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The Cure Announce 2023 North American Tour Dates

The outing marks the goth rock icons' first extensive U.S. dates since 2019.

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The Cure announced their first run of North American dates in more than four years on Thursday (March 9). The Robert Smith-led band’s Shows of a Lost World Tour is slated to kick off on May 10 at the Smoothie Center in New Orleans and take the goth rock icons through Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal and Atlanta before wrapping up at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, FL on July 1.

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Tickets for all 30 dates will go on sale via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program beginning March 15; pre-registration is required and registration will close on March 13 at 10 a.m. PT. In the wake of ticket sale snafus affecting Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny onsales, in a message to fans, the Cure wrote, “we have priced tickets to benefit fans and our efforts to block scalpers and limited inflated resale prices are being supported by our ticketing partners.”

At press time there was no information about new music from the band, though Smith has been promising a follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream for several years .

Check out the dates for The Cure’s Shows of a Lost World 2023 North American Tour below.

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The Cure Announce 2023 North American Tour

By Evan Minsker and Jazz Monroe

The Cure have announced a 2023 tour of North America. Find their Shows of a Lost World dates below. The schedule comes with three dates apiece at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Madison Square Garden. Support on all dates comes from their longtime tourmates the Twilight Sad .

In recent years, Robert Smith has been teasing a Cure album, giving regular progress reports. In 2019, after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ( by Trent Reznor ), Smith said , “If I’m optimistic it will be finished before the start of this summer.” The album still hasn’t materialized.

The band’s last studio album was 2008’s 4:13 Dream . In recent years, Smith has collaborated with Gorillaz and remixed Chvrches , Deftones , and, just this week, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds . Last year, the band reissued 1992’s Wish . See where the Cure landed on Pitchfork’s list of “ The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s .”

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05-10 New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center 05-12 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 05-13 Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion 05-14 Austin, TX - Moody Center 05-16 Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater 05-18 Phoenix, AZ - Desert Diamond Arena 05-20 San Diego, CA - NICU Amphitheatre 05-23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-25 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-27 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre 06-01 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 06-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena 06-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Vivint Smart Home Arena 06-06 Greenwood Village, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre 06-08 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 06-10 Chicago, IL - United Center 06-11 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center 06-13 Detroit, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre 06-14 Toronto, Ontario - Budweiser Stage 06-16 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre 06-18 Boston, MA - Xfinity Center 06-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-21 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-22 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-24 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 06-25 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion 06-27 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 06-29 Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena 07-01 Miami, FL - Miami-Dade Arena

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There’s something so beautifully weird about the triumphant return of the Cure . It’s a crazy moment for fans — of all the fandoms in pop history, this is one of the most bizarrely long-lived, open-ended, multigenerational, cheerfully unkillable. Robert Smith and his crew of English gloom gods are hitting the road all summer, introducing music from their long-awaited album, Songs From a Lost World, which is so long-awaited it still doesn’t exist. The summer’s biggest rock tour is the goth-moppet lover boy who sang “Boys Don’t Cry” more than 40 years ago? That’s a future nobody would have predicted for this band — not even Smith.

He’s touring the U.S. at the same time that his old friend and bandmate Siouxsie Sioux is doing her first shows in a decade. Throw in the Love and Rockets reunion, and you’ve got a hell of an undead summer for gothic icons. It might feel like a paradox to stand in an arena full of strangers, singing about soul-crushing loneliness, but that’s the essence of being a Cure freak. It’s been 15 years since their last album, yet this music is timeless. The band that gave the world Disintegration is the band that will never, ever disintegrate.

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Smith has spent years promising the new album is almost done, any day now, honest. (“It’ll be worth the wait,” he said last year backstage at a London awards show. “I think [it’s] the best thing we’ve done, but then I would say that.”) That’s something diehard fans have come to expect. As he told Rolling Stone the last time he released new music, back in 2008, “I like the sound of deadlines as they rush past my head.” He always makes us wait, he always promises it’s his best ever, and he always vows it’s the last one he’ll ever make. A few years ago, he said this one will be like Disintegration, except without songs that “lighten the mood,” and he didn’t even mean it as a joke.

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He originally made his bones with gloom soufflés like Faith, Pornography, and Seventeen Seconds. But then he chose to open up the music. He’s never been the kind of rocker who pretends he didn’t want to get famous. “I decided to be a pop star,” he told Rolling Stone in 2004. “It’s so ludicrous that I’m gonna go from goth idol to pop star in three easy lessons.” He nailed it on the first try, with 1982’s “Let’s Go to Bed,” a brilliant synth-pop groove about a couple staying up all night to bond about how miserable they are. “Suddenly ‘Let’s Go to Bed’ was turning into a big hit, on the West Coast particularly, and we had a young, predominately female, teenage audience,” he continued. “It went from intense, menacing, psychotic goths to people with perfect white teeth. It was a very weird transition, but I enjoyed it. I thought it was really funny.”

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One of the eternal riddles for fans: How can Smith reign as rock’s ultimate troubadour of romantic despair when he’s been happily married for decades to his childhood sweetheart? But that’s one of the artistic masks he wears, like his makeup. As he said back in the 1990s, “The notion that people have of me, that I’m not a grown-up, I live in this imaginary world and wander about London in pajamas quoting Baudelaire, is not true.” (He went on to explain that it’s untrue because he lives by the sea, not London. “Now I march briskly up and down the beach quoting Baudelaire at the waves!” This is why he is Robert Smith.)

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The Cure is hitting the road for a North American trek that includes three dates each at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Madison Square Garden. This will be the first time the band plays any North American shows since its 2019 festival appearances and its first tour in the region since 2016.

Following a slate of 2022 European concerts, the Cure’s “Shows of a Lost World” tour will kick off on May 10 in New Orleans and hit 30 stops across the U.S. and Canada with a closing show on July 1 in Miami. The Cure will be supported by Scottish post-punk band the Twilight Sad at all shows. See the full lineup below.

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Though the band’s last studio album was 2008’s “4:13 Dream,” frontman Robert Smith has regularly teased a new body of work from the band throughout the past few years. Last year, the band reissued 1992’s “Wish,” and Smith most recently remixed Noel Gallagher’s “Pretty Boy” single.

