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NOVEMBER 2001

DON'T FORGET TO KEEP CHECKING BACK HERE FOR UPDATES...

WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A MICROSITE FOR THE 'GREATEST HITS'
YOU CAN SEE IT AT www.curehits.com (THANKS UNIVERSAL)
AND AT www.curehitsus.com (THANKS ELEKTRA USA)
(THE ADDRESSES ARE DIFFERENT BUT THE SITES ARE THE SAME...
WELL APART FROM THE FACT THAT ONE WORKS AND THE OTHER DOESN'T!)
THIS MICROSITE WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE 'PASSWORD PROTECTED'
AS AN 'ADDED EXTRA' LINKED ONLY FROM THE DVD
BUT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT 'OPEN' TO ALL
AND PUT A LAST MINUTE LINK ON THE 'HITS' CD TOO...
HOWEVER...
BECAUSE OUR SCHEDULE WAS GEARED TOWARDS THE DVD RELEASE
THE MICROSITE IS IN AN 'ONGOING' PHASE...
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW 'EXCLUSIVES' UP ALREADY BUT THERE WILL BE MORE
(WE HOPE QUITE A LOT MORE!) OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS...

WE DID A UK RADIO 2 SESSION FOR SIMON MAYO A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND ROBERT WAS INTERVIEWED BY HIM ON MONDAY...
BROADCAST DATE AND TIME TBD...

ALSO MONDAY WE DID ANOTHER UK RADIO 2 SESSION FOR THE DELIGHTFUL JANICE LONG
AND HAD A LOT OF FUN IN THE ACOUSTIC MANNER...
BROADCAST DATE AND TIME - NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
(WELL THURSDAY MORNING!) 1AM UK TIME 21ST/22ND NOVEMBER
LISTEN TO IT ON THE WEB @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/janicel_show/index.shtml

ON TUESDAY WE DID AN XFM (UK RADIO) SESSION THIS TUESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
BROADCAST DATE AND TIME - LIVE! 7PM - 8PM UK TIME
LISTEN TO IT ON THE WEB @ www.xfm.co.uk
(ROBERT ALSO DID AN 'XFM HIJACK' - BROADCAST DATE AND TIME TBD... )

AND ROBERT ALSO HOSTED AN UNWELL GARY CROWLEY'S SHOW THIS WEEK
(WE WISH YOU A GET WELL SOON!)
FOR A BBC LONDON LIVE CURE RADIO 'SPECIAL'
BROADCAST DATE AND TIME - LIVE! 9PM - 11PM UK TIME
SEE THE SONGLIST HERE...

LAST THURSDAY15TH NOVEMBER WE WERE IN KOLN GERMANY DOING DAS TOTP...

THIS FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER WE WILL BE RECORDING AN ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE FOR EUROPE 2 IN PARIS...

AND ROBERT WILL BE DOING AN HOUR LONG 'WEBCHAT' @ GetMusic.com ON MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER MIDNIGHT UK TIME

SO DID YOU GUESS WHO'S DONE THE VOICEOVER FOR OUR UK TV AD?

GREATEST HITS ADS SCHEDULE 14-Nov 2030 30 18.6 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 14-Nov 2350 30 2.0 The Russia House 14-Nov 2445 30 0.5 Take The Mike 15-Nov 2240 30 2.0 Night & Day 15-Nov 2345 30 0.5 The Base 15-Nov 2600 30 0.1 CDUK (with The Cure) 16-Nov 2150 30 10.0 Muhammed Ali - through the Eyes of the World 16-Nov 2415 30 0.5 Roots Of Rock 16-Nov 2450 30 0.3 Planet Rock Profiles 16-Nov 2700 30 0.2 Festivals 2000 48.2 ~

WE SATURATED ETC ETC...
"YOU WANNA HEAR SHUM MUSIC?"

THANKS TO DOM JOLY...

ROBERT SPENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT SPINNING ROUND IN 'THE LONDON EYE'
BEING INTERVIEWED BY BRIAN MOLKO OF PLACEBO FOR 'LES INROCKUPTIBLES'...
VERY STRANGE!

WE DID A "LIVE VOCAL TO TAPE" PERFORMANCE OF 'FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE' ON SATURDAY MORNING 10TH NOVEMBER
ON CDUK - AN ITV UK 'POP' PROGRAMME...
VERY WEIRD...
WE'LL TRY AND GET SOME PICTURES TO POST...
(AND WE THINK IT'S REPEATED THURSDAY NIGHT 15TH NOVEMBER)

GREATEST HITS

OUT NOVEMBER 12TH/13TH
(19TH IN AUSTRALIA)

IN THE UK YOU CAN ORDER IT FROM:
http://www.audiostreet.infront.co.uk/Show.jhtml?prod_id=17377259

IN AMERICA FROM:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005R09Y/ref%3Dbxgy%5Fsr%5Ftext%5Fa/103-2158875-6187067

OR TO SEE A LIST OF LINKS TO LOTS OF OTHER ETAILERS BASED ALL AROUND THE WORLD
FOR BOTH THE ALBUM AND THE SINGLE...
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChainofFlowers/greatesthits.html
(THANKYOU ONCE AGAIN 'CHAIN OF FLOWERS'!)

