Cure To Play First Club Dates In Ten Years
MTV: October, 1, 1997
October 1 -- The Cure will mark the release of its singles compilation called
"Galore" with its first club date in 10 years later this month.
The Cure compilation arrives on October 28, and that night the band will play Los
Angeles, followed by a Halloween gig in New York (most likely at Irving Plaza) that will be
radio simulcast and cybercast. Sites and sale information have not been announced yet.
To complement "Galore," which features 18 vintage songs from 1987 on (including "Why
Can't I Be You," "Never Enough," "Just Like Heaven" and "Hot Hot Hot" and a new
track called "Wrong Number"), the Cure will put out a "Galore" home video November
11.
Several of the videos, including "Wrong Number," were directed by Tim Pope, who also
lensed "Crow 2."
"Wrong Number" features Reeves Gabrels, David Bowie's ex-Tin Machine guitarist who
Cure singer Robert Smith met at Bowie's 50th birthday bash.