May 10 NEW ORLEANS, LA Smoothie King Center 12 HOUSTON, TX Toyota Center 13 DALLAS, TX Dos Equis Pavilion 14 AUSTIN, TX Moody Center 16 ALBUQUERQUE, NM Isleta Amphitheater 18 PHOENIX, AZ Desert Diamond Arena 20 SAN DIEGO, CA NICU Amphitheatre 23 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl 24 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl 25 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl 27 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

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The Cure announce 2023 North American tour

The 30-date tour includes three consecutive nights at both LA's Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden in New York

The Cure have announced a 2023 tour across North America – find all the details below and purchase tickets here .

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The band will kick off the 30-date tour at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on May 10, with stops in Austin, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Tampa and many more, before closing out at the Miami-Dade Arena in Florida on July 1.

The run also includes three consecutive dates at both LA’s Hollywood Bowl (May 23, 24, 25) and New York’s Madison Square Garden (June 20, 21, 22) with support across all dates from The Twilight Sad .

THE CURE RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA IN MAY FOR A 30 DATE TOUR #ShowsOfALostWorld23 – REGISTER FOR TICKETS NOW AT https://t.co/PkDGUv9w7c pic.twitter.com/SU2wNqRG0f — The Cure (@thecure) March 9, 2023

“The Cure return to North America in May for a 30 date tour #ShowsOfALostWorld23,” the band wrote on social media, the hashtag being the name of their much anticipated first new album since 2008’s ‘ 4:13 Dream ’.

Verified fan registration is open now until Monday, March 13 at 10am EST and can be accessed here . Verified fan sale will then go live on Wednesday, March 15 at 10am CDT until Thursday, March 16, 10am CDT from here .

Find the full list of tour dates below.

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MAY 10 – New Orleans, Louisiana, Smoothie King Center 12 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center 13 – Dallas, Texas, Dos Equis Pavilion 14 – Austin, Texas, Moody Center 16 – Albuquerque, New Mexico, Isleta Amphitheater 18 – Phoenix, Arizona, Desert Diamond Arena 20 – San Diego, California, NICU Amphitheatre 23 – Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Bowl 24 – Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Bowl 25 – Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Bowl 27 – San Francisco, California, Shoreline Amphitheatre

JUNE 01 – Seattle, Washington, Climate Pledge Arena 02 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Rogers Arena 04 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Vivint Smart Home Arena 06 – Denver, Colorado, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre 08 – Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota, Xcel Energy Center 10 – Chicago, Illinois, United Center 11 – Cleveland, Ohio, Blossom Music Center 13 – Detroit, Michigan, Pine Knob Music Theatre 14 – Toronto, Ontario, Budweiser Stage 16 – Montreal, Québec, Bell Centre 18 – Boston, Massachusetts, Xfinity Center 20 – New York, New York, Madison Square Garden 21 – New York, New York, Madison Square Garden 22 – New York, New York, Madison Square Garden 24 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wells Fargo Center 25 – Columbia, Maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion 27 – Atlanta, Georgia, State Farm Arena 29 – Tampa, Florida – Amalie Arena

JULY 01 – Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade Arena

In an email to fans, Robert Smith vowed to keep ticket prices reasonable, writing: “THE CURE HAVE AGREED ALL TICKET PRICES, AND APART FROM A FEW HOLLYWOOD BOWL CHARITY SEATS, THERE WILL BE NO ‘PLATINUM’ OR ‘DYNAMICALLY PRICED’ TICKETS ON THIS TOUR.”

Their website also says that tickets have been priced by the band to “benefit fans and our efforts to block scalpers and limit inflated resale prices”, supported by ticketing partners.

The Cure have not toured the US since 2016, but performed at Pasadena Daydream Festival and Austin City Limits in 2019.

Smith has repeatedly teased The Cure’s new record to NME  as a  dark, “merciless, relentless ” piece, inspired by  a period of great loss and in a similar spirit to their 1989 gothic art-rock album ‘Disintegration’.

Reviewing The Cure in London this December , NME described the show as “an unusual, but thrilling festive party”.

Elsewhere, Noel Gallagher released Robert Smith‘s remix of  High Flying Birds ‘ track ‘Pretty Boy’ this week, with The Cure frontman sharing that he was “surprised and delighted” when when the former Oasis singer-songwriter asked him to “remix this gorgeous song”.

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The Cure Announce 2023 “Shows of a Lost World” North American Tour Dates

• March 9, 2023
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T he Cure’s Songs of a Lost World Tour, which recently completed its European leg this past December, is coming to North America in May, June, and July of 2023. The 30-date run will feature The Twilight Sad as the opening act for all shows. The Cure, one of the most iconic bands of the post-punk era, will perform at some of North America’s most prestigious venues, including three nights at Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl.

Tickets for the tour will be available via the Ticketmaster Verified Fan Sale, which opens on Wednesday, March 15th , 2023. In order to access the sale, fans must register beforehand, with registration closing on Monday, March 13th, 2023, at 10 AM PT . Fans can register for up to five different shows.

The Cure has agreed to set all ticket prices for the tour. Apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no “platinum” or “dynamically priced” tickets for this tour. The band wants to ensure that fans have access to affordable tickets and that everyone has the opportunity to see them perform live.

The tour will kick off on May 10th, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and will travel through many other major North American cities before concluding on July 1st, 2023, in Miami, Florida. In addition to the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden, the tour will also include performances at the Bell Centre in Montreal and the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The Cure last toured North America in 2016 and hosted and curated the Pasadena Daydream festival in 2019. Since then, fans have eagerly anticipated the band’s return to the United States.

In 2022, The Cure began their European tour with the surprise return of guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte , who rejoined the band for the first time in nearly two decades. Bamonte had previously played on the band’s 1992 album “Wish” and had a special moment on the album writing the music for the heartbreaking song “Trust.” After playing lead guitar for the band between 1993 and 2005, Bamonte parted ways, reuniting with the band onstage for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inauguration ceremony in 2019.

Since releasing their last album, “4:13 Dream,” in 2008, The Cure has focused on live albums, compilations, and concert films, and reissue campaigns, such as for the long-awaited 3oth anniversary deluxe edition of Wish . In 2019, Robert Smith, the band’s eccentric frontman, curated 60 artists for his edition of the Meltdown Festival in London, which inspired him to write new music. The global pandemic lockdown also allowed Smith to work on new lyrics, promising a return to the dark themes of the band’s earlier albums.

