The North American leg of the tour attracted much media attention for Smith's public criticism of Ticketmaster, specifically its dynamic pricing mechanism and additional charged fees.

It sold over 547,000 tickets and grossed $37.5 million over 35 shows, making it the highest-grossing tour of the band's career to date.

[2] The South American leg of the tour commenced in September 2023 and consists of three standalone concerts and four festival appearances.

[4] In May 2022, Robert Smith said that the band's new album Songs of a Lost World was almost finished and would be released before the tour began.

[9] In March 2023, the Cure announced a 30-date leg of the Shows of a Lost World tour across the United States and Canada.

[18] On 15 March, Robert Smith tweeted that dynamic pricing was a "greedy scam" that artists chose to participate in.

[19] The next day, Smith tweeted that after negotiations, Ticketmaster had agreed to refund a portion of the ticket fees as a gesture of goodwill.