The Cure have won the first two Grammy Awards of their career.
The Boys Don’t Cry hitmakers – whose debut album Three Imaginary Boys was released in 1979 – were honoured on Sunday (01.02.26) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles following the success of their comeback album Songs of a Lost World.
The collection was recognised with the Best Alternative Music Album prize, while single Alone was named Best Alternative Music Performance.
The group – which includes Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels – weren’t able to make the ceremony, as they were at the funeral of longtime guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte.
The musician died in December at the age of 65.
In a speech read out on stage, Smith wrote: “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!”
Songs of a Lost World marked their first album in 16 years, as the long awaited follow-up to 2008 LP 4:13 Dream.
Before their big night, The Cure had only been nominated twice at the Grammy Awards, with both of those coming in the Best Alternative Music Album category.
In 1993, they made the shortlist for Wish, and eight years later Bloodflowers was in the running.
This year, they overcame competition from Bon Iver, Wet Leg, Paramore star Hayley Williams, and Tyler, The Creator to claim the prize.
For Best Alternative Music Performance, they beat Wet Leg and Hayley Williams again, as well as Turnstile and Bon Iver.