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Robert Smith has shared more details about a new Cure album which is set to be a “companion piece” to ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, as well as a third album that takes a different approach.The frontman spoke about new material from the band during an interview with Absolute Radio’s Danielle Perry, as part of a special version of Tim Burgess’ Listening Parties. It came following the release of the alt-rock icons long-awaited 14th album ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ – their first since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream‘ – on November 1.It’s been known for a while now that the band have been sitting on more new material since 2008. Back in 2020, for instance, Smith told NME that the band were hard at work on “two new albums and an hour of noise”.Now, Smith has shared an update on the new material, and said that one is complete and comes as somewhat of a sibling record to their recently shared LP.

Robert Smith will join Tim Burgess for a special run-through of The Cure‘s acclaimed ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ on an upcoming edition of Tims Listening Party, NME can exclusively reveal.Becoming a favourite among music fans on social media during lockdown as Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties, the format of The Charlatans frontman talking through new and classic albums with the artists behind them found a new home as a podcast and show on Absolute Radio last year.Now, it has been confirmed that Smith has recorded a special version of the show that will be broadcast from 10pm this weekend on Sunday December 8 on Absolute Radio before becoming available on the Rayo app shortly after and being made into a podcast early in the new year.“I’m looking forward very much to my second Listening Party,” Smith told NME, “running through ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ with Tim – this time together in a ‘real life space’ – should be good?”This comes after Smith hosted a run-through of Tim’s Twitter Listening Party for their classic album ‘Wish’ back in November 2022, done from the dressing room after The Cure played the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. It became the third most replayed Listening Party with over 40,000 so far (with Iron Maiden occupying the top two places).

The Cure will release the live show they played on the night of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ as a live album this month.Titled ‘Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV’, the album will be released in multiple physical formats on December 13 via Fiction/Polydor, with all of the band’s royalties being donated to the charity War Child.As well as a single CD and a single clear vinyl LP, there will a double CD version, single and double LP blood red vinyl editions and a double LP including an instrumental version of the album to follow on February 14. You can pre-order your copy here.A post shared by The Cure (@thecure)The show took place on November 1 at London’s Troxy in front of 3000 fans, and was livestreamed for free on YouTube to more than a million people (you can still watch it here).

The Cure have released a new EP, ‘A Fragile Thing’, containing a live version of the single and a remix by Robert Smith. Listen below.The original track appears on the band’s 14th studio album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, which was released earlier this month and follows 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’.Today (November 29), Smith and co.

Robert Smith has raised £27,500 for Heart Research UK with artwork that was inspired by The Cure‘s new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.Earlier this month, the frontman revealed that he made five works for the anonymous heART project – an online auction featuring 576 postcard-sized pieces, with the identity of the artists only revealed after they are sold.His creations for the 2024 auction are based on tracks from The Cure’s first studio record in 16 years: ‘Drone:Nodrone’, ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’, ‘Warsong’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.After the auction ended on November 10, the piece of artwork named after ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ was the highest piece sold, reaching £15,500, shortly followed by ‘Warsong’ at £3,974.In a press statement, Smith said that making these pieces “allowed me to combine other passions, expressing emotions reflected on the album in a physical way.”He continues: “What makes it even more satisfying is how this art can help drive change and support vital research which could save millions of lives.”“Over the years, I have sadly seen too many friends and family fall victim to heart disease. By bringing together the creativity of so many talented individuals the anonymous heART project is a wonderful opportunity to share this art and support a great cause.

