Tears For Fears will return to the concert stage this summer for a run of North American dates after they were forced to cancel much of their 2022 trek.
‘The Tipping Point Tour: Part 2’ features a series of shows across the US and Canada, 12 months after their previous run was cut short when singer Curt Smith fractured four of his ribs.
Supported by Cold War Kids, the new leg kicks off on June 23 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking in cities including New York, Toronto, Houston and Seattle before concluding in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on August 2.
Announcing The Tipping Point Tour: PART TWO. We’re thrilled to be getting back on the road again – beginning with the US and Canada this Summer with @ColdWarKids. Tickets on sale Friday, April 7 at 10AM LOCAL. More information & presale sign-up here: https://t.co/YpWmHG4ncI pic.twitter.com/noLUIoVfRy
— Tears for Fears (@tearsforfears) April 3, 2023
Tickets go on general sale Friday, April 7 at 10 am local time.
The full list of tour dates is as follows:
JUNE 2023
23 – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, Atlantic City, NJ
24 – Mohegan Arena, Uncasville, CT
26 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
29 – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON
30 – Place Bel, Montreal, QC
JULY 2023
2 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
5 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
7 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA
8 – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
11 – FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin, TN
13 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL, St. Louis, MO
14 – Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
16 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
17 – Moody Center, Austin, TX
20 – Ball Arena, Denver, CO
22 – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater, Portland, OR
24 – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
26 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, OR
27 – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
29 – Toyota Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA
AUGUST 2023
1 – Acrisure Arena, Palm Springs, CA
2 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
Last year, Tears For Fears returned to the Top 10 of the UK charts with ‘The Tipping Point’ – their first new album in 17 years – with Curt telling RETROPOP the project was a challenge for him and Roland Orzabal to navigate.
“We got to the point a few years ago where I certainly wasn’t happy with what we were doing,” he admitted. “Myself and Roland sat down and I said, ‘Look, if this is what you want to do, then you go ahead and do it, but it’s not for me.’ That ended and we didn’t know what we were going to do. It was sort of up in the air.”
He continued: “Roland said, ‘Look, let’s sit down and talk about this. What do you feel?’ And I said, ‘I think we have some good songs. But I just think that the recordings really aren’t right. They don’t sound like Tears for Fears – they sound like us trying to be someone else’.
“I think he’d come to the same realisation, having taken time away from it… So we sat down and plotted a path forward of how we could finish an album that we were both happy with.”
In a review of the album, RETROPOP said ‘The Tipping Point’ “feeds into the history of the band, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, referencing the pair’s journey to create the record along with key musical moments from their storied career.”
The Tipping Point’ is out now.
READ MORE: Tears For Fears: ‘New album ‘The Tipping Point’ almost pushed us over the edge’
