The Cure have completed their new record, but that’s just the beginning of what lies ahead for the legendary rock band.
On Tuesday, the band announced a string of Summer 2026 tour dates, including several festival appearances as well as headline shows across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany. But, it wasn’t until Thursday that the band officially announced new music to accompany those performances.
Instead of posting to social media or sharing a press release, The Cure shared the news of a new album quietly with update to their official website. The subtle announcement, added to the tail end of the band’s lengthy bio, says, “In March 2025 the band went back into Rockfield Studios to record 13 more songs for a follow up album,” to their 2024 release, Songs of a Lost World.
Songs of a Lost World was a record many fans believed might never come. Prior to its release, The Cure had not released a studio album since 4:13 Dream in 2008. The band continued to perform together in the interim, but new music remained to be seen.
Olivia Rodrigo performs with Robert Smith of The Cure. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Last year, the band’s frontman, Robert Smith, 66, described the new record in an interview with NPR, calling it “a redemptive kind of arc,” compared to the somber darkness of Songs of a Lost World.
“That’s how I see it in terms of concepts,” said Smith. “So it is a transitional record, the next one — depending on how it’s sequenced and what songs end up on it. There are four incredibly sad songs still to come and I’m tempted to try and marry those with some that are slightly more left-field for the next record, and then leave the third record for something that’s very much more light and upbeat. That’s my intention; whether I get there or not is another thing entirely.”
In June 2025, The Cure released Mixes of a Lost World, a 24-track album of remixes and reworks of songs by artists including Mogwai, Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Chino Moreno, and Orbital. That same month, Smith made headlines when he appeared on stage with Olivia Rodrigo during her Glastonbury headlining set to perform Cure classics.
The band also alluded to a cinematic chapter on the horizon in the quiet website update, stating that after his performance with Rodrigo, Smith headed “back into the studio to help re-edit and re-mix The Show Of A Lost World film…”
This story was originally reported by Parade on Oct 17, 2025, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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