What is The Cure’s new album called?
In the summer of 2019, Robert Smith claimed that the new album was to be named “Live From The Moon”, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. However, at the Ivor Novelllo Awards cremony in May 2022, Smith revealed that the title was now Songs Of A Lost World. The social media and marketing campaign for the new album has similarly been using the title Songs Of A Lost World.
Does The Cure’s Songs Of A Lost World album have a release date?
On 9th September 2024, The Cure’s official website and social media channels updated the band’s logo, leading many fans to wonder if an announcement of new material was imminent.
On 12th September, a poster on the Steve Hoffman Music Forum reported that they’d received “a plain black postcard sized envelope today with my name and address in silver writing.
“Inside was what looked like a blank black postcard. Good quality card. Noticed the tiniest embossed writing on it…a bit scattered..
Since then, Robert Smith has tweeted the address of a brand new Cure website, www.songsofalost.world, which asks users to enter a code: when the number 1/11/2024 is entered (via the all-important Roman numerals), fans can sign up for more information, which includes a brand new Cure WhatsApp account!
On 19th September, The Cure’s official X account tweeted the co-ordinates “53.8159° N, 3.0552° W” which turns out to be the location of Blackpool Tower. Robert Smith was born in the seaside town before he moved South to Crawley in West Sussex.
