Ethan Shanfeld The Cure bassist Simon Gallup announced on Saturday that he is leaving the band.“With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure!
Good luck to them all,” Gallup wrote on Facebook. Responding to a comment asking if the departure is health-related, Gallup said, “I’m ok… just got fed up of betrayal.”The Cure has not yet commented on Gallup’s exit, but in 2018, frontman Robert Smith told the Irish Times that if Gallup were to leave the band, “it wouldn’t be called the Cure.”In 2019, Smith told NME, “For me, the heart of the live band has always been Simon, and he’s always been my best friend.
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