Tears For Fears touring U.S. with Garbage in support of new album ‘The Tipping Point’

Photo by Frank Ockenfels

Tears For Fears will tour the U.S. next year with Garbage in support of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s first new studio album in 18 years, The Tipping Point, which will be released in February. The 21-date tour runs from May 20 through June 25. See full dates below.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 19, and each seat purchased comes with a digital download of the new album.  Fans can sign up for a presale that starts 10 a.m. local time Tuesday, Nov. 16, through the band’s website. Another presale, for Citi cardholders, starts that same day; full details here.

“We couldn’t be more excited to start playing concerts again,” Smith said in a news release announcing the tour. “We’ve missed seeing our friends on the road around the world and the energy of performing live.” Orzabal added: “The Tipping Point has been a long time in the making and we are looking forward to playing our favorites from the new album as well as our classics from throughout the years.”

The new album, the band’s first since 2004’s Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, is due out Feb. 25 via Concord Records. It’s described as “a song cycle reflecting many of the personal and professional tipping points the pair — AND THE WORLD — have faced throughout the last several years.”

Check out the first single and the band’s tour dates below.

Tears For Fears tour dates:

May 20: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
May 21: Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
May 24: The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Dallas, TX
May 27: Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
May 29: Levitt Pavilion, Denver, CO
June 1: Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA
June 2: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
June 4: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
June 5: North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
June 9: iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
June 10: MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa, FL
June 12: Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
June 13: PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
June 15: DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
June 16: Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
June 17: Ruoff Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
June 19: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
June 21: TD Pavilion at The Mann, Philadelphia, PA
June 22: Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
June 24: P.N.C. Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
June 25: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

* Garbage opening all shows

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• Tears For Fears’ ‘Seeds of Love’ due for 5-disc reissue — hear unreleased ‘Rhythm of Life’
• Tears For Fears delays UK tour, prepares to release first new album in 14 years this fall
• Tears For Fears’ ‘Songs From the Big Chair’ to be reissued this fall in giant 6-disc box set
• Stream Tears For Fears’ 4-song Peel Session from 1982 — off ‘The Hurting’ box set
• Stream: Tears For Fears, ‘Pale Shelter’ (Original 12-Inch Mix) — off ‘The Hurting’ box set
• Tears For Fears’ ‘The Hurting’ box set: Remixes, B-sides, radios sessions, live DVD