The Cure have added two extra outdoor dates in Berlin to their live schedule for the summer of 2026.
Robert Smith and co. will be back on the road from June to August next year, and the latest additions to the plans are a pair of shows at the outdoor space Parkbühne Wuhlheide in Berlin.
They will play at the venue on July 10 and 11, with support on the day from Scottish post-punks The Twilight Sad and Irish shoegazers Just Mustard.
Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale on Monday (October 13) and fans can register for tickets here.
It is the latest of a string of major live appearances announced for The Cure in the summer of 2026, following on from confirmations that they will also headline Rock Werchter in Belgium, Open’er in Poland, Øya Festival in Norway, Nova Rock in Austria, Rock En Seine in France, Primavera Sound in Spain and the Isle Of Wight Festival.
On top of that, they have also announced a string of UK and Ireland headline shows for next summer, with shows in Dublin, Belfast, Manchester and Edinburgh. Find tickets here.
While the band shared their latest album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ last year, it looks likely that they will have another record coming out in time for the 2026 live performances too.
Around the time ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ being released, Smith said that the band had another LP that’s “virtually finished”, as well as a third new record in the works. The ‘Friday I’m In Love’ singer then added that he was reluctant to book any tour dates until at least one of those was fully done. With new live shows being steadily announced, it could indicate that a new record is coming in the new year.
The new dates will be The Cure’s first time on stage together since their show at London’s Troxy last November. That gig was in front of just 3,000 fans – including Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien, Boy George, Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite, and Pedro Pascal in the crowd.
There are also rumours that The Cure might play a special show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust gig series. Smith took over as curator for the 2026 edition, after The Who’s Roger Daltrey stepped down from the role.
On top of that, the frontman also added that he can imagine the celebrations continuing all the way up until the band hit their 50th anniversary.
“I’m 70 in 2029, and that’s the 50th anniversary of the first Cure album,” Smith said. “That’s it, that really is it. If I make it that far, that’s it. In the intervening time, I’d like us to include playing concerts as part of the overall plan of what we’re going to do. I’ve loved it; the last 10 years of playing shows have been the best 10 years of being in the band. It pisses all over the other 30 years! It’s been great.”
