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Co-Founder Of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst, Makes Chicago Book Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAE Chicago Presents Lol Tolhurst: Cured, A Tale of Two Imaginary Boys<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the band\u2019s nearly forty\u2013year history, here is the story of The Cure\u2014virtual inventors of alternative music\u2014from someone who was there at the very beginning: Lol Tolhurst, the band\u2019s co\u2013founder, co\u2013songwriter, and lifelong friend of lead singer Robert Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Smith prefers to let the band\u2019s songs speak for themselves, making Cured the only insider memoir of the group that has helped generations navigate their angst\u2013filled teen years.<\/p>\n<p>From Smith and Tolhurst\u2019s early childhood to the band\u2019s heyday, Cured illuminates and surprises in equal measure. Tolhurst mines the band\u2019s peak years (1976\u20131989) to produce never\u2013before\u2013told tales of The Cure, shining a light on the mercurial and fascinating Robert Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing the highs and lows in a lifelong relationship, Cured is a touching personal odyssey of triumph, despair, and ultimately understanding and redemption.<\/p>\n<p>Lol Tulhurst will present some history of the band, answer questions, and sign the book \u2014 which will be available for purchase! Open to the public!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"label-primary l-mar-bot-2\" data-automation=\"listing-info-language\">DATE AND TIME<\/h3>\n<div class=\"event-details__data\">\n<p>Thu, December 1, 2016<\/p>\n<p>4:00 PM \u2013 6:00 PM CST<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"label-primary l-mar-bot-2\">LOCATION<\/h3>\n<div class=\"event-details__data\">\n<p>SAE Institute Chicago<\/p>\n<p>820 North Orleans Street<\/p>\n<p>#125<\/p>\n<p>Chicago, IL 60610<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"listing-map-card-title text-medium\">SAE Chicago Presents Lol Tolhurst: Cured, A Tale of Two Imaginary Boys<span class=\"text-body-medium text-body--faint text-header-inline-as-block\">at<\/span>SAE Institute Chicago<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"listing-map-card-street-address text-default\">820 North Orleans Street #125, Chicago, IL 60610<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For tickets to this event, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sae-chicago-presents-lol-tolhurst-cured-a-tale-of-two-imaginary-boys-tickets-29115144180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.evbuc.com\/eventlogos\/484130\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"Lol T\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAE Chicago Presents Lol Tolhurst: Cured, A Tale of Two Imaginary Boys For the first time in the band\u2019s nearly forty\u2013year history, here is the story of The Cure\u2014virtual inventors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-breaking-news","category-this-just-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}