Robert Smith: Last News

Gaz Coombes has spoken about taking Valium on a flight with The Cure‘s Robert Smith, who was his hero growing up.The Supergrass frontman and soloist in his own name was being quizzed in NME‘s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! feature recently when he recalled hanging out with Smith while on a flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.When NME asked Coombes (who formerly covered The Cure songs in his old band, The Jennifers) what it felt like to learn that Smith regarded him as a younger version of himself, he answered: “It means loads, man! He was on a bedroom wall when I was 10/11-years-old.”Coombes continued: “Seven years later, I’m sat next to [Smith] on a flight to Rio.

The Twilight Sad‘s James Graham has launched a new project under the moniker Gentle Sinners.READ MORE: The Twilight Sad on the legacy of Scott Hutchison and being Robert Smith’s favourite bandThe Scottish band, whose most recent album ‘It Won/t Be Like This All The Time’ arrived in 2019, took to Instagram today (November 18) to announce that their frontman is now part of a new project.The announcement comes with the release of the project’s first single, ‘Killing This Time’.“Am I telling you everything?/ No I’m not/ Standing in the same place how am I lost/ Taking on their problems but at what cost?/ Am telling you everything/ No I’m not,” Graham sings on the song.“This is where you wanted me/ You’ve lucked out you can’t believe/ Hanging

Simon Gallup has seemingly confirmed that he has re-joined The Cure.Back in August, bassist Gallup said he left the band “with a slightly heavy heart,” writing that he’s “fed up of betrayal.”Gallup joined the band in 1979 following a stint playing in Robert Smith’s side-project Cult Hero. After leaving the band in 1982, he rejoined in 1984, and is The Cure’s second longest-serving member behind Smith.“With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure!” Gallup wrote in a public post on his personal Facebook account last night (August 14).

Chvrches‘ Ian Cook has opened up about the pleasure of working with The Cure legend Robert Smith, calling the singer “really hands-on” and “technical” in their collaboration on ‘How Not To Drown’.The Scottish trio – also including singer Lauren Mayberry and Martin Doherty, both of whom spoke about ‘How Not To Drown’ as being reflective on low points in their lives prior to working with their “all-time hero” for the ‘Screen Violence’ single.Speaking to musicfeeds in a new interview, Cook said: “The exchanges were surprising in that he is like super, super detailed and really technical.

The Cure is minus its bass player.

The Cure is losing a member.

Ethan Shanfeld The Cure bassist Simon Gallup announced on Saturday that he is leaving the band.“With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure! Good luck to them all,” Gallup wrote on Facebook. Responding to a comment asking if the departure is health-related, Gallup said, “I’m ok… just got fed up of betrayal.”The Cure has not yet commented on Gallup’s exit, but in 2018, frontman Robert Smith told the Irish Times that if Gallup were to leave the band, “it wouldn’t be called the Cure.”In 2019, Smith told NME, “For me, the heart of the live band has always been Simon, and he’s always been my best friend.

Chvrches have shared a new single called ‘Good Girls’ and with it details of a UK tour for next March.The Scottish trio, fronted by Lauren Mayberry, premiered the song as Hottest Record on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show today (July 12).

The Cure frontman Robert Smith has delivered a new remix of his recently-released collaboration with Chvrches, ‘How Not To Drown’.The sprawling remix, which reaches over seven minutes in length, strips back most of the original’s explosive production making way for a more ominous feel.‘How Not To Drown’ is the second single we’ve heard from Chvrches’ imminent fourth album, ‘Screen Violence’, due out in August 27.Listen to Smith’s remix of the song below:In a statement posted to social media at the time of the original’s release, Chvrches lead Lauren Mayberry explained how the song’s lyrics represent the only time she ever wanted to quit the band.“These lyrics are about a time when I just wanted to disappear, and the only time I ever thought

