Editor’s Note: With society’s gradual re-opening and our overall return to normalcy, there has been a deluge of tour announcements. Band in the USA keeps you updated on the shows you need to know about, and just who might be soon coming to town.
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Last month Tears For Fears returned in rather spectacular fashion by releasing “The Tipping Point,” the title track to their first new album in 17 years. The magnificent and engaging tune was a stark reminder of the enduring pop brilliance of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, who will release the new LP in February, and then spend the summer touring it across North America.
The duo unveiled their North American dates today (November 12), and the tour includes special guests Garbage. Name a more iconic duo? You bet.
The tour kicks off May 20 in Cincinnati and wraps June 25 on Long Island, and makes a June 22 stop at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion towards the end of the run. Public on-sale is November 19; get all the info via tearsforfears.com.
The Tipping Point is the duo’s seventh studio album, and after 30 million records sold over a legendary career, Orzabal and Smith sound refreshed.
“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,” says Orzabal. “We’ve got this balance, this push-me-pull-you thing — and it works really well.” Smith agrees: “If that balance doesn’t work on a Tears For Fears album, the whole thing just doesn’t work. To put it in simple terms, a Tears For Fears record and what people perceive to be the sound of Tears For Fears — is the stuff we can both agree on.”
Get all the dates below, and check out our 2017 live review of Tears For Fears and Hall & Oates live at TD Garden.
Tears for Fears, 2022 U.S. 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
