The Cure

The Cure, 65daysofstatic at London Wembley Arena, Thu 20 Mar

Review by Alex Denney

While dissenting voices have always sought to debunk The Cure's gloomily melodic stylings as fundamentally lightweight, it’s hard to think of a more satisfying career arc in the pop firmament»

Wembley Arena

Train: Wembley Central (13 mins)

Tube: Wembley Park (8 mins)

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The Cure

The Cure are...

• Robert Smith - vocals, guitar
• Simon Gallup - bass, keyboards
• Perry Bamonte - keyboards
• Roger O'Donnell - keyboards
• Jason Cooper - drums
• Michael Dempsey - bass (left 1979)
• Phil Thornally - bass (left 1984)
• Porl Thompson - brass, guitar, keyboards (left 1993)
• Mathieu Hartley - keyboards (left 1980)
• Boris Williams - drums (left
• Andy Anderson - drums (left 1985)
• Lawrence Tolhurst - drums, keyboards (left 1989)

65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic is currently Joe Fro, Paul Wolinski, Rob Jones and Simon Wright; Feedle, Iain Armstrong and Gareth Hughes are former members.

The band are primarily instrumental, using beats and glitches alongside crunched guitars and hardcore drums.

65days originally formed, allegedly, to try and write music to fit the unreleased and little known John Carpenter flick Stealth Bomber starring Kurt Russell. Set over "65 Days of Static", a period of time after some unknown global infrastructre and communications breakdown, it also gave 65 their name.

Apparently.

For more information visit www.65daysofstatic.com.
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