― othervoices, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Monday, 12 March 2007 09:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM, Monday, 12 March 2007 10:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marco Damiani, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link
from pitchfork:
The Cure Announce Tour, Ready New Album
The Cure have just announced the North American leg of their 2007 world tour, which means that Asians and Australians won't be the only ones treated to a healthy dose of makeup and mood this summer and fall.
The band are also readying their 13th studio album, the as-yet-untitled follow-up to their 2004 self-titled record, for a fall release on Suretone/Geffen.
Frontman Robert Smith, guitarist Porl Thompson, bassist Simon Gallup, and drummer Jason Cooper will begin their jaunt in Fuji, Japan on July 27, and they have shows scheduled through October 17 in Dallas at the oh-so-goth American Airlines Center.
Sheffield up-and-comers 65daysofstatic will open all of the North American shows.
Dates:
07-27 Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival 07-30 Hong Kong, China - Asia World Arena 08-01 Singapore, Singapore - Singapore Indoor Stadium 08-04 Perth, Australia - Challenge Stadium 08-06 Adelaide, Australia - Entertainment Centre 08-08 Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Centre 08-10 Sydney, Australia - Entertainment Centre 08-12 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 09-13 Tampa, FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum * 09-15 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Civic Center * 09-17 Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena * 09-19 Washington, DC - Patriot Center * 09-21 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum * 09-23 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden * 09-25 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena * 09-26 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Center * 09-27 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre * 09-29 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena * 10-02 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater * 10-04 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center * 10-06 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater (Download Festival) * 10-08 Seattle, WA - Key Arena * 10-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place * 10-11 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl * 10-13 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena * 10-14 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl * 10-16 Houston, TX - Toyota Center * 10-17 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center *
* with 65daysofstatic
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 June 2007 00:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i think i will be going this time around. i' missed them on the last tour and was the first time in years.
yeah Cure!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 June 2007 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, same here, the Curiosa deal was fairly annoying in concept. I didn't want Festival Cure but straight up Cure (this said, an opening band this time around is a bit different from the 1996 and 2000 tours where they went without, but if they don't take up too much time I'm fine with it...)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 June 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
nice to see 65DOS get a decent support act for once
― Just got offed, Saturday, 23 June 2007 00:55 (sixteen years ago) link
No support for Australian shows - Cure perform whole concert!
Oh yeah!
― SeekAltRoute, Saturday, 23 June 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG 65dos are supporting the Cure on the US leg? NO FUCKING FAIR
That said, fuck paying $120 for a ticket (which is how much they are here).
― Trayce, Saturday, 23 June 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
So that means they're going to start a tour before having a new album out?
― baaderonixx, Saturday, 23 June 2007 08:46 (sixteen years ago) link
HUR HUR HUR
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 June 2007 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Cure + 65DOS = must see
09-15 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Civic Center *
:D
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 23 June 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I need to find someone to go with though because I suspect my gf, having already seen the Cure live and not wanting to pay a shitload of money, would not go
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 23 June 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Grrrrrr not fair mutter mumble stupid australia.
― Trayce, Saturday, 23 June 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
10-16 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 10-17 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
MMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNEEEEEEEE
― stephen, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
They already announced Australian dates! Quit yer whinin'.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually *I* need to whine -- I've just realized that unless I'm very wrong their SoCal dates are exactly when I'll be in Hawaii. >:-( Bah. Well, at least actually seen them a few times.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
*checks* Phew -- it's the week after. Yay, happy mood again!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
No Ned you misunderstand - we're not getting 65dos (only one of my favourite ever bands atm) as a support :(
Also, $120!?
Ive never seen the Cure live. I probably never will.
― Trayce, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
we're not getting 65dos (only one of my favourite ever bands atm) as a support :(
Clarity. They're one of those names I've heard about but have not heard.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
cover of the new album has leaked:
http://www.bentocorner.com/roller/resources/bentoblog/cure-blight.jpg
― scott seward, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Matches the last album cover nicely!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
How very them :)
― Trayce, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
(It'd be even better if it was real but hey.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 June 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The $120 has scared me away too. I've seen them 3 times over the years, the last at RLaver and while it was THE CURE, RLaver sux big time as a venue.
