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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

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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It's official — goth rock/new wave legends The Cure will embark on a North American tour this year, their first continental run since 2016.

Dubbed the "Shows of a Lost World" tour, the 30-date jaunt will kick off on May 10 in New Orleans, trekking through several major markets in the U.S. and Canada with things wrapping up on June 1 in Miami.

Opening each night are The Twilight Sad, a post-punk/indie rock group from Scotland who have been on the road with The Cure on previous tours. It also happens to be the 20th anniversary since their formation, so perhaps a special set is in order as they also continue to promote their most recent album, 2019's  It Won/t Be Like This All the Time .

The Cure, meanwhile, are expected to release a new album this year, which will be their first studio effort since 2008's  4:13 Dream . Last year, fans were even treated to a couple of new songs live , which are presumably on the forthcoming  Songs of a Lost World album, the title which frontman Robert Smith confirmed earlier in 2022. He also forecasted a fall 2022 release, so fans have really been on edge waiting for this new record.

READ MORE: The Cure Debut Two New Songs at 2022 Tour Kickoff, Their First New Music Since 2008

See the complete list of dates below.

Per The Cure's website, tickets will be available on March 15 via Ticketmaster Verified Fan Sale, which requires registration to access . "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," the band also confirmed.

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May 10 — New Orleans, La. @ Smoothie King Center May 12 — Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center May 13 — Dallas, Texas @ Dos Equis Pavilion May 14 — Austin, Texas @ Moody Center May 16 — Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater May 18 — Phoenix, Ariz. @ Desert Diamond Arena May 20 — San Diego, Calif. @ NICU Amphitheatre May 23 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl May 24 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl May 25 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl May 27 — San Francisco, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre June 01 — Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena June 02 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena June 04 — Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Smart Home Arena June 06 — Denver, Colo. @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre June 08 — Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center June 10 — Chicago, Ill. @ United Center June 11 — Cleveland, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center June 13 — Detroit, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music Theatre June 14 — Toronto, Ontario @ Budweiser Stage June 16 — Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre June 18 — Boston, Mass. @ Xfinity Center June 20 — New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden June 21 — New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden June 22 — New York, N.Y. @ 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, Fla. @ Amalie Arena June 01 — Miami, Fla. @ 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 Kick Off First North American Tour in 7 Years: Video + Setlist

The 29-song set included new material and the first performance of "A Thousand Hours" in 36 years

The Cure kicked off their first North American tour in seven years with a show at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Wednesday.

The Robert Smith-led band delivered a 29-song setlist that included several new songs presumably taken from their long-teased new album, Songs of a Lost World , including “Alone,” “And Nothing Is Forever,” “A Fragile Thing,” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye.” During the encore The Cure dusted off “A Thousand Hours,” from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss , and “Six Different Ways” from The Head on the Door (neither song had been played since 1987).

See the evening’s full 29-song setlist and fan-captured performance footage below.

The  North American leg of the “Songs of a Lost World Tour” runs through early July. The tour’s ticket on-sale has been quite the ordeal , but there are  limited quantities  still available via  Ticketmaster .

The Cure Setlist:

Alone Pictures of You A Night Like This Lovesong And Nothing Is Forever The Last Day of Summer A Fragile Thing Cold Burn Fascination Street Push Play for Today Shake Dog Shake From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea Endsong

Encore: I Can Never Say Goodbye Want A Thousand Hours (First time live since 1987) At Night A Forest

Encore #2: Lullaby Six Different Ways (first performance since 1987) The Walk Friday I’m in Love Doing the Unstuck Close to Me In Between Days Just Like Heaven Boys Don’t Cry

The Cure 2023 Tour Dates:

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 05/21 – 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 05/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre 05/31 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 06/01 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 06/02 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 06/04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena 06/06 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre 06/08 – Minneapolis St. 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, ON @ Budweiser Stage 06/16 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 06/17 – Montreal, QC @ 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 06/28 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 06/29 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena 07/01 – Miami, FL @ Miami-Dade Arena

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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.

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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!

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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!

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Fans spotlight when Robert Smith fought Ticketmaster to keep The Cure ticket prices affordable

"Let's not forget that it is within the powers of big bands to keep tickets affordable"

Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding Oasis ’ reunion tour pricing, music fans have spotlighted Robert Smith ’s efforts to keep tickets affordable for The Cure shows.

