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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ... When you are younger you romanticize death, but then it happens to your ...
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 ...
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The Cure's Robert Smith hits out at 'scam' of dynamic pricing after Oasis ticket row as he accuses artists of being either 'f***ing stupid or lying'
Last year Smith managed to convince Ticketmaster to pay out $10 refunds after some people had forked out 'unduly high fees' to go see the rock band on their US tour. The Cure had set the prices ...
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The Cure’s Robert Smith Explains Why Ticketmaster’s Dynamic Pricing Is A “Scam”
The Cure’s first new album since 2008, Songs Of A Lost World, arrives Nov. 1, and they have one gig scheduled in London that day. Hopefully, if and when they announce a full tour, we’ll see ...
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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 ... “When you’re younger, you romanticize [death], even without knowing it. Then it starts happening to your immediate ...