The Cure and Duran Duran were the two ’80s boy bands that ruled the decade. Between their combined five ’80s No. 1 hits, the two bands were unarguably the premier boy bands of the decadent decade.

The words “long awaited” don’t begin to do justice to the new Cure album. Songs of a Lost World is an album that’s been promised, rumored, dangled, teased, longed for, despaired of, imagined. Cure ...

Robert Smith has been the only consistent member of the Cure since the band formed in 1978, and he’s an icon in his own right. Smith’s massively teased out black hair and red lips, and the inimitable ...