The Cure are coming back to the X and promise no dynamically priced or platinum tickets

Ross Raihala, Pioneer Press
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British goth rock legends the Cure will return to St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on June 8 and the band is promising tickets are priced “to benefit fans.”

But as has become common for local arena concerts, neither the venue nor the promoter announced ticket prices. The band is using Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program and fans must register by noon Monday, with tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. March 15. For reference, the Cure’s previous concert at the X in 2016 – which was their first local gig in 20 years – was priced from $85 to $25.

“We have priced tickets to benefit fans and our efforts to block scalpers and limit inflated resale prices are being supported by our ticketing partners,” reads a note on the band’s website. The press release announcing the concert added that “apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no platinum or dynamically priced tickets on this tour.”

The Cure emerged in 1978 with a tense, post-punk sound that later expanded into goth and psychedelic rock, off-kilter pop and even dance music. The band’s first five albums established the Cure as underground cult heroes and set the stage for their commercial breakthrough with 1985’s “The Head on the Door.”

Thanks to heavy MTV airplay and lead singer Robert Smith’s memorable look, the Cure sold more than 5 million albums over the next decade, including the double-platinum 1989 release, “Disintegration.” The Cure played a local show at the Target Center in July 1996 on a tour promoting that year’s “Wild Mood Swings.”

In the time since, the Cure has slowed down their studio output and focused on touring. In the 21st century, they have released three albums, the most recent of which was 2008’s “4:13 Dream.”

Smith has promised a new album numerous times over the past decade, but nothing has emerged. In 2021, he said he had finished two new Cure records: “One of them’s very, very doom and gloom and the other one isn’t.” A year ago, he revealed the first of the pair is called “Songs of a Lost World.”

The current Cure lineup features Smith and longtime bassist Simon Gallup joined by multi-instrumentalist Perry Bamonte, keyboardist Roger O’Donnell, drummer Jason Cooper on drums and former David Bowie collaborator Reeves Gabrels on guitar.

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