Tears for Fears
English pop rock band
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| 2024 | Tears for Fears released music videos for 'The Girl That I Call Home' and 'Astronaut', both directed by Maschima |
| October 25 2024 | Tears for Fears released the album 'Songs for a Nervous Planet' through Concord, available in 2×CD, 2×LP, Blu-ray, and digital download formats. The album charted at number 6 in the UK, number 37 in France, number 72 in Italy, number 58 in the Netherlands, and number 104 in the US. |
| 2023 | Tears for Fears released the single 'Rivers of Mercy' from 'The Tipping Point' album. |
| July 11 2023 | Recorded live tracks in Franklin, Tennessee during the Tipping Point World Tour |
| April 2023 | Announced the second part of the Tipping Point World Tour |
| 2022 | Tears for Fears released music videos for 'Break the Man' directed by WeWereMonkeys, 'My Demons' directed by Heather Gildroy, and 'Long, Long, Long Time' directed by Heather Gildroy and Justin Daashuur Hopkins |
| July 2022 | Curt Smith suffered four broken ribs in a road accident, causing the band to cancel their summer tour |
| February 25 2022 | Tears for Fears released 'The Tipping Point', their seventh studio album through Concord Records, showcasing their continued musical evolution. |
| 2021 | Tears for Fears released music videos for 'The Tipping Point' directed by Matt Mahurin and 'No Small Thing' directed by Vern Moen |
| 2021 | Tears for Fears released singles 'The Tipping Point' and 'No Small Thing' from their album of the same name. |
| October 7 2021 | Curt Smith appeared on BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show to introduce the band's single 'The Tipping Point' |
| September 2021 | Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were honoured at the Ivor Novello Awards |
| June 12 2021 | Tears for Fears released the live album 'Live at Massey Hall Toronto, Canada / 1985', distributed by UMC/Mercury in CD, 2×LP, and digital download formats. |
| 2020 | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) was released as a Super Audio CD (SACD), featuring 14 tracks including remixes and original hits from Tears for Fears' notable period between 1982 and 1992. |
| November 2020 | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was made available on streaming services for the first time after a change in management. |
| October 2020 | The Seeds of Love album was reissued in deluxe editions, returning the band to the UK Top 20. |
| February 2020 | Songs from the Big Chair was featured in a BBC Classic Albums episode, with new interviews about the album's creation and success. |
| June 18 2019 | Performed at the Hampton Court Palace Festival. |
| 2017 | Released single 'I Love You but I'm Lost'. |
| 2017 | Tears for Fears release the compilation album 'Rule the World: The Greatest Hits', achieving their sixth UK Top 20 album. |
| October 27 2017 | Played their first full-length UK concert since 2005 at London's Royal Albert Hall. |
| October 26 2017 | Performed a 65-minute live set at the BBC Radio Theatre in London for the Radio 2 in Concert series, broadcast on radio and television. |
| September 22 2017 | Played at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil. |
| July 8 2017 | Performed at the British Summer Time Festival in London's Hyde Park. |
| July 31 2016 | Closed the Camp Bestival at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, marking their first UK festival appearance since Knebworth in 1990. |
| July 29 2016 | Played their first UK live dates in over ten years, starting with the Newmarket Nights festival at Newmarket Racecourse. |
| 2014 | Released 'Ready Boy & Girls?' EP. |
| November 12 2014 | Performed 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV programme. |
| October 2013 | Universal Music reissued the band's debut album The Hurting in two deluxe editions to commemorate its 30th anniversary. |
| August 2013 | Band released their first newly recorded material in nearly a decade, a cover of Arcade Fire's 'Ready to Start' on SoundCloud. |
| May 2013 | Roland Smith confirmed he was writing and recording new Tears for Fears material with Roland Orzabal and Charlton Pettus. |
| April 2010 | Tears for Fears joined Spandau Ballet on a seven-date tour of Australia and New Zealand, followed by a four-date headlining tour in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), and a 17-date tour of the United States. |
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