With his band’s first new album in 16 years out Friday, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and clashing with the most powerful company in live music.

Robert Smith finds it "much harder" to write songs he "wants to sing" these days. The 65-year-old singer's band The Cure have just released 'Songs of a Lost World', their first album in 18 years and while the 'Just Like Heaven' hitmaker still pens new lyrics,

The Jam and The Cure were both discovered by A&R scout Chris Parry, with the former being signed to Polydor Records in 1977 and the latter being signed to Parry’s Fiction label, which was originally a part of Polydor, the following year.

"Backcombed head and sloped shoulders above the dreck of indie/goth rock revivalists": Robert Smith charts his own grief and anxiety on The Cure's sombre Songs Of A Lost World

Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but nowadays the musician is finding it harder to write about songs about death.

Cure mastermind Robert Smith celebrated that achievement in a new email newsletter from the band. “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album – to everyone who has ...

Not since 1992 had The Cure been top of the UK charts. That changed with album Songs Of A Lost World. It’s uplifting, their lead singer says.