Robert Smith names year he says is ‘it’ for The Cure

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Smith and Simon Gallup performing at The Cure’s headline show at British Summer Time Festival, Hyde Park, in July 2018 The setlist, comprising 29 songs, featured favourites such as “Just Like Heaven” and back-to-back renditions of “Friday I’m in Love” and “Close to Me”. Later playing the opening bars of “Friday I’m in Love”, he remarked: “If you’d asked me then what I thought I’d be doing in 40 years time, I couldn’t have told you it was this.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up “I thought that the Hyde Park show would be it, I thought that was the end of The Cure,” Smith, 65, revealed in his interview with Everitt. And I thought, maybe it’s not the right time to stop.” open image in gallery Robert Smith of The Cure spoke about future plans for the band He clarified: “I wasn’t stopping because I thought, ‘I don’t wanna do it anymore,’ I just thought it’d be a nice time to stop and it allows me a few years when I’m still able to do something else, to go and do. He joined the band on tour in 2022: “Since then it’s like another version of The Cure has gone out and played,” Smith said.