THE CURE IN SLOVAKIA FOR THE FIRST TIME

The iconic five-piece led by the charismatic Robert Smith will deliver an over two-hour concert show on Wednesday, 8 July at Letisko Trenčín.

The Cure are coming to Slovakia as part of a special concert day marking the 30th edition of Pohoda Festival. It will be a standalone programme day with single-day tickets available, featuring — alongside The Cure — Irish rockers Just Mustard, Scottish shoegazers The Twilight Sad, Slovak multi-instrumentalist Denis Bango with his project Denis Bango hrá Fvck_Kvlt, and after dark, the arena will come alive during the afterparty with American techno DJ Hiroko Yamamura local favourite Jimmy Pé and the Dutch band BAZZOOKAS with their iconic yellow bus.

Single-day tickets are available here, and parking tickets are available here.

PROGRAM – WEDNESDAY, JULY 8:

6:00 PM–6:30 PM Just Mustard / ESET Stage
7:00 PM–7:45 PM The Twilight Sad / ESET Stage
8:15 PM–9:00 PM Denis Bango hrá Fvck_Kvlt / ESET Stage
9:30 PM–11:45 PM THE CURE / ESET Stage
12:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m. Hiroko Yamamura / Slovenská sporiteľňa Arena
12:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m. Jimmy Pé / Curious City 18+
12:15 a.m.–1:00 a.m. BAZZOOKAS

During the entire concert day with The Cure, the full festival grounds will be open, including bars, services, and various partner activations.

More information about the festival grounds can be found here.

FAQs about the extra concert day can be found here.

The Cure coming to Trenčín is a long-held dream come true, and we are thrilled that it is happening on the occasion of Pohoda's milestone 30th edition. The Cure are one of the greatest live bands in the world, and their performance at Trenčín Airport will surely stand among the defining moments in Pohoda's story.

"I have considered The Cure so fundamental to music history that I have wanted to bring them to Slovakia ever since Pohoda began booking international headliners. It seemed impossible… In the end, the opportunity came to organise an extra festival day, and what I had been working towards for over twenty years was agreed in the space of a month, thanks to the outstanding approach of the band's agent," says Pohoda director Michal Kaščák about the biggest booking in the festival's history, adding: "An extraordinary day awaits us. Robert Smith is bringing not only his own band but two other outstanding acts, and he personally confirmed our local artist to perform directly before his set. There are moments when we are truly happy and proud to be bringing exceptional world-class artists to Slovakia — this is exactly one of those moments. Miracles do happen…"

The Cure were formed in 1976 in Crawley, southern England. They gave their first performance in 1978 and have since played around 1,800 concerts. Today, The Cure rank among the most listened-to bands in the world. Their tracks have amassed hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify, with Friday I'm In Love and Boys Don't Cry approaching one billion.

The band has released 14 studio albums, several compilations and live recordings, and composed music for various soundtracks — including the cult film The Crow — while frontman Robert Smith also made an appearance in the iconic animated series South Park. Through their work, legendary touring, and lasting influence on the music scene, The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

Their early albums, including Three Imaginary Boys (1979) and Seventeen Seconds (1980), placed them at the forefront of post-punk and new wave. With Pornography (1982), they moved closer to the darker end of gothic rock. In later years they shifted towards a broader pop palette, reaching its peak with Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987), Disintegration (1989) and Wish (1992). Through the '90s and '00s they released four more albums, after which fans had to wait a full sixteen years for new studio material — though the band continued to tour actively, with several shows entering the record books as their largest, most-watched, or longest. Particularly memorable was Robert Smith's birthday concert in Mexico in 2013, when The Cure performed 50 songs in a set lasting 257 minutes. In 2024 they released the long-awaited Songs Of A Lost World, widely regarded worldwide as one of the finest albums of that year. A year later — in June 2025 — The Cure released the 24-track Mixes Of A Lost World, a remix album featuring contributions from 24 artists including Four Tet, Mogwai, Paul Oakenfold, Chino Moreno and Orbital. And we may not have long to wait for what comes next — the band has since returned to the studio to record another 13 tracks for a forthcoming album, which we trust will arrive soon.

A legend that shaped music, fashion, and generations

Beyond The Cure, their frontman Robert Smith has become a legend and icon in his own right. His distinctive look — black hair, heavy makeup, unconventional styling — is as instantly recognisable as the sound of The Cure. Together, the band has become far more than a musical act; they have shaped fashion (gothic, new wave), visual art, subcultures, and the way entire generations understand melancholy and love.

Through their unmistakable sound — a fusion of melancholy, walls of guitar, synthesisers and Smith's voice — The Cure became one of the most influential bands in alternative rock. Their sound has been described as post-punk, gothic rock, new wave, and alternative rock — but as frontman Robert Smith himself puts it, it is all simply "Cure music."

The Cure will perform at Pohoda 2026 with the line-up of Robert Smith (vocals and guitars), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards) and Reeves Gabrels (guitars). And since this is one of the greatest live bands in the world, we believe their performance at Trenčín Airport will be the most memorable and iconic in Pohoda Festival's history.

I'M GOING TO THE CURE EXTRA DAY

The exclusive partner of the festival's extra day is ESET.