The band’s 2022 European tour included five songs from their upcoming album, “Songs from A Lost World,” such as “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” “A Fragile Thing,” “And Nothing Is Forever,” “Endsong,” and “Alone.”

Fans should mark their calendars and be prepared to be blown away by the legendary performances (and lengthy setlists) from The Cure. With The Twilight Sad opening all shows, this tour promises to be an unforgettable experience at venues across North America.

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MAY ’23

• 10 NEW ORLEANS, LA Smoothie King Center
• 12 HOUSTON, TX Toyota Center
• 13 DALLAS, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
• 14 AUSTIN, TX Moody Center
• 16 ALBUQUERQUE, NM Isleta Amphitheater
• 18 PHOENIX, AZ Desert Diamond Arena
• 20 SAN DIEGO, CA NICU Amphitheatre
• 23 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl
• 24 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl
• 25 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl
• 27 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

JUNE ’23

• 01 SEATTLE, WA Climate Pledge Arena
• 02 VANCOUVER, BC Rogers Arena
• 04 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
• 06 DENVER, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
• 08 MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL, MN Xcel Energy Center
• 10 CHICAGO, IL United Center
• 11 CLEVELAND, OH Blossom Music Center
• 13 DETROIT, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
• 14 TORONTO, ON Budweiser Stage
• 16 MONTREAL, QCBell Centre
• 18 BOSTON, MA Xfinity Center
• 20 NEW YORK, NY Madison Square Garden
• 21 NEW YORK, NY Madison Square Garden
• 22 NEW YORK, NY Madison Square Garden
• 24 PHILADELPHIA, PA Wells Fargo Center
• 25 COLUMBIA, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
• 27 ATLANTA, GA State Farm Arena
• 29 TAMPA, FL Amalie Arena

JULY ’23

• 01 MIAMI, FL Miami-Dade Arena

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The Cure Announces 2023 North American Tour

The Cure  has announced tour dates that will bring them to the U.S. for the first time since 2019.

The Lost World Tour will kick off on May 10 in New Orleans and continue through summer, coming to a close on July 1 in Miami. Along the way, the band will appear in major cities like Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Chicago and Toronto, plus perform two three-night runs in Los Angeles and New York City.

You can see a complete list of dates below.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster's verified fan sale program  beginning on March 15. In a statement, the Cure noted that "apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no 'platinum' or 'dynamically priced' tickets on this tour."

The alternative legends have been off the road since wrapping up a fall European tour last year. The run was their first since the pandemic and featured the debut of material from the band's long-delayed new album.

According to frontman Robert Smith, the Cure has recorded at least 20 songs for two prospective albums. In April 2022, he told  NME  that the first one is tentatively titled  Songs of a Lost World . It marks the band's first studio album since 2008.

Guitarist Reeves Gabrels previously told UCR that the Cure had amassed a wealth of recordings during the pandemic that could fill up to three albums. "We were overproductive," Gabrels said. "Which is great, except it means you really can't judge the songs until you get them close to finished. You kinda have to bring all that material up to the point where you can hear what they are."

Smith had hinted in a  2021 interview that the upcoming songs could be the end of new music by the band. “The new Cure stuff is very emotional,” he revealed to  The Sunday Times . “It’s 10 years of life distilled into a couple of hours of intense stuff. I can’t think we’ll ever do anything else.”

The Cure 2023 North American Tour May 10 - New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center May 12 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center May 13 - Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion May 14 - Austin, TX @ Moody Center May 16 - Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater May 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena May 20 - San Diego, CA @ NICU Amphitheater May 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl May 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl May 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl June 1 - Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena June 2 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena June 4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena June 6 - Denver, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater June 8 - Minneapolis St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center June 10 - Chicago, IL @ United Center June 11 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center June 13 - Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre June 14 - Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage June 16 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre June 18 - Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center June 20 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden June 21 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden June 22 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden June 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center June 25 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion June 27 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena June 29 - Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena July 1 - Miami, FL @ Miami-Dade Arena

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The Cure have finally announced a long-awaited North American leg of their A Lost World tour — which includes three nights at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl and three nights at NYC's Madison Square Garden. Support on all dates comes from their longtime tourmates the Twilight Sad. Check out the full itinerary below.

Additionally, the headliners announced: "The Cure have agreed all ticket prices, and apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no 'platinum' or 'dynamically priced' tickets on this tour."

Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster Verified Fan on March 15th at 10 a.m. local time.

The Cure 2023 North American tour dates: 05-10 New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center 05-12 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 05-13 Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion 05-14 Austin, TX - Moody Center 05-16 Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater 05-18 Phoenix, AZ - Desert Diamond Arena 05-20 San Diego, CA - NICU Amphitheatre 05-23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-25 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 05-27 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre 06-01 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 06-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena 06-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Vivint Smart Home Arena 06-06 Greenwood Village, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 06-08 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 06-10 Chicago, IL - United Center 06-11 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center 06-13 Detroit, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre 06-14 Toronto, Ontario - Budweiser Stage 06-16 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre 06-18 Boston, MA - Xfinity Center 06-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-21 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-22 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 06-24 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 06-25 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion 06-27 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 06-29 Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena 07-01 Miami, FL - Miami-Dade Arena

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The Cure will be jumping the pond for the first time since 2019 for a lengthy US tour

The Cure have announced that they will be setting off on an expansive tour across North America this summer.

The trek will kick off on May 10 in New Orleans, and continue on through to Houston, Dallas, Austin, Albuquerque, Phoenix and more. It'll also include two three-night runs in Los Angeles and New York City, before coming to an end on July 1 in Miami. 

Tickets will become available via Ticketmaster's verified fan sale program starting on March 15.

In a statement, the band declare that "apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no 'platinum' or 'dynamically priced' tickets on this tour."

Last year, The Cure revealed that they had recorded 20 new songs, some of which were destined for release on a new, 67-minute album.

Thirteen new songs were reportedly recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales back in early 2019, with the remaining songs written on the band's return to the studio later that year.

Yesterday (March 8), Noel Gallagher shared a remix of his song, Pretty Boy by The Cure frontman Robert Smith.

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Speaking of the project, Smith offers: “I was surprised and delighted when Noel asked me to remix this gorgeous song, and I had a lot of fun slowing it down and spacing it out.

