Chorus.fm — *The Cure* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thecure) have announced (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/01/the-cure-announce-european-festival-dates.html) some European festival dates. Submitted by Indoor Living more info

411 Mania — They're going to be busy... more info

Impose Magazine — Brooklyn's Black Marble embraces the doom and gloom of 1980s bands like Joy Division and The Cure. They are named after a dark, slick, heavy stone, what else could you expect? "Pretender," is the opening track from their debut EP, Weight Against ... more info

Perez Hilton — Exciting news for die hard fans of The Cure! Last we heard about the English goth band, they were prepping for their fall tour. Now, it appears that they're looking to keep up the momentum because they've announced plans to play THREE European festiv... more info

411 Mania — In Sweden and Germany... more info

Gigwise — Band will play three festivals... more info

Big Stereo — One of my favorite bands get’s covered in gravy by :Papercutz. Really into this cover and reminds me of the days and days and days I would spend locked up in my room listening to The Cure in the ’90s. Thank goth I didn’t take it too seriously. more info

Here Comes The Flood — Brooklyn shoegazers Elika have done it again. Their album Always The Light puts the computerized percussion on center stage, with the vocals of Evagelia Maravelias sounding aloof and lazy. Brian Wenckebach drops in guitar flourishes one-at-time and... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Elton John is putting pen to paper to share his experiences of the global Aids epidemic in his first book The singer will write about losing friends including Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to the disease in Love Is The Cure Ending The Global Aid... more info

KEXP Seattle — I just realized on my last visit to the KEXP vinyl stacks that I have made a grievous error. I’ve been doing this column for years now (wait, that’s not the error; there’s more) and I have somehow neglected to cover even one album by The Cure! ... more info