The Cure Bassist Simon Gallup Departs Band: 'With A Slightly Heavy Heart'

The Cure bass player Simon Gallup has announced his departure from the group after nearly four decades. 

According to Variety, Gallup announced the news in a Facebook post saying, “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure! Good luck to them all."

Gallup followed up in the posts comments saying, "I’m ok… just got fed up of betrayal."

The Cure and frontman Robert Smith are yet to publicly comment on Gallup's departure. 

Gallup first joined the band in 1979 remaining a member until 1982, before rejoining in 1984. 

He was the group's second longest serving member outside of Smith and appeared on all the band's albums apart from their 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys and 1984's The Top. 

The Cure were last in Australia as part of Vivid LIVE in 2019 where the band celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Disintegration album. 

"The room seemed to shimmer along with the music, even as blinding light illuminated more than just the stage. There’s a kind of moody ambience to the stage set-up, Smith mostly stationary with his signature make-up and backcombed hair, while long-time bassist Simon Gallup – he and sturdy key player Roger O’Donnell the only other current bandmates to have worked on the record – performed with the most energy as he jittered across the stage," reads the review from The Music.

"At times the pair dueled guitars, Smith getting so close to Gallup during Homesick he appeared to whisper something in his ear. Afterwards Smith, voice reverberating, joked that the song would be “genius” if they had intended for it to sound like they were that drunk."

Read the full review here.