"Cure drummer Jason Cooper gave me a great vibey drum track to play along with – and the rest just phased into place under the starry sky of my distant moon…”.

Check out The Cure tour dates below:

The Cure: US tour 2023

May 10: New Orleans Smoothie King Center, LA May 12: Houston Toyota Center, TX May 13: Dallas Dos Equis Pavilion, TX May 14: Austin Moody Center, TX May 16: Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater, NM May 18: Phoenix Desert Diamond Arena, AZ May 20: San Diego NICU Amphitheater, CA May 23: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA May 24: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA May 25: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA Jun 1: Seattle Climate Pledge Arena, WA Jun 2: Vancouver Rogers Arena, BC Jun 4: Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena. UT Jun 6: Denver Fiddler's Green Amphitheater, CO Jun 8: Minneapolis St. Paul Xcel Energy Center, MN Jun 10: Chicago United Center, IL Jun 11: Cleveland Blossom Music Center, OH Jun 13: Detroit Pine Knob Music Theatre, MI Jun 14: Toronto Budweiser Stage, ON Jun 16: Montreal Bell Centre, QC Jun 18: Boston Xfinity Center, MA Jun 20: New York Madison Square Garden, NY Jun 21: New York Madison Square Garden, NY Jun 22: New York Madison Square Garden, NY Jun 24: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA Jun 25: Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion, MD Jun 27: Atlanta State Farm Arena, GA Jun 29: Tampa Amalie Arena, FL Jul 01: Miami Miami-Dade Arena, FL

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The Cure opens North American tour with hits, new songs, huge rarities — setlist and video

After all the ballyhoo over ticket sales, The Cure’s North American tour finally got underway Wednesday night in New Orleans, with Robert Smith and the band delivering a 29-song set that included big hits, fan favorites, unreleased material — and a couple songs not played in concert since the 1980s.

As they did during last year’s extensive European tour , The Cure opened the show in New Orleans with “Alone,” a track expected to appear on the band’s delayed new album Songs of a Lost Word .

It was one of five new, unreleased songs performed Wednesday night, a list that also includes “A Fragile Thing,” “And Nothing Is Forever,” “Endsong” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye” — all of which were played on last year’s tour.

More surprising — or, rather, shocking — were the performances of two songs The Cure hasn’t played in concert since 1987. “Six Different Ways” off of the Head on the Door had only been played on tours between 1985 and 1987 (and soundchecked a few times in 1996). And “A Thousand Hours,” an extremely deep cut off 1987’s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me , had only ever been performed live once before — in Los Angeles in 1987.

See video of both performances below.

The rest of the set featured more familiar fare for anyone who’s seen The Cure on recent tours, with The Head on the Doo r (“A Night Like This,” “Push”), Disintegration (“Fascination Street,” “Pictures of You”), Seventeen Seconds (“A Forest,” “At Night”) and Wish (“From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea,” “Doing the Unstuck”) all well-represented, along with what’s now become a live staple: “Burn,” from the soundtrack to “The Crow.”

Wednesday night’s show in New Orleans opened the 35-date North American leg of the Shows of a Lost World tour, which continues across the U.S. and Canada through a July 1 date in Miami.

The tour finds Smith joined by his longest-serving bandmate, bassist Simon Gallup, as well as drummer Jason Cooper, keyboardist Roger O’Donnell and guitarist Reeves Gabrels. Smith surprised fans last fall by bringing back guitarist/keyboardist Perry Bamonte, who played in the band from 1990 to 2005.

Below, check out the setlist, video from the show — and the rest of the band’s tour dates.

Setlist: The Cure, Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA — 5/10/23

1. “Alone” 2. “Pictures of You” 3. “A Night Like This” 4. “Lovesong” 5. “And Nothing Is Forever” 6. “The Last Day of Summer” 7. “A Fragile Thing” 8. “Cold” 9. “Burn” 10. “Fascination Street” 11. “Push” 12. “Play for Today” 13. “Shake Dog Shake” 14. “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” 15. “Endsong”

Encore: 16. “I Can Never Say Goodbye” 17. “Want” 18. “A Thousand Hours” 19. “At Night” 20. “A Forest”

Second encore: 21. “Lullaby” 22. “Six Different Ways” 23. “The Walk” 24. “Friday I’m In Love” 25. “Doing the Unstuck” 26. “Close To Me” 27. “Inbetween Days” 28. “Just Like Heaven” 29. “Boy’s Don’t Cry”

The Cure tour dates 2023

May 10: New Orleans, LA — Smoothie King Center May 12: Houston, TX — Toyota Center May 13: Dallas, TX — Dos Equis Pavilion May 14: Austin, TX — Moody Center May 16: Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheater May 18: Phoenix, AZ — Desert Diamond Arena May 20: San Diego, CA — NICU Amphitheatre May 21: San Diego, CA — NICU Amphitheatre May 23: Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Bowl May 24: Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Bowl May 25: Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Bowl May 27: San Francisco, CA — Shoreline Amphitheatre May 29: San Francisco, CA — Shoreline Amphitheatre May 31: Portland, OR — MODA Centre June 1: Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena June 2: Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena June 4: Salt Lake City, UT — Vivint Smart Home Arena June 6: Denver, CO — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre June 8: Minneapolis St. Paul, MN — Xcel Energy Center June 10: Chicago, IL — United Center June 11: Cleveland, OH — Blossom Music Center June 13: Detroit, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre June 14: Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage June 16: Montreal, QC — Bell Centre June 17: Montreal, QC — Bell Centre June 18: Boston, MA — Xfinity Center June 20: New York, NY — Madison Square Garden June 21: New York, NY — Madison Square Garden June 22: New York, NY — Madison Square Garden June 24: Philadelphia, PA — Wells Fargo Center June 25: Columbia, MD — Merriweather Post Pavilion June 27: Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena June 28: Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena June 29: Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena July 1: Miami, FL — Miami-Dade Arena

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The Cure's tour has been the surprise hit of the year. This is why it captivates.

COLUMBIA, Md. – It's the sleeper hit of the year , packing venues from Los Angeles to New York, allowing fans to channel the inner goth of their youth and dazzling with a career-spanning set list of nearly 30 songs.

Before the kickoff of their tour in May in New Orleans, The Cure hadn't rounded the U.S. since 2016. But last year’s excursion through Europe allowed idiosyncratic frontman Robert Smith, 64, and the band the opportunity to burnish their live production.

