Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet: The Cure own Robert Smith is 48...London Concert Review

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The Cure own Robert Smith is 48...London Concert Review

The Cure own Robert Smith is closing on 50 (48 to be exact) and still putting on a good show if you like his blend of gloom and pop tunes.
In a review of their recent Wembley Arena (London) Show, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney (FT) gives them credit while describing Robert's hair as 'trademark Edward Scissorhands tangle'.
Hard to believe but as Ludovic reminds us The Cure first single 'Killing an Arab' (inspired by L'etranger by Albert Camus) came out some 30 years ago.

There were concerns on the song being mistaken as racist as Rock Group Accedes to Arab Protest by Jon Pareles (NY Times, January 2007) showed.

serge the concierge on March 26, 2008 at 01:15 PM in Early Boomers, Event, Music, Web/Tech, Work/Life | Permalink

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