Last weekend tickets went on sale for  Noel  and  Liam Gallagher’s reunion tour as the newly reformed Oasis for a series of 17 summer stadium gigs across the UK  and  beyond .

Despite the pair’s strong anti-tout stance and efforts to curb inflated re-sale prices , fans soon discovered that Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing system was in place, which meant that ticket costs increased in response to demand.

According to experts, not warning fans prior to the sale may have been a breach of consumer law , and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has also called for a review into dynamic pricing and secondary ticket sites.

As fans are still reeling in the disappointment of losing out on tickets, Smith’s own efforts to go up against Ticketmaster have been pulled back into focus.

In an email to fans last year, The Cure frontman vowed to keep ticket prices reasonable on the band’s US tour, 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.”

After tickets went on sale, the musician said he was “sickened” by high Ticketmaster fees that were still applied , and subsequently pushed Ticketmaster to give money back for “unduly high” fees .

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He also asked Ticketmaster to explain why tickets in the promised face value ticket exchange were “weird” and “over priced” .

As the Oasis ticketing controversy remains headline news, many have praised Smith’s efforts to go up against the entertainment giant.

“Let’s not forget that it is within the powers of big bands to keep tickets affordable, rein in resales and exorbitant fees and generally kick @Ticketmaster’s arse for its venal behaviour – as demonstrated by Robert Smith,” wrote journalist Fiona Sturges on X.

Let's not forget that it is within the powers of big bands to keep tickets affordable, rein in resales and exorbitant fees and generally kick @Ticketmaster 's arse for its venal behaviour – as demonstrated by Robert Smith. Many simply choose not to. https://t.co/ktRQExqfnO — Fiona Sturges (@FionaSturges) August 31, 2024

“It’s been blindingly obvious since The Cure’s last tour that artists have a much bigger say in their tour ticketing policy than many of the general public thought,” added one social media user.

Thread. It’s been blindingly obvious since The Cure’s last tour that artists have a much bigger say in their tour ticketing policy than many of the general public thought. On that tour, Robert Smith got Ticketmaster to refund $5 on each ticket because of high Ticketmaster fees — Tom (@whiteywitters) August 31, 2024

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Good guy Bob Smith of #TheCure showed the way back in 2023, when he challenged @Ticketmaster about extortionate fees and the scam that is Dynamic Pricing. Artists have a choice. @oasis should insist on the same treatment for loyal fans. https://t.co/T40e0jiD8h https://t.co/lqiH5j3B4D — Ian Kenefick (@ian_kenefick) September 1, 2024

#Oasis could have said no to the #Ticketmaster ‘in demand’ policy so that’s on them. But the fact it even exists is a scam, as Robert Smith of The Cure writes. pic.twitter.com/ZB08Gf0HzC — Ewan Miller (@EwanJM) September 1, 2024

Just a reminder that last year Robert Smith challenged Ticketmaster and got them refund $10 to fans because of their outrageous fees. #Oasis #Ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/1nDZ0RS2gP — Çetin Cem Yılmaz (@cetincem) September 2, 2024

“Platinum Pricing” is entirely down to the artist. If they didn’t agree to it (like The Cure did), it wouldn’t exist. It’s entirely down to the greed of both the artists and Ticketmaster. Bring in legislation that means no event ticket can be sold at more than face value. https://t.co/zYx167LJbV — David Taylor (@Big_Hamish) September 1, 2024

Just going to leave this here… The Cure’s Robert Smith convinces Ticketmaster to refund ‘unduly high’ fees after fan anger | The Cure | The Guardian https://t.co/xWqkjRm8Vu — sarah willcocks (@sarahpika) September 2, 2024

Remember that time Robert Smith did a tour and refused to allow Dynamic Pricing / touts to buy and re-sell tickets. You can be as cross at ticketmaster as you like but your problematic faves are as much to blame https://t.co/WxMmmOPoKe — Poppy (@PoppyCocktails) September 1, 2024

The Cure went on to break records with their Shows Of A Lost World  live shows despite efforts to keep tickets affordable – going on to become their highest-grossing tour and their best attendance in the region.

Smith had previously acknowledged that they were working with a “far from perfect system” .

Live Nation’s CEO, Michael Rapino, later confirmed that the entertainment company absorbed the cost of the reimbursement , sharing on the The Bob Lefsetz Podcast : “It was a fast decision, we thought it was worth the million dollars or so to send the right message.”

