{"id":31201,"date":"2017-10-30T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=31201"},"modified":"2017-10-27T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:12:26","slug":"tears-for-fears-rule-the-world-tour-2018-play-8-uk-ireland-dates-with-special-guest-alison-moyet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/10\/tears-for-fears-rule-the-world-tour-2018-play-8-uk-ireland-dates-with-special-guest-alison-moyet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears For Fears ‘Rule The World Tour 2018’ Play 8 UK & Ireland Dates With Special Guest Alison Moyet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a triumphant concert on Radio 2 last night and with a sold-out show at The Royal Albert Hall, Tears For Fears announce plans for their first UK and Ireland Tour since 2005 with 8 dates in 2018, including an O2 Arena show Thursday 10th May.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

These shows will be the first leg of the ‘Rule The World Tour 2018’ with tickets on sale 9am November 3rd from their official website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Having sold 30 million albums worldwide, performed to countless sold out audiences, and won various awards, Tears For Fears \u2013 Roland Orzabal (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Curt Smith (vocals, bass, keyboards) \u2013 are one of the most influential bands to have come out of the UK. With a catalogue of classic albums namely the gold-certified debut ‘The Hurting’, from 1983, quintuple-platinum BRIT Award-winning ‘Songs from the Big Chair’ (1985), and ‘Seeds of Love’ (1989), as well as a string of huge hits, including classics such as ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’, ‘Shout’, ‘Mad World’, ‘Head Over Heels’, ‘Woman In Chains’, these shows are not to be missed!<\/p>\n

Joining Tears For Fears on all UK & Ireland dates is Alison Moyet. In a 35-year recording career, three-times BRIT Award-winner and Grammy-nominee, Alison Moyet, has released 9 solo studio albums and a further 3 compilations.\u00a0Alison first came to prominence as one half of pioneering electronic duo Yazoo, with their short-lived alchemic partnership producing two seminal hit albums, before disbanding at the height of their success. Following a furious bidding war, she signed to CBS and an extraordinary solo career began. As well as completing acting runs in both ‘Chicago – The Musical’ and ‘Smaller’ (with Dawn French) for which she co-wrote the production’s song material, she performed at Live Aid, released the live DVD recording of ‘One Blue Voice’ and is a Nordoff Robbins Icon Award recipient. 2017 sees Alison continuing to make adventurous lyrical electronic pop music with her critically-acclaimed album Other, and embarking on her biggest world tour for thirty years.<\/p>\n

Tears For Fears play the following UK and Ireland Dates in May 2018:<\/p>\n

Weds 2nd Dublin, 3Arena
\nFri 4th Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
\nSat 5th Birmingham, Arena Birmingham
\nMon 7th Glasgow, SEC Armadillo
\nTues 8th Liverpool, Echo Arena
\nThurs 10th London, The 02
\nFri 11th Bournemouth, Bournemouth International Centre
\nSat 12th Brighton, Brighton Centre<\/p>\n

Tickets on sale November 3rd. Fans that pre-order \u2018Rule The World\u2019 via the bands official store will get access to a pre-sale for tickets to the tour. Orders must be placed by\u00a04PM GMT on Monday 30thOctober\u00a0to be eligible for a unique code. More details can be found on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tears For Fears recently announced the release of their first career-spanning Greatest Hits album, ‘Rule The World’, which is out November 10th on Virgin\/EMI. Not only does ‘Rule The World’ feature all the aforementioned hits and more, but it also boasts the first original music from the duo since 2004, the new single ‘I Love You But I\u2019m Lost’, and acoustic track ‘Stay’.<\/p>\n

Beyond their own output, Tears For Fears have influenced many artists today including being sampled by Kanye West, The Weeknd, David Guetta, Drake, and more, while also being covered by Lorde, Adam Lambert, Gary Jules, and Disturbed, to name a few. Meanwhile, classic songs figure prominently everywhere from The Wire and Donnie Darko to Straight Outta Compton and Mr. Robot.<\/p>\n

‘Everybody Loves A Happy Ending’ was released after a 15 years hiatus in 2004, which rekindled the creative fire between the duo. Breaking another quiet spell, the boys engaged in a three-year touring whirlwind across North America, Japan, South Korea, Manila, and South America beginning in 2010. 2013 saw them return with their first recorded music in a decade: a cover of Arcade Fire\u2019s ‘Ready to Start’.<\/p>\n

Find Tears For Fears on their official website<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n