later work along with Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, and Jason Cooper, will then be unveiled on August 5 when the Cure play a festival in Castellon, Spain. Moreover, the band is also confirmed for festival dates in France, Switzerland and Turkey.
