{"id":45975,"date":"2025-12-26T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45975"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:06:45","slug":"c5yqnw9nwy9oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/c5yqnw9nwy9oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gtLOOD\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Guitarist-and-keyboard-player-Perry-Bamonte-dies-aged-65.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/9bf2\/live\/e83b9d20-e299-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Guitarist-and-keyboard-player-Perry-Bamonte-dies-aged-65.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images Perry Bamonte of The Cure performs at Pine Knob Music Theatre on June 13, 2023 in Clarkston, Michigan\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Perry Bamonte re-joined The Cure in 2022 for more live shows having initially been part of the band&#8217;s roadcrew from 1984<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died aged 65, the band has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In a statement on The Cure&#8217;s website, the band said the British musician died &#8220;after a short illness at home over Christmas&#8221;, saying they were announcing the news with &#8220;enormous sadness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It read: &#8220;Quiet, intensive, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, &#8216;Teddy&#8217; was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Having been part of The Cure&#8217;s road crew from 1984, Bamonte was asked to join the band after the departure of keyboardist Roger O&#8217;Donnell in 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He went on to play guitar, keyboard and bass on five studio albums, featuring on tracks including Friday I&#8217;m In Love, High and A Letter To Elise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Bamonte also appeared on The Cure&#8217;s live albums Paris and Show, both released in 1993, and performed at more than 400 shows with the band over the course of 14 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Bamonte later became the bass player in supergroup Love Amongst Ruin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He re-joined The Cure in 2022, playing with them until 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">His former Cure bandmate, drummer Lol Tolhurst, posted a tribute on Instagram,  saying: &#8220;So sad to hear about Perry Bamonte passing&#8230; Farewell Teddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Formed in Crawley in 1976 by lead singer Robert Smith and Tolhurst, The Cure have had a regularly changing line-up, and are known for their heavy influence on goth, post-punk and indie music. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In 2019, Balmonte was present when The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Balmonte also had a keen interest in fly fishing and built a career as an illustrator, contributing to the magazine Fly Culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Guitarist #keyboard #player #Perry #Bamonte #dies #aged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images Perry Bamonte re-joined The Cure in 2022 for more live shows having initially been part of the band&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45977,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975\/revisions\/45977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}