Perry Bamonte — a longtime guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure — has died … the band announced Friday.

The group shared the sad news to their official website … revealing Bamonte passed away at his home after a short illness over Christmas.

The post describes Bamonte as “quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative” … calling him an integral part of the band’s tale.

Perry started traveling with The Cure in 1984 as a roadie … working as a personal assistant to Robert Smith and also as a guitar technician.

Keyboardist Roger O’Donnell left the band in 1990 — and Bamonte stepped up — regularly playing both keyboard and guitar.

Bamonte was let go from the group in 2005 by Smith … but the two remained on good terms … and he returned to tour with The Cure in 2022. In 2019, Bamonte and the rest of The Cure were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

He was 65.

Britney Spears must be feeling “Lucky” … ’cause she got to spend Christmas with her younger son, Jayden James!

Sources close to the family tell TMZ … Jayden spent the holiday with the “Toxic” hitmaker, which was all around “great” for the pair. Meanwhile, her older son, Sean Preston, stayed back in Louisiana due to work obligations … so he celebrated with his aunt, Jamie Lynn Spears, and her family.

The “Zoey 101” alum posted a family pic that showed Sean grinning with his arms around her eldest daughter, Maddie, and his grandmother, Lynne Spears. Also posing in the family snap were Jamie Lynn’s husband, Jamie Watson, and their 7-year-old daughter, Ivey.

We know Britney and Jayden have a positive relationship — back in March, the Princess of Pop posted a video of Jayden playing piano as she cheered him on.

And this isn’t the first time Sean has hung around Jamie Lynn’s family. In September, he and Jayden smiled for a snap with their cousins Maddie and Ivey, which Jamie Lynn shared on Instagram at the time.

Speaking of Maddie … the 17-year-old was in for a major Christmas surprise when she was gifted a brand-new ATV … nearly 9 years after her near-fatal ATV accident that left her in a coma.

Ratings for Snoop Dogg’s Netflix NFL Christmas Game Day “Holiday Halftime Party” drop next week, but judging from the reactions, it’s gonna draw in HUGE numbers!!!

Snoop’s 10-minute performance intersected the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings matchup in Minneapolis, and he didn’t shortchange the showmanship in the late, great Prince’s city.

Snoop and his team delivered an array of his classic hip hop records with a mix of Christmas standards and tons of surprises … country superstar Lainey Wilson, Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo, Netflix’s chart-topping HUNTR/X and singer Tonio Armani all shared the stage with Santa Snoop.

The praise came from all walks of life but was unanimous — NFL legend James Harrison firmly planted the performance as better than most Super Bowl halftime shows, as did Meghan McCain.

Some fans even felt Snoop did better solo than he did when he took the stage with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Mary J. Blige at Super Bowl LVI.