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 ...
Robert Smith’s cure for The Cure is to retire at 70
Smith is going to retire in five years. The band turns 50 in 2028; in 2029, Smith turns 70, “and that’s it, that really is it. If I make it that far, that’s it.” Smith, who does some irreparable brand ...
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Robert Smith names year he says is ‘it’ for The Cure
Robert Smith has suggested that The Cure could call it a day in just a few ... of “Friday I’m in Love” and “Close to Me”. In a five-star review, The Independent called it a “perfect ...
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 ...
The Cure's Robert Smith Says Writing About Brother's Death on ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye' Helped Him ‘Enormously'
In a nearly two-hour interview with British journalist Matt Everitt - which can be unlocked by flipping to the album's ...
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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 await the band’s first new album in 16 years, frontman Robert Smith has revealed he ... we’re all going to die — surprise me!’ But I try to find some ...
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How an Enigmatic Stone Sculpture Inspired the Cure’s Album Art for ‘Songs of a Lost World’
The new album by the Cure, Songs of a Lost World, features a Slovenian artist's sculpture on its cover. Here's how it ended ...
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 picks 1 song from every Cure album that matches the mood of 'Songs of a Lost World'
Near the end of the 100-minute video interview with Robert Smith that was posted to The Cure‘s Songs of a Lost ... It still resonates with me.” “At Night” (from Seventeen Seconds ...
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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’s Robert Smith Says Writing About Brother’s Death on ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ Helped Him ‘Enormously’
Robert’s Smith’s songwriting in The Cure has long focused squarely on melancholy and dark themes. But on the band’s long-awaited upcoming album, Songs of a Lost World (Nov. 1), he takes on a ...