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“I was like, ‘Oh my God, he graffitied on this shirt. Am I going to go out in this shirt that has this thing on it?’”: Olivia Rodrigo reveals Robert Smith's Glastonbury prank, and says she didn’t play her Cure-referencing new single to him

“I played him a bunch of other songs on the album – I don’t know why I didn’t think to play this one"

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“When I was growing up, there was peer pressure on you to conform to be a certain way. And as an English boy at the time, you’re encouraged not to show your emotion”: How the young Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s definitive songs

The band’s first song to pass one billion streams on Spotify

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Is Olivia Rodrigo 'Saving' The Cure or Ruining a Classic? The Gatekeeping War Over 'Drop Dead' Begins

As Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drop Dead' tips its hat to The Cure's Just Like Heaven, listeners are being pushed to confront who really owns pop's past.

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“You know all the words to Just Like Heaven, and I know why he wrote them now”: Olivia Rodrigo still has The Cure’s Robert Smith on her mind on new single, Drop Dead

Lyrical reference follows Rodrigo and Smith’s Glastonbury collab last year

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13 of the best Record Store Day 2026 releases, as picked by TechRadar — Pavement, Public Service Broadcasting and more

We're a music-loving bunch at TechRadar, just see our top Record Store Day 2026 picks (and why we love them)

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We pick 8 of the best Record Store Day 2026 releases – The Cure, Nas, Miles Davis, Pavement and more

Exclusive releases and vinyl editions we're adding to our wish list

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"English people don't really want to feel that much." The curious tale of Robert Smith's least favourite Cure album, despite him telling the world "anyone who doesn't like this just doesn't like the Cure"

"More passion went into the making of this record than all the others combined"

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Manic Street Preachers cover The Cure at London gig

The Welsh rockers were playing the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Evening Standard

‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on birth, death and breakdown

In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure

The Guardian - UK

From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked!

As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop

The Guardian - UK

Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys

From the Cure winning their first Grammys to a posthumous award for Chick Corea, it was a night of heartening wins and robust politics

The Guardian - UK

The Cure win first two Grammy Awards of their entire career

The Cure won their first two Grammys on Sunday (01.02.26) but missed the ceremony due to the funeral of Perry Bamonte.

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Bad Bunny’s historic Grammy win delivers a powerful message to Trump’s divided America

GRAMMYS 2026: The Puerto Rican star headlined a night of firsts, with more history-making from Kendrick Lamar and K-pop, plus momentous wins for British stars such as Olivia Dean, Lola Young and The Cure, reports Kevin E G Perry

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"The community we found through punk and hardcore music has given us a safe place to swing in the dark." Turnstile win big in the rock and metal categories at the 2026 Grammys, Yungblud and Nine Inch Nails also winners

Other winners included Yungblud, Nine Inch Nails and The Cure

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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus: ‘Bass players are just cool. We’re the one that brings it all together’

The bass player and singer on naming his chickens, selling his Banksy and surviving cancer

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“Teddy was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story”: Perry Bamonte, guitarist for The Cure, dies aged 65

Bamonte served two stints with the gothic rock institution, and can be heard on some of their biggest hits

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“Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative": Perry Bamonte, of the Cure, dies aged 65

Guitar and keyboard stalwart passes away

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The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dead at 65

The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte has died at home over Christmas, following a short illness.

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Perry Bamonte and The Cure: Secrets, Silence, and the Untold Truth Behind His Cause of Death

The Cure mourns Perry Bamonte, 65, after his death over Christmas. Fans question the silence surrounding his cause of death and final days.

The Guardian - UK

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65

Starting as a roadie and guitar tech, Bamonte joined the band in 1990 after its breakthrough album Disintegration

Evening Standard

Perry Bamonte, longtime guitarist of The Cure, dies aged 65

The post-punk band confirmed the death of their guitarist and keyboard player following a short illness over Christmas.

Louder

The Cure’s Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: “He was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story”

The Cure confirm that longtime guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has passed away

Louder

"If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’ll eat meat - that’s how much I hate Morrissey." The story of the hugely-entertaining, long-running beef between Robert Smith and Morrissey

The Cure and Smiths frontmen had a long-running war of words beginning back in 1984 and here are some of the best bits.

The Guardian - UK

‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio

Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing

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“It’s a pretty bizarre day when you find an email from Robert Smith in your inbox”: Electronic polymath Daniel Avery on the genre-blurring magic of new album Tremor and remixing the Cure

Now on his sixth studio album, we speak to Daniel Avery and hear how he mixed the distorted with the ethereal to create the sonic universe of Tremor

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