Entertainment
The Cure return to top of UK charts after 32 years
LONDON — The Cure returned to the top of the UK charts after 32 years on Friday (Nov 8) as their long-awaited album Songs Of A Lost World went to number one.
The British band released the record, their first studio album in 16 years, on Nov 1. It went on to outsell the rest of the top five in the UK albums chart combined, the Official Charts Company said.
“It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album,” lead singer Robert Smith said.
He went on to thank “everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed in us over the years”.
The Cure last topped the UK album charts in 1992 with Wish. Their last studio album was 4:13 Dream, released in 2008.
The group, who made their debut in the late 1970s and are known for their post-punk as well as darker melancholic tracks, had long teased a new album, with Smith revealing the Songs of a Lost World record title in 2022.
Why this ‘cinematic’ Pembrokeshire beach is among Britain’s best for a winter walk
See the ‘buzzing’ South Wales Christmas market named among best in the UK
Top Blair adviser who said ‘we don’t need small farmers’ disowned by Starmer
New report reveals UK’s best and worst places to take your driving test | GoCompare News
Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Korea ratifies military pact with Moscow
Starmer pledges huge cut to UK emissions as assisted dying Bill looms – live
UK can strike Trump trade deal and rebuild EU relations, says top economist
Unemployment rises as pay growth slows again
Scotland placed second of 12 UK nations and regions on key performance measure
