Overview
- The band said Bamonte died at home over Christmas following a short illness and did not share additional details.
- He served with The Cure from 1990 to 2005 and again from 2022, playing guitar, six‑string bass and keyboards on albums including Wish, Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, Acoustic Hits and The Cure.
- Bamonte entered the Cure camp as road crew in 1984 via his brother Daryl, became Robert Smith’s guitar technician, and joined the lineup in 1990 after Roger O’Donnell’s departure.
- His return featured about 90 performances on the Shows of a Lost World tour, captured in the concert film The Show of a Lost World now in theaters.
- He had been slated for the group’s announced 2026 UK and European dates, and the band has not issued any update to those plans.