Music
Tears For Fears
Tears For Fears play two gigs in Ireland in January 2019
With sales of over 30 million albums worldwide, Tears For Fears songs have resonated and resounded throughout popular culture since 1981, yet they’re even more apropos than ever in the 21st century. Everyone from Kanye West and The Weeknd to Drake and David Guetta has sampled a song from Tears For Fears. Meanwhile, their songs have received the cover treatment courtesy of Lorde, Adam Lambert, Ally Brooke Hernandez, Gary Jules, and Disturbed, among others. You can hear their timeless anthems piping through The Wire, Donnie Darko, Straight Outta Compton, Mr. Robot, and more. Now, those songs comprise their first career-spanning Greatest Hits collection the aptly titled Rule the World.
In many ways, Rule The World brings things full circle for the group. Following their emergence, they released a string of classic albums, namely the gold-certified debut The Hurting [1983], quintuple-platinum BRIT Award-winning Songs from the Big Chair [1985], and Seeds of Love [1989]. The latter would be Roland and Curt’s last collaboration together until Everybody Loves A Happy Ending in 2004. A three-year tour kicked off in 2010 as they touched down in North America, Japan, South Korea, Manila, and South America. 2013 saw them return with their first recorded music in a decade: a cover of Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start.” Most recently, they co-headlined a sold-out arena run in North America with Hall & Oates and delivered standout sets at “British Summer Time” in Hyde Park and Rock In Rio.
Don’t miss Tears for Fears at The INEC Killarney on 30 January and at 3Arena on 31 January. Get your tickets here.