June 30th
"http://placeboworld.co.uk/news/index.html
Placebo's website claims that they will be performing 2 songs at approximately 9:49 p.m. Central European time. They don't give any other info, like when The Cure will be performing, or how long the Paris event actually runs, but this does contradict the 4:30 - 7:30 bit."
(Thanks Brandon)
"It's 5 pm till 11 pm
Look at the end of this page (it's in french) http://partenaires.aol.fr/contenu/dossiers/100010590/index.html
The man who organizes the event told me the same thing and that The Cure will be on stage around 10.30 pm for 20 mn
(Thanks to Toberr @ A Pink Dream)
June 29th
(Thanks Bill)
London: 2pm - 7:30pm
Versailles: 4:30pm - 7:30pm (might be wrong, but that's what is listed at the French Live 8 site)
Berlin: 2pm - 8pm
Philadelphia: Noon - 6pm
Barrie (Canada): 11am - 8pm
Tokyo: 2pm - 10pm
Johannesburg: Noon - 5:30pm
Moscow: 7pm - 10:30pm
(All times are local and are subject to change)
No times for Rome or Eden Project yet.
(Thanks Bianca)
June 28th
Update: The main link STILL doesn't work, but if you search for Cure videos on Launch, you will find it here.
(Thanks Terry)
(Thanks Olivier)
"Just to let you know that the Belgian channel BETV will broadcast the live 8 show next Saturday."
(Thanks Dimitri)
"For all the Australian Cure fans, highlights of the Live 8 concert, including The Cure's performance will be broadcast on MMM (FM104) radio
on Saturday July 2nd, starting from 11pm. For more information, go to www.mmm.com.au."
(Thanks Ripley)
"Here's where the Greek venue is located :
01/09/2005 Μαλακάσα (Malakassa), Terravibe (GR)
Map: http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?strReflex=63886&mapId=-.9ipigi7hnmxb&pim=true
(You can check that out here: http://www.didimusic.gr/endates/default.asp?id=63 http://www.didimusic.gr/dates/default.asp?id=63)
(Thanks Olivier)
Spin Mentions The CURE
July 2005! Issue Bono on the cover!
100 Greatest Albums!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/imaginarycure/SPIN1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/imaginarycure/SPIN2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/imaginarycure/SPIN3.jpg
(Thanks to Jerry @ imaginary-cure)
Nick Maniatis' A Forest Video
Video: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/bricktastic/films/aforestmed.rm
Web page: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/bricktastic/bricktastic.htm
Production notes: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/bricktastic/aforestnotes.htm
(Thanks Olivier)
"Today on Fuse's "Daily Download", Billy Corgan spoke about his new album. When asked about the track "To Love Somebody", he said that he
got his good friend Robert from The Cure to record the track with him. Then a bunch of people in pink bellyshirts started to cheer...Ironic."
(Thanks Grace)
"Before U2's first Dublin gig last night (Fridat 24th June) they played Inbetween Days about 3 songs before the band came on. Myself and a few
others gave an ironic roar. The Cure in front of 80,000 people, sweet!!!"
(Thanks Ronan and Ian)
"A junior shool in Switzerland has released a record called "THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK" for helping Margaux (a girl with a cancer). In the booklet feature this : "SPECIAL THANKS TO ROGER O'DONNELL FROM THE CURE AND PHIL COLLINS FOR THEIR MORAL SUPPORT!"
(Thanks José)
June 24th
(Thanks Christopher)
"WE ARE ABOUT TO START RECORDING DEMOS (AS WELL AS PLAYING IN OLD SONGS!) - AND AFTER THESE 9 SUMMER FESTIVALS (WE DON'T REALLY COUNT LIVE 8!) WE WILL BE GOING INTO THE STUDIO TO START WORK ON THE NEXT THING...
AFTER THAT IS DONE (!)... WE WILL PLAY SOME REAL SHOWS: AROUND THE WORLD..."
(Thanks Eric and Wendy)
"The berliner band "zeraphine" will be playing before the cure. "zeraphine" are really great, so this will be a wonderfull evening with zeraphine, cranes and cure."
