the cure postpone fall 07 north american tour until spring 08

debaser · #1 08-25-2007, 02:10 PM

PRESS RELEASE 24/8/07

North American Fall 2007 Cure shows re-scheduled for Spring 2008

With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008.

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t
enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.

Although this last month’s tour of Australasia showed that a great Cure show is not dependent on a new Cure album, it has to be remembered that we hadn’t played Australia for 7 years, New Zealand for 15 years, Japan for 23 years(!), and Singapore or Hong Kong ever before – so the absence of ‘new’ songs in the set was not really much of an issue.

However, we want to remodel/rework the live show for North America, change things around, incorporate new songs… and we need time and focus to do this.

So although we can agree it is a great shame to move these dates – believe us we have been looking forward to them more than anyone! – and know there will be a lot of disappointed people out there, we honestly feel that in the bigger picture we are making the right decision.

All tickets held for all 2007 North American Cure shows will be valid for the re-scheduled 2008 shows, and of course anyone who seeks a refund will be able to get one.

All validity/refund/rescheduling details will be announced as soon as we have them.

We are still going to headline the San Francisco Download Festival October 6th, and we will still be performing at the MTV Latin America Awards October 18th.

We will also play the three scheduled Sports Palace Mexico City shows October 20th/21st/22nd, as by this point we feel sure we will have finished
the new album, and will be more than happy to start dropping a fresh song or three into the set each night…

Once again, our genuine apologies to anyone who is upset by this announcement - please be encouraged by our promise:

The Spring 2008 Cure shows will be even better than the Fall 2007 ones would have been!!!

See you all soon…

Love

Robert, Simon, Jason and Porl – The Cure 24/8/07

un*touchable · #2 08-25-2007, 02:52 PM

oh great....

Mos Eisley · #3 08-25-2007, 05:06 PM

Boo.

debaser · #4 08-26-2007, 12:28 AM

HMMMMMM
8/24/2007 7:42:01 PM - by CURE:ROBERT

I STAYED AWAY FROM THE FIRST 500...

BUT GET A FEEL THERE ARE SOME UNHAPPY ONES
(PLUS CA CHANGE?!!)

did Geffen make the push, and if so, Robert really can't say..because they are under contract.

NO
WE AS A GROUP MADE THE DECISION
THERE IS NO BACK STORY
NO ULTERIOR THING
WE WANT TO FINISH THE RECORD
ITS THAT SIMPLE

WE MADE A MISTAKE IN BOOKING THE DATES FOR SEPTEMBER I THINK
IT PUT US IN A 'FINISH IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN... WHATEVER' POSITION
AND IT MEANS TOO MUCH TO US TO DO THIS

IT HAS TO BE RIGHT

Was it poor sales?

WE HAVE ALREADY SOLD MORE THAN OUR GUARANTEES
SOLD OUT AND CLOSE TO SOLD OUT ACROSS THE BOARD

REALLY...
THERE IS NO 'IT MUST BE SALES!' BACK STORY

And what will they do between the CA festival show and the Mexico dates? Fly home for a week? Or do promo stuff?

FLY HOME AND MIX THE FINAL SONGS I HOPE!

WE REALLY DO FEEL BAD ABOUT PUTTING EVERYONE OUT LIKE THIS

BUT...
WE HAD TO DO IT

THE SHOWS IN SPRING 2008 REALLY WILL BE THE BEST CURE SHOWS

AND THIS ALBUM WILL BE THE BEST CURE ALBUM

THIS IS WHAT WE DO

SO

DONT GET TOO UPSET

I WILL DROP A NEW SONG IN HERE IN A FEW DAYS

AS A KIND OF PEACE STONE IN THE WATER?

LOVE
RSX

Lady_Violet · #5 08-26-2007, 01:25 AM

ohh that sucks for you guys