The album got pushed to 2008, more like an April/May release

[dsanchez]

hmmm but i think the question could rather be why are they even touring without the album?

I think it depends of every artist. There are so many who tour without an album, yet the tours are very succesful (just remember Roger Waters and his "Dark side of the moon" tour, where he played just one new song. Yet the tour was awesome).

So I guess the album will come out after the tour as well. Now is too late for something like that, I think.

[Janko]

"The Cure were in Los Angeles on April 21, 2008 at the Mastering Lab in Los Angeles.
Brian Gardner mastered the new album.
Robert Smith mixed it.
The new album will be a double.
I heard this personally from a source that was with The Cure, listening to their new album."

FINALLY SOME NEWS...


WIKIPEDIA:
Brian Gardner (nicknamed Big Bass Brian) is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on over 750 recordings since the mid-1970s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop.He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in particular in his collaborations with Dr. Dre.

He is currently employed at Bernie Grundman Mastering a mastering house found and run by Bernie Grundman.

[melly]

.but we wouldn't know that because they basically tell the fans to f*ck off by not posting ANY news about the new album on the official website...we have to resort to hearing about the postponements from unofficial sites...it's ridiculous.

I hardly think Robert tells the fans to "f*ck off" as you put it... why would they even bother touring if that was the attitude WITHOUT an album to promote? All the "news" you talk of on unofficial sites are merely rumours, aren't they? Besides, Robert could have put something in the official site, but with all the crap, spamming and a couple of resident lunatics there, you'd never find it.

[sues777]

Maybe if they hadn't wasted time in 2007 playing some of those other shows they could have been in the studio that whole time ensuring that they would have the new album out before the planned 4europe shows and US tour.

Hey, "some of those other shows" in 2007 just happened to be the Australasian tour and I, and probably quite a few thousand other Australian Cure fans didn't consider them a waste of time....anything but actually...

[Janko]

...anything but actually...

NICE PHRASE YOU GOT THERE...

[scatcat]

again. i repeat myself.. how many bands tour without releasing/promoting a new album...?
The Cure Have been around. Most of my life. 

Maybe if they hadn't wasted time in 2007 playing some of those other shows they could have been in the studio that whole time ensuring that they would have the new album out before the planned 4europe shows and US tour.

Hey, "some of those other shows" in 2007 just happened to be the Australasian tour and I, and probably quite a few thousand other Australian Cure fans didn't consider them a waste of time....anything but actually...

Actually.. not a waste of time.. 3 and half hours of classic Cure.. did we miss a new song?  The answer is NO.     I agree sues777 !

.but we wouldn't know that because they basically tell the fans to f*ck off by not posting ANY news about the new album on the official website...we have to resort to hearing about the postponements from unofficial sites...it's ridiculous.

I hardly think Robert tells the fans to "f*ck off" as you put it... why would they even bother touring if that was the attitude WITHOUT an album to promote? All the "news" you talk of on unofficial sites are merely rumours, aren't they? Besides, Robert could have put something in the official site, but with all the crap, spamming and a couple of resident lunatics there, you'd never find it.

you are spot on there  melly.. love the resident lunatic phrase.. 

I can say this: my son ( after seeing The Cure Live in Melbourne..) can bring up more details and pick out songs quicker than my old brain,, name them and test me , day after day.. ( he's only 13) his favourite album is Bloodflowers, and Concert.. many others.. OMG.. he is a CureFreak !!  [ hi there CureFreak!]
thanx to me taking him to see his first concert.. they are already an influence on his life.. 
we are all awaiting the new album.. It has always been 'rumoured ' to be a double.. i just want Robert to release what he is comfortable to do.. after all, once you reach our age *ahem*.. you kinda know what you want.it's like shopping.. you get smarter and wiser.. and I'm sure that's what is occurring.

[monghi]

ha ha! watch this: http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Cure-The-Only-One

"the only one" on 13th May 2008 

[frog_s]

I just saw tha too yeah,

was interesting caus I was discussing it with a friend and I thought this was nonsense but my friend said it might be true, consdiering it prolly comming from a big musicstore chain or whatever, but we'll have to see if more of these kinda things show up, if this stayes the only one I don't think it's something serious, but I have no idea,

anyone else knows more about this?

Cheers

[Steve]

I'll see if I can talk to Ali ( the buyer) & find out what he's got exactly.

[rodney]

My only concern is that Sept 13 is a Sunday, and no albums will be released on a Sunday.

[Steve]

Okay, Ali syays that he wont get it until 13th May, but it seems to be the box with the single in.
Anywhere else doing advance sales?

[melly]

Maybe if they hadn't wasted time in 2007 playing some of those other shows they could have been in the studio that whole time ensuring that they would have the new album out before the planned 4europe shows and US tour.

Hey, "some of those other shows" in 2007 just happened to be the Australasian tour and I, and probably quite a few thousand other Australian Cure fans didn't consider them a waste of time....anything but actually...

exactly!! And if the Cure stayed in the studio and didn't tour, people would be whining about THAT too! Plus someone said basically because they are "millionaires" now, there's no rush to get the album out, that dollars equals laziness.WHAT??!!...yeah, they are really lazy, touring, playing night after night, different venues, different countries, 3 hour plus shows... damn, those boys are lazy...

[bloodflowersuk]

Of course what you should also consider is that the tour is a huge promotional push for sales of all the back catalogue. Most of the albums have been re-mastered and are all advertised in the tour brochure!!!

I have completed my collection by buying 2 or 3 early albums I didn't have and I'm sure many other fans have done the same!!

There are some cheap fligts to USA from UK so I may be going to some shows over the pond. Anybody else coming from Europe?????

[Steve]

Woah, this is beginning to look like the official site.

Thing is, when you arrange a tour of that magnitude, it becomes tricky to cancel & re-schedule. It's not like a holiday, where you can do whatever you like every day.
There are lots of logistics & stuff to get sorted.
There were also some festival dates & you can't just go pulling out of festivals willy nilly.
I've said this before, as a die hard Sisters fan, I have had a 19 year wait for a new album & yet I still see them tour & play new stuff.
Another few months to wait for the new album isn't going to kill us I'm sure.
Yes, annoying, but at least we know it's coming right?

[Steve]

Of course what you should also consider is that the tour is a huge promotional push for sales of all the back catalogue. Most of the albums have been re-mastered and are all advertised in the tour brochure!!!

I have completed my collection by buying 2 or 3 early albums I didn't have and I'm sure many other fans have done the same!!

There are some cheap fligts to USA from UK so I may be going to some shows over the pond. Anybody else coming from Europe?????

Oooh.
When you say cheap, how cheap?