The Cure Deliver Emotional Performance at Primavera Sound 2026 The Cure headlined Primavera Sound 2026 at Barcelona’s Parc del Forum on June 6, 2026, marking their first major performance since an intimate November 2024 show at London’s Troxy celebrating the release of Songs Of A Lost World. That album, which became the band’s first UK number-one record in 32 years, earned them their first Grammy awards. Despite the significance of the album, the band’s setlist at Primavera focused largely on classics spanning nearly five decades, with only two tracks from Songs Of A Lost World featured. The performance included rare songs such as “Mint Car,” a sunny single from the album, which the band had not performed in over a decade. They also debuted “alt.end” from their 2004 self-titled album, last played in 2018, and revisited “2 Late,” a 1989 Lovesong b-side, and “Wrong Number,” a 1997 single from the Galore compilation, both last performed in 2019. Notably, tracks from their 1982 album Pornography were absent from the setlist. The show also marked the first performance since the passing of multi-instrumentalist Perry Bamonte in December 2025. Bamonte’s absence was acknowledged in the lineup, which included Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell, and Reeves Gabrels, alongside Simon Gallup’s son, Eden, who has previously joined the band onstage. Smith added a personal touch by playing his double flute during “Burn,” a track from the Wish album. During the performance, Smith read a Spanish phrase from a strip of paper, stating, “Por desgracia, todavía no puedo hablar español” (“Unfortunately, I still can’t speak Spanish”), to enthusiastic applause. The band followed with “Lullaby,” widely regarded as one of the greatest songs of all time.#barcelona #the_cure #olivia_ridgo #primavera_sound_2026 #parc_del_forum
