After rumours of a new studio album, The Cure have announced a 3 tour schedules that will land them in Australia, China and the US. The tour reaches well into October and will be opened by 65 Days of Static. I cannot tell if this band will also open the Australian or Chinese shows.

The Cure In The East:

FRIDAY 27TH JULY
FUJI FESTIVAL 2007
ONSTAGE 21:30
(ONLY 90 MINUTES TO CURFEW… )

MONDAY 30TH JULY
ASIA WORLD ARENA
HONG KONG
ONSTAGE 20:00
(FOR AS LONG AS WE WANT?!!)

TICKETS:
Hong Kong Ticketing -
Hotline + 852 31 288 288
www.hkticketing.com

WEDNESDAY 1ST AUGUST
SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM
SINGAPORE
ONSTAGE 20:00
(FOR AS LONG AS WE WANT?!!)

TICKETS:
Sistic - Hotline + 65 6488 5555
www.sistic.com.sg

The Cure Down Under:

SATURDAY 4TH AUGUST
CHALLENGE STADIUM
PERTH

MONDAY 6TH AUGUST
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
ADELAIDE

WEDNESDAY 8TH AUGUST
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
BRISBANE

FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
SYDNEY

SUNDAY 12TH AUGUST
ROD LAVER ARENA
MELBOURNE

AUCKLAND CONFIRMATION TO FOLLOW VERY SHORTLY…
OOOOOPS! I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO WRITE THAT!

It’s signed RSX…. Robert Smith with kisses?

Tickets to AUS shows can be acquired via tick-master:
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au

The Cure In The US:

Thu-Sep-13 Tampa - St Pete Times Forum
Sat-Sep-15 Atlanta - Gwinnett Center
Mon-Sep-17 Charlotte - Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Wed-Sep-19 Washington DC - Patriot Center
Fri-Sep-21 Philadelphia - Wachovia Spectrum
Sun-Sep-23 New York City - Madison Square Garden
Tue-Sep-25 Boston - Agganis Arena
Wed-Sep-26 Montreal - Bell Centre
Thu-Sep-27 Toronto - Air Canada Centre
Sat-Sep-29 Chicago - Allstate Arena
Tue-Oct-02 Denver - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu-Oct-04 Salt Lake City - E Center
Sat-Oct-06 San Francisco - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Download Festival

Mon-Oct-08 Seattle - Key Arena
Tue-Oct-09 Vancouver - General Motors Place
Thu-Oct-11 Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Bowl
Sat-Oct-13 San Diego - Cox Arena
Sun-Oct-14 Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl
Tue-Oct-16 Houston - Toyota Center
Wed-Oct-17 Dallas - American Airlines Center

The studio album that The Cure started recording last year is yet to be named, and the release date is tentatively being whispered as October of this year.

LINKS

You can find more info about tours and such at the official Cure website…

And this is just plain strange - I thought there was something eerily familiar about “Spider” and “Smile” but I had not made the overt connection yet. Apparently somebody else did:

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