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BBC Radio 2 In Concert complete show

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Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 04:54:00 +0000


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White label auction

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:55:00 +0000

Update: today at 2pm UK time.

Final prices 

Pornography - £1,000
The Head on the Door - £800
Show - £750
Wish - £600
The Top - £800
Japanese Whispers - £700
Paris - £850
Greatest Hits - £1,000


The White Label Auction In Aid of The BRIT Trust

Upcoming auction from Omega Auctions. 

8 from The Cure, all signed by Robert Smith.

Pornography 
The Head on the Door 
Show
Wish
The Top
Japanese Whispers 
Paris
Greatest Hits

Thanks, JC








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James McCartney at Troxy

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:12:00 +0000

"What an awesome evening @TroxyLondon being fortunate enough to watch @thecure play tracks from their new album 'Songs Of A Lost World'. Lovely catching up with you Robert" ❤️




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Lost World still on track for UK debut at #1

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:20:00 +0000

From Music Week:


In the albums chart this week, The Cure are hurtling towards a No.1 finish with Songs Of A Lost World, which has racked up 45,054 sales so far. The record is significantly boosted by its physical release, which accounts for 40,129 sales, whilst downloads account for 3,234 units and streams make up 1,691. 


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From The Cure

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:18:00 +0000

DUE TO DEMAND... 'SONGS OF A LOST WORLD' (DELUXE EDITION) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK EMAILS & DOWNLOAD TO HEAR THE FIVE EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACKS AT TheCure.lnk.to/WorldwideDeluxe


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CoF on Bluesky

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:28:00 +0000

Once again, completely understand why so many are leaving Twitter. You can find CoF on Bluesky too - @craigatcof.bsky.social


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Anonymous heART Project auction is up

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:14:00 +0000

Update: 

Final prices

DRONE:NODRONE- £1,800

WARSONG - £3,974

ALL I EVER AM - £2,551

A FRAGILE THING - £3,600

I CAN NEVER SAY GOODBYE -£15,500


The @heartresearchuk auction is up.


DRONE: NODRONE - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267030793797


WARSONG - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267030793091


ALL I EVER AM - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267030794980


 A FRAGILE THING - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267030793378


I CAN NEVER SAY GOODBYE - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267030794239


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Songs of a Lost World chart positions

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:11:00 +0000

Songs of a Lost World debuts at:

Australia - #5

Austria - #1

Belgium (Flemish and Wallonian) - #1

Canada - #12

Denmark - #1

Dutch - #1

France - #1

Germany - #1

Ireland - #3

Italy - #2

New Zealand - #3

Scotland - #1

Spain - #2

Sweden - #1

Switzerland - #1

UK - #1

US - #4


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Album of the Week on BBC Radio 2

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

From The Cure:

SONGS OF A LOST WORLD IS ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON @BBCRADIO2. TUNE IN THIS WEEK TO VERNON KEY & OJ BORG TO HEAR TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM




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Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:25:00 +0000

From Variety:


Brit Beat: Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

By Mark Sutherland

It’s been 16 long years since legendary British alternative rockers the Cure last released a studio album, but the campaign for the band’s new outing, “Lost World,” has made it feel like they’ve never been away.

And the band has also returned “home” to the Fiction-via-Polydor label, which released the band’s recordings up until 2004’s self-titled album. The most recent two Cure albums came out via America on Geffen, but Polydor Label Group President Ben Mortimer says he made it his “mission” to bring the band back to the record company.

“I actually can’t believe it’s happened because it’s been a conversation that’s been going on for so long,” Mortimer tells Variety. “Robert Smith sits alongside Paul Weller, who we brought back to Polydor a few years ago, as one of those people who are really in the fabric of the label. [The return] has really energized the whole label and tapped into the soul of what we do.”

Mortimer says “huge credit” should also go to Fiction Records Managing Director Jim Chancellor, “who has had a brilliant relationship with Robert for a long time.” Smith manages the band himself and Mortimer says the release plan came together over numerous emails featuring Smith’s trademark “all caps firmly on” style.

Key to the strategy was a suitably gothic Cure takeover of the BBC on Halloween, the day before “Songs of a Lost World” dropped, with a live session on BBC Radio 6 Music and a career-spanning BBC Radio 2 “In Concert” recording, which was also televised as part of a BBC 2 Cure night on November 2. The “In Concert” recording reportedly received the most ticket applications of any show in the long-running series.

