Robert Smith and co’s first full album in 16 years deals in darkness and death, but with flowers on the grave
"It's the 'love song' of the album, but it’s not really a love song in the way that 'Lovesong' is a love song"
“‘A Fragile Thing’ is driven by the difficulties we face in choosing between mutually exclusive needs and how we deal with the futile regret that can follow these choices”
He held the first instalment at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes this summer
The post-punk icon previously criticised The Darkness as being “a comedy band”
"I went into a bit of a The Cure phase at the start of the year"
It comes ahead of their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ being released next month
The band's first album in 16 years, 'Songs Of A Lost World', is out in November
Three pieces come inspired by the new album, the fourth is based on the lyrics to ‘Plainsong’
“This poem, the opening line, I thought, ‘That’s it’”