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The 22-city tour kicks off on June 23 at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, NJ.

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Tears For Fears have announced their North American 2023 summer tour — ‘The Tipping Point Tour Part II’ – with special guest Cold War Kids.

Produced by Live Nation, the 22-city tour kicks off on June 23 at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, NJ making stops across North America in New York, Toronto, Houston, Seattle, and more before wrapping up in Los Angeles, CA at the Hollywood Bowl on August 2.

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Tickets will be available starting with artist presale (details below) beginning Tuesday, April 4. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, April 7 at 10am Local Time via the band’s official website .

Tears For Fears are one of the most iconic bands of the ‘80s, selling over 30 million albums worldwide with singles such as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” “Mad World,” “Sowing The Seeds Of Love,” and “Woman In Chains” acknowledged as classics. In 2022, the band released their latest studio album The Tipping Point which garnered critical acclaim and has already become a fan favorite.

TEARS FOR FEARS 2023 ‘TIPPING POINT PART II’ NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

Fri Jun 23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Sat Jun 24 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena Mon Jun 26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Thu Jun 29 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage Fri Jun 30 – Montreal, QC – Place Bell Sun Jul 02 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center Wed Jul 05 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Fri Jul 07 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre Sat Jul 08 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Tues Jul 11 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater Thu Jul 13 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL Fri Jul 14 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre Sun Jul 16 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Mon Jul 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center Thu Jul 20 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Sat Jul 22 – Portland, OR – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater Mon Jul 24 – Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena Wed Jul 26 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater Thu Jul 27 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Sat Jul 29 – Sacramento, CA – Toyota Amphitheater Tue Aug 01 – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena Wed Aug 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

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Concert Review: Tears For Fears & Garbage – West Palm Beach, FL – June 9th, 2022

Review of the Tears For Fears concert with Garbage in West Palm Beach for The Tipping Point tour on June 9th, 2022.

Photos by Larry Marano Photography

Everything was set for brilliant night in West Palm Beach, FL. The clouds had lifted after the day’s deluge, and the audience filled out the seats and back lawn as far as the eye could see. With shows finally starting to return, it’s no wonder anticipation was in the air for a great show from 80s pop icons Tears For Fears and 90s alternative rockers Garbage. And what an amazing night it was.

Garbage took the stage first and delivered a powerful 60 minute set full of the songs that made them 90s MTV and alt-radio darlings including “Stupid Girl”, “I’m Only Happy When It Rains”, and “Push It”. Shirley Manson commanded the crowd with her dynamic vocals and stage presence as she always has. They closed with the haunting “You Look So Fine”, which included Manson singing the Fleetwood Mac classic “Dreams” over the music as the song concluded. It was as good an opening set as you can hope for and seemed to hit with the crowd.

Tears For Fears took the stage promptly at 9pm. The lights faded as the sounds of the closing track “Stay” from their latest album ‘The Tipping Point’ played over the speakers. As that song ended, Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith and the band took to the stage and delivered the first two songs from The Tipping Point, “No Small Thing” and the title track. Both were powerful and emphatically made the declaration that they are not just a nostalgia act. However, with the opening notes of the 3rd song, the band’s classic smash hit “Everybody Wants to Rule The World”, the audience jumped to their feet and things seemed to really kick into gear. They followed with the track “Secret World” and the epic “Sowing the Seeds of Love” next before jumping into 4 songs in a row from their critically-acclaimed new album. The standout of those tracks was the poignant “Rivers of Mercy” which sounded glorious.

From there the duo took the audience back to where it all started with a couple of tracks from The Hurting, “Mad World” and re-arranged softer version of “Suffer the Children”, sung brilliantly by new backup singer Lauren Evans, making her debut with the band that night. The singer seemed to lift the show to another level as she sang Oleta Adams’ parts on “Woman In Chains” and “Badman’s Song”. Evans is an other-worldly talent who no doubt we should be hearing about again. The hits kept coming with “Pale Shelter”, “Break it Down Again” and the mega-hit “Head Over Heels” closing out the main set. The “na-na-na’s” from the crowd were louder than even the band.

For the encore, the band played one more new track “End of Night” before actually ending the night with the one-two punch of “Change” and “Shout”.  Both sounded brilliant, as did the exceptional band. The stage set and lighting was another element that made the night special with the Pink Floyd-esque screen display fitting perfectly and elevating the delivery of each song.