Both sleek and melancholy, the two-hour 45-minute show is ticking down to its final concerts, with a July 1 finale in Miami followed by festival spot dates this fall.

At an overflowing Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, the band demonstrated why their following remains fanatical.

The Cure's new music is as solid as its classics

Fans have awaited a new album – "Songs of a Lost World," which pairs with the tour's name, Shows of a Lost World – since Smith unveiled the title in March 2022.

Despite no definitive arrival for The Cure’s first release since 2008’s “4:13 Dream,” the band has included several new tracks in all of its shows.

The main set was bookended with newbies – the Pink Floyd-like opener "Alone" and the devastating "Endsong," a bleak musing on aging ("No hopes, no dreams, no world … I don't belong here anymore") filled with guitar squiggles and crashing cymbals.

But sandwiched between the aching longing of "Lovesong" and the starry backdrop, cerulean lighting and serrated guitar riffs of "At Night" sat a definitive new Cure creation.

Smith turned his back to the adoring audience, swaying while conducting indefatigable drummer Jason Cooper, before unleashing a voice wracked with pain on "And Nothing is Forever."

Smith’s voice enveloped lyrics such as "My world has grown old, but it really doesn't matter if you say we'll be together," suggesting his heart still swells with sadness, if not darkness.

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The Cure's set list taps into deep cuts as well as hits

An early highlight came when Smith faced off with bassist Simon Gallup – the second-longest tenured member in the band – for the chugging intro to "Pictures of You."

The ballad, from The Cure's landmark 1989 album, "Disintegration," showcases all of the hallmarks of their sound – watery guitars, evocative synths and a slow burn into an explosive soundscape that unfolded beautifully on stage.

It was also one of their few hits played before the encores, which were packed with casual-fan favorites including the jubilant "Friday I'm in Love" and equally buoyant "Just Like Heaven" (both always seem at odds with The Cure's frequently gloomy thrust).

Instead, the nucleus of the show spotlighted lesser-heard gems such as "Burn," from the 1994 soundtrack to "The Crow," complemented by crimson lights ricocheting around the stage as Cooper pounded the layered beat; the metronomic groove of "At Night" and hand-clapping of "A Forest," both from the band's second album, 1980's "Seventeen Seconds"; and "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea," from 1992's "Wish," which was anchored by relentless keyboard plinks from Roger O'Donnell until the song erupted into a thrilling rumble.

Let's also tip the hat to Reeves Gabrels and Perry Bamonte for their dancing surf-guitar licks on "Push," an album track from 1985's "The Head on the Door."

Robert Smith hasn't changed

Smith remains the focal point of The Cure – and how could he not be with his trademark heap of black hair, blur of scarlet lipstick and lacquered eye makeup? His voice, a blend of sad wail and smooth croon, endures as a distinctive, undiminished sound.

But Smith also makes his appreciation for the band's audiences known. On Sunday, as he has throughout the tour, he spent the first several minutes of the show meandering to each section of the stage, quietly greeting fans with his eyes and accepting gifts tossed at him.

His gaze was one of gratitude mixed with disbelief that after all this time, the people still show.

Apparently, the sad prince of goth pop is still the king four decades on.

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The Cure are a band formed in 1976 hailing from Crawley, West Sussex, in the United Kingdom. Fronted by lead singer and songwriter Robert Smith, they came from the post-punk scene of the early 80’s to become one of the biggest and most influential bands in modern rock.

When a band gets to be as truly worshipped as The Cure, it can be an interesting and slightly bizarre thing to look at their early days. A little bit like seeing your favourite actor wondering whether they’re going to go with white or brown bread in a local Tesco. Or an important politician spotted zoning out on public transport, it brings them back down to earth and reminds you that they’re not all-conquering, all-powerful cosmically divine extra-dimension visitors who know the secrets of the universe, but a guy from the Sussex suburbs who formed a band to play at a school concert.

They probably looked ridiculous at their first shows, and not in the awesome way. They probably wrote some godawful songs. Some punters probably watched an early incarnation of The Cure and thought, for good reason, that they were a bunch of no-hopers. Every band has those days and if they haven’t one should be very, very suspicious of them. What makes The Cure so special is that they absolutely had those days, but knowing about them doesn’t take the sheen off them at all. They’re still a vitally important band, influential to thousands of bands the world over and that’s enough to make them legends, before the image and before the imitators.

And it all began with a school concert. In April 1973, five students from Notre Dame Middle School in Crawley formed Obelisk, the first tentative musical project of one Mr Robert Smith, who was the bands pianist. Future Cure cohorts Mick Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst backed him up on guitar and percussion, respectively, but it wasn’t until 1976 that the trio began to take making music more seriously. The band was reshuffled to feature Smith on the guitar, Dempsey on bass and Tolhurst left the now renamed Malice, but it was only to last a year until their lead guitarist left as well.

The remaining members got Tolhurst back as their drummer and renamed themselves again.This time, they would be called Easy Cure. By September 1977, Smith took over lead vocals after several unsuccessful auditions and by the start of 1978, they had dropped the Easy from their name and had recorded their first demo tape. This tape found its way to Polydor Records scout Chris Parry, who was so taken with the band that he signed them to his own label Fiction in September of that very year. In a move that nobody would get away with now, their track “Killing An Arab” was released soon after as their very first single.

It was a move that gained as much acclaim as controversy, to the extent that a re-release of the single had to be packaged with a sticker on the cover denying its supposedly racist connotations. Thankfully, the bands energetic post-punk got more attention, and their hype was considerably heightened with a session on John Peel’s legendary Radio One show. By the following year, their debut album “Three Imaginary Boys”, was released, and as part of its promotion, the band embarked on their first major support tour opening for Siouxsie And The Banshees.

This was to be a major step forward for the band, as Smith was coaxed into playing guitar for The Banshees after their original axe-man left shortly before the tour. The experience of being a Banshee profoundly changed Smith’s attitude towards the music that his band played, and when before he was most influenced by The Buzzcocks and Elvis Costello, afterwards he wanted to match the power that he felt while playing Siouxsie’s music. The result was 1980’s “Seventeen Seconds” and arguably, that was when they became The Cure that we know today.