(Thanks Olli)
"The Italian branch of SKY TV will broadcast the entire Live 8 on channel 109 with the possibility to choose the location you prefer."
(Thanks Fede)
From FMQB
Live 8 Coverage Grows
June 24, 2005
After originally announcing that their Live 8 coverage would be heard on two channels, XM has expanded their coverage to a total of nine channels. Channel 40 will be dedicated to overall coverage of the event, with a seperate channel broadcasting each entire concert from London (channel 41), Paris (channel 42), Berlin (channel 43), Rome (channel 44), Philadelphia (channel 45) and Barrie, Canada (channel 46). This is all in addition to the two previously announced channels, with the global coverage on channel 200 and the London concert being simulcast on channel 201.
Canadian radio listeners who do not have their satellite radio yet will be able to hear Live 8 coverage on the Sound Source Network, a division of Standard Broadcasting. The broadcast will begin at 1 p.m. EST and feature performances from around the globe, with live updates from the Canadian concert every half-hour.
Live 8 takes place around the world on Saturday, July 2.
(Thanks Jeff)
"Hot topic now has Boys Dont Cry toddler shirts and bodysuits..how cute! here are the links
http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?LS=0&ITEM=274007
http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?LS=0&ITEM=274005"
(Thanks Shannen)
"Some quotes from an article on Billy Corgan's solo CD by Cameron Adams appearing in The Advertiser, The Daily Telegraph (Aus.), and Herald Sun (Aus.):
And it's his image as grunge's guru of gloom he plays with on TheFutureEmbrace's unlikely cover - the Bee Gees' To Love Somebody, a duet with Robert Smith of the Cure, Corgan's mate: "We are the most miserable men in rock. Isn't it perfect?"
And the influence of Joy Division (and the Cure, and the Cocteau Twins - all bands who mixed rock and electronics) is all over his TheFutureEmbrace ... "I started from the mechanical point of view of the bands I like - the Cure, Joy Division. I'm not trying to sound like them. It's more that I worked out what makes them tick. See, the Cure never sound wimpy, but they're not a loud band like the Pumpkins were."
(Thanks Lenore)
"Prior to Billy Corgan taking the stage (in Atlanta), there were two Cure songs played...in between a few old Duran Duran songs and some others...the Cars I think. 'Other Voices' followed by 'Splintered In Her Head'. Billy was awesome."
(Thanks Patrick)
"In an article about reissues, there's a paragraph talking about the Cure's first four in San Antonio Current."
(Thanks Lenore)
"I get this excellent newsletter every week from www.b3ta.com - and this week there was a competition to show famous people with their look-a-like pets - scroll down to see one of the entries: http://www.b3ta.com/board/4797629"
(Thanks Bryan)
June 22nd
XM To Broadcast Live 8
June 22, 2005
XM has announced it will broadcast Live 8 performances from five of the concerts around the globe, with XM personalities on site broadcasting live. XM will broadcast from Philadelphia, London, Rome, Paris and Berlin, beginning at 9 a.m. ET. The coverage will be spread out across two channels, 200 and 201.
"Live 8 is that rare, global event that unites under a common cause an extraordinary line-up of talented musical artists from diverse genres and we are honored to be the exclusive satellite radio broadcaster for this event," said XM EVP of Programming Eric Logan. "The millions of XM listeners who won't be able to attend this historic musical event will still have the opportunity to experience all of the excitement and, of course, hear all that great music."
Meanwhile, New York newspapers are reporting that MTV is negotiating with Live 8 organizers over TV rights for the July 2 concert event, aimed at raising awareness of poverty in Africa. AOL Music already has the rights to broadcast Live 8 around the world online.
MTV hopes to air some of the performances from the concerts. As for AOL, some performances will be seen live for free on the Web at AOLmusic.com, with free on-demand access to the shows for six weeks.
Update - MTV and VH1 will air 8 hours live:
From the AP via My Way
MTV, VHI to Show Much of Live 8 Concert
Jun 22, 5:08 PM (ET)
By DAVID BAUDER
NEW YORK (AP) - MTV and VH1 will telecast eight hours of the Live 8 concerts on July 2, the networks said Wednesday. The performances, featuring artists U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z and Destiny's Child among many others, are being held in eight cities to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.
