The Cure will tour again in 2016, but where they’ll go remains to be seen.
The Robert Smith-led act will play shows in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York in May and June, and say they’ll play a total of 25 North American dates—but the full list won’t be out until January, per an official announcement.
The group hasn’t mounted a full tour since 2008, but it’s been nearly two decades since they made it to Portland. Per the fan archive Cure-Concerts.de, the band hasn’t played here since December 1997, when they played the Theater of the Clouds at the Moda Center (then called the Rose Garden) for KNRK’s Snowball concert. The radio station has since switched to its December to Remember holiday shows.
The fan site lists just three concerts ever in Stumptown, including a 1996 show at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and a 1985 show at the Civic Auditorium. Setlist.fm lists another, at the Paramount Theatre in 1984, plus a 1996 Eugene show at the Hult Center.