The Cure win their first ever Grammys

It's been a bittersweet 24 hours for The Cure with the band yesterday bidding a final farewell to their guitarist and keys player Perry Bamonte - and then winning their first Grammys in their near fifty year career for Best Alternative Music Performance ('Alone') and Best Alternative Music Album (Songs Of A Lost World ).

In a prepared statement Robert Smith said: “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!”

It was also a very good night for the following:

Album of the Year: Bad Bunny for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Song of the Year: Billie Eilish for 'Wildflower'

Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar and SZA for 'luther'

Best New Artist: Olivia Dean

Best Rock Album: Turnstile for Never Enough

Best Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga for Mayhem

Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar for GNX

Best Rock Performance: Yungblud for 'Changes'

Best Rock Song: Nine Inch Nails for 'As Alive As You Need Me To Be'

Here's the full list of nominees and winners:

https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list

One of the most moving performances of the night came from Andrew Watt, Slash, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith who tore through 'War Pigs' in honour of Ozzy Osbourne.