In a straight-to-the-point but low on details post on Facebook, longtime The Cure bassist Simon Gallup has announced his departure from the band. The post, which is public, simply states “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure ! Good luck to them all …” Later in the conversation thread he added “I’m OK… just got fed up of betrayal.”
Gallup has played with The Cure on 11 of their 13 studio albums, but has departed the band before, from 1982 to 1984, and then briefly in 1992 due to health reasons. He was the longest-running member of the band aside from Robert Smith. The Cure have not commented publicly on his departure at this time.
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