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Simmer down Guy, you'll get the Cure soon enough. The mope poster boys have revealed to Billboard.com plans to release a Cure DVD documentary in 2009. The occasion? Why, that's the year Three Imaginary Boys, the Cure's debut, turns 30! Here guys, have one of these!

As Cure frontmope Robert Smith told Billboard.com, "[The documentary] will include interviews with everybody who has ever been in the band, and everybody who has been an important part of the Cure." Smith hopes to work with director Tim Pope, the creative force behind many a Cure video over the years, and intends to release additional footage via the band's website.

What's more, the onslaught of deluxe Cure reissues continues in 2008 with tricked-out editions of Wish and Disintegration. But this is 2007, and indeed, the goth-ish rockers will deliver their previously reported lucky 13th album-- a double disc affair if Smith has his way-- in October. And they have that tour lined up, on which they'll prove that they do indeed play Charlotte sometimes (roflcopter!). Dates below.

But the news you really clicked this headline for: Robert Smith also shed some light on this Ashlee Simpson collaboration business.

As he told Billboard.com, "I would be hugely surprised if I end up working with Ashlee this year, but I haven't ruled it out. I went to see her in Chicago. We have people we both know, and I have some nephews and nieces who think she's really good. I was impressed. The fact is, when she got on stage and sang, she was really good." Huh, sure beats that Ashlee show I caught in New York.

Continued Smith: "I was encouraged to issue a denial, but I thought, why? I don't deny anything. I don't see the point. I've worked with lots of different people down the years."

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