Watch The Cure's Robert Smith Perform a Rare Acoustic Solo Set

By Katie King at 2:30 PM on July 13, 2012

Thanks to some technical difficulties at Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live festival last night, the crowd was treated to a rare solo set from the Cure’s Robert Smith....  read more

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The Cure To Play First Three Albums In Series of Shows

By John Barrett at 4:00 PM on September 28, 2011

On May 31 at this year's Vivid Festival in Sydney, gothic rock pioneers The Cure unveiled a special performance, especially for longtime fans: They played a marathon 44-song set that featured full performances of the band's first three albums — Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith — in order as well as a whopping three encores of deep cuts. During the show, which was dubbed the "Reflections" show, Robert Smith and company also reunited with former Cure keyboardists Roger O'Donnell and Lol Tolhurst.  read more

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Listen to Robert Smith Cover John Martyn

By Riley Ubben at 2:45 PM on July 6, 2011

Robert Smith’s cover of John Martyn’s “Small Hours” recently debuted on BBC Radio 6 Music. The perpetually melancholy frontman of The Cure recorded the song as part of a tribute album for the late British music legend titled Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn. Other artists contributing to the record include Beck, Snow Patrol and Bombay Bicycle Club....  read more

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UPDATE: David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live Album An Unauthorized Bootleg

By Nathan Spicer at 4:30 PM on March 21, 2011

Update: Turns out the new live album is nothing more than a bootleg), and it’s not authorized for release by the Bowie camp. Artistdirect reports the iconic David Bowie will release a new live album, Birthday Celebration – Live in NYC 1997, on April 26. The album has appearances by Foo Fighters, Billy Corgan, Lou Reed, The Cure’s Robert Smith and The Pixies’ Frank Black....  read more

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Robert Smith Auctions Off LPs to Raise Money for Death Row Inmate's Defense

By Beca Grimm at 5:16 PM on September 17, 2010

Smith, of the Cure, offers up an autographed vinyl set of Disintegration in an effort to raise cash and free an innocent man....  read more

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Beck, Robert Smith, The Swell Season Pay Tribute to John Martyn

By Whitney Baker at 4:00 PM on July 22, 2010

Late British singer-songwriter John Martyn passed away last January before he could finish his latest album, Willing to Work. News surfaced that Martyn’s friends and producers Gary Pollitt and Jim Tullio are finishing the album for release sometime soon; Martyn’s official website has also released a partial tracklisting for a tribute album featuring several awesome artists rehashing Martyn songs that is shaping up....  read more

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