I think Digital Mike will be attending this one 
The Cure will be playing their only show of the Summer at the Royal Albert Hall, London on Saturday, 1st April 2006. And visitors to www.thecure.com have a 24 hour window to get tickets before they go on general sale...
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The show is taking place as part of the 2006 Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts running from March 27th - April 1st. The full line-up (with surprises still to be announced) is:
Monday March 27th A night of sublime stand up with special guest Ricky Gervais Tuesday March 28th Goldfrapp plus very special guest to be announced Wednesday March 29th Bloc Party and special guests including Biffy Clyro and Mystery Jets Thursday March 30th Razorlight plus very special guest to be announced Friday March 31st Tommy Vance Tribute Night with Judas Priest, The Scorpions, Ian Gillan and Friends and Boned Saturday April 1st The Cure
Previous Teenage Cancer Trust shows have featured The Who, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Keane, Paul Weller, Coldplay, Bryan Adams, Ash, Doves, Robert Plant, UB40, Madness, Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey, who is a patron of Teenage Cancer Trust and who, with the Trust’s Chairman Dr Adrian Whiteson OBE, came up with the idea of these Albert Hall shows.
Every day in the UK, six teenagers are diagnosed with cancer – and the numbers are rising. As a result of the funds raised from these shows and other events Roger Daltrey is involved in for TCT, the charity has been able to help a great deal more of these teenagers.
Since the first show in November 2000, TCT has opened Units in Sheffield and Liverpool and a new Unit in London. In 2006 the charity will open a Unit in Glasgow and will begin building work on sites in Cardiff and Cambridge. TCT appointed the world’s first Professor of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine and in August 2005 welcomed a set of NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) Guidance advocating a desperate need for more specialist age-appropriate cancer wards, like those built by TCT.
Talking about this year’s shows, Roger Daltrey CBE said: “Every year there are nights that stand out in the diary but this year every night stands out. We’ve got some of the best British bands who have come through in the last few years - Goldfrapp, Bloc Party, Mystery Jets and Razorlight and those nights are going to be special. The comedy night is undoubtedly going to be a triumph as ever. The Tommy Vance tribute is already shaping up to be a fantastic night of hard rock with Judas Priest, Scorpions and Ian Gillan; and what can I say about The Cure? I won’t be missing that gig for anything.”
Teenage Cancer Trust Chairman, Dr Adrian Whiteson OBE said “These shows are really making a difference for many young people with cancer. Since the first Who and Friends Show at the Albert Hall in November 2000, these gigs have raised enough money to build more Teenage Cancer Trust Units and we remain indebted to Roger Daltrey and the other artists who give up their time for TCT.”
Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust was set up to focus on the particular needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases. The Trust builds special units, developed and decorated to cater for teenage needs – usually, teenagers with cancer are placed either in a paediatric ward with young children or in adult wards with elderly patients.
Teenage Cancer Trust anticipates a 15% increase in survival rates for patients treated on the units, of which there are currently seven in Britain. The Trust hopes to raise enough over the next few years to increase that number to 22 – units costs an average £1.5m each to build.
