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“We were on tour when my wife died. I flew back, arranged the funeral, did the wake, and continued with the tour. I ended up on the same psychoactive drugs as she did”: Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal and his songs of pain

The 80s prog-pop duo’s main songwriter had a lot to say via their first album in 17 years

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“That was a classic example of hiding the meaning of the song in a whole glorious backdrop of crazy arrangements and cutting-edge synthesizers”: Roland Orzabal on the hidden depths of Tears for Fears’ first hit

It's one of the most affecting songs in the Tears for Fears songbook, but many missed Mad World’s emotional undercurrents when hearing it on the radio back in 1982

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“The story he’s never told — the band, the fame, the heartbreak, the healing. And yes, the astrology”: Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal writes his first-ever autobiography and it's an astrological memoir

Welcome To Your Life: Love, Death and Tears For Fears hits shelves on August 4th

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“I kept a lid on my feelings at school but, when I was 18, dropped out of everything and couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed. I poured all this into the song”: The intricate music theory and lyrical depth of a Tears for Fears classic

A cover of the song would later be a Christmas number one for Gary Jules, but the dense arrangement of the original remains hugely impressive

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“Remains a perfect distillation of 80s alienation and ambition. aIts tunes are sublime”: Tears For Fears’ 40th anniversary edition of Songs From The Big Chair

The era-defining 1985 album that made stars of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith returns in extended format with Steven Wilson remixes

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“It was all getting a bit nasty”: The struggle to make the Tears for Fears masterpiece that closed out the '80s on a creative high

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal would acrimoniously split shortly after the release of their most musically inventive record

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Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal a dad again at 63

Tears for Fears musician Roland Orzabal has become a father for the third time at the age of 63, his bandmate Curt Smith has revealed.

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Trump loves the spotlight that comes with sports. He especially loves when it's on him

President Donald Trump has built most of his domestic travel around attending sporting events

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“The band had already drifted from its original vision. The group broke up…Somehow we absorbed the fact and kept going”: The story of King Crimson’s remarkable Beat era

What happened when the eternally unpredictable prog machine returned in the 80s with an Anglo-American line-up and delivered Discipline, Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair

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“It was originally called Everybody Wants To Go To War, which I knew didn’t work. When you’re a songwriter who doesn’t like the lyric, the song dies”: How Tears For Fears created an ’80s mega-hit

It all started with two simple, chimey chords...

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It all started with two simple, chimey chords...

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Ten reasons why Tears For Fears made two of the most influential albums ever

If you’ve been wondering what connects Disturbed, Kanye West, The 1975, David Guetta, James Corden, Nas, New Found Glory, Foals, Dizzee Rascal and more then this is the list for you. If you haven’t, you might as well read it anyway.

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“We’ve never thought we have made the perfect record. We are always on the lookout to discover new ways of doing things, new sounds”: Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith on Tears For Fears’ restless creativity, artistic independence and the search for surprise

Orzabal and Smith talk collaboration, high-concept pop-rock production and songwriting chemistry, and why they've never been just a “couple of guys with synths and a backing tape”

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Tears for Fears are in full bloom with a concert film, a live album, new songs and Vegas dates

Tears for Fears are still going strong in 2024, with a concert film only the latest output from the duo who were relatively quiet for 17 years before releasing 2022's “The Tipping Point.”

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Tears For Fears never wanted to be a live band

Tears For Fears struggled with performing live at the start of their career.

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Tears For Fears share new live video for Head Over Heels

Tears For Fears will release Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) and live album Songs For A Nervous Planet in October

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"Lorde's version is more in tune with the lyrics than our version": Tears For Fears' Curt Smith on his favourite covers of the band's songs

The 80s titans have been treated to renditions of their tracks by Lorde, Gary Jules, Foals, Kanye, Drake and more

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“We were trying to get to that level of the music we really loved… It’s always slightly out of reach, but my God, you can have fun trying to get there”: Tears For Fears on their mystical purpose

A King Crimson show in 1981 kickstarted the duo’s partnership, powered by all kinds of prog and never completely destroyed by their battles

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“You can be out of fashion and suddenly people are sampling you and covering you and you’re hip again…”: Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith on how a new generation discovered the band

The 80s titans have been sampled by Kanye, covered by Lorde and more...

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Let it all out! Tears for Fears inspire ‘utopian’ dance show

Emmanuel Gat explains why it’s easier to choreograph to Pierre Boulez than pop music and how his dancers perform ‘with a question mark not an exclamation mark’

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Tears For Fears announce three special UK shows for September

UK pop proggers Tears For Fears will play both Leicester and Kingston in September

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Tears for Fears' "The Hurting" at 40

From "Change" to "Mad World," it tapped into something true about being human and finding space to become yourself

Wales Online

Tears for Fears cancel Cardiff Castle concert

The 80s duo said they are so 'disappointed' to not be able to go ahead with the show

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Tears for Fears Leeds gig cancelled less than 24 hours before they were due to play as band issue statement

Bandmember Curt Smith is reportedly suffering a 'serious rib injury'

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Tears for Fears review – evergreen pop stars let it all out

Weaving supreme new material with the classics, the veteran duo provide thrilling emotional catharsis

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