There is exciting news from The Cure this week as the band will be bringing their stirling back catalogue, as well as some new material, on the road for an impressive UK and European tour in 2016.
When The Cure played their traditionally lengthy series of shows at venues such as London’s Hammersmith Apollo just under a year ago, fans knew that Robert Smith and his cohorts weren’t throwing in the towel just yet. Three dates in London alone (including one extra date added) signalled not only a group in huge demand after all this time, but a band evidently still loving what they do.
The Cure’s official statement today reads: “THE CURE TOUR 2016 will present Robert Smith (voice/guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O’Donnell (keys) and Reeves Gabrels (guitar) as they explore 37 years of Cure songs, mixing hits, rarities, favourites and as yet unreleased tracks in a brand new stage production that promises to be one of the ‘must see’ shows of the year!”
The 2016 tour will take in 30 shows in 17 European countries and it will be the band’s first major tour of the continent since 2008. The shows will culminate in Manchester on 29 November 2016 and London’s Wembley Arena on 1 December 2016. Support will come from The Twilight Sad.
There is expected to be a fan pre-sale with tickets due to go on sale at 9am on November 26 via the band’s official website.
Full dates for The Cure in 2016:OCTOBER
07
HELSINKI Finland Hartwall Arena
Presale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : Monday 30-Nov-15 @ 10 am CET
09
STOCKHOLM Sweden
Ericsson Globe Arena
Presale : 26-27 Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
11
OSLO Norway
Spektrum
Pre-sale : Wednesday 25th November 10AM to Thursday 26th November 3PM
On-sale : Tuesday 1st December 9AM CET
12
GOTHENBURG Sweden
Scandinavium
Presale : 26-27 Nov-15 @ 9am CET
Onsale : 30-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
14
COPENHAGEN Denmark
Forum
Presale : 26-Dec-15 @10am CET
Onsale : 1-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
17
HAMBURG Germany
Barclaycard Arena
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
18
BERLIN Germany
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
20
LODZ Poland
Atlas Arena
Presale : N/A
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
22
PRAGUE Czech Republic
O2 Arena
Pre-sale : 24-25 Nov-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
24
MUNICH Germany
Olympiahalle
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
26
VIENNA Austria
Marxhalle
Pre-sale : N/A
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 9am CET
27
BUDAPEST Hungary
Papp Laszlo Sports Arena
Pre-sale : N/A
On-sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
29
BOLOGNA Italy
Unipol Arena
Pre-sale : N/A
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
30
ROME Italy
Palalottomatica
Pre-sale : N/A
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
NOVEMBER
01
MILAN Italy
Mediolanum Forum
Pre-sale : N/A
On-sale : 24-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
04
BASEL Switzerland
St. Jakobshalle
Presale : 25-Nov-15 @ 8am CET
Onsale : 26-Nov-15 @ 8am CET
06
STUTTGART Germany
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
08
LEIPZIG Germany
Arena
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
10
COLOGNE Germany
Lanxess Arena
Pre-sale : Starting Wednesday 25-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
On sale : 27-Nov-15 @ 09:00 CET
12
ANTWERP Belgium
Sportspaleis
Presale : N/A
Onsale : 27-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
13
AMSTERDAM Holland
Ziggo Dome
Presale : N/A
Onsale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 10am CET
15
PARIS France
AccorHotels Arena [ex Bercy]
Presale through Alias site : Wednesday 25th November – 10am (local time)
Venue presale (Accorhotels Arena) : Thursday 26th November – 10am (local time)
On sale : Friday 27th November – 10am (local time)
17
LYON France
Halle Tony Garnier
Presale : N/A
On sale : Friday 27th November – 10am (local time)
18
MONTPELLIER France
Park&Suites Arena
Presale : N/A
On sale : Friday 27th November – 10am (local time)
20
MADRID Spain
Barclaycard Center
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
22
LISBON Portugal
MEO Arena
Onsale : 28-Nov-15 @ 11am CET
24
BILBAO Spain
BEC
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
26
BARCELONA Spain
Palau St Jordi
Presale : 01-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
Onsale : 03-Dec-15 @ 10am CET
29
MANCHESTER UK
Manchester Arena
Pre-sale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
On-sale : Friday 27-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
DECEMBER
01
LONDON UK
The SSE Wembley Arena
Pre-sale : Thursday 26-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time
On-sale : Friday 27-Nov-15 @ 9am UK time