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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"Robert Smith is beyond passionate": Polydor's Ben Mortimer on The Cure's triumphant return to No.1
More than 32 years after their only previous No.1 album, Robert Smith ’s band marked an emphatic return to the top of the ...
Robert Smith Is a Big Ol’ Book Nerd
If you couldn’t tell by everything about him, Robert Smith is a bookworm — the kind of guy who used the pandemic as an excuse ...
The Cure's Robert Smith: 'Singing new album live helps me grieve'
The Cure frontman Robert Smith says performing songs from the band's newly-released album, Songs Of A Lost World, helped him ...
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 ...
Robert Smith’s 2024 guitar rig flies in the face of modern guitar culture – and sounds all the more majestic for it
As The Cure return to the stage with their first album in 16 years, their leader is employing a setup that defiantly rejects ...
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Questions remain over death of Joshua Robert Smith-Monaghan
Joshua Robert Smith-Monaghan, 35, was found dead inside his cell at the Townsville Correctional Centre last Wednesday. The 35 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Drunken fights, Disney and the drama behind The Cure’s Lovecats
On December 29, 1983, The Cure’s Robert Smith appeared on the festive edition of Top of the Pops, miming guitar to Siouxsie and the Banshees’s frosty, imperious cover of The Beatles’ Dear ...