The Cure

The Cure record 13 new tracks, prep film edit, and hint at a long goodbye

The Cure update their official bio to confirm that 13 new tracks have been recorded at Rockfield Studios for an upcoming album, framing it as a follow-up to 2024’s “Songs Of A Lost World.” Frontman Robert Smith also returns to the studio to re-edit and re-mix “The Show Of A Lost World,” a concert film capturing their intimate Troxy gig in London.

Scheduled 2026 live shows, spanning UK arenas and major festivals, hint at a release timeline. Smith, newly installed as curator of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts, appears to be orchestrating a farewell arc leading to the band’s 50th anniversary in 2029.

The Cure Schedules 2026 Comeback, Flirts With New Tunes and Mortality Again

The Cure is set to return to the stage on August 30, 2026, headlining Rock En Seine in France—a first show announcement that hints, ever so coyly, at the possible arrival of new material.

Robert Smith previously disclosed that one album is near completion and another looms in the background, intriguingly suggesting fresh music might surface before their next live outing.

Their most recent show, an intimate affair at London's Troxy in 2024, coincided with the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World,’ attended by a guest list that reads like an alt-music Oscars.

Smith, eyeing The Cure’s 50th anniversary in 2029 and his own impending septuagenarian status, hints that the coming years may be less a farewell tour than an extended swan song wrapped in minor chords and existential reflections.