The vibe at the iThink Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach was one of mutual appreciation. After this extended period  we’ve all gone through without shows, the massive audience in attendance was even more engaged and attentive, appreciative of what they were experiencing. Equally, Roland and Curt seemed to take pause between tracks as if in awe of what the adulation they were receiving, truly soaking it all in. It is great to have these guys back where they belong, releasing amazing new music, and filling big venues. Hopefully, this is just the start of a new beginning.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tears-for-fears/2022/ithink-financial-amphitheatre-west-palm-beach-fl-4bb43fa6.html

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Tears For Fears brings the 1980s back to Raleigh

English pop-rock band Tears For Fears brought their ‘The Tipping Point Part II’ tour to Raleigh, N.C. Saturday night, July 8, 2023.

The band played their 1985 number one singles, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and “Shout,” as well as other songs from “Songs from the Big Chair” and other albums, including their newest album, “The Tipping Point,” which was released in 2022.

Indie rock band Cold War Kids opened the show.

Setlist Tears for Fears concert in Raleigh, NC, July 8, 2023

1. No Small Thing

2. The Tipping Point

3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World

4. Secret World

5. Sowing the Seeds of Love

6. Long, Long, Long Time

7. Break the Man

8. My Demons

9. Rivers of Mercy

10. Mad World

11. Suffer the Children

12. Woman in Chains

13. Badman’s Song

14. Pale Shelter

15. Break It Down Again

16. Head Over Heels / Broken

17. Creep (Radiohead cover)

This story was originally published July 8, 2023, 10:44 PM.

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Tears for Fears have mapped out a 2022 U.S. tour in support of their first new album in 17 years , The Tipping Point .

“We couldn’t be more excited to start playing concerts again. We’ve missed seeing our friends on the road around the world and the energy of performing live,” Tears for Fears’ Curt Smith said in a statement; the band last toured the U.S. in 2018.

The monthlong amphitheater trek kicks off May 20th in Cincinnati, Ohio and circles the nation before concluding June 25th in Wantagh, New York. Garbage will serve as special guest on the U.S. route. Find tickets here .

THE TIPPING POINT WORLD TOUR 2022: TICKETS ON SALE NOV 19. UK FANS: Purchase the new special edition pink vinyl pressing by 9PM GMT on Nov 16th to receive a pre-sale code. See you on the road! https://t.co/ImoFme4YKa pic.twitter.com/oIZeX9vWjg — Tears for Fears (@tearsforfears) November 12, 2021

Roland Orzabal added, “ The Tipping Point  has been a long time in the making and we are looking forward to playing our favorites from the new album as well as our classics from throughout the years.”

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Tears for Fears will release The Tipping Point — their first LP since 2004’s  Everybody Loves a Happy Ending — on February 25th, 2022. Smith and Orzabal recently spoke to Rolling Stone about their upcoming album, as well as their lengthy studio hiatus and numerous false starts in the creation of the album.

Tears for Fears Tour Dates

May 20 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center May 21 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center May 24 – Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory May 27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak@Chin Pavilion May 29 – Denver, CO @ Levitt Pavilion June 1 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion June 2 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre June 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum June 5 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre June 9 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iThink Financial Amphitheatre June 10 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater June 12 – Atlanta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre June 13 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion June 15 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre June 16 – Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre June 17 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Center June 19 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion June 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann June 22 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion June 24 – Holmdel, NJ @ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center June 25 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

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Tears for Fears Announce 2023 North American Tour

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Tears for Fears are heading out on a summer tour of North America. The Tipping Point Tour Part II kicks off in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 23, and wraps up six weeks later in Los Angeles. Cold War Kids will support on all dates.

Tears for Fears returned in 2021, announcing The Tipping Point —their first album in 17 years—and explaining that “before everything went so right with this album, everything first had to go wrong. It took years, but something happens when we put our heads together.” They began touring the record last year, playing shows with Alison Moyet and Garbage.

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Tears for Fears, ‘The Tipping Point': Album Review

Nobody would expect a band that brought dissociative identity disorder and Janovian theory to the top of the charts to rest easy during a recording hiatus that lasted for almost two decades. But the 18 years since  Tears for Fears '  Everybody Loves a Happy Ending  have been especially rough on Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith at times. Orzabal's wife died in 2017, forcing the duo to pull out of some live dates, and work on their seventh album, The Tipping Point , began nearly 10 years ago before a frustrated Smith temporarily left the group.

