World Entertainment News online service: October 31, 1997

The Cure are introducing a quick remedy to recent wave of fan fever in America.

The chart-topping rockers were stunned when thousands of people literally fought for a handful of tickets to two low-key club dates in New York and Los Angeles this week (beg.27Oct97).

But after riot police were called to break up fan trouble at the Virgin Megastore in Hollywood - where the British rock group were signing copies of thir new album retrospective Galore - midnight Tuesday (28Oct97), they have decided it was too dangerous to just make small public appearances.

And so frontman Robert Smith agreed to let video cameras into last night's (28Oct97) gig at the Hollywood American Legion Hall to beam the show on the Internet to as many fans as possible.

Cure spokeswoman Tanya Hurley explains, "The two club-hall dates were supposed to be for industry people but Robert insisted on letting a few hundred fans into each.

"However, we didn't envisage the wild response and so both gigs will be put out on the Internet live."

Friday's (31Oct97) concert at the cramped New York Irving Plaza venue will not only be on the superghighway, but 60 radio stations in America will carry the show live.