The controversy encouraged ongoing conversations about ticket pricing for in-demand tours, with Neil Young weighing in to declare that “concert touring is broken” .

Meanwhile, Oasis now seem to be hinting as US tour dates in a new billboard .

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The Cure to Release Live Recordings of Two New Songs on Eco-Friendly Vinyl Single

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It’s not the long-awaited new album by the Cure , but Robert Smith and company will release live versions of two songs that they’ve road-tested during recent tours on an upcoming eco-friendly vinyl single.

Novembre: Live in France 2022 , due out October 1, features live recordings of “And Nothing Is Forever” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” marking the first time either track has been released.

The two-track 12″ single will be pressed on eco-friendly transparent black vinyl via Naked Record Club, which uses a “ground-breaking injection-moulding machine that is estimated to use 80-90% less electricity than traditional vinyl pressing machines,” the band said. Additionally, all proceeds from the limited-edition pressing — only 5,000 copies will be made — will benefit Earthpercent.

'NOVEMBRE: LIVE IN FRANCE 2022' A LTD EDITION DOUBLE A-SIDE 12” SINGLE ON #ECOVINYL WILL BE RELEASED VIA @NAKEDRECORDCLUB WITH NET PROFITS DONATED TO @EARTHPERCENTORG 5000 COPIES (100 SIGNED BY @ROBERTSMITH ) AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER TOMORROW AT 2PM – MORE AT https://t.co/L5nF5H4ToB pic.twitter.com/J8G7fM5Q4Q — The Cure (@thecure) August 29, 2024

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“The other thing is we only did my demos, and the band has some songs they gave me to listen to, to turn into songs that I didn’t get around to. So I feel like we should probably explore them for a few days, as well, in the studio now that we’re playing again together just to see if something emerges,” Smith said.

“I do want it to work in a way those really good Cure albums — my favorite Cure albums — work as pieces. I want people to listen to it from beginning to end and be taken somewhere through that period.”

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The Cure Releasing Live Versions of Two New Songs on Eco Vinyl

While fans continue the seemingly interminable wait for the proper follow-up to 2008's 4:13 Dream , The Cure will slake their thirst for new music in October with the release of live versions of two new songs. After debuting some fresh tracks on the road over the past few years, the Robert Smith-led group will issue the two-song live 12″ single Novembre: Live in France 2022 on Oct. 1, marking their first official release of new music in 16 years.

The double A-side 12″ will have in concert versions of "And Nothing Is Forever" and "I Can Never Say Goodbye," both songs the band started playing in concert two years ago. The songs will be released on Eco-vinyl through Naked Record Club , with net profits going to Brian Eno's Earth Percent climate charity. Intense, dreamy ballad "And Nothing Is Forever," was recorded at Montpellier Sud de France Arena on Nov. 8, 2022, while the equally gauzy "I Never Can Say Goodbye" was tracked in Toulouse at Zénith on Nov. 13, 2022 on the French leg of the goth rock group's 2022 Shows of a Lost World tour.

"I'd like to thank The Cure and NAKED Record Club - both true innovators - for their generous support of vital climate projects through the release of  The Cure – Novembre: Live In France 2022 ," Eno said in a press release. "It's a powerful example of how the music community can work together to build a better world."

The tracks will appear on 5,000 individually numbered vinyl LPs - 100 of which will be signed– with pre-orders open now. According to Naked Record Club, their releases are pressed on sustainable vinyl, which is made by an injection-molding machine that uses a reported 90% less electricity than traditional steam presses on non-toxic recyclable PET plastic instead of PVC, which is toxic and takes thousands of years to decompose.

Back in 2020, Smith promised that the band's 14th album would " definitely be out soon ," saying at the time that he was wrapping up recording and was preparing to mix any day. "But until it's completed, no one will believe me. I look forward to it coming out more than anyone else, trust me!" Smith added in February of that year.

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The Cure Keyboardist Roger O'Donnell Diagnosed with 'Very Rare and Aggressive' Form of Lymphoma

In a social media post, the musician said he "ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went and after surgery the result of the biopsy was devastating”

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The Cure keyboardist Roger O'Donnell is opening up about his cancer diagnosis.

On Sunday, Sept. 1, the musician, 68, shared a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) in honor of Blood Cancer Awareness Month in the U.K. He revealed that he had been diagnosed with "a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma," and recounted his journey so far with the disease and treatment.