― SeekAltRoute, Monday, 25 June 2007 09:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah its a fucking TENNIS ARENA man. Ugh. Talk about complete lack of atmosphere.
― Trayce, Monday, 25 June 2007 09:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Still its probably better than Festy Hall.
Any word on how much ticket will be in the US?
― matt2, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I, for one, don't think US ticket prices matter one little bit. I missed Curiosa (first tour I'd missed since 1992), there's no way I'm missing them this time.*
* I can say this with confidence because I know my wife's performance schedule and she's not onstage that day; also my band hasn't scheduled a gig for that day and I will make myself completely unavailable to play if necessary.
― HI DERE, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Have they ever played the Hollywood Bowl? I'd go to see that.
― baaderonixx, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
(I have to say this is one of those times where I'm glad I don't live in the Twin Cities anymore.)
― HI DERE, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link
First time there, I think.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 June 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
how I wish afi weren't on this bill in SF
― akm, Monday, 25 June 2007 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha
I would sit through AFI, probably. They're not so bad in small doses.
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 25 June 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
from chain of flowers:
PLANS
6/29/2007 5:28:48 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
IT NOW DOESNT LOOK LIKE THE ALBUM WILL COME OUT UNTIL AFTER THE USA TOUR... YAY!
SERIOUSLY THIS IS A GOOD THING! AS ANY NEW SONGS WE PLAY WILL BE EXTRA UNKNOWN... THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME KIND OF A SINGLE RELEASE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER... AND PROBABLY SOME PROMO STUFF AROUND THE ALBUM RELEASE
I THINK THE ALBUM WILL BE A 'LIMITED EDITION' DOUBLE... WE WILL SEE!
SO LATE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER NEEDS TO BE FREE FOR ALBUM RELATED SURPRISE STUFF...
WHICH MEANS SOUTH AMERICA HAS BEEN JOSTLED TO THE BACK OF THE QUEUE BEHIND EUROPE...
OH NO!
BUT WE WILL GET THERE... RSX PS THERE WILL BE USA DATES PRESALE INFO/PASWORDS UP HERE IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS...
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's the next confirmed presales:
Sat-Sep-29 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 12-Jul
Mon-Oct-08 Seattle, WA Key Arena Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 12-Jul
Wed-Oct-17 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Pre-Sale Date:Thu, 12-Jul
Tue-Sep-25 Boston, MA Agganis Arena Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Thu-Sep-13 Tampa, FL St Pete Times Forum Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Sat-Sep-15 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Thu-Oct-11 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Sat-Oct-13 San Diego, CA Cox Arena Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Sat-Oct-06 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amph Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 19-Jul
Mon-Sep-17 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena Pre-Sale Date: Thu, 26-Jul
The Hollywood Bowl show, which is what I'm aiming for, looks to be doing a separate pre-sale.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My God, there must be sth seriously wrong with the album for it to be postponed so many times...
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 5 July 2007 07:52 (sixteen years ago) link
120 big ones to see the cure in sydney. that's some fucken cheek
glad i've already seen them, with robbo smith howling for the whole 3 hours no less.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 12 July 2007 08:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Lots of info in new interviews:
"Smith has a vision -- an extended one. He wants the new, as yet untitled record to be available as both a single and double album.
The Cure have form for double albums -- such as 1987's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me.
"Back then we were the band," Smith says. "If we'd said we wanted to put out a quadruple album back then, no one would have minded."
However, in the iTunes-friendly world of 2007, double albums have become the dinosaur of the music industry.
"I'm not stupid," Smith says. "I know commercially it's not a very attractive proposition to release a double album by the Cure. But I got the record company down to listen to it, to listen to what I'm trying to do, and they went away a lot wiser and happier.
"What we're doing isn't aimed at selling shedloads of albums on the back of a hit single. There's more to it."
Smith's vision is for a 13-track single album (to mark their 13th album) and a 26-track double album that contains several instrumentals. The double will feature different versions of songs on the single and he's hoping to use a different mixer for each record to create different moods.
Or it might not come out at all, if Smith isn't happy with his double vision.
"I'm not stamping my feet saying it has to be a double. If it doesn't work, I'll know. But I'm buggered if I'm going to get this far down the line and at least not try to make it work.
