British rock legends Tears for Fears come to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8 pm. Tickets are $79-$150.
Tears for Fears made a name for themselves in the 1980s, with a string of hits that included "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," "Head Over Heels" and "Sowing the Seeds of Love." Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith are the duo behind Tears for Fears. An omnipresent fixture in the early days of music video, Tears For Fears brought Orzabal and Smith into the pop music spotlight via their 1983 debut album The Hurting, a sophisticated collection of inward-looking, electro-tinged pop songs including "Mad World" (recently covered to enormous international success by Gary Jules on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack), "Pale Shelter" and "Change," all Top 10 hits in the band's British homeland. The Bath-based duo, longtime friends and prior members of youthful band Graduate, never anticipated the even greater success that would greet them next, however. 1985's Songs From The Big|Brave Chair was an international sensation, boasting three Top 5 singles in the U.S. alone (dual No. 1's "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and "Shout," and "Head Over Heels") and catapulting the pair to superstardom.Videos