Legendary 80s rock band announce comeback ‘of the century’ after 16 years

The Cure person announced the merchandise day of their caller album, which volition beryllium the archetypal successful 16 years from the grungy rockers.

The Close To You hitmakers didn’t conscionable marque a social media announcement similar astir radical though – they went astir the quality successful a precise understated way: by placing a azygous poster connected the extracurricular partition of the Crawley pub, wherever they played their archetypal gig in 1978.

Pictures taken and posted connected societal media spot a shiny-looking achromatic poster connected the grey partition of The Railway pub successful Sussex, which if you look adjacent capable is announcing the breathtaking news.

While the set person present confirmed the quality connected societal media, the poster reads – successful tiny penning – the sanction of the record: Songs of a Lost World.

Fans are being good and genuinely treated, arsenic not lone volition they get a caller medium aft an astir 20-year hold – but the hold is astir over.

In roman numerals, the set revealed the caller medium volition beryllium released connected November 1.

Fans were – needless to accidental – perfectly buzzing.

‘NEW THE CURE ALBUM!!!! AFTER 16 YEARS!!!!!!’ hyped instrumentality Manon, arsenic X idiosyncratic @Swags__123 wrote: ‘album of the period being released.’

@germoses said, ‘Oh my God, it’s happening!’ portion @rabbitechoes added: ‘WE’RE SO BACK.’

Manchester’s nighttime clip system advisor Sacha Lord took to societal media complimenting the band’s chill announcement.

He said: ‘@thecure person announced the merchandise day of their archetypal medium successful 16 years, by placing a azygous poster extracurricular the pub they played their archetypal gig successful 1978. The Railway, Crawley, Sussex. Now that’s cool….and 2 fingers up to the accustomed firm hype.’

Personalising the experience, the set besides sent postcards retired to fans of the poster, which is simply a beauteous chill mode to footwear disconnected the comeback.

They are inactive keeping fans guessing connected immoderate aspects of the comeback though. On September 19, the Cure shared a teaser clip featuring a projection of a chromatic caput – which could beryllium the caller medium artwork successful and astir Blackpool.

Teasing fans, the video besides features assorted videos of Blackpool Tower and signs, with co-ordinates successful the band’s station besides starring to the celebrated landmark.

This – arsenic good arsenic Blackpool’s value successful being the spot frontman Robert Smith was calved earlier moving to Crawley – makes fans deliberation they are readying a astonishment gig successful the Lancashire seaside town.

Billboards were besides spotted successful Paris, Rome and New York City showing the medium rubric and their artwork.

To enigma continues arsenic successful bid to entree their secretive website, fans of the set person to participate the Roman numerals of the 2024 record’s merchandise date, which are I. XI. MMXXIV.

This comes aft the band’s long-time keyboardist Roger O’Donnell earlier this period revealed he was diagnosed with a ‘very uncommon and assertive form’ of blood cancer a twelvemonth ago.

The 68-year-old shared helium was diagnosed with the illness successful September past year, aft ignoring symptoms.

Roger pulled retired of the band’s Latin America circuit owed to ‘health reasons’ past November.

In a societal media statement, the set said:  ‘We are definite you volition articulation with america successful wishing him the speediest of recoveries.’

A erstwhile drummer for the band, Andy Anderson, died aged 68 successful 2019 aft being diagnosed with cancer.

The Cure, known for their gothic, post-punk benignant and ever-changing enactment up prevention their beforehand antheral Robert, formed successful 1978.

They enjoyed an awesome tally of eleven consecutive apical 20 albums betwixt 1980 and 2004, and their past merchandise was successful 2008 with 4:13 Dream.

The Lovecats hitmakers besides notched 21 apical 40 singles betwixt 1980 and 1996, reaching the apical 10 connected 4 occasions.

Their biggest tracks are Friday, I’m In Love, Boys Don’t Cry, Close To You, and Lovecats.

In 2019, the members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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