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"He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him." Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure...and the first time he met Robert Smith

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends

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“I told them I was dying and they didn’t believe me. I could tell by the look on my doctor’s face that there was something very, very wrong with me”: Robert Smith on the madness and the magic of The Cure’s early days

The goth legends’ ‘Doom Trilogy’ was aptly named

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“Honestly, this song, The Cure, has nothing to do with the band, The Cure”: Olivia Rodrigo gives the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking about her new single

“I think it's like a new perspective that I haven't really had the maturity maybe to express before in earlier albums,” she says

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Olivia Rodrigo reveals what The Cure is really about

Olivia Rodrigo has insisted her new song The Cure isn't about the band of the same name even though she's good pals with frontman Robert Smith.

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“It’s my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made”: Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else?

The second single from her upcoming third album lands on Friday

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Satisfaction for Mick Jagger as 29-storey tower by the Thames blocked

A planning battle over the proposed 100m tower has raged for over two years

Evening Standard

When should you get a mammogram? The latest information amid conflicting advice

Information around routine mammograms in the US is confusing. Here is what you need to know

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The Rolling Stones perform as younger selves in new CGI music video

The video shows de-aged versions of the trio performing their new song In The Stars.

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Rolling Stones reveal Foreign Tongues tracklist - with every title translated into a different language

The Rolling Stones have unveiled the full tracklist for their new album Foreign Tongues, featuring multilingual song titles.

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Robert Smith obituary

Other lives: Professor of pharmacology focused on the chemical fate of drugs in human bodies and horses

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Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood recorded Brian Wilson tribute for Foreign Tongues

Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood recorded a guitar solo in tribute to Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson for the band's new album Foreign Tongues.

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Mick Jagger reveals how Robert Smith ended up featuring on new Stones album

The cover for Foreign Tongues is designed by American artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn.

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How Robert Smith ended up singing on The Rolling Stones' new album

Robert Smith appears on The Rolling Stones' upcoming album Foreign Tongues.

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Rolling Stones unveil new album with star-studded collaborations

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Rolling Stones announce new album with guests Paul McCartney and The Cure’s Robert Smith

The album, which is set to be released in July, is preceded by new single ‘In The Stars’

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"It was a very intense few weeks." The Rolling Stones announce new album Foreign Tongues, featuring Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more

Get ready for Stones' album number 25

Evening Standard

New Rolling Stones album to feature Paul McCartney and The Cure’s Robert Smith

Foreign Tongues follows 2023’s Hackney Diamonds.

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Shirley Manson to guest curate 2027 Teenage Cancer Trust shows at Royal Albert Hall

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson will lead the 2027 Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, taking over from Robert Smith after his hugely successful 2026 run.

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The Independent UK

Garbage singer Shirley Manson honoured to curate Teenage Cancer Trust shows

‘I consider it an immense privilege to continue helping raise funds and awareness for our all-too-often-forgotten teenagers,’ says Manson

Evening Standard

Garbage singer Shirley Manson to curate next year’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs

To mark the announcement, a video has been released of Garbage’s performance of The Cure’s Lovesong when they played at this year’s event in March.

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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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“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

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

On this giddy first taste of the US pop star’s third album, she sets aside her rock bona fides to revel in the opulent flush of a crush-come-true. But why does it seem so doomed?

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Pastor charged with manslaughter after baptism death, says victim was ‘dancing with Jesus’

Her comments may come under scrutiny in court.

The Guardian - UK

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