"I had ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went and after surgery the result of the biopsy was devastating," O'Donnell began, recalling the first exam that led to his diagnosis.

"I've now completed 11 months of treatment under some of the finest specialists in the world and with second opinions and advice from the teams that had developed the drugs I was being given," O'Donnell continued underneath a black-and-white photo of himself and his partner, Mimi.

"I had the benefit of the latest sci fi immunotherapy and some drugs that were first used 100 years ago," said the musician, who joined The Cure in 1987. "The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy, which also was one of the first treatments developed against cancer."

O'Donnell added that since his treatment began last fall, he is doing "fine and the prognosis is amazing."

"The mad axe murderer knocked on the door and we didn't answer," he joked, before taking the opportunity to urge those experiencing symptoms to seek out treatment as soon as possible. "Cancer CAN be beaten but if you are diagnosed early enough you stand a way better chance, so all I have to say is go GET TESTED, if you have the faintest thought you may have symptoms go and get checked out."

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According to the Mayo Clinic , lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system, which is a system in the body that allows it to fight germs and diseases. The cancer occurs when healthy cells change and grow out of control.

The clinic states that lymphoma — and its various forms, such as Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma — can have many different symptoms including: fevers, night sweats, fatigue, itchy skin, painless swelling of lymph nodes in the stomach, neck, armpits or groin, chest pain, pain in the abdomen or bones, or weight loss.

On Instagram , the keyboardist shared another black-and-white photo of himself with short hair, crediting his partner for the snap and writing in the caption: "The hair isn’t out of choice hahahah."

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Last year, The Cure announced that O'Donnell would not be joining the band for the Latin American leg of its Shows of a Lost World tour due to unspecified health reasons. The group wrote on social media at the time that they were "wishing him the speediest of recoveries."

O'Donnell isn't the first member of the British rock group to be diagnosed with cancer. In February 2019, the band's former drummer Andy Anderson died at the age of 68, one week after revealing on Facebook that he had terminal cancer, per Rolling Stone .

O'Donnell concluded his lengthy X thread with a request for his followers to speak up for anyone who may be suffering from the symptoms of blood cancer.

"If you know someone who is ill or suffering, talk to them. Every single word helps — believe me I know," he wrote. "I would also like to thank my [doctors], rockstars, every one of them, all the nurses and technicians, my friends, family and Mimi. Sometimes it's harder to be on the other side of this."

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What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors?

I’d submit that it’s not voting for the right candidate (though you should certainly do that), nor is it engaging in activism to raise visibility for a worthy cause (though I endorse that as well). Instead, it’s something that is at once much simpler but also much more difficult.

Make a new friend.

The story of modern America — especially for working-class Americans who did not go to college — is a story of declining connections, declining friendships and a loss of a sense of belonging. That sense of isolation makes people miserable, and as the misery spreads, it affects our economy and our culture. The data, quite frankly, is horrifying.

Last month, the American Enterprise Institute released its 2024 American Social Capital Survey . It exposes a stark social divide. People with high school diplomas or less spend less time in public spaces, less time in hobby groups and less time in community groups or in sports leagues than those with college degrees and higher (for simplicity, I’ll refer to the two groups as high school graduates and college graduates). And they’re less likely to host friends, family and neighbors in their homes.

Let’s pause here for a moment. Think about the consequences of this distinction: Tens of millions of working-class Americans experience a social reality different from that of their more educated peers. The lack of common spaces and common experiences means that isolation can become self-perpetuating.

The friendship numbers are just as sobering. Americans of all stripes are reporting that they have declining numbers of friends, but the decline is most pronounced among high school graduates. Between 1990 and 2024, the percentage of college graduates who reported having zero close friends rose to 10 percent from 2 percent, which is upsetting enough. Among high school graduates, the percentage rose to a heartbreaking 24 percent from 3 percent.

The news just keeps getting worse. In 1990, an impressive 49 percent of high school graduates reported having at least six close friends. By 2024, that percentage had been cut by more than half — to 17 percent. The percentage of college graduates with that many friends declined also, but only to 33 percent from 45 percent.

The disappearance of friendship has profound consequences. According to the A.E.I. report, there is a class divide in the percentage of Americans who can rely on someone to give them a ride to the doctor, lend them a small amount of money in an emergency or offer a place to stay. Another way of putting this is that the Americans who are most vulnerable to losing the informal social safety net of friends and relatives may be the people who need it the most.

