The Cure

**The Cure** are a British alternative rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Emerging from the British post-punk scene, they went on to gain modest success, and a cult following, in the late 70s and early 80s, before obtaining mainstream success from 1982 onwards with singles such as Let's Go to Bed and The Lovecats, going on to become an international success with albums such as *The Top* (1984), *Head On the Door* (1985) and *Disintegration* (1989). It is estimated that they have sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

The band has undergone numerous line-up changes since its formation, and guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The group's musical and visual style have led them to become known as the archetypal 'goth' band although their repertoire, now stretching over forty years, goes beyond such labelling.

In interviews in June 2021, Smith referenced the recording of two new Cure albums. A major European tour is scheduled for late 2022.

## Sessions

Live acoustic session (R2), 12 November 2001. No official release.

* Boys Don't Cry / In Between Days / High

The Cure were promoting a new *Greatest Hits* collection, which also included a special acoustic hits disc.

## Interviews

Robert Smith was the guest on Janice's show on 04 September 1985 to talk about "some of his favourite music and plays tracks from the group's new album" (*The* *Head On the Door*).

In 1990 The Cure issued a special promo CD featuring an interview with Janice Long. Entitled simply An Interview, the tracklisting states only two tracks but the disc is actually split into 13 sections, the first 5 have Janice Long voice overs, while the remaining 8 allow you to pretend to interview Robert Smith (available on YouTube).

### 1980s

* 03 April 1984 - The Caterpillar (*new entry on Top 40*)
* 04 September 1985 - tracks from *The Head On the Door*, possibly incl. In Between Days
* 02 October 1987 - Just Like Heaven (*new single reviewed on Singled Out*)

### 2000s

* 06 April 2009 - Boys Don't Cry
* 08 May 2009 - Lullaby
* 17 June 2009 - Just Like Heaven
* 10 July 2009 - Catch

### 2010s

* 22 February 2011 - In Between Days
* 01 April 2011 - Close To Me
* 12 April 2012 - Lullaby
* 08 May 2012 - In Between Days
* 28 June 2012 - Lullaby
* 11 January 2013 - A Forest
* 03 May 2013 - Close To Me
* 10 October 2013 - Friday I'm in Love
* 10 May 2013 - The Caterpillar
* 22 January 2014 - Lullaby
* 07 April 2016 - Just Like Heaven
* 08 June 2016 - Friday I'm In Love
* 11 July 2017 - The Love Cats
* 04 March 2019 - Just Like Heaven
* 09 April 2019 - The Lovecats

### 2020s

* 02 May 2020 - Love Song (*Saturday Live* - Inheritance Tracks, remembering marriage to Paul)
* 05 May 2020 - In Between Days
* 07 April 2021 - High
* 01 September 2011 - Close to Me

Robert Smith also features on the single Not in Love by Crystal Castles (10 May 2018) and was also a member of Siouxsie and the Banshees for the recording of the *Hyaene* album (1984) which featured their cover version of The Beatles' Dear Prudence (22 February 2011).

## Covered

* Kate Rusby - Friday I'm in Love 08 July 2020

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Spotify