With fences mended and recording finally completed, Orzabal and Smith generally pick up where they left off in 2004 – which was the first time the pair had worked together since 1989's The Seeds of Love . And like their previous reunions,  The Tipping Point finds them happy to cover territory that's been part of their DNA since Tears for Fears' 1983 debut The Hurting and the worldwide breakout LP  Songs From the Big Chair  two years later.

There's even an eagerness in these 10 songs, starting with the stripped-down and slow-building "No Small Thing," to reboot and reshape Tears for Fears as something both familiar and evolving. " Just be good to yourself ," they sing, setting up a theme for an album that explores mental illness, moving on and mortality. The death of Orzabal's wife of 35 years certainly has a part here, but just as often Orzabal and Smith take stock of their often fractious relationship.

The music is often reflective of these subjects – knotty and dark as it goes from folk-rock to art-rock to synth-pop. It's not exactly what you'd expect from Tears for Fears at times, though the title track and "End of Night," as well as a handful of other songs, dive head-first into the  Big Chair era's new wave grandeur.

But even these moments offer small reminders that The Tipping Point has larger aspirations in mind. Acoustic guitars and accordions blend into the synths and programmed percussion in this landscape, never making the easiest connection to the past. Which is the point. Highlight "Break the Man" isn't too far removed from "Woman in Chains" – 30 years on, we still have a long way to go – but the path isn't exactly straightforward either. As with the band, there are some tricky turns to navigate before there's a comfortable resting point on The Tipping Point . Relatively speaking, of course.

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Addressing the crowd on Friday (May 20th), the first night of their amphitheater tour with Garbage at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center, Tears for Fears founding member Roland Orzabal pinpointed the band’s mood as “chuffed,” as in “deeply satisfied in a particularly British manner.” The band had brought out “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” three songs into their set, sounding just as pristine and cathartic now as it did when first recorded nearly 40 years ago.

Conventional wisdom might be to save such an iconic hit for the latter half of the set or the encore. But Tears for Fears are not a mere legacy act capitalizing on Gen X-er nostalgia. You can identify the most popular songs by how many people start recording on their phones. But deeper cuts, like epic multi-parter “Bad Man’s Song,” were equally impactful. And the transitions from one song to another were so smooth that the audience had barely enough time to applaud for one before another was underway.

The sense of excitement emanating from Orzabal, co-founder Curt Smith, and the rest of the band was understandable on multiple levels. It was the first night of their first tour since 2019, and their first American tour since 2017 (get tickets here ). Then there was the fact that they released their first album of new material in almost two decades earlier this year, the excellent The Tipping Point . And finally, if there was ever a time to “shout” and “let it all out,” it’s now, for better or worse.

At-home listenings of Tears for Fears are rewarding enough. Experienced live, these songs become all the richer, enhanced by moments human (Orzabal’s ad-libs during “Sowing the Seeds of Love”) and more serendipitous (a delicate wind as he sings of how “the breeze blows gently” on “Bad Man’s Song”).

Speaking with Consequence recently, the duo said this set would be their “best one yet.” Maybe someone who saw them tour Songs from the Big Chair in 1985 would disagree. But this wasn’t a “well, at least you got to see them live’” performance; it was impressive without grading on any kind of curve.

Tears for Fears, photo by Alexander Pirro for Riverbend Music Center

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Addressing the crowd on Friday (May 20th), the first night of their amphitheater tour with Garbage at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center, Tears for Fears founding member Roland Orzabal pinpointed the band’s mood as “chuffed,” as in “deeply satisfied in a particularly British manner.” The band had brought out “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” three songs into their set, sounding just as pristine and cathartic now as it did when first recorded nearly 40 years ago.

Conventional wisdom might be to save such an iconic hit for the latter half of the set or the encore. But Tears for Fears are not a mere legacy act capitalizing on Gen X-er nostalgia. You can identify the most popular songs by how many people start recording on their phones. But deeper cuts, like epic multi-parter “Bad Man’s Song,” were equally impactful. And the transitions from one song to another were so smooth that the audience had barely enough time to applaud for one before another was underway.