The telecast is a repeat performance for MTV, which showed the Live Aid concerts two decades ago. Like Live Aid, the Live 8 performances are being organized by Bob Geldof.
America Online, which owns the U.S. rights to the concerts and will beam them on the Internet, is also negotiating with ABC for a prime-time telecast on July 2 following the cable TV coverage.
MTV, VH1 and MTV's college network mtvU will be on the air with the same feed from noon to 8 p.m. EDT that day, switching back and forth from different sites and also presenting packaged reports, like a look back at Live Aid.
Related networks CMT and VH1 Classic will air concert highlights the next day featuring artists geared to their audiences.
It will be the longest period MTV has gone live to cover an event since Woodstock '99, the network said.
XM Satellite Radio will carry the concerts live from Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome, America Online also announced on Wednesday. The Premiere Radio Networks will also carry concert coverage and performances tailored to three different radio formats - urban, rock and pop.
Internationally, the MTV, VH1 and Music Factory networks will show hourly bulletins about the show.
"Billy Corgan is DJ'ing on Q101 & playing "Charlotte Sometimes" right now. He introduced it by saying this song is by a crazy guy with funny
hair over in England. Who knew that one day there'd be thousands of kids wearing funny hair and scary make-up, "all emulating this soft-bellied man." Yes, he said that!"
(Thanks Lenore)
"I went to the movies tonight to see a great new film from director Jean-Marc Vallée called C.R.A.Z.Y. It's a movie from Québec, thus in french, about a boy growing up in the 60's, and dealing with his homosexuality, his relationship with his family and espacially the love and acceptance of his dad.
At age 20 in the movie, while at his brother's wedding, after hearing bad music all night with all the family dancing, the main character waits for the dj to play the song he requested. Then, finally, the song starts and It's 10:15 Saturday Night. We hear It for a good minute and the kids are dancing to It while the family vanish from the dance floor (not being their cup of tea I guess).
Since It is a french movie from Québec, It may never be available elsewhere unless It is sold on independant foreign circuits in USA and/or Europe. If you got a chance to see It, It is a bitter-sweet movie, warm, funny, touching that deals very well with the often complicated father and son relationship.
Interestingly enough, in the official site, The Cure doesn't appear in the music credits... And I left the theatre before seeing the actual generic of the movie. No soundtrack available so far.
Here's the link to the official site: http://concours.canoe.com/concours_crazy/index.html"
(Thanks Simon)
"Today they played Before 3 in my local grocery store in Belfast's Botanic Avenue and also at a very dodgy lap dancing club in Galway at a recent Bachelor party a girl poledanced to Lullaby. Weirdly erotic!!!"
(Thanks Ronan)
June 21st
"Tickets for the Rock'N Coke festival are now available through Biletix. You need to buy a two-day pass (with or without campsite access).
In addition to that, you may buy a 'front of stage' ticket for The Cure (that ticket alone is not enough, you also need the pass to enter the festival grounds).
The Biletix web site does not currenly allow for ordering the 'front of stage' ticket so you have to go through their call center instead: +90 216 556 9800 (they speak English).
Prices:
- Two-day festival pass (no campsite): 55,000,000 TRL
- The Cure 'front of stage' ticket: 30,000,000 TRL
- Order processing fee: 3,000,000 TRL
Total: 88,000,000 TRL (approx. 53 EUR)
Tickets cannot be mailed outside Turkey so you will have to collect them on site."
Update: "Received the bill for Rock'n Coke today. Not that it matters much but the bill break-down is a little different from what I ancitipated. The
total price is the same, though:
Prices:
- Two-day festival pass (no campsite): 49,500,000 TRL
- The Cure 'front of stage' ticket: 27,000,000 TRL
- Service Charge: 8,500,000 TRL
- Handling Charge: 3,000,000 TRL
Total: 88,000,000 TRL (approx. 53 EUR)"
(Thanks Olivier)
"De bonnes nouvelles pour la petite entreprise "Après la pluie" :
Sur les 1500 exemplaires imprimés de la version française, seuls 250 exemplaires sont encore disponibles. Le référencement chez Virgin et les
flyers distribués lors des concerts cet été, marqués par le grand retour de Porl, devraient leur permettre de s'écouler très rapidement. Les
retardataires doivent donc se précipiter !
