Tag: Tears for Fears

Video: Wedding Present's 'My Favourite Dress' covered by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump

Video: Wedding Present’s ‘My Favourite Dress’ covered by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump

This week on the A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’ series, Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump goes solo-acoustic to offer his take on The Wedding Present’s 1987 single ‘My Favourite Dress.’

Video: The Smiths’ ‘A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours’ covered by Coheed & Cambria

For the latest installment of the A.V. Club’s weekly web series “Undercover: 25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs, 1 Small Room,” prog-metal outfit Coheed & Cambria stripped down to an acoustic duo and performed a tender cover of The Smiths’ ‘A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours,’ which opens 1987’s ‘Strangeways, Here We Come.’

Video: The Wedding Present covers the Rolling Stones' '19th Nervous Breakdown'

Video: The Wedding Present covers the Rolling Stones’ ’19th Nervous Breakdown’

This week’s installment of the A.V. Club’s Undercover series finds The Wedding Present delivering a great, fuzzed-out take on The Rolling Stones classic ’19th Nervous Breakdown.’

Video: Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence' covered by Maritime for the A.V. Club

Video: Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy the Silence’ covered by Maritime for the A.V. Club

Promise Ring offshoot Maritime covers the Depeche Mode classic ‘Enjoy the Silence,’ with a keytar no less, for the A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’ series.

Tears for Fears set summer North American tour following Spandau Ballet trek

Following their upcoming dates opening for the reunited Spandau Ballet in Australia, Tears For Fears will return to North America late this summer for a headlining tour of their own, with at least 17 dates announced so far in the Eastern U.S. and Canada — including a pair of free concerts.

Video: Ted Leo & Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'

Video: Ted Leo & Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ in the debut of the A.V. Club’s new ‘Undercover’ series, which will feature bands covering tunes by The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and more.

Tears For Fears set Los Angeles concert prior to Australian tour with Spandau Ballet

Tears For Fears set Los Angeles concert prior to Australian tour with Spandau Ballet

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.