Since then, they’ve been most known for essentially creating Goth music with the aforementioned record, its follow up “Faith”, and 1982’s bleak masterpiece “Pornography”. However, after those records they released some of the most romantic, beautiful and downright succesful pop of the 1980’s and early 90’s, with albums like “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me”, “Wish” and “The Top” showing just what Smith could do with a lovelorn lyric and a truly gorgeous melody. It’s their mastery of these two extremes that really show why The Cure are as loved as they are. They exemplify the human condition, and reflect when one is ecstatic and when one is at their lowest with equal skill and sensitivity.

There’s no-one else like them, and it’ll be a while before we see their likes again. See this band as soon as possible.

Live reviews

Reviewing a show of one of your favorite Bands who have the distinction of being in your Top 5 (if not #1) live experiences of all time can be a bit daunting.

It can go a number of ways.

1. Another Great show as hoped.

2. Sub par and a let down.

3. The Band just "mails it in" (which is the worst).

The Cure, who have been around since 1976 (Easy Cure) and haven't toured the States anyway with a new album since 2008 are currently embarking on a substantial North American tour and with no new album I was really only expecting a "Greatest Hits" type show honestly? And given their Longevity and slew of "Hits" from the heyday of MTV I guess I couldn't blame them and I would have been satisfied more than likely?

Ah, but that was not the case in Boston (6-16-16) at Agganis Arena!

The Cure came out full throttle with a high energy level for what would turn out to be a marathon show of 3 hours which included.

Not 1. Not 2. Not even 3. But 4. Yes. 4 Encore Sets!!!

Were the standards there? Of course how can they not be.

"Inbetween Days", "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" "Let's Go To Bed", "Boys Don't Cry" etc etc etc

And all played with a kicked up, but not hurried, sense of urgency and excitement!

Mixed in though were surprising live Gems like:

"Burn" (1st The Crow soundtrack), "M", "Kyoto Song" and the surprising "Snakepit"!!

"Fascination Street" which has one the most perfect Bass lines ever IMO was a whirlwind of insanity as Simon Gallup just pushed the Band forward.

And the songs just kept coming one after the other while the crowd basked in Robert Smith's wonderfully childlike sense of wonder and emotion in his lyrics and vocals and understated guitar work.

Most Cure fans (me included) knew every single song played which is typical of The Cure fanbase.

But when they launched into the new "It Can Never Be the Same" with it's rumbling Bass line and heart felt lyrics to Robert Smith's Mother(?) I was amazed at how well it slid into this already fantastic set and really really really hope it gets a proper release soon, if it hasn't already and I have somehow missed it?

Robert Smith is an enigma of a front man. He demands your attention but. I don't believe, has never come to grips with his fans adulations and is still obviously shy individual. And I really don't think it's an act?

Simon Gallup is without doubt the energy of this Band still! He stalks the stage and never stops moving. All the while laying down a very unique Bass foundation that compliments Roberts Jangly sparse guitar style perfectly.

Simon does not get the recognition he deserves as a force on the Bass (along with John Taylor of Duran Duran) and if you play Bass you really should take a close listen to his work with The Cure.

Jason Cooper I think has finally come out from the shadow that was Boris Williams and seems comfortable in pushing his style now more in the drumming Dept. which I believe is another reason for the energy level of the Band live.

Roger O'Donnell is sublime on the keyboards and brings that soaring majestic sound needed for anything done from DISINTEGRATION while jumping right over to the nursery rhyme key tinkling of The Cure's early 80's Synth Pop era easily.

Reeves Gabrels who is the current 2nd guitarist in the ever rotating slot is a masterful musician in his own right (David Bowie folks) and honestly I was surprised at how long He has stayed with the Band? But He steps out very tastefully when required and ads his unique flair to the sound. I will admit to missing Porl Thompson who I just think was/ is the elusive component to the Band. But if you have to have Mr. Gabrels who am I to complain?.

Honestly this review could have been round up with one word: "EPIC"

But that, would be "mailing it in".

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I first saw the Cure in 1982 in this very same venue, the effectionatelg named by U.S. Muso's as the Hammy Odeon.

Tonight some 30 years later I'm back. I feel at home especially as I'm stranding and I'm where I should be.... Down the Front

Our evening starts with And Also The Trees a reformed eighties outfit who previously supported the Cure on their 1984 tour.

The thing about Robert smith is that he is a prolific song writer and the bands back catalogue is immense which results in us experiencing a three hour plus spectacular.

And what a treat. Hits rained down and more randomly than normal. Tracks from The Top album seemed dominate. Just like Heaven, Charlotte sometimes, Hundred Years, The End and of course the gems Primary, play for today and the classic A Forest.

Of course I'd liked more from Seventeen Seconds and Faith but that would have been greedy. There were plenty of folk here tonight who weren't born when these albums were released

With so much to play we were presented with four encores and finally at 11.15 it all ended with Boys Don't Cry.

It meant so much for me to have returned to this awesome venue to see my favourite band.... The place and the band that started me on my gig going journey

Cheers Robert.... Fantastic

The Cure are a special band and should be heard in a special environment, that is why I saw them at Red Rocks in Colorado. It was a cool night and the sun was sitting low in the sky. That famous colorful Colorado sky fell down across the stage.

The fans were are pretty relaxed and were mostly 25 plus in age. Everyone seemed to be poised for a night of great music. You could hear conversations coming from every direction, everyone hoping their favorite songs will be played.

Just as it was getting dark the band took the stage. Everyone stood and applauded Robert Smith as he paced across the stage and made his way to the microphone stand. As the band members struck a few random chords then the band jumped into “Just Like Heaven”. The frenzy only grew as the bad started without pause to play “Friday I’m In Love”. Everyone was having so much fun. The music sounded better then I have ever heard it before.

Robert Smith played an amazing set list of all the hits over the years. The band played all the old songs like “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Pictures of you” with a fresh take and with a new energy. This band has been around a while and still worth seeing live!

The Cure are legends and any band that will give you a 2 1/2 hour show deserves your respect. That being said this "greatest hits" + a few back-catalogue approach is what you'd expect from the Rolling Stones not from what is still an underground act. That in and by itself wouldn't even be that bad but aside from a few songs 39, A Night Like This, 100 Years sounded bland, uninspired and as though they were just going through the motions... Great light show, technical perfection but no soul! I've seen them twice in the 90's and came out of those shows thrilled, energized and inspired. Those were magical shows where the band managed to transform reality and all (the band included, to judge by their faces) came out of it exhausted and amazed, carried off as by some shamanistic ritual to dark and dangerous lands where we learned to overcome our fears and face the world around us with new hope. This wasn't one of those shows. This was Robert Smith giving his audience 30 of his best songs and not once making a spiritual connection with either the music or the crowd...

