The Cure — Flamingo stage, Way Out West

In 2024, 45 years after their first LP “Three Imaginary Boys”, The Cure released one of the finest albums of their long career. “Song Of A Lost World” is the sound of a band at the peak of it’s powers, inspired by and following it’s own dark shining star. Robert Smith’s existential anguish and meditations on mortality drift across portentous drums, growling bass lines, shimmering guitars, and cascading layers of synths. The result is music that feels timeless and unrelenting, as much a prayer as it is a lament.

From their beginnings in the late ’70s post-punk underground to defining the sound of goth, alternative rock and beyond, The Cure have continually reinvented themselves without ever losing their core: songs of radiant melancholy. Across six decades they have released albums that have shaped generations — from “Pornography” and “Disintegration” to “Wish” and now “Songs Of A Lost World” — each record another chapter in a catalogue unrivalled in influence. In the summer of 2026, Robert Smith and his ever-glowing The Cure arrive at Way Out West to remind us that the brightest, most beautiful things often hide in the deepest, darkest shadows.

Details:

• 📅 Date: Friday 14 August 2026
• 🕔 Time: 23:00 (end time not in the published schedule)
• 📍 Stage: Flamingo, Slottsskogen, Gothenburg
• 🎟️ Entry: Included in every Way Out West festival ticket
• 👥 Age limit: 13+ (all Slottsskogen stages are open to youth tickets)

Source: wayoutwest.se · set times from the official festival app.