“One of the stipulations Robert had on doing the deal was that the album to come out straight after Halloween,” Mortimer says. “Our production team had to jump through hoops to deliver vinyl and everything in time. It was really touch and go but Robert was very clear, unless it’s coming November 1, we ain’t doing this!”

The band also made a spectacular full live return with an intimate show at London’s Troxy venue on November 1, which featured a full rendition of the new album as well as many other songs. It was livestreamed around the world on YouTube and attended by many other musicians, from Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong to Culture Club’s Boy George.

All that attention – and some of the best reviews of the band’s career – has also translated into record sales, with the album set to debut at No.1 in the Official U.K. Albums Chart on November 8. It had already passed 40,000 units by Monday, according to the Official Charts Company. That’s despite this being the band’s first album release of the streaming age – previous studio album “4:13 Dream” came out in 2008 – with Mortimer saying the band racked up huge numbers of Spotify pre-saves.

“The Universal catalog team, alongside Robert, have done a very good job of keeping things alive for years, but it’s more than that,” says Mortimer. “If you look at their streams, there are tracks at over 700 million on Spotify, so there is a young audience there that streams the Cure.

“We’ve brought in new ideas – Robert’s remarkably open to modern ways of thinking, he’s such an intelligent man, he grasps things so quickly – but I don’t think it changed his strategy,” Mortimer adds. “Some artists are able to speak to different generations, and the Cure are one of those.”

With the band likely to announce further touring plans, Mortimer is expecting a long campaign for the album, one of the first big releases through the new Polydor Label Group, after a major Universal U.K. restructure: Mortimer now also oversees the Capitol U.K. and 0207 Def Jam labels, run by Jo Charrington and Alec Boateng respectively.

“It’s been a crazy year across the whole business, but I’m really thankful about the new responsibilities that I have,” says Mortimer. “Working with Jo and Alec is just an absolute dream, they’re some of the best A&R executives of recent generations and they’ve brought so many brilliant artists into our system, so I’m feeling really lucky. Everyone complements each other really well.”

Meanwhile, the American release of “Songs of a Lost World” goes through Capitol, meaning Mortimer has reunited with his former Polydor co-president Tom March, now chairman/CEO of Capitol Music Group (“Tom’s wonderful – having a Brit over there who gets it has been really helpful”). The pair revived Polydor’s fortunes in the 2010s and Mortimer is hopeful the Cure’s renewed success could also bring back the buzz to music from this side of the pond.

“It feels like there’s real interest in what the U.K. and Ireland does really well again,” he says. “You look at Oasis, the Cure, plus we’re getting such an explosion of interest on Sam Fender at the moment and we’re seeing growth on a band like Inhaler… We’ve been talking about it for 15 years but it’s genuinely happening now.”


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Songs of a Lost World Debuts at No. 1 on Multiple Billboard Charts

By craigjparker.blogspot.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 02:15:00 +0000

From Billboard:

The Cure’s ‘Songs of a Lost World’ Debuts at No. 1 on Multiple Billboard Charts

The set marks the group's first leader on the 33-year-old Top Album Sales chart, and the band's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 since 1992.

By Keith Caulfield 

The Cure make a striking return to Billboard’s album charts (dated Nov. 16) with the arrival of Songs of a Lost World. It’s the band’s first No. 1 on the 33-year-old Top Album Sales chart and the act’s highest-charting effort on the Billboard 200 (No. 4) since 1992. It also bows at No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Vinyl Albums and Indie Store Album Sales.

Songs of a Lost World is the group’s first album of new material since 2008. The new album is the act’s third top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200, following its self-titled effort (No. 7 in July 2004) and Wish (No. 2 in May 1992)

Equivalent album units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. Nov. 16, 2024-dated charts will be posted in full on Billboard’s website on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Songs of a Lost World bows with 57,000 equivalent album units earned (the act’s best week by units) in the United States in the week ending Nov. 7, according to Luminate. Of that sum, album sales comprise 53,000 (The Cure’s biggest sales week since 2004, when its self-titled album launched with 91,000), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 5.02 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

The new album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across five vinyl variants (which sold a combined 23,000 copies; the band’s best week on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991), a standard CD, a CD/blu-ray audio package, two cassettes, a standard digital download and a deluxe digital download with five bonus live tracks (exclusive to the band’s webstore).

The set’s “A Fragile Thing” rises 25-22 on Alternative Airplay (a new peak and its highest charting song since 2004) and 12-10 on Adult Alternative Airplay (The Cure’s first top 10, and third charting hit, since the list began in 1996).


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