Key takeaways: 2027 tour: Robert Smith expects The Cure to play more concerts in 2027, though he has not announced dates or locations. New songs: Smith said the shows would feature new songs, but gave no details about them. Unreleased albums: In 2024, Smith said two additional albums were in the works, including one that was nearly ready. Recent releases: The Cure released Songs of a Lost World in 2024 after a 16-year gap between studio albums. This article summarizes what Smith has said about the band’s possible 2027 tour and unreleased music.

The Cure toured during the summer in support of the band’s 2024 album Songs of a Lost World, playing more than a dozen European festivals before concluding the run on Aug. 30 at Rock en Seine in Saint-Cloud, France. The tour also included the first live performance of “What’s Wrong With Me,” Smith’s collaboration with Olivia Rodrigo, at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain in June. Smith referred to those milestones in a voicemail to Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 6 show.

The key detail in Robert Smith’s 2027 tour announcement was his suggestion that the concerts would include new material. Smith said, “I’m looking forward to more Cure concerts in 2027. Of course, I’m not allowed to say where or when yet, but I’m confident they will be bursting with new songs,” adding, “Watch this space…” The Cure’s 2027 dates and locations have not been announced.

Songs of a Lost World ended The Cure’s 16-year gap between studio albums when it arrived in 2024; the band’s previous studio album was 2008’s 4:13 Dream. About a month after the release, Smith and the band issued the concert film The Show of a Lost World and the live album Songs of a Live World: Troxy London MMXXIV. The remix album Mixes of a Lost World followed in June 2025.

In a teaser in December 2024, Smith said he had two more albums in progress. He described one as “another album which is pretty much ready to go” and “sort of a companion piece”; he characterized the other as “completely different,” with “random stuff” from late-night studio sessions. At the time of the report, neither unreleased album had a title or an announced release date.