The Cult

Ian Astbury has circled the globe while touring as frontman for the Cult as well as on his own time. His experiences colored the conversation he had with Billboard about Born Into This (October 2, Roadrunner... More »

(6/7/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- The Cult celebrated the release of Beyond Good And Evil, its first album in seven years, with a performance Tuesday (June 5) before a packed house at Los Angeles club the Whisky... More »

(6/5/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Cult returns to the rock wars today with Beyond Good And Evil, its Atlantic Records debut and first album in seven years. The release, which features the single Rise, was produced... More »

(5/20/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Econoline Crush vocalist Trevor Hurst called on his producer friend Bob Rock and members of the Cult to complete the band s new single, Make It Right. Hurst told LAUNCH the song... More »

(3/21/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Cult declared that rock is back during its high-profile comeback gig in Austin, Texas over the weekend. It s OK...nobody s watching, nobody cares, Cult frontman Ian Astbury... More »

(6/12/00, 3 p.m. ET) - The The Cult, recently reunited and recording a new album with Foreigner s Mick Jones producing, raised a lot of eyebrows this spring when it recorded Painted On My Heart, a song... More »

(6/7/00, 6 p.m. ET) - Though he has plenty to do with Foreigner -- a new tour kicks off Friday (June 9) in El Paso, Texas, and an anthology, Jukebox Heroes, is due out in August -- guitarist Mick Jones... More »

(5/25/00, 10 a.m. ET) - In a most unexpected pairing, hard rockers The Cult have recorded Painted On My Heart, a song plucked from the pen of pop-songwriting maestro Diane Warren. The tune is slated as... More »

(5/12/00, 3 p.m. ET) - The Cult will release its first new song in five years on June 6 -- Painted On My Heart is included on the soundtrack to the film Gone In Sixty Seconds. Painted On My Heart was... More »

(1/31/00, 1 p.m. ET) - The Cult played its first show as a Lava/Atlantic Records band at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday (Jan. 28). The gig took place at Harry O s and featured... More »

(6/25/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - This year s Tibetan Freedom Concerts may just be a memory (LAUNCH, 6/14), but there s still an opportunity to support the Tibetan cause and rock out. On July 4, Cult leader Ian... More »

(6/14/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - This year s Tibetan Freedom Concerts, held in Sydney, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Chicago yesterday (June 13), sported impressive bills in each city. However, the U.S. concert had the... More »

(6/16/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Drummer Matt Sorum is back playing with the Cult, as evidenced by the band s performance on Saturday (June 13) at the Tibetan Freedom Concert (LAUNCH, 6/14). However, there was... More »

(6/14/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - The Tibetan Freedom Concerts were held in Sydney, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Chicago yesterday (June 13). The purpose behind the event was not lost on the participants at the Chicago... More »