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The Cure’s first trip to America | Listen to their entire first US concert and more!

In mid April of 1980, The Cure embarked on a 6 date North East US tour—this was the “Cult Heroes” first trip ever to the states—supporting their second album Seventeen Seconds and the…

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The Cure in Sounds (UK) November 8, 1980 – “Playing For Today” | Plus bonus Dutch Television interview from 1980

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n November 8th, 1980, The Cure were interviewed in Sounds promoting the release of their second studio album “Seventeen Seconds”, and the single from which the article gets it’s title.…

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The Cure | Seventeen Seconds

On April 22nd, the day after Robert Smith’s birthday, The Cure released their second studio album Seventeen Seconds. To celebrate the album that introduced longtime Bassist Simon Gallup to the…

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The Cure’s “A Forest”

On April 8th, 1980, The Cure released the Mike Hedges co-produced single “A Forest” from the band’s upcoming sophomore album Seventeen Seconds. “A Forest” was not initially the title of the…

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