In a new interview with Uncut, The Cure frontman Robert Smith revealed why he refused to end the band after their show in 2018 at Hyde Park, London.
“I thought that was the end of The Cure. I didn’t plan it, but I had a sneaky feeling that this was going to be it,” the frontman revealed. “But it was such a great day and such a great response, I enjoyed it so much and we got a flood of offers to headline every major European festival. ‘Do you want to play Glastonbury?’ So I thought maybe it’s not the right time to stop.”
“I wasn’t stopping because I didn’t want to do it any more, I just thought it would allow me a few years when I’d still be able to do something else,” he admitted. “I wasn’t that bothered, funnily enough. I’d arranged everything to end in 2018, so when we got to 2019, I felt relieved. ‘We did it!’ I’ve had a different outlook to everything since.”
The band continued performing after their Hyde Park show. They played over 50 shows the following year, and even headlined Glastonbury. Even though Smith thought the 2018 performance would be their last, Glastonbury was ‘the biggest’ moment for him.
“Walking out at Glastonbury was the biggest moment so far for us. This was the concert that matters, but we’re going to Belgrade to play Exit this week and I’ll have the same feeling: this has to be the best show that we’ve ever done,” the rocker told NME after their show.
The Cure is set to release their new album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World,’ on November 1. This will be their first album since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream.’ So far, they’ve shared two singles: ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing.’