This preference for The Cure’s upbeat melodrama diminished when I listened to the entirety of “Songs for Lost World” that ...

One such diversion came out ten years ago this month as Smith and his bandmates appeared on a mammoth tribute album to Paul ...

On Nov. 1, The Cure came out with their first album in 16 years ... Smith demonstrates his definitive mastery in the art of ...

The Cure frontman Robert Smith says ... helped him deal with the grief of losing close family members in recent years. Speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music's Huw Stephens, he said singing live became ...

The Cure celebrated the arrival of their long ... with an encore that boasted “Friday I’m in Love,” “Close to Me,” and a show-ending “Boys Don’t Cry.” “The words ‘long awaited ...

The Cure played their new album ‘Songs Of A ... in kind to the crescendo closing of ‘Friday I’m In Love’, ‘Close To Me’, ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’ and their most iconic classic ...

Nor is there any trace of the playful, smeared-lipstick Cure of pop hits such as “Close to Me” and “In Between Days”. Smith instead leans into the popular cliché of the group as indie’s ...

Today, read our thoughts on Tyler, the Creator's 'CHROMAKOPIA,' The Cure's 'Songs Of A Lost World,' BABYMONSTER's 'DRIP,' Mount Eerie's 'Night Palace,' and more. Phil Elverum’s newest album as ...

“I don’t really want my head to be drawn back into this idea that I’m ‘Robert Smith of the Cure,’” he said, raising a blue-shadowed brow. “It just doesn’t suit me anymore.

Close To Me is one of The Cure's most famous hits, but did you know it was inspired by Robert Smith's childhood bout of chicken pox? The singer added the lyrics to the 1985 track at the "last ...

The encore – recorded for the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show, which Smith said he listened to every day – featured ‘Lullaby’, ‘Close To Me ... Cure’s Radio 2 In Concert and 6 Music ...