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.

President Trump got into the Christmas spirit the only way he knows how these days — going on a tirade about Jeffrey Epstein.

The commander-in-chief jumped on Truth Social on Christmas Day and went on one of his famous rants, kicking things off by wishing everyone Merry Christmas. Directly after, he unleashed pure bile … calling many of Epstein’s close friends “Sleazebags,” who dropped the late pedophile “like a dog” after things got too hot.

Trump pointed out the “Sleazebags” originally loved Epstein and gave him bundles of money and in return, traveled to his infamous island and kicked back at his parties … believing he was the greatest guy. But when things became too twisted, Trump said the “Sleazebags” falsely claimed they had nothing to do with Epstein — and even tried to pretend they didn’t know him.

It’s not clear who Trump is referring to as “Sleazebags…” but the Epstein Files include photos of the late convicted pedo with an array of folks, including but not limited to Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton, magician and illusionist David Copperfield and comedian Chris Tucker.

47 then took credit for being the only one out of the group who “did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so.” As everyone knows … Trump and Epstein were pals for years long ago … and the president’s name has popped up several times in the Epstein Files.

But, for the most part, Trump has not been accused of committing any crimes with the exception of one FBI document in which a female claimed Trump and Epstein raped her. The Department of Justice issued a statement, saying some of the evidence in the Epstein Files is sensationalized and false, especially claims “made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”

In his Truth Social post, Trump also bashed the Democrats and The New York Times, and complained about all the “fake” coverage on Russian interference into the 2016 U.S. presidential election. No surprise there.