The Cure‘s Robert Smith recently revealed that he “lives at night” and has claimed to be the owner of “the only nocturnal sheep in Britain”.
Robert Smith opens up on the matter
On October 30th, Smith and co played shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre – one a live session for Huw Stephens on 6 Music, and another for the ‘Radio 2 In Concert’ series in front of an intimate audience. The shows took place ahead of the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ their 14th album which marks their first in 16 years.
The frontman joined in for an interview with Jo Whiley for BBC Radio 2 ahead of the performances – which will be available on Saturday (November 2) from 9:10pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
During the interview, Smith shared:
“I’ve got the only nocturnal sheep in Britain, seriously I’ve trained them to… I’m trying to train them because apparently, you can’t train sheep but I’m determined. I’ve trained one of my sheep to shake hands, seriously! No honestly at night, I will probably post at some point before the end of the year […] another viral moment for me! I can’t get ‘em to talk but they do listen though, they’re very good listeners.”
He also opened up about his nocturnal lifestyle and said: “I do live at night. I mean, my reason for being in a band was primarily so I didn’t have to get up for work, it really is. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to endure a boss and I didn’t ever think I’d be able to get anywhere on time in the morning… I couldn’t at school. It was like no, my mum’s voice just every day ringing up the stairs ‘You’ve got five minutes till that bus!’ One day I don’t have to do this.
“So it’s weird because the others all get up, they’re all daytime people and I honestly, I 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. I wasn’t joking, that’s actually how I live. […] It bothers me round about January, I start to get really miserable, oh if you think I’m miserable, God January! I don’t see daylight over the whole of January, so sometimes that gets to me… I don’t know, I just like being out at night.”
