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The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – as promised, ‘very, very doom and gloom’

The band’s first album in 16 years finds Robert Smith and co on reliably melancholy form – with the exception of one out-and-out pop banger

The Guardian - UK

Just like heaven: the Cure’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Ahead of the release of Songs of a Lost World – their first album in 16 years – we rate the best of a band who combine light and dark like no other

The Guardian - UK

National Album Day: 9 of the best British albums for testing your hi-fi system

To Celebrate National Album Day, we've compiled a list of favourite British albums to test your system.

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The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – dark, personal and their best since Disintegration

The band are at an artistic peak on their first album in 16 years: movingly melancholic, with a punchy sound to match the lyrics’ emotional impact

The Guardian - UK

“Again, a bit of doom and gloom.” Robert Smith selects one song from every Cure album which reflects the mood of their new record Songs of a Lost World, and reveals which Cure album is his least favourite

The Cure's Robert Smith picks a 13-track playlist to get fans in the mood for his band's new album, Songs of a Lost World

Louder

“Each instrument comes with a custom hardshell case, a signed COA from Robert Smith and directly supports life-saving cancer research”: Schecter and the Cure’s Robert Smith join forces for charity with the release of the Shellflower UltraCure

This limited edition run comprises an UltraCure electric guitar and its 30" scale six-string bass sibling, and $500 from the sale of each instrument goes to the World Cancer Research Fund

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“The world is falling apart. It’s insane. It’s greed, inequality, monetisation.” Robert Smith on the gloomy, reflective themes at the dark heart of The Cure's new album Songs of a Lost World

It may not entirely surprise you to learn that The Cure's first album in 16 years is not an upbeat party record

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The Cure’s Robert Smith blasts artists who blame ticketing sites for inflated prices weeks after Oasis fiasco

Oasis recently came under fire after fans reported sky-high ticket prices due to Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ system

The Independent UK

The Cure's Robert Smith speaks out on dynamic ticket pricing controversy: 'It's a scam...'

Robert Smith thinks dynamic ticket pricing is just a way to "scam" fans as he claims that modern performances have just become all about "branding and sponsorship" above all else.

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The Cure release plaintive new single A Fragile Thing, announce tracklist for Songs Of A Lost World album

Songs Of A Lost World will be the first album from The Cure since 2008's 4:13 Dream

Louder

“It’s not often we perform such intimate shows, so we’re really looking forward to this.” The Cure are recording an exclusive gig in London this month, and you could be there to see it

Find out how to get tickets to see The Cure live at special Radio 2 In Concert show

Louder

“I have convinced myself that they are the best actual rock band in the world at the moment”: September 2024 Guitar World editors' picks

Your monthly round up of the freshest new cuts from the world of guitar courtesy of Tetrarch, The Cure, Larkin Poe, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dayglow, and many more

Guitar World

“I wanted to make the ultimate record. And then the band could stop”: How The Cure’s Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers albums became goth’s great ‘Dark Trilogy’

The Cure’s Robert Smith looks back on the albums that turned the band into the goth icons they are today

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The Cure drop first single in 16 years

Frontman Robert Smith says the new single, "Alone," is "the track that unlocked the record"

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The Cure Releases First New Song In 16 Years

The Cure delights fans with new song 'Alone' after 16 years, announces upcoming album 'Songs of A Lost World'. Exciting news in the music scene with band r...

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The Cure announce new album and release their first new song in 16 years

English rock band will release ‘Songs of a Lost World’ in November

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“It’s the track that unlocked the record.” The Cure introduce their long-awaited new album Songs Of A Lost World with gorgeous, haunting new single Alone

Listen to Alone, the first single from the first album by The Cure in 16 years

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The Cure: Alone review – majestically wreathed in misery and despair

Birds fall from the sky, broken voices call us home and youthful dreams are dashed against the transience of life in the band’s first new song in 16 years

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Arty outrage, ancient sweets and Abba’s nuptials – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Evening Standard

The Cure announce first new music in 16 years

The Just Like Heaven hit-makers teased a short clip of new single titled Alone on social media with an album to follow

MusicRadar

“This is the end of every song that we sing”: The Cure are back with their first new music in 16 years

New single Alone gets its first play this Thursday, with a teased, unconfirmed new album apparently out on November 1st

The Guardian - UK

The Cure announce first new song in 16 years, Alone

Symphonic ballad will be released on Thursday, ahead of new album Songs of a Lost World which awaits an official announcement

Louder

“I had become Musical Director, which I always hate. But I took the money and took the title and did the job!”: The Cure’s Reeves Gabrels on the time he became David Bowie’s touring MD

Bowie needed someone to be his first lieutenant in the 90s, and his ex-Tin Machine bandmate was the person he turned to

The Independent UK

The Cure fans receive cryptic messages amid new album speculation

Frontman Robert Smith previously announced that the band had finished recording their new album in 2019

Louder

The Cure tease the release of Songs of a Lost World, their first album in 16 years, with a poster outside the English bar where they played their very first gig

It appears that The Cure's long-awaited Songs of a Lost World album will finally emerge on November 1

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