"I've always been our harshest critic. I don't need anyone else to tell me it's not good enough. We have 33 pieces of music, 20 of which have turned into songs. Six are great instrumentals. If it's put together in the right way, it'll work. If it doesn't, it's a f---ing great single album anyway."
SMITH is so passionate about the project he's halved his royalty rates so the double album can be sold at the same price as the single, circumventing any bleating from the record company.
"The cost of making a single album and a double album are the same. A disc costs about 10 cents. If you put a double album and a single album on the shelf, Cure fans will buy the double album. It's a no-brainer.
"But they think, rightly, that stockists in the big chain stores in America will look at a double album and go, 'Why?' and put the single album on the shelf. We'll see. If we do manage to get the double out it'll be an interesting experiment. I'm on a good bet with them the double outsells the single. I win something."
― baaderonixx, Friday, 27 July 2007 08:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh and maybe this belongs more on the reissue thread but what the hell:
Cure fans will have to wait slightly longer for the next instalment of their re-issues. Next in the que are 1989's classic Disintegration, 1990's Mixed Up and 1992's Wish. They won't surface until next year at the earliest. "They're half-ready", Robert Smith says. "I gave up on compiling the extra disc". However fans will be rewarded for their patience. "The extra disc for Disintegration will be great", he says. "It's very atmospheric. There are some strange versions of some of the songs". Meanwhile the remix album Mixed Up will come with a bonus disc of new remakes by "contemporary" remixes.
Smith has also discovered the missing tapes for the 80's live concert The Cure in Orange, which will be issued on DVD along with 1993's Show. Rifling through old Cure tapes in his archive isn't only good for material for bonus discs. Smith has uncovered 3 songs which he's reworking for the new Cure album. "I was loath to put them on as extras; I'd thought they'd work well if they were played by this band", Smith says. "One's really early, between Pornography and The Top, from 1983. The other are from the Kiss Me period, 1986-87. I'm sure I'll find more, we did loads of stuff that didn't get used on Disintegration".
Smith is also preparing a comprehensive DVD for The Cure's 30th anniversary in 2009. "It's all the live footage that hasn't come out, lots of TV stuff I've got on video. That's the full stop. Once that's done, that's it for the re-issuing and remastering".
― baaderonixx, Friday, 27 July 2007 08:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I am torn between feeling quite excited and worried that they have to use scraps from 20 years ago. That can't be good right?
― baaderonixx, Friday, 27 July 2007 08:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Really looking forward to the Mixed Up reissue.
"The extra disc for Disintegration will be great", he says. "It's very atmospheric. There are some strange versions of some of the songs".
Oooooh now THAT I want to hear.
― Trayce, Friday, 27 July 2007 08:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Cureness
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 27 July 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
double album? plz to go all progressive on us :-D
― Just got offed, Friday, 27 July 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I am all for this of course. And thank god Mixed Up IS coming out.
Hollywood show on sale tomorrow. I would have done the presales but there's a four ticket limit and our bunch is at least five. Oh well! I'm not expecting great seats, just enjoyable ones.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I rather hope that the second Mixed Up disc includes the two mixes from then that didn't surface on Join the Dots -- "Let's Go to Bed" (I forget who by) and Keith LeBlanc doing "Primary."
Presumably Wish will include the Lost Wishes cassette.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2007 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I have seats for Gwinnett Arena :D so fucking psyched. My gf has seen the Cure live but I haven't.
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 27 July 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i bought all three singles but never really listened to them before, so thanks Brad.
i have been listening to 4:13 Dream non-stop since we have been on a Cure kick on ILM. still not a fan of the production but really, really like this album. if they cut a couple of songs off it, what could have been. i would say their best since Wish.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
Bee, there were four singles from this album!
'The Only One' b/w 'NY Trip''Freakshow' b/w 'All Kinds of Stuff''The Perfect Boy' b/w 'Without You''Sleep When I'm Dead' b/w 'Down Under'
'Without You' and 'Down Under' are fantastic.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 01:20 (six years ago) link
All Kinds of Stuff rules, too
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
I'm not really a fan. Good b-side fodder, though.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 03:43 (six years ago) link
I mean, I liked it better when they recorded it in 1986 and it was called 'A Japanese Dream.'
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
How have I noticed heard this before?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdos_du2Zw
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:57 (one year ago) link
Not sure how not turned into noticed there.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 November 2022 07:01 (one year ago) link