It should be no surprise, then, that Americans at lower income levels report a far lower sense of belonging than those who are more prosperous. The Center for Inclusion and Belonging at the American Immigration Council, an immigration advocacy group, and Over Zero, an organization that studies and seeks to prevent identity-group-based violence, have created a comprehensive Belonging Barometer that measures the extent to which Americans feel a sense of belonging in their families, among their friends and in their workplaces, their communities and the nation as a whole. In every category, those with fewer resources reported less belonging.

We should care deeply about these numbers regardless of any larger social or cultural impact they might have. The thought that so many millions of our fellow citizens feel as if they don’t belong, as if they can’t call anyone for help or simply lack the pure joy of fellowship with close friends should grieve us all. It should change the way we behave. It should make us be more intentional about reaching out to people. And it should call us to action in our own neighborhoods and communities.

But declining friendship isn’t just a matter of individual pain. It’s also a matter of national concern. I recently read an intriguing paper by N.Y.U.’s Jay Frankel that makes the argument that “emotional abandonment, both in individual lives and on a mass scale, is typically felt as humiliating; and it undermines the sense that life is meaningful and valuable.”

One might think that isolation leads to the quiet desperation that Henry David Thoreau observed in his time, but for many people it triggers a much more aggressive response — including a pull toward authoritarianism. In 2021, in an essay in The Washington Post, Michael Bender wrote about his experience embedded with Donald Trump’s most loyal fans , the “Front Row Joes” who traveled from rally to rally across America to support the politician they loved best.

Following Trump, Bender writes, had “made their lives richer.” They came for Trump, but they stayed for the relationships. Trump’s rallies “gave the Joes a reason to travel the country, staying at one another’s homes, sharing hotel rooms and car-pooling. Two had married — and later divorced — by Trump’s second year in office.”

If you wonder why the Trump fever won’t break, consider the extent to which the movement transcends politics. “In Trump,” Bender notes, “they’d found someone whose endless thirst for a fight encouraged them to speak up for themselves, not just in politics but also in relationships and at work.”

Loneliness doesn’t just have an impact on politics; it also has an impact on social mobility. A 2022 report from Opportunity Insights that analyzed data from 70.3 million users of Facebook found that “at the community level, cross-class connections boost social mobility more than anything else.”

This is extraordinary, but it also squares with common sense. I grew up in a small town in Kentucky, and it was only after I made friends with people who had greater resources and experiences in the world that I began to expand my own horizons. I’ve tried my best to do the same, to use my own resources and experiences to lift up friends in my life.

Last week a friend of mine shared an extraordinary article by Rachel Cohen, a young policy correspondent at Vox. Cohen writes that her generation was taught that “real social change would come only from mass protest and collective pressure on governments and corporations.” In this construct, “Volunteering, donating, and modifying one’s personal behavior were, at best, unproductive; at worst, they were harmful distractions from the change we really need.”

Cohen wonders whether this emphasis on systems and mass protest is actually contributing to loneliness and friendlessness. Her answer is to go local, to volunteer. That doesn’t mean neglecting your interest in systemic change, but it does mean engaging with people personally and perhaps even forging enduring connections.

Of course you can make friends in mass movements (as we see from the Front Row Joes), but there is often a tangible benefit to local engagement. You meet people who live close to you. There’s an ease in creating and maintaining the relationship when there’s physical proximity, and local engagement also means creating local spaces where people can feel at home.

Ever since I started writing about American anxiety, polarization and fear, I’ve gotten an immense amount of correspondence from people who are both worried about the state of the nation and worried about people they know personally — an old friend who’s gone off the deep end or a family member who seems lost to conspiracy theories.

Frequently they ask me for resources. They might ask for the best fact check I’ve read to respond to an election conspiracy theory. Or they might ask if there’s a good book they can send to change a friend’s mind. I’ve started responding to their questions with a question of my own: How much time do you spend with them?

Millions of Americans are lonely. They feel sad, mad and stuck. They’re alienated from their communities and angry at their predicament, and they don’t feel that they have many options to improve their lives. But friendship can help fix each of those problems. With fellowship comes joy. With connection comes opportunity. There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong.

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David French is an Opinion columnist, writing about law, culture, religion and armed conflict. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a former constitutional litigator. His most recent book is “Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation .” You can follow him on Threads ( @davidfrenchjag ).