TEARS FOR FEARS – LIVE ALBUM & FILM ANNOUNCED

Tears For Fears have announced their first-ever official live album, Songs For A Nervous Planet, which is set for release on October 25. The album includes 4 brand-new studio tracks, including new single ‘The Girl That I Call Home’.

Along with the album, they’ve announced a stunning concert film shot and recorded at the scenic FirstBank Amphitheater at Graystone Quarry in Franklin, TN, during their sold-out global Tipping Point Tour Part 2. Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) will be distributed in cinemas worldwide via Trafalgar Releasing.

On creating the album and film, Curt Smith shares, “We decided to film the live show last year. I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” Roland Orzabal adds, “We’ve never released an official live album, so you could say this is an album forty years in the making.”

Across the albums 22 tracks, Songs For A Nervous Planet highlights the bands transcendent live performances as they journey through The Tipping Point Tour setlist and beyond. Along with the live recordings, the album features four new studio tracks: ‘Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad’, ‘Emily Said’, ‘Astronaut’ and ‘The Girl That I Call Home’.

These new songs expand on the career-spanning setlist, covering love, isolation, mental health, and escapism. On the new track, Roland Orzabal recalls, “My wife Emily has been on at me for years to try and write her a love song. So eventually I did it. I was in Hawaii, I took my phone with me and every day I would sing over the backing track, many, many times. But I couldn’t for the life of me, think of a title. Then one night, I went to bed and I did that thing where we ask the universe, ‘please gimme a hand, gimme, a really good title.’ I woke up the next morning with ‘The Girl That I Call Home.’ And my wife loves it.”

Recorded at the same time as the live album, Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) features many of the band’s iconic hits including ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’, ‘Shout’, ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’, ‘Mad World’, ‘Head Over Heels’ and more along with new fan favourites from The Tipping Point, their first album in 17 years. The Blitzed review summed up that album as “an often sober, more introspective collection of songs” noting “there’s still something vital and human lurking at the heart of The Tipping Point“.

New filmTears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) spotlights the enduring power of the duo and their excellent touring backing band performing at the continuing creative heights of their 21st century glory.

Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) will be premiering in over 1,100 cinemas worldwide on October 24 and October 26 while tickets go on sale Thursday, September 19. More information can be found here https://www.tearsforfearsfilm.com/