Emerging from the punk and new wave scene as a trip before pioneering goth rock in the 1980s, while also becoming purveyors of earworm pop, the career of The Cure is one heavy of drama and humour. Guided throughout by their singer, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith, at the end of 2024, The Cure are about to unleash another album as this band that always looks on the edge of collapse – and umpteen line-up changes testify to that – instead continues to be one of the most enduring of all time. Playiong three hour concerts that take the audience ort the edge of hysteria, Backstage Pass collects photographs from throughout The Cure’s history, from the days of ‘Three Imaginary Boys’, past ‘In Between Days’, through ‘Disintegration’ and beyond, capturing all the line ups, all the hair cuts and all the music.
