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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tears for fears - The Untold Story

“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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“Loving this cover!”: Tears For Fears give Harry Styles’ performance of their biggest hit the seal of approval, but was there a more appropriate version he could have sung?

Given his love of marathon running, he might have missed a trick

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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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Sowing the Seeds of Love! Tears for Fears star Roland Orzabal and his wife Emily expecting first child

Tears For Fears musician Roland Orzabal, 63, and his second wife Emily Rath Orzabal, 38, are expecting their first child together.

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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 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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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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“All the poise and balance they exude in the studio flies out the window once they get their dander up”: Tears For Fears’ Songs For A Nervous Planet blends stunning live tracks with four powerful new songs

As 2022’s The Tipping Point confirmed, they’ve always known how to go big without ever going over the top

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Gears of War: E-Day – Everything we know about the upcoming shooter

Gears of War: E-Day is heading our way, so here's all the latest news you need to know on the upcoming Xbox Series X game

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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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“Using AI is so disappointing. Pay a real artist”: Tears for Fears attract ire with new AI-generated album art

The cover for the band’s new album was produced “with AI being just one of the many tools used in the creative process.” And fans aren’t happy

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"We've vastly improved since our 80s heyday!” Tears For Fears announce very first live album

UK pop proggers Tears For Fears will also release Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) in cinemas in October

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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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"I don't really enjoy dance music. I don’t get excited about it… but I love the process of making it”: deadmau5 on being here for the “technical challenges and sonic development”, and how his interest in music production was sparked by Tears for Fears

“In my time of existence, so much has changed for electronic music,” he says as he looks back on his 25-year career

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The Depeche Mode track and album that saw them conquer US stadiums: "It's about the concept of fleeing from reality and the evil awakening afterwards. Any kind of fleeing - drugs, alcohol, or whatever"

Led Zeppelin samples and happy accidents, with the Gore and Wilder songwriter/soundscaper dynamic in full flow

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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...

The Independent UK

The 40 best film soundtracks, from Pulp Fiction to Trainspotting

Before ‘The Greatest Showman’ or ‘A Star is Born’, there have been scores that have become etched into the cultural zeitgeist because they captured moments that spoke to us long after the final credits roll. Roisin O’Connor picks the best

The Guardian - UK

What were we listening to on our Walkmans in 1985?

Tears for Fears, New Order, the Smiths, Aztec Camera… the nation made its choice. By Emma Beddington

The Canberra Times

Canberra's cult favourite Cell Block 69 is down but not out this Christmas

The glorious purveyors of 1980s rock excess will be back in March

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