The Cure

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The Cure's First New Music in 16 Years Is On the Way

New album will reportedly follow single 'Alone,' out Thursday

(Newser) - Six years after teasing new music, The Cure is finally ready. The new single, "Alone," representing the band's first new music in 16 years, will premiere on BBC Radio 6 before its release at 7am ET Thursday, per Pitchfork . Hear a snippet here . The Guardian describes it...

The Cure's Roger O'Donnell Reveals 'Devastating' Discovery

Keyboardist was diagnosed with 'aggressive form of lymphoma,' but is now doing 'fine'

(Newser) - The Cure keyboardist Roger O'Donnell is urging people to visit a doctor at the first sign of concern—something he failed to do before discovering an aggressive cancer. O'Donnell revealed he was diagnosed with "a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma" a year ago in a...

Robert Smith Prevails in Fight With Ticketmaster

Fans charged 'unduly high' fees will get refunds of up to $10 per ticket

(Newser) - When Robert Smith speaks, Ticketmaster apparently listens. The Cure frontman, who said in an all-caps series of tweets Wednesday that he was "SICKENED" by the high fees tacked onto tickets for the band's 2023 US and Canada dates, announced Thursday that fans would be getting some money back,...

A First for Women in 2019 Rock Hall
'We Can Stop Holding
Our Breath' on Rock Hall
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Dec 13, 2018 9:50 AM CST

'We Can Stop Holding Our Breath' on Rock Hall

Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson to be inducted

(Newser) - Congratulations to Stevie Nicks. The rocker was announced Thursday as a 2019 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame following her first appearance as an individual nominee. She'll become the only woman to be entered twice, following Fleetwood Mac's 1998 induction. "I have been in...

Scariest Albums Ever Made
 Scariest Albums 
 Ever Made 
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Oct 28, 2009 2:07 PM CDT

Scariest Albums Ever Made

Celebrate Halloween with these psychologically creepy albums

(Newser) - James Montgomery, tasked with listing the scariest albums ever made for MTV in honor of Halloween, resisted the temptation to include Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing. Instead, he went for the "dense, raw, positively horrifying albums, guaranteed to turn your Halloween into a total fright-fest." Check them...

Site Taps Into Twitterers' Playlists

We Are Hunted's top 99 gives different view of what's popular now

(Newser) - Are the Billboard music charts just too yesterday’s-news for you? Do you need to know which songs people are listening to the most, right this red-hot minute? Luckily, the website We Are Hunted has figured out how to mine Twitter feeds to find out what’s playing the most,...

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