Obviously being way too young to remember The Cure the first time around (sort of, ish, ahem, etc), this was the first time seeing this bunch of post-punk proto-goths and inevitably they didn't disappoint.

Despite most of the band heading pretty swiftly towards free-bus-pass age, the gig show kicked along at a pace, with young Mr. Smith barely pausing for breath as they band kicked on through a back catalogue spanning 30+ years.

Having spent the past few weeks attempting to brush up on my Cure knowledge (via Spotify) I can gladly add this band to an ever-growing list of "if you thought the studio version was good...", as tracks like Lullaby, Lovecats and Friday all sounded immense performed live.

Main issue of the night was technical; the lack of big screens at Wembley Arena means if you're right at the back, the band are mere specks on the stage up front. The lighting design was beautifully done though, and went some way to compensate for the lack of being able to see Robert Smith gurning earnestly into the microphone.

Two review, first for The Cure. It was a wonderful show! They were willing to perform hits along with other unknown songs and sounded great at doing it. They had a half and half crowd, some diehard fans and some who thought they were bigger fans than they actually were. With it being May in Pac NW the temperature dropped quickly freezing alot of people enough to say they had seen enough. This wasnt The band's fault for lack of inspired fans. They were everything I expected from a goth rock band from the late 70s and 80s. About the venue: I love the venue as well! We have been living in Portland for 5 years but have never made a point to catch a show in the Washington Amphitheater. Wow! We felt like we were home in the south. Nice concert under the stars and the price was a great as well, considering the crappy prices shows in Portland go for. We will be going back to Sunlight Supply in August.

Buon concerto del gruppo, rovinato dalla pessima acustica del Mediolanum Forum.

L'esecuzione è stata quasi impeccabile, l'interazione col pubblico buona (Robert Smith ha persino azzardato un "Grazie mille", unica ed acclamatissima frase che il pubblico ha capito), alcune canzoni elegantemente riarrangiate.

La qualità sonora, inizialmente pessima (purtroppo tale è rimasta per tutta l'esibizione dei Twilight Sad che aprivano il concerto), è migliorata durante l'esibizione grazie al lavoro ingrato dei fonici e al fatto che gradualmente le chitarre elettriche distorte sono state sostituite con le acustiche o con suoni più docili.

Penso che sia l'ultimo concerto che andrò a vedere al Mediolanum Forum, che è vergognosamente inadatto ad ospitare concerti rock dal punto di vista acustico (peccato, perché dal punto di vista logistico non è male). Ridateci l'arena!

What a concert!

We managed to get front row side view, only a few meters from the stage.

I'd seen them in 1985 in Madrid, 2008 in Melbourne and now in Milan. Awesome songs, still as good as always. A massive repertoire to choose from, but they performed most of their hits, plus a new one, It Can Never Be The Same. Robert as grand as always, he really enjoyed the show.

Simon at his best, he inspired me when I was 17 to play bass guitar, his usual moving around the stage with his bass at knee level!

I missed Porl, though, he has always been the colourful note at the right end of the stage!

Roger as sculptural as always in front of the keyboards and Jason performing at his best.

A magnificent show, what can I say.

I hope to see them again in a couple of years!

The Cure - Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi. November 26th 2016

My 5th Cure concert, and probably the best I've seen. No doubt it was far better than the last one, also in Barcelona in 2008 (without Roger O'Donnell on keys)

The band is great with Reeves Gabrels and Roger. Jason Cooper sounds better than ever on drums and Simon's bass is terrific.

Missed some gems such as Plainsong, Jupiter Crash, Want, Letter to Elise, but setlist was OK, 32 songs, focusing on The Head on the Door (1985) + Disintegration (89) + Kiss Me (87).

1 great unreleased song: It Can Never Be The Same on 1st encore.

Robert's voice was fine, powerful and clean. Athmosphere was good, proactive and the pop songs encouraged fans to sing along.

Looking fw to a new tour and maybe new album?

3 (three) hours of pure pleasure. 31 songs.

They sang as if they were recording the original albuns. Perfect!

Great quality and performance.

Great respect for the fans, as I never saw.

Best was not possible, im glad I went to this concert. Thank you CURE!

In Between Days

Pictures of You

The Hungry Ghost

A Night Like This

Shake Dog Shake

The Caterpillar

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

One Hundred Years

Step Into the Light

Play for Today

Fascination Street

Friday I'm in Love

Just Like Heaven

Boys Don't Cry

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Let's Go to Bed

Close to Me

Why Can't I Be You?

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THE CURE HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED DETAILS OF A 44 DATE EUROPEAN TOUR TAKING IN 22 COUNTRIES AT THE END OF 2022 WITH THE TWILIGHT SAD SUPPORTING ON ALL DATES.

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35 Years Later: The Cure Run The Charts With The Mighty ‘Disintegration’

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Listening through The Cure’s discography is like reading through a stranger’s diary. All of these mystical moments are held in one place. Shifts in personality and perspective are evident and produce a wondrous array of tones. If you were around in 1979 when the band’s debut album was released, you’ve watched young hopefuls explode into a worldwide phenomenon. What makes The Cure so unique is how palpable the emotions in their songs are. You can almost feel them growing up and adjusting to the fame through these albums. While The Cure’s gothic music has always been emotionally vulnerable, there are moments where their story dips to heartbreaking agony. The weight of the world was placed upon frontman Robert Smith’s shoulders as more and more success rolled in, and by the time they began recording their 1989 LP, the blinding light of fame was beginning to take a toll on the band. 

The Cure released their eighth album, Disintegration, on May 2, 1989. Thirty-five years later, the eerie psychedelia of the album is just as haunting and mystifying as the first time you heard it. This album marked a lot of changes for the band. Their sonics returned to the gothic rock sound they coined on earlier releases; this was the last album founding member Lol Tolhurst would perform on, and more importantly, Robert Smith turned 30 during the recording process. Coming to terms with aging and the strife one can cause by realizing your mortality only added pressure to the frontman. Famously, Smith slipped back into drug use. He took up the practice of hallucinogenic drugs, which inspired the warping guitar work and psychedelic ambiance of Disintegration . 