THE RUNNING ORDER OF THE 'GREATEST HITS' ALBUM - CHOSEN BY ROBERT AS A 'REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION
OF THE CURE'S DEFINING SINGLE MOMENTS' (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT) - IS AS FOLLOWS:

01. BOYS DON'T CRY
02. A FOREST
03. LET'S GO TO BED
04. THE WALK
05. THE LOVECATS
06. INBETWEEN DAYS
07. CLOSE TO ME
08. WHY CAN'T I BE YOU?
09. JUST LIKE HEAVEN
10. LULLABY
11. LOVESONG
12. NEVER ENOUGH
13. HIGH
14. FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE
15. MINT CAR
16. WRONG NUMBER
17. CUT HERE
18. JUST SAY YES

(ALTHOUGH OF COURSE IT'S NOT QUITE AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS THIS -
THE UK AND JAPANESE VERSIONS OF THE ALBUM WILL INCLUDE 'THE CATERPILLAR' AND 'PICTURES OF YOU'
BUT EXCLUDE 'THE WALK'...
THE USUAL SUPER WEAK REASONING TO DO WITH IMPORTS... ONCE AGAIN - PLEASE DON'T ASK US... )

THE COVER ART IS BY STYLO ROUGE

AS WE FIGURED A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE MAY WELL ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THESE SONGS
ON THE ORIGINAL ALBUMS WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING 'SPECIAL'...
SO THE 'INITIAL PRESSING' OF THE ALBUM WILL CONTAIN A FREE 'BONUS DISC'...

'ACOUSTIC HITS'

WHICH COMPRISES NEWLY RECORDED LIVE ACOUSTIC VERSIONS OF ALL 18 'HITS' SONGS
WITH BORIS WILLIAMS JOINING US ON PERCUSSION...

(WELL IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FREE - BUT WE THINK IN AMERICA IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST
AN EXTRA COUPLE OF DOLLARS FOR THE 2CD PACK...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T ASK US!!!)

CUT HERE

OUT NOW!!!OUT NOW!!!OUT NOW!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005QX5P/qid%3D1004572994/026-3341973-6909202

(IT'S A SWEET PACKAGE IF WE SAY SO OURSELVES!)

01. CUT HERE 02. SIGNAL TO NOISE 03. CUT HERE (MISSING MIX) 04. CUT HERE (CD-ROM VIDEO + GOODIES!)

WANT TO HEAR IT ON YOUR RADIO?
HEAD ON OVER TO http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChainofFlowers/support.htm TO SEE HOW YOU CAN!

SEE THE 'CUT HERE' VIDEO ONLINE...
http://www.getmusic.com/artists/featured/TheCureVideo4004.html

WE MADE TWO NEW VIDEOS FOR 'CUT HERE' AND 'JUST SAY YES' WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD ANTHONY
AS THE 'GREATEST HITS' IS ALSO COMING OUT NOVEMBER 27TH ON VHS AND (AT LAST!) DVD...

(thanks lyse for the photos)

THE DVD ALSO CONTAINS A FEW 'HIDDEN EXTRAS' - AS WELL AS A GROOVY 30 MINUTE FILM
(ALSO BY RICHARD ANTHONY) OF US PLAYING SIX OF THE 'ACOUSTIC HITS' SONGS:

01. A FOREST
02. THE LOVECATS
03. CLOSE TO ME
04. LULLABY
05. FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE
06. JUST SAY YES

LAST FRIDAY OCTOBER 26TH WE FILMED A SHORT INTERVIEW AND SHOW
FOR A PROGRAMME CALLED 'MUSIC PLANET 2 NITE' (WE THINK!)
HOSTED BY OUR OLD FRIEND RAY COKES AT 'LE RESERVOIR' IN PARIS
IT WILL AIR ON NOVEMBER 27TH ON ARTE

WE PLAYED...

JUST LIKE HEAVEN / CLOSE TO ME / LULLABY / INBETWEEN DAYS / LET'S GO TO BED / LOVESONG / A FOREST / FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE / BOYS DON'T CRY (WITH RAY GUESTING ON RAAAWK GUITAR!) / JUST SAY YES (WITH SAFFRON DUETTING!)

(once again thanks lyse for the photos)

(WE ALSO PLAYED THE WALK / WHY CAN'T I BE YOU? "AFTER THE CAMERAS HAD STOPPED ROLLING"...
BUT WE WONDER...

AND ROBERT'S BEEN KEEPING HIS INTERVIEW HAND IN...

AND HIS INTERVIEWS THIS MONTH SO FAR... WELL MOST OF THEM!

DENMARK
JYLLANDS POSTEN
GERMANY
LOOP magazine VISIONS magazine SOUNDCHECK magazine KULT magazine TOMORROW magazine Stefan Woldach Freelance
RADIO ROCK FM COP (Germany's radio syndication agency) VIVA TV (Fast Forward) MTV Spin TOTP News
HOLLAND
ALOHA magazine ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD RADIO 3
SWITZERLAND
LA TRIBUNE DE GENEVE (daily newspaper) 24 HEURES (daily newspaper) AARGAUER ZEITUNG (daily newspaper)
Sasha Stojanovic Freelance
BELGIUM
DE STANDAARD (daily newspaper) STUDIO BRUSSELS RADIO 21
POLAND
TYLKO ROCK magazine RADIO 3
USA
WEQX- Albany, NY SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO KCNL- San Jose VH1 NEWS PHONE INTERVIEW
NZ
HERALD CHANNEL Z
AUSTRALIA
Murray Engleheart DAILY TELEGRAPH JJJ
'INTERNATIONAL'
Reuters News Wire Service
ONLINE
About.com/Music Choiceradio.com/Windowsmedia HOB.com