Saturday, June 23, 2007

The Cure is back!



With a new Suretone/Geffen album arriving sometime this fall, the Cure will hit the Road in North America for month-long tour beginning Sept. 13 in Tampa, Fla. Tickets begin going on sale June 28. 65 Days Of Static will open.

The Cure's present lineup is lead singer/guitarist Robert Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper and guitarist Porl Thompson. That incarnation is featured on the recent DVD "Festival 2005," taped during a run of summer 2005 European festivals.The as-yet-untitled new album is the follow-up to a 2004 self-titled effort, which debuted at No. 7 on The Billboard 200.

Here are the Cure's tour dates:

Sept. 13: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Sept. 15: Atlanta (Gwinnett Center)
Sept. 17: Charlotte, N.C. (Bobcats Arena)

Sept. 19: Fairfax, Va. (Patriot Center)
Sept. 21: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum)
Sept. 23: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Sept. 25: Boston (Agganis Arena)
Sept. 26: Montreal (Bell Centre)
Sept. 27: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
Sept. 29: Chicago (Allstate Arena)
Oct. 2: Morrison, Colo. (Red Rocks)
Oct. 4: Salt Lake City (E Center)
Oct. 6: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
Oct. 8: Seattle (Key Arena)
Oct. 9: Vancouver (GM Place)
Oct. 11: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl)
Oct. 13: San Diego (Cox Arena)
Oct. 14: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)
Oct. 16: Houston (Toyota Center)
Oct. 17: Dallas (American Airlines Center) (source)

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