The Cure put it all into the music amid band turmoil and grappling with the spotlight. Lyrically, it is hard to point to another Cure release that is this vulnerable. At the time of recording, The Cure was becoming one of the most popular bands in the world, and Smith was resentful. According to the book Never Enough: The Story of The Cure , the band became something the frontman hated: “A stadium rock band.” The Cure had just wrapped up a massive tour for their 1987 LP, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me . Jumping right off the tour bus and into the recording process, Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, keyboardist Roger O’Donnell (who pursued a solo career after the tour for Disintegration) , guitarist Pearl Thompson, and drummer Boris Williams began writing songs separately. Once they reconvened with many demos to look through, the band recorded 32 songs at Williams’ home on a 16-track recorder. 

To be a fly on the wall in those recording sessions. With tensions between the band rising with every bit of notoriety, Disintegration feels like it named itself. The album is moody and expansive, hypnotically captivating. Thirty-five years have passed, and The Cure has released albums that shift from one sound to another since. The magic captured in these songs is to be distinct. The strings of “Prayers for Rain” cascade down like a bird of prey, the murky chugging drums of “Closedown,” every note of this album holds the complexity of the human experience. The dark undertones of this album are juxtaposed by hits like the bright and heartfelt “Lovesong.” Therein lies the magic of The Cure. Even in their attempts to go against fame and write songs from their unique perspective, their ability to resonate with the sad and lost is incomparable. Singles like “Fascination Street,” with its gritty guitars and echoing vocals, and the poetic “Pictures of You” continue to be some of the band’s most popular songs. Whether they like it or not, Disintegration proves the band to be natural hit-makers. 

The Cure’s ability to contain the fame, pain, and talent into a tight 12-track album that thrives on its consistency is a testament to their songwriting prowess. Disintegration represents The Cure’s ability to adapt to the heaviest emotions and emerge on the other side with pure intentions. Despite their best efforts, The Cure created another hit album. The proceeding tour would cause more problems for the band as drugs become more and more frequent. With O’Donnell and Tolhurst gone and a stressful agonizing tour behind them, Robert Smith seemed to be closing the book on The Cure. Thankfully, The Cure returned in 1992 with Wish . Even if Disintegration were the final Cure album, the band would’ve left a storied legacy. These 12 songs represent personal lows and artistic highs for a legendary band who, overall, just wants to be understood.

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B envenuto in Italia! Your much-anticipated journey has officially begun. As you whizz through the airport, the vowels of the Italian language dance around you like a lively tarantella. The sounds blend into a symphony as exciting as an opera, marking the start of your adventure. While everything appears perfect, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that you're finally in Italy; the bad news is that you're dealing with some serious jet lag. Luckily, Rick Steve's tour guide, Cameron Hewitt, has an ideal solution for you , and it involves a nice Italian caffè at the stand-up counter!

However, before we get caffeinated, let's look into the facts about jet lag and coffee and whether they do, in fact, work together or against each other. Jet lag is a temporary sleep disorder that occurs when your body's internal clock, or "circadian rhythm," is disrupted by travel across multiple time zones. It can affect anyone who quickly travels long distances by air, particularly eastward across three or more time zones .

So, if you're feeling apathy, irritability, sleepiness, and having difficulty concentrating, that is jet lag. To give you an idea, Italy's timezone (UTC+2) is six hours ahead of New York (UTC-4). This means that when you arrive in Italy, it will feel later than it actually is. Consequently, you may find yourself feeling sleepier during the daytime than you usually would. In this case, Hewitt's solution could not be more effective, especially if it's done the Italian way.

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The history of Italian coffee goes back to the 16th century and Venice, one of the first European ports to import coffee beans. Imagine these first shipments arriving from distant lands and eventually becoming an integral part of Italian culture — not just a tasty beverage. In Italy, coffee is a blend of art and boundaries. The art lies in the roast, brew, and presentation of the coffee, while the boundaries are defined by the etiquette, timing, and setting of its consumption.

First, familiarize yourself with the language and customs of a coffee order. For starters, you never take a coffee to go, and Italians don't use the word "espresso;" they say caffè. Other popular choices include "caffè americano" (espresso with water), "cappuccino" (espresso with steamed milk and froth, only to be consumed before 11 a.m. in Italy ), and "caffè macchiato" (espresso with a little foamed milk).

Now that you're prepared to order like a local, remember: in Italy, a "bar" is a "caffè." Once there, Hewitt suggests asking for "al banco," to order and have your coffee while standing up at the bar . It'll be much cheaper and more authentic than sitting at a table (double or triple the price). After you have paid, you will be given a receipt, which you will take to the barista to prepare. Bellissimo! Now, just enjoy this moment of starting your trip in Italy like a local Italian while your jet lag subsides.

Popular Caffès In Popular Italian Cities

The beauty of Italy is that every city has a special caffè worth checking out for your battle with jet lag. Out of respect for being the first in Italian coffee history, let's start with Venice and the oldest caffé in Europe, Caffè Florian . It opened its doors in 1720 on St. Mark's Square and has served icons like Queen Elizabeth II, Clint Eastwood, and Clark Gable. In Rome, Caffè Sant'Eustachio  near the Pantheon has been famous since 1938 for its wood-fired roasting method and aqueduct-water-infused secret recipe for Gran Caffè.

As for Milan, Orsonero Coffee is a contemporary coffee shop offering specialty coffee in a minimalist setting. Founded by a Canadian-Italian couple, it caters to coffee aficionados looking for a modern twist on the traditional Italian espresso. In Florence,  Caffè Gilli claims the title of the city's oldest caffé and "living room of the city." Located on Piazza della Repubblica since 1733, it's treasured for unique Art Nouveau décor and artisanal pastries.

Lastly, Turin's Caffè Al Bicerin , dating to the 18th century, is renowned for creating the Bicerin, a traditional drink blending espresso, chocolate, and milk. These caffès are not just places to enjoy the world's best coffee; they are cultural landmarks that offer a glimpse into its very history. If you're battling jet lag, be like Cameron Hewitt and take the opportunity to experience Italy's finest while getting that jolt of energy with a caffè!

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