Random music news for Saturday, March 22, 2025
We’re now officially into spring. Bring it on. Bring on music news for March 22, 2025, too. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Are you a Star Trek fan? Check this out.
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Robert Smith
Neil Young Learns from Robert Smith: No more platinum concert tickets
You might remember a couple of years back when Robert Smith put his foot down when it came to price points for tickets for a North American tour by The Cure. One of
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Here come the boycotts of the tech bros. Michael Stipe and Robert Smith are on the case.
Plenty of tech industry people are very worried about how all the tech companies have not only bent a knee to Donald Trump but are openly groveling in hopes that they’ll be able
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Ongoing History Daily: How Robert Smith accidentally ended up as The Cure’s lead singer
The Cure is really having a moment with their new album, Songs for a Lost World, so frontman Robert Smith is back talking about the history of the band. Back in the beginning—and
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, December 25, 2024
I know a lot of fellow radio people use this site for showprep. To all of you working the holidays, I feel your pain. I had to do it for decades so I
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, December 23, 2024
More music news? Go here. BONUS: I’m sure John Fogerty approves. Ukrainian solider plays “Fortunate Son” before firing on Russian tank. pic.twitter.com/wRwFibFUVM — POV combat footage (@Zoma3mk) December 20, 2024
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Robert Smith has some rules for Cure concert tickets
Even with the new album, Songs of a Lost World, coming on November 1, The Cure isn’t going to play a lot of shows until autumn 2025, so this gig at London Troxy
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The legacy of Wolfman Jack
The history of radio has many stories of legendary DJs who helped advance the cause of both broadcasting and rock’n’roll. Wolfman Jack was one of those guys. His real name was Robert Smith
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A trained opera singer assesses the vocals of The Cure’s Robert Smith
In this episode of The Charismatic Voice, trained opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff–who has been living in a cave her whole life and claims never to have ever heard some of rock’s biggest vocalists–has
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Photos from The Cure’s marathon show in Toronto
[Ross MacDonald was there for all two hours and forty minutes. – AC] The Cure started off their concert at Budweiser Stage in an unconventional way. Instead of exploding out of the dark
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, June 13, 2023
You will click on this headline because you’re powerless not to: The World’s Most Expensive Potato Chips and What They’re Made Of. Meanwhile, music news for June 13, 2023, is free. More music
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