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 harder to write about songs about death.
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Robert Smith Is a Big Ol’ Book Nerd
If you couldn’t tell by everything about him, Robert ... year-old Smith attempts to condense a few key scenes from the novella into a post-punk portrait of apathy. Since then, every Cure album ...
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 ...
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The Cure’s Robert Smith Plans to Retire in Five Years ‘If I Make It That Far’
While fans of The Cure eagerly ... frontman Robert Smith has revealed he only plans to remain active for another five years. During an interview with The Times, the 65 year-old singer discussed ...
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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 2018. "I didn't plan it, but I had a sneaky feeling that this was gonna be it, ...
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The Cure’s Robert Smith on his relationship with football, and why having a curry with Stan Bowles was “the highlight of my life”
Stan Bowles and The Cure's Robert Smith. CREDITS: Dan Istitene/Getty (L ... with Alzheimer’s disease in 2015. He was 75-years-old. Bowles played more than 560 games in English football and ...
New album from the Cure is the band’s best since ‘Disintegration’
The first new album in 16 years from goth stalwarts the Cure is their best since the 1989 masterpiece “Disintegration.” ...
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The Cure Call Out Artists Who Enable Ticketmaster Dynamic Pricing ‘Scam’: ‘It’s Driven by Greed’
When it comes to the modern model of live music ticketing services, Robert Smith is disinterested in framing recent practices as being complicated. Last year, when the Cure announced their first U ...
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Robert Smith of The Cure: ‘I still feel like that 10-year-old kid staring at the moon’
There are two kinds of Cure album, the band’s lead singer, Robert Smith ... “I still feel like that 10-year-old kid staring at the moon,” Smith told Everitt. “The world seemed to stall ...
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The Cure’s Robert Smith Says Writing About Brother’s Death on ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ Helped Him ‘Enormously’
Robert’s Smith’s songwriting ... but other people suggested they night be “too much.” In fact, when Smith, 65, performed “Goodbye” live on the Cure’s 2023 tour, he said he had ...
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Sonic Grandeur in Ruin: Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure
The latest album from Robert Smith & co feels unstuck in time, but taken on its own terms it’s as urgent and compelling as ...
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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
"I've kind of wrestled with it since I was like 8 years old. But as you get older, it becomes more real." Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns Robert Smith of the Cure He continued: "We're all growing ...