The Cure have just won the first Grammys of their entire career
A career first for the goth-rock icons
By Nick Reilly
The Cure have achieved a career milestone after winning the first two Grammys of their storied career for their 2025 album Songs of a Lost World.
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The goth-rock icons picked up two prizes at last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles – Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance, the latter for the song ‘Alone’.
They were not present at the ceremony to pick up the gongs, as they were attending the funeral of their guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte, who died in December 2025 at the age of 65.
In a pre-written speech instead, frontman Robert Smith said: “Simon, Jason, Roger, Reeves and I would like to thank the Grammys for this wonderful award, we are very honoured to receive it.”
“We would also like to thank everyone who helped in the creation of our Songs of a Lost World album, particularly co-producer Paul Corkett, everyone in the Universal Music Group who worked so hard to get our ‘Lost World’ found, everyone in our mostly indefatigable crew…and most importantly, all of the Cure fans around the world, who came to our ‘Lost World’ shows and enjoyed our ‘Lost World’ music. Without you, none of this would be possible. Thank you!”
In securing the gong in the Best Alternative Music Performance category, they beat Bon Iver, Turnstile, Wet Leg and Hayley Williams. For Best Alternative Music Album, they won against Bon Iver, Tyler, The Creator, Wet Leg and Hayley Williams.
This summer, The Cure will make their UK live return when they headline the Isle of Wight Festival.