The Cure 2026 UK tour is set to be held from June 28, 2026, to August 23, 2026, across Belfast in Northern Ireland, as well as Manchester in England, and Edinburgh in Scotland. The UK shows will be preceded by the Ireland show in Dublin, announced alongside it.
Presale for the tour will be available for those who sign up at the band's website. The band has extended the presale signup time due to popular demand, but it is not mentioned for how long it has been extended. The general onsale will follow on October 3, 2025, at 10:00 am local time. Tickets will be accessible via the band's official website.
The band announced that they extended the registration of the presale on October 1, 2025, via a post on their official Instagram page:
The Cure 2026 UK tour dates and venues
The dates and venues for The Cure 2026 UK tour are as follows:
- June 28, 2026 – Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK) at Belsonic
- August 21, 2026 – Manchester, England at Live From Wythenshawe Park
- August 23, 2026 – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) at Edinburgh Summer Sessions
The band will be supported by Mogwai, The Twilight Sad, Slowdive, Just Mustard, as well as The Slow Readers Club on the UK shows. The dates and venues for The Cure's other shows are as follows:
- June 3, 2026 - June 7, 2026 – Barcelona, Spain at Primavera Sound
- June 12, 2026 – Nickelsdorf, Austria at Nova Rock
- June 18, 2026 -June 21, 2026 – Newport, UK at Isle of Wight Festival
- June 26, 2026 – Dublin, Ireland at Marley Park
- August 12, 2026 – Oslo, Norway at Oyafestivalen
- August 30, 2026 – Paris, France at Rock en Seine
The Cure's upcoming tour shows are set to be their first new performance since November 2024. The band also released their latest studio album, Songs of a Lost World, in 2024. Band member Robert Smith talked about the band's album as well as other aspects of their career in an exclusive interview with NPR's Morning Edition on November 1, 2024:
"I think a sense of loss permeates the album. I think that's slightly different to musing exclusively on death. And also the changing nature of reality. As you grow older, you do tend to feel like you're being left behind by the world. And sometimes it's a great feeling."
The singer continued:
"I think we're kind of designed to welcome that idea of actually slowing down and seeing the world spinning away from us.But in other ways, having younger people around and an extended family, you start to see how dark things look for a younger generation. And I feel kind of slightly responsible, personally responsible."
Earlier, he answered the question of why it took the band so long to release another album, stating:
"I'm not sure, really. Obviously I've been fielding that question from various quarters — although not so much in interviews, just from people around me. Since the summer, I seem to have just decided that it needs to get done. But I am at a slight loss as to how it's taken 16 years to get here. The short answer is: I have no idea."
The Cure's new album, Songs of a Lost World, comprises 8 songs. The album also had a live version, Songs of a Live World: Troxy London MMXXlV, as well as a remix album, Mixes of a Lost World.
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