{"id":4719,"date":"2026-07-13T04:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:05:41","slug":"the-cures-simon-gallup-sidelined-from-tour-after-falling-ill-son-eden-filling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4719","title":{"rendered":"The Cure&#8217;s Simon Gallup Sidelined from Tour After Falling Ill, Son Eden Filling In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Cure.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-id=\"1611146\" data-title=\"The Cure\u2019s Simon Gallup Sidelined from Tour After Falling Ill, Son Eden Filling In\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/the-cure-bassist-steps-away-with-illness\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/the-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cure<\/a> announced Saturday that bass player Simon Gallup had briefly stepped away from playing on the band\u2019s European tour because of an illness. Fortunately, the band has a worthy replacement: his son Eden.<\/p>\n<p>The band told fans on a social media post that shortly before a July 10th Berlin concert Gallup \u201cwas taken ill.\u201d Eden \u201cshifted sideways to save the show\u201d by taking over bass duties.<\/p>\n<p>The band did not identify the illness ailing Gallup or give any other details about his condition. \u201cSimon is still not well enough to play,\u201d The Cure said in the post, adding that Eden was playing bass again at the second night of three in the German capital, which took place Saturday night. The English group asked fans to join them in wishing Simon \u201cthe speediest of recoveries\u201d and thanking Eden. The band didn\u2019t mention when he\u2019s expected to return to the tour, but already he\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thecure\/status\/2076329135387906075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ruled out<\/a> for night three in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>The language from the band\u2019s post doesn\u2019t hint at any cause for concern despite the sudden onset of their bass player\u2019s illness. Simon\u2019s absence seems as if it will be short term.<\/p>\n<p>The Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame bassist has played with The Cure since 1979 with only a couple stints away. He is 66 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Eden had already been a member of The Cure\u2019s touring lineup since the launch of their European tour last month, as he joined the fold in place of Perry Bamonte on bass and keyboard. Bamonte passed away in December 2025 following a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Cure are currently on tour in Europe after <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/06\/the-cure-primavera-sound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making a return to the stage<\/a> at Primavera Sound following a two year absence from playing live. The band <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/the-cure-win-first-grammy-awards-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won their first Grammy<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaqC88gIbKC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cure announced Saturday that bass player Simon Gallup had briefly stepped away from playing on the band\u2019s European tour because of an illness. Fortunately, the band has a worthy replacement: his son Eden. The band told fans on a social media post that shortly before a July 10th Berlin concert Gallup \u201cwas taken ill.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Cure.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}