The Cure, Ride, Interpol next up for 2018 British Summer Time festival


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Ride in London. July 2017. (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever)




The Cure are the latest act to be revealed as headliners for the 2018 British Summer Time Festival.

In celebration of his 40 years at the forefront of the band, Robert Smith joins headliners which include Roger Waters and Eric Clapton for the event which is due to take place throughout July next year in London’s Hyde Park.

A cracking list of supports have also been confirmed, with Interpol, Goldfrapp, Editors, Slowdive and The Twilight Sad all due for performances. Ride are on the bill too after releasing Weather Diaries, their first album in more than two decades, earlier this year.

‘Taking on all comers, Ride have proven they’re still lightning in a bottle’, our review concluded:

“An angry statement on chaotic times, this newly found skill for polemicising continues on Charm Assault, the lyrics a condemnation of Harridan politicians and their ethic-free circus, the music a churning pedal fest that bridges the gap between Tarantula’s trad-rock and the Smiths-inspired riffola of their vintage EPs.”


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