New Wave heroes Tears for Fears have announced their first-ever live album, Songs for a Nervous Planet, out everywhere on October 25th. In addition to live classics recorded during the band’s recent tour, there are four new original tracks on Songs for a Nervous Planet, including today’s teaser track, “The Girl That I Call Home.” Pre-order the album here.
Songs for a Nervous Planet is comprised of 22 tracks, with the four new studio cuts kicking off the album. The rest of the live album follows the career-spanning setlist of Tears for Fears’ “Tipping Point Tour Part II,” with the recordings coming from a July 11th, 2023 show at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee. In addition to several cuts from the band’s 2022 album The Tipping Point, Songs for a Nervous Planet features live performances of several Tears for Fears classics like “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Mad World,” “Shout,” and “Head Over Heels.”
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The live album also arrives with an accompanying concert film titled Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film). Shot on the same evening that the live album was recorded in Franklin, Tennessee, the film follows the band as they travel through their lengthy catalogue from the ’80s to today. They’ll be releasing the film in select theaters worldwide from October 24th to 26th via Trafalgar Releasing; check the band’s website to stay updated on the film’s showings.
“We decided to film the live show last year. I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually!,” said Curt Smith in a statement about the album and film. “They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” said Roland Orzabal, “We’ve never released an official live album, so you could say this is an album forty years in the making.”
“The Girl That I Call Home” is Tears for Fears’ first offering from Songs for a Nervous Planet and their first new single since The Tipping Point. With dreamy synths, skittering drums, and tender vocals, “The Girl That I Call Home” is a reminder of Tears for Fears’ warmest impulses. Appropriately, Orzabal wrote the track as a love song for his wife Emily, and “The Girl That I Call Home” teems with romance and adoration. Listen to the song below.
Tears for Fears are celebrating the release of their new live album and film with an exclusive three-night residency at the new FontaineBleau hotel in Las Vegas from October 30th to November 2nd. The dates stand as Tears for Fears’ only tour dates on the docket for 2024; Get tickets to their Las Vegas shows here.
Revisit our 2022 interview with Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal, where they discussed hitting the road with the band Garbage, writing and recording The Tipping Point, and much more.
Songs for a Nervous Planet Album Artwork:
Songs for a Nervous Planet Tracklist:
01. Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad
02. The Girl That I Call Home
03. Emily Said
04. Astronaut
05. No Small Thing
06. The Tipping Point
07. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
08. Secret World
09. Sowing The Seeds Of Love
10. Long, Long, Long Time
11. Break The Man
12. My Demons
13. Rivers of Mercy
14. Mad World
15. Suffer The Children
16. Woman In Chains
17. Bad Man’s Song
18. Pale Shelter
19. Break It Down Again
20. Head Over Heels
21. Change
22. Shout
Tears for Fears 2024 Tour Dates:
10/30 — Las Vegas, NV @ BleauLive Theater at FontaineBleau
11/01 — Las Vegas, NV @ BleauLive Theater at FontaineBleau
11/02 — Las Vegas, NV @ BleauLive Theater at FontaineBleau