Liam Gallagher has shared his opinion on The Cure saying: “I’m not depressed”.After replying to a tweet from a fan who shared a photo of the ‘Whatever’ singer asking “who is this? wrong answers only,” the Mancunian rockstar took to his X/Twitter account to reply with “The vicar of fucking dibley.”Another fan replied to his comment with “listen to the cure,” to which Gallagher responded with” “I’m not depressed.”Another user went on to comment on his reply saying that he can not be “hating on The Cure,” to which the singer responded: “I don’t hate them I just rather listen to two foxes shagging in the bushes at 5.30 am.”I’m not depressed— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) November 16, 2024I don’t hate them I just rather listen to 2 foxes shagging in the bushes at 5.30 am— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) November 16, 2024Though Liam is not quite fond of Robert Smith and co, his brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel has previously teamed up with the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ singer on a remix of ‘Pretty Boy’ from his The High Flying Birds album ‘Council Skies‘.Speaking to NME about how the collaboration came to be, Noel shared: “Because the song [‘Pretty Boy’] sounds like The Cure I was like, ‘Does Robert Smith do remixes?’ I got hold of his email, the first line was, ‘Hi Robert, it’s Noel Gallagher’. I thought at that point he’d go, ‘Fuck that c**t’.

The Cure’s ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ is currently the best-selling album in the US, based on physical sales.The band’s 14th studio record has landed at the Number One spot on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart and the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, the latter of which takes into account all physical sales as well as digital downloads. It also sits atop the Top Rock and Top Alternative Albums charts in the country.On the overall albums chart, the Billboard 200, which also counts streaming figures, it has debuted at Number Four, the second highest ever for The Cure, behind only ‘Wish’ in 1992, which reached Number Two.

The Cure have scored their first Number One UK album in 32 years with ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.Robert Smith and co’s first full-length record in 16 years – the follow-up to 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – arrived last Friday (November 1) during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing their new record in full at London Troxy’s venue the same day their album was released.It outsold the rest of the Top Five combined to reach the summit, which included Sabrina Carpenter‘s ‘Short N’ Sweet’, Tyler, The Creator‘s ‘CHROMAKOPIA’, Charli XCX‘s ‘Brat’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Mathematics (Tour Collection)’.The album also topped the official UK vinyl album charts, surpassing more than 40,000 physical album sales by the midweek alone.Reacting to the news, Smith the Official Charts Company: “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album.“To everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed in us over the years – THANK YOU!”Reviewing ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in a five-star review, NME wrote: “‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career.“Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”In a lengthy interview with Matt Everitt, which saw Smith reveal that The Cure have another new album that’s “virtually finished” – with a third new record also on the way, Smith shared that The Cure plan to tour in 2025.“We’ll start up again next year,” said Smith. “Seriously, I have to finish the second album.

The Cure have released a deluxe edition of their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘, featuring five exclusive live tracks.Robert Smith and co’s first full-length record in 16 years – the follow-up 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – arrived last Friday (November 1).It was revealed earlier this week that ‘…Lost World’ was outselling the rest of the UK top 10 combined, and was on course to become The Cure’s first Number One album since their 1992 LP ‘Wish’ (via Official Charts).Later, it was reported that the album had surpassed 40,000 physical sales alone. It was said that downloads accounted for 3,234 units, with streaming making up 1,691 (via Music Week).Now, as The Cure continue to vie for the top spot, the band have made ‘Songs Of A Lost World (Deluxe Edition)’ available for digital download.DUE TO DEMAND… 'SONGS OF A LOST WORLD' (DELUXE EDITION) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

The Cure have managed to surpass 40,000 physical album sales with their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ – as they vie to top the UK charts.The goth icons returned last Friday (November 1) with their first studio record in 16 years, which has so far outsold the rest of the UK top 10 combined.Now, Music Week has reported that The Cure are well and truly on their way to a Number One debut, with the record racking up 45,054 sales so far.Over 40,000 of those sales are entirely physical releases, with downloads accounting for over 3,000 sale – and streams only 1,600.For comparison, Tyler, The Creator‘s ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ (which was released on October 28) occupies the Number Two slot, and currently has over 8,400 sales.Reviewing ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in a five-star review, NME wrote: “‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career.“Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”In a lengthy interview with Matt Everitt, which saw Smith reveal that The Cure have another new album that’s “virtually finished” – with a third new record also on the way, Smith shared that The Cure plan to tour in 2025.“We’ll start up again next year,” said Smith. “Seriously, I have to finish the second album.