David pense à de nouveaux projets : un documentaire visuel (pour la télévision et/ou un DVD) inspiré du livre "Après la pluie... The Cure".
Projet à l'état embryonnaire mais qui semblerait intéresser quelques maisons de production. Egalement sur son plan de travail la rédaction de
quelques textes devant illustrer un ouvrage de photos consacré à Björk.
Concernant les versions étrangères, les contacts ont avancés pour les versions turque et grecque. Bon espoir aussi pour la version espagnole
avec l'aide d'Hispacure, le fan club officiel en Espagne. Et grande nouvelle : un contrat vient d'être signé pour la distribution de la version anglaise en Amérique du Nord et en Europe à un prix plus que raisonnable !
Très bientôt, de plus amples informations sur la sortie des versions étrangères...
Some good news for the tiny enterprise "After the rain" :
Of the 1500 copies of the French edition, only 250 are still available. As the book will soon be released through out Virgin Megastores and flyers distributed during this summer gigs, these last copies will probably sold out soon. So those who didn't get it yet, hurry up, guys !
David is thinking about other projects : a visual documentary (for TVs and/or a DVD) inspired by the "After the rain... The Cure". Project in a
embryonary state but that seems to inspire some production companies. Also on his desk some texts to illustrate a picture book about Björk.
Concerning the book in its other languages, contacts advanced for the Turkish and Greek versions. Good hope also for the Spanish edition with
the help of Hispacure, the official Spanish fan club. And big issue : a contract have been signed for distributing the English edition in North
America and Europe at a price more than reasonable.
More information on other languages release coming soon..."
(Thanks David)
"OK Go's latest release is a 3-song affair called Do What You Want. The other two songs are "Invincible" and a cover of "The Lovecats" by The
Cure. To Americans, a release like this is called an EP. More sophisticated people know them as singles, which they love to loudly play while wearing short pants, swilling beer, and eating liver and monkey sandwiches. It's a small world, ripe for the rocking. Do your part: you can buy this new singlEP at the iTunes Store, Amazon.com, and a host of other places. You can also listen to two of those songs, for free, on okgo.net and our MySpace page."
(Thanks James)
"Robert is mentioned in an MSNBC article about Billy Corgan's new release. Their song together, 'To Love Somebody' got a rave review in
the article. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8293437/ "
(Thanks Cheryl)
"not ususally one to report these but CSI new york (or is it cold case? sunday night 8pm pacific CBS)
anyway, there was a scene of a mother and father in a bathroom, getting ready to punish their young, blonde daoughter. "lullaby" is playing, as the
mother and father call their son in, and make him push his sisters' face into a tub of water--so she almost drowns.
very wierd."
(Thanks Arusha)
"www.demotivate.com is a website that makes fun (and rightfully so) at all those motivational companies for suckers. "It's a perfect day to throw back your head and kiss it all goodbye" is one of their demotivational sayings which is ironic to me since it's one of Bob's more motivational, upbeat songs. So is "Giving up and going on are both the same dead end."
(Thanks Sam)
June 18th
"On July 2nd, The Cure will play for Live 8 in Versailles on the castle esplanade to an expected audience of 200,000. The show will be free but 20,000 VIP passes will be available through an SMS competition. To enter the competition, text 'Live' from a French mobile phone to 73600 from June 20th on. The funds generated from the text competition will go directly to funding the event costs.
Initially, it was supposed to be set in the Tuileries park in Paris but was moved to Versailles to accommodate a larger audience and to preserve the Tuilerie monuments. Other international artists include James Brown, Shakira, Muse and Placebo. French artists scheduled: Yannick Noah, Pascal Obispo, Kool Shen, Kyo, Axelle Red, Youssou N'Dour, Florent Pagny, Calogero, Raphaël, Cerrone and Diam's.
In France, Live 8 will be broadcasted live on M6 (TV) and NRJ (radio). Live 8 will be held simultaneously in 8 cities around the world: London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Philadelphia, Toronto, Tokyo and Johannesburg.
