The Cure

The Cure won't release new songs

Music Gossip

18 Mar 2012

The Cure don't want to "capitalise" on their success by a releasing a new album. The 'Love Cats' band are headlining a number of major festivals over the summer, but have resisted requests to accompany the shows with new material because they would…

Foo Fighters headline Reading and Leeds

Music Gossip

12 Mar 2012

Foo Fighters will headline Reading and Leeds Festivals this year. The 'Best of You' hitmakers will appear at Reading on Sunday August 26 and Leeds on Friday August 24, making it the third time the group - made up of Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat…

Guns N' Roses score Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination

Music Gossip

27 Sep 2011

Guns N' Roses, The Cure and Red Hot Chili Peppers are nominated for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. The acts are all on the shortlist to be inducted to the Hall of Fame in April next year, one of the most highly regarded accolades…

Paul McCartney's son records with The Cure

Music Gossip

11 Apr 2011

Paul McCartney's son has covered one of his father's tracks with The Cure. James McCartney plays on a new tribute album which sees artists including Billy Joel and BB King record songs from Paul's post-Beatles solo career and with his band Wings.

Top 5: A tribute to Rebecca Black's abysmal 'Friday'

Spotify playlist: The best songs featuring days of the week

18 Mar 2011

This week will go down in history as the week music soiled itself: chirpy thirteen-year-old Rebecca Black's single 'Friday' was released on iTunes, quickly notched up 10million YouTube hits, and is probably the most panned song ever released. With…

Crystal Castles find The Cure

Music Gossip

26 Oct 2010

Crystal Castles have recorded a track with The Cure singer Robert Smith. The song, a reworking of 'Not In Love' from the group's second album - which was released earlier this year - will be available from December 6. The Cure frontman is known…

The Cure - 4.13 Dream

13 Nov 2008

As Robert Smith shuffles – his unlaced hi-tops squeaking across the floor – into pop musical maturity, his willingness to indulge his dark side wavers. The band’s last album, a self-titled behemoth from 2004, was The Cure gone metal. For the greater…

Also Released - Music

16 Oct 2008

Grace Jones - Hurricane (Wall of Sound) She’s been a bitchy Bond girl, Andy Warhol’s muse and a terrifyingly cool 70s disco diva. She’s back after a 20 year pause, with an album worked on by Brian Eno and Sly & Robbie. The Cure - 4:13 Dream…

The Cure release four singles to mark the launch of their new album

2 May 2008

The Cure will release a new A and B-side single on the 13th day of the next four months, to mark the upcoming release of their 13th studio album. The tracks will be released in May, June, July and August, before the album's due date of 13 September.