Photo: Paul Bachmann
Robert Smith has told Cure fans to expect a brand new album from the band next year.
Speaking to SiriusXM upon The Cure’s inclusion on the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s induction list for 2019, Smith said curating the Meltdown Festival this year had inspired him to begin work on a first studio record since 2008’s 4:13 Dream, with final sessions set to take place ‘in six weeks time’.
It should mean Smith will have some new material to add to his famously mammoth live sets when The Cure undertake a lengthy period of European festival touring during the summer of 2019.
Tour dates:
March 2019
16 – Rock On The Lawns, Johannesburg, South Africa
21 – Rock On The Lawns, Cape Town, South Africa
June 2019
8 – Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland
13-16 – Nova Rock Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria
16 – Firenze Rocks, Florence, Italy
21-23 – Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany
21-23 – Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
24-26 – InMusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
28 – Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium
29–July 6 – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
July 2019
4 – EXIT Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
July 11 – NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
17 – Ejekt Festival, Athens, Greece
18 – Colours Of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
22 – Rock The City Festival, Bucharest, Romania
August 2019
3 – Afisha Picnic, Moscow, Russia
7 – Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway
9-11 – Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland
16 – Summer Sessions, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom
23 – Rock En Seine, Paris, France