The Cult announcedВ the launch of The Cult Love Live Tour, with confirmed dates in the US, Canada and Europe.
The Cult Love Live Tour will showcase the band's alternative roots as musicians and performers, and is sure to electrify new fans and devotees. Performing in diverse venues from the grand scale excitement of London's Royal Albert Hall, to the thrill of Los Angeles' Nokia Theater, to the intimate setting of Paris', Le Bataclan, the band will fulfill the ultimate dream of Cult lovers across the globe, performing the unimaginable; a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness one of alternative rock's most important records, Love performed in its entirety, live onstage.

The Cult will be delivering spectacular production, along with the intense performances that fans have come to expect. The evening's finale will include an encore of The Cult's greatest hits, spanning the bands' storied career. The band has been working closely with their art/ design team creating an arresting set, with dramatic effects, using state-of-the art technology.

Continuing their historic creative partnership, Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy began writing together this winter, and have since recorded several songs at The Sunset Marquis Villa Recording Studios, in Los Angeles, CA. Their highly anticipated new tracks will be the follow up to The Cult's 2007 release, the critically acclaimed, 'Born Into This'. As of press time, the band is keeping options open to drop new tracks in conjunction with the tour.

The Cult's tour starts on July 4th in El Paso, Texas. The European leg of it is set to begin in Lisbon, Portugal on September 25.