NEW YORK (AP) — Goths, rejoice: At long last, The Cure has released new music.
“Alone,” their first new song in 16 years, premiered on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC 6 Music radio show Thursday morning.
The English band also announced a new album, “Songs of A Lost World,” to be released on Nov. 1.
The Cure teased new music on social media leading up to its release, sharing a snippet of the song that featured their trademark layered guitars, metallic percussion and sparkling synths. Near the end, singer Robert Smith jumped in with the gloomy lyrics, “This is the end of every song that we sing."
“It’s the track that unlocked the record; as soon as we had that piece of music recorded I knew it was the opening song, and I felt the whole album come into focus," Smith said in a press release. "I had been struggling to find the right opening line for the right opening song for a while, working with the simple idea of ‘being alone’, always in the back of my mind this nagging feeling that I already knew what the opening line should be… as soon as we finished recording I remembered the poem ‘Dregs’ by the English poet Ernest Dowson… and that was the moment when I knew the song — and the album — were real.”
The Cure has toured in the years since their last album, 2008’s “4:13 Dream,” but has yet to release a new album. In 2019, Smith told Rolling Stone the band had recorded 19 tracks, ranging from 10-12 minutes long, and wanted to release a new album in Halloween of that year. It did not happen.
But now, The Cure joins a long list of 2024 band reunions, which so far includes everyone from Britpop icons Oasis, who ended a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, the long-held feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, to Linkin Park — now with a new singer, Dead Sara's Emily Armstrong — their first performances since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington.
This cover image released by Fiction/Capitol Records shows "Songs of a Lost World" by The Cure. (Fiction/Capitol Records via AP)
FILE - The Cure performs at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The final day of the Bundesliga season brings a Champions League shootout as Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and Freiburg battle it out for the last two qualifying spots for Europe's biggest club competition.
Bayern Munich secured the title two weeks ago, and its players were pictured partying on the Spanish island of Ibiza following the trophy presentation at last week's home game. Bayern may look at resting players bound for the Nations League and Club World Cup in coming weeks. Bayer Leverkusen will finish second, no matter what happens in coach Xabi Alonso's last game.
All of Saturday's nine games kick off at the same time on a hectic final day.
— Dortmund hosts already-relegated Holstein Kiel and a win will almost certainly be enough for it to qualify for the Champions League. That would complete a remarkable comeback for a team which was 11th in mid-March.
— Fourth-place Freiburg hosts third-place Frankfurt with a Champions League spot on the line. Freiburg will qualify for the first time ever with a win, while Frankfurt is safe with a win or draw. Both qualify if Dortmund can't beat Kiel.
— Alonso's Leverkusen was beaten by Dortmund in his last home game but a visit to Mainz offers the chance to sign off with a win.
— After his emotional farewell to Bayern's fans at home last week, Thomas Müller can mark his 503rd — and possibly last — Bundesliga game at Hoffenheim. The experienced forward is leaving Bayern when his contract expires following the Club World Cup in the United States in June and July.
— If Dortmund can qualify for the Champions League again, it will have striker Serhou Guirassy to thank. He's scored 20 Bundesliga goals this season and five in the last four games.
— Ritsu Doan is the closest Freiburg has to a star in a team of hard-working, experienced players. His nine goals are the most of any Freiburg player in the league this season, and the Japanese winger has eight assists too.
— Stuttgart's midfielder Angelo Stiller is out of Saturday's game against Leipzig with an ankle ligament injury. The club hopes he can return for next week's German Cup final.
— Eric Dier is bidding farewell to Bayern after the England defender signed for Monaco on Wednesday. Forward Leroy Sané has just weeks left on his Bayern contract, though reports in German media indicate the forward may yet sign an extension.
— It's not just Xabi Alonso who could be on the move. Leverkusen's team could look very different next season as speculation swirls about the future of star attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who's been linked with Bayern and other leading European clubs. Wing back Jeremie Frimpong has been linked with Liverpool.
— Dortmund has made defender Daniel Svensson's loan move from Nordsjaelland permanent after a strong second half of the season. The left back signed a four-year contract Wednesday.
“I demand that we approach every game as if it were a Champions League game.” — Dortmund coach Niko Kovac.
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Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike, right, and St. Pauli's Carlo Boukhalfa, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo, front, and his teammates celebrate after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Holstein Kiel and SC Freiburg in Kiel, Germany, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Claus Bergmann/dpa via AP)
Dortmund's players celebrate in front of their fans after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund in Leverkusen, Germany, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)