Chvrches have spoken about their new single collaboration with The Cure‘s Robert Smith, revealing that he was always their top choice among musicians alive or dead.The band, who are this week’s NME cover stars, said that the slim chance their hero would agree to sing on one of their songs was a pinch-me moment in their decade-long career.Singer Lauren Mayberry recalled to NME that she and bandmate Martin Doherty got drunk on wine one Halloween and received an email from Smith containing his vocal recordings for what would become their collaborative track, ‘How Not To Drown’.She described the moment as “the most Cure-lore thing to ever happen”, since it fell on arguably the gothiest day of the year.Doherty said that he could have been

Robert Smith has been working on an album of “just noise”. Although, you may be pleased to learn, that won’t be one of the two albums The Cure are planning to release in the near future.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry and Martin Doherty have reflected on their latest release ‘How Not To Drown’, featuring The Cure’s Robert Smith, explaining what the milestone collaboration means for them.On social media, Doherty said the song’s release marked the “proudest moment of [his] life in music”, having worked with his musical idol, Smith.“I don’t remember where I was, but I remember how I felt. Depressed, anxious, isolated and as usual, engaging in the only thing that could bring me enough equilibrium to get through the day and play the show.

The Cure frontman Robert Smith has further alluded to the release of a noise album in a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe.Smith featured in the interview alongside CHVRCHES, having just teamed up to release the single ‘How Not To Drown’, ahead of the band’s new album ‘Screen Violence’. Speaking to Lowe, the singer said he didn’t want to release an “hour’s worth of noise” as the band’s first record in more than a decade, so it will be a solo release.“I’ve always wanted to do an hour’s worth of noise, and I didn’t want it… The Cure, you wait ten years and then we bring out an album that’s just noise.

The Cure’s Robert Smith is selling a piece of special artwork for the Heart Research UK charity.The piece of artwork, entitled ‘I WILL KISS YOU FOREVER…’, was originally created last year for the charity’s annual anonymous heART project, which invites a number of artists and celebrities to create original art on an A5 postcard anonymously, with buyers only discovering the identity of the creator upon purchasing.Now, Smith’s artwork created for the project, which sold for over £5,000 at the one-off event, is being reproduced and sold on eBay, with all proceeds again going to Heart Research UK.After high demand for the artwork, A4 and A3 prints are now being sold for £25 and £50 respectively.

British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith hopes to announce early this week that the sport can return in February.

Brandi Carlile.Of course, the Bee Gees have been covered by a host of other artists over the years, while also collaborating on hits for youngest Gibb brother Andy —  including “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” and “Shadow Dancing” — as well as pop superstars who didn’t get the family rate. Here, a look at how deep the Gibb influence goes. Although this 1967 single wasn’t one of the Bee Gees’ biggest hits, it has been one of their most-covered tunes.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a comparatively slow week leading into the long weekend — which means we only scanned around 100 songs last week instead of the usual 130! — the avalanche of songs is back with a bang.

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has revealed that he has spent much of 2020 “finishing off” a new album from the band as well as a solo record.Having revealed to NME earlier this year that the band had been hard at work on “two new albums and an hour of noise“, now Smith has said that a year trapped inside due to COVID restrictions has made him very productive. The frontman was speaking on BBC 6 Music today (Wednesday September 9) to introduce his new collaboration with Gorillaz, which he said Damon Albarn first sent to him when he was “in the middle of finishing off the big song at the end of The Cure album” which he described as “10 minutes of intense doom and gloom”.Speaking of his life throughout the coronavirus lockdown, Smith said: “I feel

The Cure‘s Roger O’Donnell has spoken about the band’s long-awaited new album, saying that it’s “going to be an amazing record”.Last summer, the band’s frontman Robert Smith told NME that they were looking to finish their “merciless” new album in 2019 – 11 years after its predecessor, ‘4:13 Dream’ — adding that it had the working title of ‘Live From The Moon’ and that it was one of three new Cure albums in the works.Talking to Classic Pop magazine in a new interview, O’Donnell has now shared more of what to expect from the new record(s), and how he and Smith have felt the pressure after more than a decade without new music.“Four years ago, I said to Robert, ‘We have to make one more record,” O’Donnell said.

"The title of our last album was 'It Won/t Be Like This All the Time' and right now that sentiment feels stronger than ever"