The Tipping Point World Tour
| Tour by Tears for Fears | |
 Tour poster for North American dates | |
| Location |
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|---|---|
| Associated album | The Tipping Point (2022) |
| Start date | 20 May 2022 |
| End date | 2 August 2023 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows |
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| Supporting acts | |
| Tears for Fears concert chronology | |
The Tipping Point World Tour was a concert tour by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. The tour supported the group's seventh studio album The Tipping Point (2022). The tour began at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati on 20 May 2022, and concluded at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on 2 August 2023. The tour was supported by American band Garbage and Cold War Kids in the United States, and English singer Alison Moyet of Yazoo in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
The tour faced numerous cancelled dates starting from 9 July 2022, owing to Tears for Fears member Curt Smith sustaining a rib injury. All remaining dates of the 2022 tour were eventually cancelled on 15 July 2022.[3][4]
On 3 April 2023, the band announced an additional North American leg with Cold War Kids on support, called the Tipping Point Tour Part II.
Set list
[edit]This set list is representative of the 2 July 2022 show in Warminster. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
- "No Small Thing"
- "The Tipping Point"
- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
- "Secret World" (with elements of "Let 'Em In" by Wings)
- "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
- "Long, Long, Long Time"
- "Break the Man"
- "My Demons"
- "Rivers of Mercy"
- "Mad World"
- "Suffer the Children"
- "Woman in Chains"
- "Badman's Song"
- "Pale Shelter"
- "Break It Down Again"
- "Head over Heels" / "Broken"
- Encore
- "End of Night"
- "Change"
- "Shout"
Shows
[edit]Cancelled shows
[edit]| Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2022[c] | Lytham St Annes | England | The Proms Arena | "Serious rib injury" sustained by Curt Smith | [3] |
| 12 July 2022 | Derby | The Incora County Ground | [7] | ||
| 14 July 2022 | Leeds | Millennium Square | [8] | ||
| 15 July 2022 | Warwick | Warwick Castle | |||
| 16 July 2022 | Scarborough | Scarborough Open Air Theatre | |||
| 19 July 2022 | New Milton | Chewton Glen Hotel and Spa | Recovery from rib injury | [4] | |
| 20 July 2022 | Canterbury | The Spitfire Ground | |||
| 22 July 2022 | Hove | The 1st Central County Ground | |||
| 23 July 2022 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff Castle | ||
| 24 July 2022 | Hatfield | England | Hatfield House | ||
| 26 July 2022 | Exeter | Powderham Castle |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The show on 2 July 2022 was part of the "Live at Longleat" concert series.[5]
- ^ The show on 4 July 2022 was an extra date announced in February 2022, and did not feature Alison Moyet.[6]
- ^ The cancelled show on 9 July 2022 was part of Lytham Festival. Additional act Natalie Imbruglia and "special guest" Alison Moyet still performed.
References
[edit]- ^ Strauss, Matthew (12 November 2022). "Tears for Fears Announce 2022 Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Robinson, Ellie (12 November 2022). "Tears For Fears announce The Tipping Point World Tour for 2022". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b Aubrey, Elizabeth (9 July 2022). "Tears For Fears pull out of headline performance at Lytham Festival". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b @tearsforfears (15 July 2022). ""We must cancel the remaining shows of The Tipping Point UK Tour"" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Owen, Dave (16 June 2022). "Guide to Live at Longleat 2022 - line-up, parking and tickets update". WiltshireLive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Kettle, Emilia (21 February 2022). "Tears For Fears announce London show - get tickets". Enfield Independent. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Ash, Joseph (11 July 2022). "Tears for Fears concert in Derby cancelled". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ @tearsforfears (13 July 2022). ""We sadly are unable to perform at this week's shows in Leeds, Warwick, and Scarborough"" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 July 2022 – via Twitter.