Consequence of Sound — Plus: Smashing Pumpkins, Noel Gallagher, The 1975, Greta Van Fleet, The Hives, Tash Sultana, Mogwai, and more. more info

Stereogum — The Smashing Pumpkins' 30th anniversary tour is now in full swing. After a special precursor show in New Jersey in August, which saw them teaming up with Courtney Love and Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath, the tour got underway in earnest on Wednesday night ... more info

Consequence of Sound — With James Iha on lead vocals. more info

JamBase — Smashing Pumpkins debuted a pair of originals and a cover of The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" as part of their tour opener at The Sylvee in Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday night. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Having spent most of this year celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band, The Cure are now starting to announce plans for 2019... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — It's time to start arguing again! The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has announced this year's wave of nominations: 15 artists who will have the chance to join the class of 2019 inductees. We have a whole lot of repeat nominees this year, including notab... more info

Consequence of Sound — Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, and Devo are among the other finalists. more info

Consequence of Sound — Robert Smith looks to be particularly active in 2019. more info

Stereogum — More than maybe 95% of the bands I tend to talk about, the Cure are one of those groups I have to actually stop and consider as one that gets tangled up in conversations not worth having. And by this I mean the issue of what it means to like the Cure... more info

Nialler9 — Thursday August 30th Hermitage Green @ The Potato Market (€12.50) Acoustic evening with Hermitage Green in aid of Jigsaw. Saturday September 1st Fire In Cairo @ Kasbah Social Club (€10) The Cure Tribute band. The Counterfeits @ Dola... more info