Robert Smith is auctioning off new artwork inspired by The Cure’s new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in support of Heart Research UK.The frontman has created five works for the anonymous heART project – an online auction featuring 576 postcard-sized pieces, with the identity of the artists only revealed after they are sold.His creations for the 2024 auction are based on tracks from The Cure’s first studio record in 16 years, which was released last Friday (November 1). These are ‘Drone:Nodrone’, ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’, ‘All I Ever Am’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.The fifth piece is a collage that combines the official cover art for numerous past releases such as ‘Disintegration’, ‘The Head On The Door’, ‘Pornography’ and ‘Three Imaginary Boys’, as well as ‘…Lost World’ (see the preview images below).This marks the fifth year Smith has contributed to the project.

Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez has covered The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ – watch footage below.The frontman’s rendition of the 1987 track follows the recent release of the goth band’s long-awaited album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, which, as of this Monday (November 4), has outsold the rest of the current UK top 10 combined.Robert Smith and co. released their 14th studio album last Friday (November 1), during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing the new record in full at London’s The Troxy on the day of its release.Now, Sanchez has nodded to one of their classics as part of his ongoing covers series, which has seen him perform tracks by Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Jimmy Eat World and more.In the video uploaded yesterday (November 5), the ‘Welcome Home’ singer said he became aware of the song after hearing a “cover done by Dinosaur Jr.“.In the caption, he explained: “They were skaters, so the reference to ‘tricks’ at the top of the song conjured up ideas of a smitten lover’s curiosity for executing kick-flips and rail slides.”He mentioned he “didn’t know much of The Cure’s discography” outside of ‘Boy’s Don’t Cry,’ ‘Disintegration,’ and ‘Wish’, and that the albums that “glued those classics together” were a mystery to him until discovering ‘The Head on the Door’ record.“It’s a strange but powerful relationship to have with a song when your introduction is someone else’s interpretation of it,” Sanchez concluded.

The Cure‘s ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ has been outselling the rest of the current UK top 10 combined in its opening weekend of release.Robert Smith and co. released their 14th studio album last Friday (November 1), during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing the new record in full at London’s The Troxy on the day of its release.According to Music Week, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ has currently racked up 40,918 sales, outselling the rest of the top 10 albums combined.

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has revealed that his wife Mary Poole Smith helped him finalise the tracklisting for ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.The band’s 14th studio album was released last Friday (November 1), during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing their new record in full at London Troxy’s venue the same day their album was released.Back in 2019, the frontman said the new LP had been shaped by his “experience of life’s darker side” following the deaths of his mother, father and brother.Now, speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music’s Huw 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 your best albums are the ones that just have a couple of… more upbeat tracks. She was right.

The Cure played their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ at a special launch gig at The Troxy in London last night (Friday November 1), where they also celebrated 45 years of their seminal second album ‘Seventeen Seconds’ alongside a run of hits and favourites. See footage, photos and the setlist below.With a guest list of famous fans including Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien, Boy George, Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite, members of Duran Duran, actor Mathew Horne and comedian Stewart Lee, Pale Waves, Just Mustard, Dr Brian Cox, Chris Packham, My Bloody Valentine icon Kevin Shields and a soon-to-be-viral Pedro Pascal, the band continued the celebrations of the release of their first album in 16 years with a sold-out, intimate show in East London.Following Robert Smith and co’s two gigs at the BBC Radio Theatre recorded and broadcast for Radio 2 and 6 Music earlier this week, last night’s Troxy gig was livestreamed on Youtube, and captured Pascal in full flow.A post shared by Billie Joe (@billiejoearmstrong)Pedro Pascal spotted at The Cure Live at Troxy show in London pic.twitter.com/sj0fl0qPBd— Pedro Pascal Daily (@pascalarchive) November 1, 2024With no support band, the band were beckoned on to their early stage time by the ominous sound of thunder, rain and lightning before Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell on keys, guitarist Reeves Gabrels and guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte walked out to rapturous applause.

