How Robert Smith of the Cure Became Rock’s Most Dogged Activist
With his band’s first new album in 16 years out Friday, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and ...
Why Paul Weller once called The Cure’s Robert Smith a ‘fat c**t’
The Jam and The Cure were both discovered by A&R scout Chris Parry, with the former being signed to Polydor Records in 1977 ...
The Cure singer and emo icon Robert Smith says he struggles to write songs about death now that he's older
Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but nowadays the musician is finding it ...
Robert Smith Is ‘Not Letting This Go’ on Affordable Tickets
Robert Smith opened up about the notorious stance he took against predatory ticketing practices for the Cure‘s North America ...
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Robert Smith Celebrates The Cure’s First #1 Album In 32 Years
Cure mastermind Robert Smith celebrated that achievement in a new email newsletter from the band. “It is enormously uplifting ...
The Cure Creates an Unrelentingly Sad and Singular Universe on ‘Songs for a Lost World’: Album Review
Sixteen years after the last Cure album, Robert Smith has created an unrelentingly serious and sad work unlike anything his ...
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Robert Smith Is a Big Ol’ Book Nerd
If you couldn’t tell by everything about him, Robert Smith is a bookworm ... much for the latter.) As the Cure’s front man and primary songwriter, Smith’s never been shy about drawing ...
Drunken fights, Disney and the drama behind The Cure’s Lovecats
Robert Smith dismissed his band’s second-highest charting single as a boozy aberration. But it may have saved The Cure from ...
Brit Beat: Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album
In Brit Beat, we go inside the Cure's campaign around 'Lost World,' Kylie Minogue's hit 'Tension II' album and the Elvis ...
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‘How it will end is how it will end,’ but The Cure isn’t over, yet
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Stephen Thompson: As a greedy and entitled Cure fan, I have to ask: What took so long? Robert Smith: There's no such thing as a greedy and ...
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The Cure's first album in 16 years: Not quite 'relentlessly downbeat'
The Cure frontman Robert Smith says he was close to breaking up the band after playing a concert in London's Hyde Park in ...
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The Cure singer and emo icon Robert Smith says he struggles to write songs about death now that he's older
Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but ... of a fear of mortality," Smith said in a recent interview with Uncut. "I've kind of wrestled with it ...