NEWS: The Cure Revivify: New Album, New Tour

MUSIC: The Cure Revivify: New Album, New Tour

I've been scanning the web for news of this for months, and Pitchfork has finally done the honors by bringing the good news. Perennial guilty pleasure The Cure has at long last dusted off its chorus pedals and is reportedly hard at work finishing up its latest album.



The as-yet-untitled, goth-pop opus is scheduled to drop sometime this autumn on Suretone/Geffen, and will be the band's 13th album (oooh). Hopefully they won't bother doing a "Friday (the 13th) I'm in Love" version of their '92 hit, as that would be tacky even by Robert Smith standards.



This new release marks the first album without keyboardist Roger O'Donnell and guitarist Perry Bamonte, who were with the band since 1987 and 1990 respectively, and were both fired in 2005. Guitarist Porl Thompson, a member of the original '76 lineup, has since rejoined.



But there's more gothy goodness: Mr. Smith has dug up his trusty makeup case and will be embarking on an intercontinental tour that'll hit up Australia, Asia, and America. Check it:

Here's some classic live Cure:

woo hoo! maybe I will finally be able to see them live! Course now I have to find someone to go with me and decide if it will be the tampa or atlanta show....

can't wait till October, watching Robert Smith and Davey Havok all in one night.

So great live. And it's not a mope-fest either. The upbeat stuff is underrated.

OMG!!!
I want to see them in Chicago soooo bad.

i am so stoked to see them with porl (as long as he avoids the mid-drift shirts)! he is a great musician and responsible for the best album art that they've had. i hope he gets to have something to do with the art for the newest album. i can not wait!!!

yay! I mean..mope

Good lord, they need to pack it in. I can't believe he still tries to pull off that look.
Can you say 'gimmick'?

I understand them not wanting to come to NM, but no AZ??!? Curioso a couple years back didn't cut it.

pack it in? christ, they'll never pack it in. i can remember thinking that "disintegration" was their swan song. Bob'll be crankin out that stuff till nanotech kicks in.

Then he'll start over.

Man, I really want to see the cure, but don't want to pay to see the cure. I wish I were young again and didn't understand money. I'd totally hit that shit.

meh. roger was in and out of the band, not continuously a member of the group from 1987 forward. and the new album may or may not be a double along the lines of "kiss me kiss me kiss me." interested, yes...but dunno if excited.

i guess i am going to CA

Well, the only continuous member of the band has been Robert. Everyone else has left at one point or another. I liked Roger, even though he was on a short leash with the Cure. He had a kind of Charlie Watts appeal that defies normal rock logic.

If I get a promise of lots of old stuff from Robert, I'd go. No promises on legally obtaining the album.

ugh, why Shoreline, I hate that place. Anyways, necessary means to see one of my favorite bands.

There was a time...a long, long, looooong time ago...when I would have been excited about this. However, at this late date, I can only ask...why bother?

the cure and 65days? you lucky bastards...

No Detroit show. That makes me very sad. I've seen them three times in Detroit and I was sure they'd play there again, but alas...

aww.....i want em to come to the uk, id love to see the cure

You'd think that they'd play some shows in their own backyard wouldn't you?

you mean i can pay upwards of $60 to congregate with 15,000 other sad and gloomy, whiny, morbid weirdos like myself?

oh gawd, the ecstasy!

yeah, fuck me good. harder! and put the black lipstick on this time.

YEAY! I just got tickets for Red Rocks! RED ROCKS!

25th time I will see the cure since 1982 - guhreat live band - gosh I am old.

whooo hooo

A.F.I. is opening in Mountain View

here's the rest of the line up

The Cure
AFI
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Kings of Leon
The Black Angels
She Wants Revenge
Metric
65daysofstatic

so excited, the only place to see the CURE in the States is tonight at Mountain View and it's the only date they didn't cancel.

more later.......