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has revealed that he “lives at night” and has claimed to be the owner of “the only nocturnal sheep in Britain”.Yesterday (October 30), Smith and co played shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre – one a live session for Huw Stephens on 6 Music, and another for the ‘Radio 2 In Concert’ series in front of an intimate audience. The shows took place ahead of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ their 14th album which marks their first in 16 years.The frontman spoke with Jo Whiley for BBC Radio 2 ahead of the performances – which will be available to watch on Saturday (November 2) from 9:10pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.During the interview, Smith shared: “I’ve got the only nocturnal sheep in Britain, seriously I’ve trained them to… I’m trying to train them because apparently, you can’t train sheep but I’m determined.

The Cure played two sets for the BBC to mark the upcoming release of their long-awaited new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.Due for release tomorrow (Friday November 1), ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ is the band’s 14th album and marks their first in 16 years. To celebrate, yesterday saw Robert Smith and co.

The Cure have shared a snippet of their menacing new track ‘Drone:NoDrone’ from their forthcoming album ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.The snippet of the song that was shared features a heavy and distorted bassline and pounding drums. Describing the track in a five-star review of ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘, NME‘s Andrew Trendell called it “A wailing, noir rocker with a devious earworm chorus that feels like the impish cousin of ‘One Hundred Years’, ‘Burn’ and ‘Killing An Arab’.”The clip of ‘Drone:NoDrone’ was sent via The Cure’s Whatsapp channel and can be accessed by unlocking this website, which can be done by entering the album’s release date (November 1st, 2024).Listen to a fan-grabbed screen recording of the new snippet below:Disponible Preview "Drone:NoDrone"https://t.co/WAmUL9Jyyr#THECUREenARGENTINA #thecure #songsofalostworld #Spotify #MTV #robertsmith pic.twitter.com/F0DM9RdBu3— The Cure Argentina (@CureenArgentina) October 24, 2024Elsewhere in the album review, NME shared: “Merciless? Yes, but there’s always enough heart in the darkness and opulence in the sound to hold you and place these songs alongside The Cure’s finest.

The Cure have released another snippet of a song from their upcoming album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.The bittersweet new song, titled ‘And Nothing Is Forever’, is the second track from the new record, which is due to be released next month. The snippet is an emotional instrumental segment of the track, featuring melodic keys and powerful strings.The clip has been sent via their Whatsapp channel and can be accessed by unlocking this website, which can be done by entering the album’s release date (November 1st, 2024).Listen to a fan-grabbed screen recording of the new snippet below:The Cure – And Nothing is Forever (fragment)#thecure #thecurepl #songsofalostworld pic.twitter.com/j63Rin9wDY— The Cure PL (@thecurepl) October 21, 2024In a five-star review of the upcoming album, NME compared the track to classics such as ‘Plainsong’ and ‘Pictures of You’.

Robert Smith has opened up about The Cure’s discography, and revealed which of the albums is his “least favourite”.The frontman’s reflection on the band’s catalogue comes as they are gearing up to share long-awaited new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.Set for release on November 1 (pre-order here), the record will mark the first from The Cure since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, and it has already been previewed by two singles: ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.Ahead of the album arriving, Smith took part in a new interview, posted on the band’s new website over the weekend, and opened up to BBC Radio DJ Matt Everitt about which one song from each of The Cure’s albums he thought would fit with the new release.As well as revealing which songs he’s most proud of – notably the title track from the ‘Faith’ album, ‘Disintegration’’s ‘Untitled’ and ‘Wish’’s ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ – Smith also went on to recall which release he doesn’t look back on so fondly.Naming ‘Before Three’ as his favourite song from 2004’s self-titled record, he recalled how he isn’t a fan of the album as a whole.“’The Cure’ album is probably my least favourite album that we’ve made,” he said. “I don’t like some of it, it’s the only album that I don’t think works.

Robert Smith has named one song from each of The Cure’s albums that he thinks would fit in with the sound of new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.The long-awaited new album – which will follow 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – has already been previewed by two singles: ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’. It is set to arrive on November 1, and you can pre-order it here.Now, in a lengthy new interview with the frontman posted to the band’s new website over the weekend, 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.