The Cure Get Set For Primavera

Last week, The Cure made two announcements regarding European festivals. The first revealed an initial three performances, whilst the second totalled up seven scheduled performances for this coming summer.

It has now also been revealed that the band, who appeared as last’s year Bestival headliners will now be playing ten festival altogether, with new additions including Spain’s Primavera Sound festival and Bilbao BBK Live festival, as well as Portugal’s Optimus Alive festival.

The Cure will join the likes of Radiohead, who are already geared up to play in Bilbao and Portugal, whilst Primavera’s stage will be shared with Franz Ferdinand,The xx and Bjork.

The band’s current European touring schedule looks something like this:

MAY
26 Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Holland

JUNE
01 - 03 Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
14 - 16 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden
22 - 24 Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, Germany
22 - 24 Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
29 - 01 Les Eurockéennes Malsaucy, France

JULY
05 - 08 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark
07 Heineken Jammin’, Venice, Italy
09 Rock In Roma, Rome, Italy
12 - 14 Bilbao BBK Live, Bilbao, Spain
14 Optimus Alive festival, Portugal


There have yet to be any UK appearances confirmed.