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MGT teams up with founding members of The Cure for a remix of “The Assembly Line”

Goth-rock duo MGT has teamed up with former/founding members of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst and Pearl Thompson, for a remix, standalone single, dubbed “The Assembly Line (Cured Mix).” The track can…

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The Cure’s “Let’s Go to Bed”

During the time between the final concert of the Pornography tour on June 11th, 1982 at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium—and the band’s unexpected return on BBC 2 broadcasted Oxford…

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The Cure’s “The Head On The Door”

On August 26th, 1985 The Cure released their 6th studio album The Head On The Door, an album that takes its title from a line from the single “Close to Me”.…

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When Joy Division Opened for The Cure

On March 4th, 1979, The Cure selected Joy Division to open for them during a series of Sunday gigs at The Marquee Club in London. Another band selected by Robert…

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On this Day in 1976 Malice—The Band That Would Become The Cure—Played Their First Gig

In October of 2016, Lol Tolhurst released his book Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys which included an intimate recounting of The Cure’s early days. The band in its very first…

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Lol Tolhurst, Co-Founder of The Cure Announces New Memoir Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys

[dropcap]Laurence[/dropcap] Andrew Tolhurst, aka Lol, who as a boy co-founded The Cure, and even named the band after his song Easy Cure (written nearly 40 years ago). The former Cure…

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