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The day before, Cerrone will have his 'Cerrone Dance Party' on the same premises. I'm attaching the map of this event to give you an idea of the setup.
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Full-length AFP Press Release:
Live 8: James Brown, The Cure, Shakira et Placebo à l'affiche à Versailles
PARIS, 17 juin 2005 (AFP) - James Brown, The Cure, Shakira, Muse et Placebo côté international, Yannick Noah, Pascal Obispo et Kool Shen côté français font partie des artistes qui se produiront le 2 juillet sur l'esplanade du château de Versailles dans le cadre de Live 8, série de 8 concerts simultanés contre la pauvreté.
Kyo, Axelle Red, Youssou N'Dour, Florent Pagny, Calogero, Raphaël, Cerrone ou Diam's sont également à l'affiche du concert de Versailles. Les organisateurs, dont le rocker irlandais Bob Geldof, attendent quelque 200.000 spectateurs pour ce concert français du Live 8, qui est gratuit.
Les spectateurs pourront tenter de gagner, à partir de lundi, quelques-unes des 20.000 places «privilégiées» réservées pour le concert. Ils devront envoyer un SMS avec le simple mot «Live» au 73600. Les fonds récoltés (hors frais techniques) seront utilisés pour financer l'événement.
Initialement, les organisateurs avaient prévu de monter le concert dans Paris, aux Tuileries. Mais ils ont dû renoncer en raison des risques de dégradations que cela faisait courir aux monuments et à cause du fait que le site semblait trop petit pour accueillir le public.
Le maire de Versailles, Etienne Pinte, a alors proposé d'utiliser l'esplanade du château. La veille de Live 8, le 1er juillet, le musicien Marc Cerrone (qui sera présent à Live 8) organise un autre concert au même endroit.
«C'est un événement déterminant. Chacun doit prendre ses responsabilités: artistes, intellectuels et hommes politiques», a commenté Jack Lang, président du comité France pour l'Afrique, vendredi à Paris lors de la conférence de presse de présentation du concert, aux côtés de Geldof.
Les autres concerts de Live 8 auront lieu simultanément à Londres, Rome, Berlin, Philadelphie, Toronto, Tokyo et Johannesburg. Les organisateurs veulent faire pression sur les chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement pour les inciter à prendre des décisions favorables au Tiers-Monde lors du G8, qui aura lieu du 6 au 8 juillet en Ecosse.
En France, Live 8 sera télévisé sur M6 et retransmis à la radio par NRJ.
pr/bb/ds
AFP ©171830 JUN 05
(Thanks Olivier)
"Tickets for the SZIN in Szeged (HU) are available on http://www.tex.hu since yesterday."
(Thanks Olivier)
"Radio 21, a belgium radio, announced the release of a live dvd from the curiosa tour for september or october."
(Thanks Christophe L.)
"MAGICRAYS from Switzerland have covered 'Pictures Of You' on their latest 'Black' EP - a review can be found at the bbc...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A4067138"
(Thanks Dennis)
"This is without doubt the most bizarre yet funny use of the Cure ever and I claim my £5.
First the background info you need...
In Scotland there is a comedy series called Chewing The Fat which used the many talents of comedienne Karen Dunbar. She now has her own show
and one of the recurring characters is the appalling lounge singers, Almost Angelic.
Listen to the whole clip and send your fivers to the usual address!!"
(Thanks to Hugh for the clip and to Bruno for hosting it)
"Oi! Just a couple of minutes ago, watching Channel 4, there was an advert for World's Biggest Airliner and the music playing was the first
20 seconds of 'M' off Seventeen Seconds. Sounded so good and it was such a surprise."
(Thanks Honey Honey)
"Last night I was at the Better than Ezra concert in Chicago. During the middle of their last song, they brought in about 20-30 seconds of Fascination Street. It was awesome."
(Thanks James)
"Last night I was watching 100 greatest kid stars on VH1 and during the segment on Anthony Michael Hall the played 2 small clips of Lovecats and
Just like Heaven. It was quite nice to hear such great 80's sound songs played with one of the coolest 80's stars."
(Thanks Wade)
June 16th