The disaster 1977 night when Robert Smith first fronted The Cure

Øya is a joyous festival with enough heart to bring even Robert Smith to tears

The Cure play a two-and-a-half-hour set spanning four decades, while Lily Allen’s 55-minute ‘West End Girl’ set feels like a chic treat when it’s performed in a field

The disaster 1977 night when Robert Smith first fronted The Cure

The line between Robert Smith becoming a gothic rock god and a drunken mess was a lot thinner than you would like to think. The fact that he broke out of the fray, first with Siouxsie and the Banshees and then The Cure, was testament to the fact that people could see beyond an exterior and find a truly effervescent talent beneath, despite the fact that Smith himself did no favours in terms of initially helping his own credibility and image. Many…

Øya review – Joyous festival with enough heart to bring even Robert Smith to tears

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This In recent years, Oslo’s Øya Festival has faced opprobrium. It was sold to private equity firm KKR in The post Øya review – Joyous festival with enough heart to bring even Robert Smith to tears appeared first on Western Morning News.