Reuters/Variety: October 5, 1997

LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuter) - The Cure, last seen playing in an arena near you, will play small clubs in Los Angeles and New York later this month to promote their new album, a spokesman said.

The British veterans will perform in Los Angeles on Oct. 28 at the tentative location of the American Legion Hall in Hollywood. Three days later, they will play New York's Irvine Plaza for a Halloween gig that will be radio simulcast and cybercast nationally. Each venue holds about 1,100 people. Ticket details will be announced shortly.

Fans who cannot get into these shows will have to settle for watching the band's Oct. 29 debut on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

The performances are in aid of the Oct. 28 release of "Galore" (Elektra), an 18-track album compiling all the Cure singles released since 1987. The album also features one new track, "Wrong Number," which will be released to radio in mid-October.

The Cure are also working on a new album, and will return to the United States in November to headline about 10 Christmas concerts organized by various radio stations.