North American Fall 2007 Cure shows re-scheduled for Spring

[vincent]

8/24/2007 5:58:28 AM - by CURE:ROBERT

With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008.

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.

Although this last month’s tour of Australasia showed that a great Cure show is not dependent on a new Cure album, it has to be remembered that we hadn’t played Australia for 7 years, New Zealand for 15 years, Japan for 23 years(!), and Singapore or Hong Kong ever before â€" so the absence of ‘new’ songs in the set was not really much of an issue.

However, we want to remodel/rework the live show for North America, change things around, incorporate new songs… and we need time and focus to do this.

So although we can agree it is a great shame to move these dates â€" believe us we have been looking forward to them more than anyone! â€" and know there will be a lot of disappointed people out there, we honestly feel that in the bigger picture we are making the right decision.

All tickets held for all 2007 North American Cure shows will be valid for the re-scheduled 2008 shows, and of course anyone who seeks a refund will be able to get one.

All validity/refund/rescheduling details will be announced as soon as we have them.

We are still going to headline the San Francisco Download Festival October 6th, and we will still be performing at the MTV Latin America Awards October 18th.

We will also play the three scheduled Sports Palace Mexico City shows October 20th/21st/22nd, as by this point we feel sure we will have finished the new album, and will be more than happy to start dropping a fresh song or three into the set each night…

Once again, our genuine apologies to anyone who is upset by this announcement - please be encouraged by our promise:

The Spring 2008 Cure shows will be even better than the Fall 2007 ones would have been!!!

See you all soon…
Love
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See Official site > News (i dunno if i had to post it here? Otherwise where...?)
Robert, Simon, Jason and Porl â€" The Cure 24/8/07

[Dillinger]

 24/8/07
North American Fall 2007 Cure shows re-scheduled for Spring 2008

With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008.

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.

Although this last month’s tour of Australasia showed that a great Cure show is not dependent on a new Cure album, it has to be remembered that we hadn’t played Australia for 7 years, New Zealand for 15 years, Japan for 23 years(!), and Singapore or Hong Kong ever before â€" so the absence of ‘new’ songs in the set was not really much of an issue.

However, we want to remodel/rework the live show for North America, change things around, incorporate new songs… and we need time and focus to do this.

So although we can agree it is a great shame to move these dates â€" believe us we have been looking forward to them more than anyone! â€" and know there will be a lot of disappointed people out there, we honestly feel that in the bigger picture we are making the right decision.

All tickets held for all 2007 North American Cure shows will be valid for the re-scheduled 2008 shows, and of course anyone who seeks a refund will be able to get one.

All validity/refund/rescheduling details will be announced as soon as we have them.



We are still going to headline the San Francisco Download Festival October 6th, and we will still be performing at the MTV Latin America Awards October 18th.

We will also play the three scheduled Sports Palace Mexico City shows October 20th/21st/22nd, as by this point we feel sure we will have finished the new album, and will be more than happy to start dropping a fresh song or three into the set each night…

Once again, our genuine apologies to anyone who is upset by this announcement - please be encouraged by our promise:

The Spring 2008 Cure shows will be even better than the Fall 2007 ones would have been!!!

See you all soon…
Love

Robert, Simon, Jason and Porl â€" The Cure 24/8/07

[vincent]

"See Official site > News (i dunno if i had to post it here? Otherwise where...?)"
Vincent, me (not The Cure)

[Plainsong]

3 weeks to go and THIS??
Don't they realize how much money we've spent already on planes, hotels...can this be a joke??

[crowbi_wan]

That's about all I have to say at this time.

[Janko]

WELL, IT  DOES  MAKE SENSE TO RELEASE THE ALBUM  BEFORE  THE TOUR...



Yeah, and they just figured this out yesterday???

I knew it was a crazy plan, but I figured Robert has his heart set on doing things in his own bizarre way.

Pure insanity.

[dsanchez]

I think it's a lack of respect. Too bad news.

[disintegration]

 

[closedown]

how come, this doesn't surprise me at all?
yup, f**k the fans who already paid for the journeys, hotels etc - with such a lame excuse, as mentioned already how come they realize this now, the situation isn't any different to the situation before the asia/austrlian concerts... laughable...
I have another theory about the cancellation (that could count in) but I'll better keep that for myself not to start another hassle here.

[Tof]

How he can do that !!!

I hope the new album will be ready before 2008 !!!



I hope that the European shows will not be pushed back at the end of 2008

[dsanchez]

They should change the "Tour book" for something like this (see attach)

[closedown]

I hope the new album will be ready before 2008 !!!
I hope that the European shows will not be pushed back at the end of 2008

worst case scecnario would be another festival tour in europe... would fit in with the time schedule...

[Steve]

Get your tour t shirts quickly while they've got all the wrong dates on them.
Could be collector's items one day.

Well, you have to laugh or the tears will just blind you.

I do feel sorry for everyone who has already booked flights, hotels etc. :roll:
The re-scheduled dates had better be something special & not more of the stuff we just got recently or there will be some very dispondant folks around. :roll:

[Tof]

I hope the new album will be ready before 2008 !!!
I hope that the European shows will not be pushed back at the end of 2008

worst case scecnario would be another festival tour in europe... would fit in with the time schedule...

No festival tour in europe please !!!  we want THE CURE tour !!!

[harrold]

how come, this doesn't surprise me at all?
yup, f**k the fans who already paid for the journeys, hotels etc - with such a lame excuse, as mentioned already how come they realize this now, the situation isn't any different to the situation before the asia/austrlian concerts... laughable...
I have another theory about the cancellation (that could count in) but I'll better keep that for myself not to start another hassle here.

anything can happen... bad news, isn't it... mostly the gorgeous fans who really love THE CURE which let they down... sorry to say that, but it is true..
There's just one thing is in my mind and what I am afraid of that there MUIST BE something else behind the curtain, something serious thing (another member change maybe... :roll:), i really don't believe that "we-have-no-enough-time-before-to-hit-the-road-again" bullshit...