This past Wednesday, July 5, the iconic 80s band Tears for Fears took the stage at Bethel Woods for a night of new-wave nostalgia. The English band, consisting of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, with Lauren Evans supporting the two on vocals, put on a fantastic show for their The Tipping Point Part II tour.
Tears for Fears originated in Bath, UK in 1981 and disbanded for a nine-year-long period in 1991. After reuniting in 2000, the two released albums Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, The Hurting, and their most recent release, The Tipping Point. Tears for Fears recently played a show at Madison Square Garden and Saratoga Performing Arts Center. With nineteen dates left in the North American / European leg of their tour, the duo will be busy playing shows until late November.
Orzabel and Smith have been playing shows virtually their whole lives. The two know exactly how to work for a crowd, as thousands of fans in middle age and older stood up in their seats to get a good view of the stage. Concertgoers danced, jumped, swayed, and clapped along to iconic songs like “Shout,” “Head Over Heels,” and their most popular track, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” After playing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Orzabel paused for a moment and said, “This song gets a million streams every day, which would be remarkable if they weren’t all from us.” A sustained laugh from the crowd. During their performance of “Mad World,” fans screamed in excitement as the two scaled the stage, singing and dancing as colorful lights flashed about.
The end of the show was exciting yet bittersweet, as the two closed the night with a powerful performance of “Change” and “Shout.” Although they do not have any more scheduled tour dates in New York State, the two are sure to come back again as they have in the past.
Setlist: No Small Thing, The Tipping Point, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Secret World, Sowing the Seeds of Love; Long, Long, Long Time; Break the Man, My Demons, Rivers of Mercy, Mad World, Suffer the Children (sung by Lauren Evans), Woman in Chains, Badman’s Song, Pale Shelter, Break It Down Again, Head Over Heels / Broken
Encore: Change, Shout
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