The Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell reveals ‘aggressive’ blood cancer diagnosis

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. Read our privacy policy The Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell has disclosed he has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of blood cancer. O’Donnell had previously told fans that he had been unwell but simply disclosed he had a “serious health issue” when he was forced to pull out from performing in Mexico with the band in 2023. Current band members have long been teasing a new record, with the band’s frontman Robert Smith telling NME in 2022 that an album would be arriving “very soon”. “The problem is, it’s 12 years since the last album so it becomes precious,” O’Donnell said at the time.