The sense of excitement emanating from Orzabal, co-founder Curt Smith, and the rest of the band was understandable on multiple levels. It was the first night of their first tour since 2019, and their first American tour since 2017 (get tickets here ). Then there was the fact that they released their first album of new material in almost two decades earlier this year, the excellent The Tipping Point . And finally, if there was ever a time to “shout” and “let it all out,” it’s now, for better or worse.

At-home listenings of Tears for Fears are rewarding enough. Experienced live, these songs become all the richer, enhanced by moments human (Orzabal’s ad-libs during “Sowing the Seeds of Love”) and more serendipitous (a delicate wind as he sings of how “the breeze blows gently” on “Bad Man’s Song”).

Speaking with Consequence recently, the duo said this set would be their “best one yet.” Maybe someone who saw them tour Songs from the Big Chair in 1985 would disagree. But this wasn’t a “well, at least you got to see them live’” performance; it was impressive without grading on any kind of curve.

Tears for Fears, photo by Alexander Pirro for Riverbend Music Center

While many concertgoers likely arrived with at least one definite favorite track dating back decades (This writer’s being “spare the rod, spoil the child” anthem “Suffer the Children” — rendered here as a gorgeous ballad sung by backing vocalist Carina Round), the band made a strong case for The Tipping Point as, if not quite as great as their first two albums, no less inspired.

And there was no better example of Tears for Fears still being able to move their audience with the most unguarded of sincerity than during their debut performance of Tipping standout “Rivers of Mercy.” (“Long, Long, Long Time,” “My Demons” and “End of Night” also saw live debuts.) Seemingly everyone in attendance was seated as Orzabal — bathed in blue light — sang of metaphorical cleansing waters in a voice sounding like the missing link between Peter Gabriel and Sufjan Stevens. It’s not the go-to karaoke option, but Tears for Fears are as adept with restraint as they are with the bombastic.

On record, Orzabal and Smith have long felt wise beyond their years, able to sneak astute psychoanalysis into the catchiest synth-pop faster than you can spell “id.” But while it’s one thing to hear twenty-somethings sing of ennui and strained parent-child relationships, there’s something especially sobering about hearing these lyrics when the writers are older and their hair far less pigmented. They’ve been through some shit, including with each other.

But the striving toward self-actualization persists, even if it’s understood that the journey, not the destination, is what matters. And the harmonies hit as hard as ever, if not more so. It also doesn’t hurt that, with his long white hair and beard, Orzabal recalls that of a wizard.

If the video display during opener “No Small Thing” was any indicator, the theme of this set and perhaps of Tears for Fears entire oeuvre, was everything, uh, now. And if black-and-white images of newborn children, space travel, political protests, and crashing waves seems like a heavy-handed way to kick off a night of earworms, you’re probably right. But Orzabal and Smith never seek to proselytize or weaponize their legend status to claim intellectual superiority. One senses they show interest in so much because there’s so much to be learned, shared, and so on.

Even if Tears for Fears weren’t still performing and making great music, they would stay in our collective consciousness through their enduring influence on so many modern synth-pop acts or any artist who finds poetry in stating things as bluntly as possible. That they are able to make songs new and old alike feel so special both on record and live is truly remarkable.

Familiar? Yes, but still plenty satisfying and full of welcome surprises. Worn out? Never.

Tears for Fears next play Cleveland, OH at the Blossom Music Center tonight (May 21st). Tickets for that show, and for the rest of tour, are available via Ticketmaster .

Setlist: No Small Thing The Tipping Point Everybody Wants to Rule the World Secret World Sowing the Seeds of Love Long, Long, Long Time Break the Man My Demons Rivers of Mercy Mad World Suffer the Children Woman in Chains Badman’s Song Pale Shelter Break It Down Again Head Over Heels / Broken

Encore: End of Night Change Shout

Tears For Fears 2022 Tour Dates: 05/21 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center ^ 05/24 – Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^ 05/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion ^ 05/29 – Denver, CO @ Levitt Pavilion ^ 06/01 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion ^ 06/02 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre ^ 06/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum ^ 06/05 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre ^ 06/09 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre ^ 06/10 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater ^ 06/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre ^ 06/13 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion ^ 06/15 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre ^ 06/16 – Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ^ 06/17 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Center ^ 06/19 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ^ 06/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann ^ 06/22 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion ^ 06/24 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center ^ 06/25 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theate ^

^ = w/ Garbage

Tears for Fears Debut Four New Songs Live at 2022 Tour Kickoff: Review, Photos and Setlist Mimi Kenny

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