“It was like pantomime”: The genre Robert Smith never took seriously
While Robert Smith was immediately labelled 'goth' when The Cure emerged, the musician has never liked the genre much.
The Cure’s Robert Smith to curate Royal Albert Hall’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs
The Cure’s Robert Smith is to take over from Roger Daltrey as curator of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concerts for 2026. It comes after The Who frontman announced he would be stepping ...
Robert Smith Takes the Reins on Curating Teenage Cancer Trust 2026 Concert Lineup
The Cure frontman follows Roger Daltrey, who stepped down in 2024 after helming curation duties at the charity for 24 years ...
Did The Cure ever have a number-one song?
The Cure may have been one of the biggest underground bands, but did they ever reach the very top of the hit parade on either ...
Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words
The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox ...
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'Gardaí clash with punk rockers': When the Cure caused a riot in Cork
When The Cure played Malahide Castle in 2019 Robert Smith, the band’s founder, songwriter and frontman told the crowd: “It’s weird for me being back here because I stayed here for a long ...
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Neil Young says he will follow The Cure by not using ‘bad’ dynamic pricing
Singer-songwriter Neil Young has said he will follow The Cure frontman Robert Smith in not using “bad” dynamic pricing for his shows. The US-Canadian musician, 79, is headlining Somerset’s Glastonbury ...
Neil Young to Stop Selling ‘Platinum' Tickets on Future Tours, Thanks to the Cure's Robert Smith
"Ticketmaster's high priced Platinum tickets were introduced to the areas where scalpers were buying the most tickets for resale. The money went to me. That did not feel right," singer writes ...