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Title: 2018.04.10 "Interview with Robert Smith", BBC Radio 6 Music, UK
Post by: dsanchez on April 09, 2018, 23:25:55
From BBC Radio 6 Music (https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music):

QuoteFans of The Cure! We have an exclusive interview with Robert Smith at 8:30am BST this Tuesday. Listen worldwide. 💋

Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on April 09, 2018, 23:33:45
From the BB6 Facebook page:

- The interview will be pre recorded this evening (now)
- For those who can't hear the interview, BBC6 will make sure there's a clip available to hear shortly after
- Interview is available to stream worldwide via the BBC6 Music website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music) and the iPlayer radio app.
- The interview will be aired 08:30 London time (09:30 central European time)
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on April 09, 2018, 23:36:28
From Twitter:

Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: Ulrich on April 10, 2018, 10:27:13
Quote from: dsanchez on April 09, 2018, 23:33:45
From the BB6 Facebook page:

- For those who can't hear the interview, BBC6 will make sure there's a clip available to hear shortly after

That is good news, we'll share it here once it's on!  :smth023
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: A Strange Girl on April 10, 2018, 11:10:13
OMG this is freaking amazing! Too bad I am at work, can't wait for the recording of the interview :D I am so happy!
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: Ulrich on April 10, 2018, 11:25:03
Here it is!!!  :smth020

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p063txrk

http://craigjparker.blogspot.de/2018/04/robert-interview-on-bbc-6-tuesday.html
A short summary from CoF:
Quote
"I felt I had probably said enough... I was waiting until there was something new to start talking about... in the modern world people speak endlessly about nothing..." - Robert Smith on not doing interviews for the past few years.

Robert Smith on curating Meltdown: "They said 'go ahead, book whoever you want'... Obviously for my dream festival some of the people are dead... I was surprised how immediate people said yes! It was so heartwarming."
"it's galvanised me, and I've booked studio time for the band! The first time I was aware of it when it was it curated by John Peel... The most memorable for me was seeing Bowie performing Low."

"I've booked us time to do demos next month... in a dream world we'll have a new song to play in the summer." - Robert Smith on whether there will be new music this year. "What Meltdown has done, by listening lots of new music, it's invigorated me.. I feel like I want to join in"

"I think we'll end up going around the world next year... I think we'll be recognising some anniversaries next Year too. Like our first Album and Disintegration, maybe." (Note: He said they've already booked some things. It will be a mix of Cure shows, festivals, and those special anniversary type shows,)

Robert actually invited The Rolling Stones to play @meltdownfest, but they declined. They were too busy with their own shows this Summer.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 13:18:23
Bob to the BBC:

"I sent hand-written letters to the artists I wanted to play in Meltdown"
"I am going to make the festival about alternative popular music"
"In the modern world people talk endlessly about nothing"
"Unless the band does something musically new, there's no point in me talking on what's next"
"We haven't had a happy history with Glastonbury"
"Hyde Park is not our last show"
"We're gonna play shows in 2019"
"I think we'll end up going around the world next year"
"We will be playing different kind of shows next year: Festival, album anniversaries (e.g. Disintegration) and if we end up doing something new, we will be doing shows around something new"
"We hope all works out but I am old enough to know that if it doesn't, it does not really matter"
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: word_on_a_wing on April 10, 2018, 13:42:34
 😃  Yay!!

Particularly happy to hear him say "I think we'll end up going around the world next year..."
...fingers crossed for Australia!
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: Ulrich on April 10, 2018, 14:29:50
Articles appearing now:

QuoteThis morning also saw Smith give an incredibly rare interview to Matt Everitt on BBC 6 Music, where he detailed what to expect from the festival, and the band in the future.

"It might just be a reaction to the fact that in the modern world, people talk endlessly about nothing," said Smith, explaining his media silence in recent years. He said that he was simply waiting for a "focal point to a new project", claiming that without that "the whole notion of doing an interview becomes redundant" without new material to discuss. Luckily, his research for acts to play Meltdown has inspired him to head back into the studio. The process of curation has "reinvigorated his creativity and made him want to do something new"

"I've listened to more new music in the last six months than I ever have," said Smith. "I've suddenly fallen in love with the idea of writing new songs, so it's had a really good effect on me."

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/music/robert-smith-talks-meltdown-new-material-cure-theyd-headline-glastonbury-2019-2288192#ZUcMPWGj7eGD5upH.99
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: A Strange Girl on April 10, 2018, 14:49:06
It's so beautiful to hear Robert saying that there will be more shows in the near future :smth023 I am excited for 2019  and no more scared! Thank you Robert for these words meaning so much to us fans
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: chemicaloverload on April 10, 2018, 15:11:46
Ah, this is a happy note! More shows. Ever so pleased  :-D





Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: PearlThompsonsBloodflower on April 10, 2018, 19:58:13
Quote from: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 13:18:23
Bob to the BBC:
"Hyde Park is not our last show"
"We're gonna play shows in 2019"
"I think we'll end up going around the world next year"
"We will be playing different kind of shows next year: Festival, album anniversaries (e.g. Disintegration) and if we end up doing something new, we will be doing shows around something new"


OMG I M SO EXCITED!!!!! I Hope they come to Italy so I can see them, i'm moving there in like 2 months,.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: A Strange Girl on April 10, 2018, 20:03:49
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 19:58:13
OMG I M SO EXCITED!!!!! I Hope they come to Italy so I can see them, i'm moving there in like 2 months,.
Me too!  :)
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 20:04:55
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 19:58:13
I Hope they come to Italy so I can see them, i'm moving there in like 2 months

They will go there, don't worry.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: PearlThompsonsBloodflower on April 10, 2018, 20:08:38
Quote from: A Strange Girl on April 10, 2018, 20:03:49
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 19:58:13
OMG I M SO EXCITED!!!!! I Hope they come to Italy so I can see them, i'm moving there in like 2 months,.
Me too!  :)


YASSSSSSSS

I already can't see Talk Talk and R.E.M. so if I can't see The Cure i'll be so upset and pissed off.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: PearlThompsonsBloodflower on April 10, 2018, 20:08:59
Quote from: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 20:04:55
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 19:58:13
I Hope they come to Italy so I can see them, i'm moving there in like 2 months

They will go there, don't worry.


YAAAAAAAY, i'll be in Naples waiting!!
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 20:13:44
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 20:08:59
i'll be in Naples waiting!!

I think a show in Roma, Milano or Firenze is more likely, though.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: tzare on April 10, 2018, 23:25:04
So happy about this interview... :)
The wheel is spinning again hopefully, and we may have a chance to see them at least once more on tour (and maybe a new last album too).
I will start saving from tomorrow so i can see them live at least 2 or three times if they go to the road again
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: A Strange Girl on April 11, 2018, 14:53:41
Quote from: dsanchez on April 10, 2018, 20:13:44
Quote from: PearlThompsonsBloodflowers on April 10, 2018, 20:08:59
i'll be in Naples waiting!!

I think a show in Roma, Milano or Firenze is more likely, though.
They'll probably hit several cities and if southern Italy is included then Rome is definitely more likely
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: piggymirror on April 20, 2018, 03:01:16
Very interesting that he invited Low to Meltdown.

Their first album (I Could Live In Hope) is pure gold.

If only Robert coluld get any close to that AGAIN... he'd get us drooling again.

But like he said, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: Exclusive interview with Robert Smith this 10th of April on BBC Radio 6 Music
Post by: dsanchez on August 20, 2018, 10:45:04
The interview, for those who missed it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oplo8GuLoE