Robert Smith

Gorillaz are not the world’s first virtual band. That honour probably belongs to Alvin and the Chipmunks, who bagged their creators two Grammy awards (...)

Is there ever a good time to get old? If there is, this probably isn’t it. Coronavirus hits indiscriminately – they say – but it hits the elderly har(...)

The filmmaker John Waters recently discussed the younger generation’s engagement with youth culture. He was very impressed by their ability to hack th(...)

Who is playing and when? After Snow Patrol’s opening Friday-night concert in this year’s Malahide Castle summer series, the mighty Cure take over on (...)

Saturday 1 Madness, Lightning Seeds and Something Happens Dún Laoghaire Pier, Co Dublin; ticketmaster.ie It’s all fun and games in Dún Laoghaire(...)

The picturesque town of New Haven was the location for the latest chapter in the bankruptcy trial of developer Sean Dunne this week. But for most res(...)

All the right people have been making favourable noises about The Twilight Sad for quite some time. Robert Smith has repeatedly called them his favour(...)

The Cure will return to Dublin after 23 years to perform a headline concert at Dublin’s Malahide Castle next summer. This will be the band’s first Iri(...)

A friend of mine spent a few weeks in the summer of 1996 tumbling through Galway pubs watching the European football championships. Naturally, he did(...)

The first thing Robert Smith does is apologise for the makeup. He hasn’t worn it since his last concert with The Cure, in December 2016, but he has a (...)