The Cure: Eden Gallup, Simon's son, debuts in the line-up and takes up Bamonte's legacy. All the tour dates and new songs in the setlist

The Cure keep looking ahead, with new albums on the way, changes to the live line-up, and setlists that grow ever richer in surprises. While in a recent interview Robert Smith confirmed he has already finished a new record and is simultaneously working on "a second, more pop and luminous album", the band is going through one of its most dynamic phases in recent years.
The most obvious change concerns the live line-up. Eden Gallup, son of longtime bassist Simon Gallup, made his official debut on stage at Barcelona's Primavera Sound. The young musician joined Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels, taking up the legacy left by Perry Bamonte, who passed away last December at the age of 65.

Eden Gallup's trajectory bears a curious resemblance to Bamonte's own. The latter had in fact entered the Cure's orbit as Robert Smith's roadie and guitar technician back in 1984, before becoming a full member in 1990 and rejoining the group in 2022 for the "Shows Of A Lost World" tour. Over the course of his career with the band he played guitar, six-string bass and keyboards, contributing to albums such as "Wish", "Wild Mood Swings", "Bloodflowers", "Acoustic Hits" and "The Cure".

Eden had already had the chance to prove his worth too. In 2019, during the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and later at the Austin City Limits Festival, he stood in for his father on bass when Simon Gallup was forced to skip the shows for personal reasons. At the time Smith explained that the young musician usually took care of tuning his father's instruments and that, after a quick rehearsal, he had managed to get on stage without any problems.

Meanwhile, this summer's shows are offering a continuous rediscovery of the band's catalogue. At Primavera Sound, The Cure delivered a 29-song set that brought back tracks rarely played in recent years. "2 Late" and "Wrong Number" returned to the setlist for the first time since 2019, "alt.end" hadn't been heard since 2018, and "Mint Car" since 2016. "Burn" also resurfaced, with Robert Smith once again picking up the double-necked flute for the performance.
Two days later, at Porto's North Festival, the surprises kept coming. The band brought back "Treasure" from "Wild Mood Swings" for the first time since 2013 and opened the first encore with "In Your House", absent from setlists since 2011. The closing segment of the show turned into a tribute to "Seventeen Seconds", with "In Your House", "M", "Play For Today" and "A Forest" performed back to back.

Among the most unexpected episodes of recent weeks is also the collaboration with Olivia Rodrigo. During Primavera Sound, the singer invited Robert Smith on stage to premiere "What's Wrong With Me", a previously unreleased duet that marks the first track of her career made with a guest artist. The encounter follows Smith's appearance at Rodrigo's Glastonbury show in 2025, when the two performed "Friday I'm In Love" and "Just Like Heaven" together. Recordings of those performances were later released by the BBC, with proceeds going to Médecins Sans Frontières.
For a band that had let sixteen years pass between studio albums before releasing "Songs Of A Lost World", the present looks remarkably busy. Between new recording projects, a refreshed live line-up and shows that keep digging into the least predictable corners of their catalogue, The Cure seem determined to open a new chapter in a history that now spans almost fifty years.

The Cure's upcoming 2026 tour dates

• June 12 – Nickelsdorf (Austria), Nova Rock
• June 14 – Florence, Firenze Rocks
• June 20 – Landgraaf (Netherlands), Pinkpop
• 21 giugno – Newport (Regno Unito), Isle Of Wight Festival
• June 24 – Cardiff (UK)
• June 26 – Dublin (Ireland)
• June 28 – Belfast (UK), Belsonic
• July 1 – Roskilde (Denmark), Roskilde Festival
• July 3 – Gdynia (Poland), Open'er Festival
• July 5 – Werchter (Belgium), Rock Werchter
• July 8 – Trenčín (Slovakia), Pohoda Festival
• July 10 – Berlin (Germany)
• July 11 – Berlin (Germany)
• July 12 – Berlin (Germany)
• July 15 – Athens (Greece), Ejekt Festival
• July 17 – Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Phill Good Festival
• July 19 – Cluj (Romania), Electric Castle
• July 22 – Nyon (Switzerland), Paléo Festival
• July 24 – Nîmes (France), Festival de Nîmes
• July 25 – Nîmes (France), Festival de Nîmes
• July 26 – Nîmes (France), Festival de Nîmes
• August 7 – Vilnius (Lithuania)
• August 9 – Tallinn (Estonia)
• August 12 – Oslo (Norway), Øya Festival
• August 14 – Gothenburg (Sweden), Way Out West
• August 21 – Manchester (UK)
• August 23 – Edinburgh (UK), Summer Sessions
• August 28 – Bordeaux (France), Pagaille Festival
• August 30 – Saint-Cloud (France), Rock En Seine

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