The Cure have never believed in clean endings. Their music has always lived in the space between goodbye and return, between heartbreak and devotion, between the last note fading and the echo that refuses to die. In 2026, Robert Smith and company lean fully into that truth with The Long Goodbye Never Ends, It Just Learns New Ways to Hurt Tour — a title that feels less like an announcement and more like a confession.This tour isn’t framed as a farewell, and yet it carries the weight of one. It’s The Cure looking back without softening the edges, revisiting decades of songs that taught the world how to feel deeply, badly, beautifully. Expect nights drenched in reverb and regret, joy and devastation, where “Just Like Heaven” still lifts you up before “Disintegration” pulls you straight back under.The band promises a career-spanning setlist that honors every era — from the stark minimalism of the early years to the lush emotional overload that defined their most beloved records. Long songs. Extended outros. Moments where time seems to stop. This is not a greatest-hits sprint. It’s a slow, deliberate walk through everything The Cure have ever meant.2026 Tour Dates and CitiesMay 9 — London, UK — Wembley StadiumMay 14 — Manchester, UK — AO ArenaMay 20 — Paris, France — Accor ArenaMay 24 — Berlin, Germany — Mercedes-Benz ArenaMay 30 — Rome, Italy — Palazzo dello SportJune 6 — New York, USA — Madison Square GardenJune 10 — Toronto, Canada — Scotiabank ArenaJune 15 — Chicago, USA — United CenterJune 20 — Los Angeles, USA — Hollywood BowlJuly 3 — São Paulo, Brazil — Allianz ParqueJuly 8 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — Movistar ArenaJuly 20 — Tokyo, Japan — Nippon BudokanJuly 25 — Sydney, Australia — Qudos Bank ArenaEach stop is designed to feel intimate despite the scale — lighting kept low, visuals slow and immersive, the focus always on the songs and the feelings they still stir after all these years.The Long Goodbye Never Ends, It Just Learns New Ways to Hurt isn’t about closure. It’s about endurance. About the strange comfort of sadness shared in a dark room with strangers who know every word. The Cure aren’t leaving — they’re lingering. And in 2026, they’re inviting the world to linger with them one more time.
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