Robert Smith of The Cure has claimed he’s training his sheep to be nocturnal (Picture: Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)
Robert Smith, frontman of The Cure, has claimed that he is the owner of ‘the only nocturnal sheep in Britain,’
Smith, 65, has been known over the years for his vampiric aesthetic, but this latest claim may be his spookiest yet.
The revelation came during an interview with Jo Whiley for BBC Radio 2, part of press the band was doing ahead of The Cure’s intimate shows at the BBC Radio Theatre.
With a live session for Huw Stephens on 6 Music and another for the ‘Radio 2 In Concert’ series, Smith has been sharing more of himself with his fans in the lead up to the release of the band’s new album.
Smith told Whiley that he’s determined to train his sheep to operate on a nocturnal schedule in order to match his own lifestyle.
‘Apparently, you can’t train sheep, but I’m determined,’ he explained, adding that he’s already succeeded in training one sheep to shake hands. His nocturnal sheep project could well become, as Smith wryly noted, ‘another viral moment.’
The cure are releasing their first new album in 16 years(Picture: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
He admitted that forming a band was partly a way to avoid the constraints of a traditional workday, as he’s always naturally preferred to be awake at night.
‘My reason for being in a band was primarily so I didn’t have to get up for work,’ he shared, describing his relief at escaping the early morning calls of his youth.
Now, he heads to bed around sunrise each morning.
For Smith, the night is a space for creativity and solitude: ‘The others all get up, they’re all daytime people, and I honestly go to bed at like… I do listen to the Breakfast Show and I do watch the sun come out, and then I go to bed,” he explained.
Although he finds comfort in his nocturnal routine, January’s lack of daylight does take its toll. ‘If you think I’m miserable, God, January!’ he laughed.
The BBC gigs this week also marked a rare opportunity to see The Cure in a more intimate setting.
These concerts come just ahead of the band’s highly anticipated return to The Troxy in London, likely their last show before a planned tour in autumn 2025.
Smith claims that he’s always been naturally nocturnal (Picture: Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns)
Songs of a Lost World, the band’s 14th album and a follow-up to 4:13 Dream, released in 2008, is already receiving rave reviews ahead of its release.
Smith acknowledged- also acknowledged in the interview that The Cure’s 50th anniversary in 2028 looms large.
He said planning for milestones can cause a lot of anxiety: ‘The 2018 one, I started to think about in late 2016, thinking, “I’ve got a year and a half, it’s easy!” And yet I still didn’t manage to get there in time,’ he recalled.
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Source:: Metro
