Two additional albums
Before hitting the road again, he wants to complete another album. When discussing Songs of a Lost World in 2019, he also mentioned that he was working on two different records, one of which was finished but it was not the first that was to be released, namely Songs of a Lost World.. Yes, you have to be able to follow the interpreter of “Just Like Heaven”, especially when he starts planning for his group. Because this is not the first time that he has mentioned the simultaneous releases of two albums without anything happening…
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In the meantime, the successor of Songs of a Lost World would already be “virtually finished”, he confides. Better still, a third album would be on the way! However, those who were hoping to see the group on stage next summer5 will be disappointed. “Seriously, I need to finish the second album. We were supposed to play some festivals next year, but I decided we wouldn’t play anything next summer. The next time we go on stage will be in the fall of next year.”he said in this interview.
Concerts until 2028 or 2029
Retirement time has not yet come for the group which exploded in the mid-80s with the album The Head On The Door followed by Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1087), Disintegration (1989) et Wish (1992). Robert Smith even projects himself into the distant future. Ten years! He discusses The Cure’s 50th anniversary in 2028, stating that “then we’ll probably play pretty regularly until the next anniversary – 2028! It looms on the horizon. I started thinking about 2018 at the end of 2016, saying to myself: ‘I’m a year and a half old, it’s easy! And yet, I still didn’t manage to arrive on time. Now I’m starting to say to myself, ‘2028, I have to put this in order’.”
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A “Get Back”-style documentary by Peter Jackson
In all this, he includes a documentary dedicated to the group already mentioned many times. Directing, there will be Tim Pope with whom The Cure has worked for many years. He notably signed the clip for the hit “Close To Me” in which Robert Smith and his acolytes are locked in a wardrobe which falls into the sea from a cliff.
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He compares this film to Get Back, the huge documentary devoted to the Beatles and the recording of their last album by Peter Jackson. “If I make it to the 50th anniversary (of The Cure, Editor’s note), this will be the summary of what I’ve done with my life: things I don’t usually talk about, images, recordings and things that would not normally see the light of day. If you are interested in the group, it will be interesting. It is a historical document. It will not be salacious in any way, but it will be revealing.” It will also be an opportunity to put an end to false ideas circulating about the group, he had already told the NME in 2019 by discussing this project. This is mouth-watering…
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If there is to be a retirement, it will be in 2029, when The Cure will celebrate 50 years since the release of their first album, Three Imaginary Boys. “I will be 70 in 2029, and it will be the 50th anniversary of the Cure’s first album. If I get that far, that will be it. Until then, I would like us to integrate the concerts into the overall plan of what we are going to do. I loved it; the last ten years of concerts have been the best ten of my career in the band. I don’t care about the other 30 years! It was great.”
This should delight fans of the British team. But as always with Robert Smith, all this should be taken with a grain of salt. He has the art of confusing his audience with side roads that lead nowhere. They are still waiting for a solo album mentioned countless times over several decades…
