Tears For Fears will play a one-off concert in Los Angeles next month as the band rehearses for its upcoming tour supporting the reunited Spandau Ballet in Australia, bandmember Curt Smith announced yesterday. Tickets for the March 21 concert at the Wiltern Theater go on sale at 10 a.m. PST Friday via LiveNation.com. The duo — which marks the 25th anniversary of Songs From the Big Chair’s
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Tears For Fears tour dates:
March 21: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA, USA
April 17: Sandalford Winery, Perth, Australia*
April 19: Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia*
April 21: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia*
April 23: Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia*
April 27: Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia*
May 2: Araneta Coliseum, Manlia, Philippines
May 6: Star Hall, Hong Kong, China
May 8: Tai-Da Gym, Taipei, Taiwan
*With Spandau Ballet
I can’t say that Tears For Fears is one of my absolute favorites, but they are a decent band and I can name several of their songs. Now Spandau Ballet, on the other hand, had only one hit and I hated it then and still do. So why is T for F opening for them?
Spandau Ballet, it seems, was far more popular outside the US, with over a dozen hits. It could be said they were actually bigger than Tears in the UK and Australia.
Tears for Fears played a fantastic show at The Wiltern in ’96. The upcoming gig is highly anticipated.