” Thank you, Thanks so much for coming tonight..We’ve been all around the world for quite some times..Ofcourse in America..into Siberia the deadliest of Scandinavia.I don’t know why we didn’t play here for so long…”

Crowd went wild at this words..

Curt Smith doing a solo of  Seven of Sundays

May 2nd, 2010 – Tears for Fears LIVE at the Araneta Colliseum

Tears for Fears Performing Everybody Wants to Rule The World

The crowd was singing so loud that you can’t even hear them singing. The fans were all excited and thrilled with having Tears for Fears in Manila.

And the Grand Finale “Shout”

The crowd will never forget such experience. Superb crowd, Superb Performance, Great music! Even if the crowd didn’t want them to stop. It all came to an end… with the crowd happy with the best experience ever.

Tears for Fears performing Break it Down Again

You can see from this video how big the crowd was. Araneta Colliseum was jam-packed with Tears for Fears fans and basically those who just love the 80s music.

Tears for Fears performing Billy Jean

Tears for Fears performing Head Over Heals

Tears for Fears performing Pale Shelter

Promotional Video

Tears for Fears Performing Sowing the Seeds of Love

Tears for fears Performing Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Mad World (Intro)
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Secret World
Closest Thing to Heaven
Sowing the Seeds of Love
Call Me Mellow
Mad World
Memories Fade
Raoul and the King of Spain
Quiet Ones
Floating Down the River
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
Seven of Sundays
Billie Jean
Pale Shelter
Break it Down Again
Head Over Heels
Woman in Chains
Shout (Encore)

We’ve also made a post that includes a few embedded unofficial fan videos from the Manila show which you will definitely want to check out.

We’ll continue to add more.

The quality varies but here’s what we’ve got.

Head over Heels Videos:

Shout Video:

You really get a sense of the energy at the show and in the first video you can see how huge the crowd is.

If these few videos don’t make you get excited about seeing Tears for Fears live then we really don’t know what will.

I have a feeling that you can’t beat the shows in cities like Manila where popular bands from the UK the US etc don’t tour as often.

More live videos will be coming soon so check back for other songs from the Manila show.

And being just a site about the band we of course don’t know until they announce that they are going to do a tour and then we pass the concert dates and locations on to you.

However we thought there must be a good answer to the question so we started looking around and interestingly enough we found the answer on Curt Smith’s official website.

The answer we found in parts is below:

“It’s certainly not because we’re trying to avoid you or your city or country, or that we don’t realize we have loads of fans in your neck of the woods (if indeed it’s the case that we do). The truth is that it comes down to economics and timing.

…presenting a concert requires travel and accommodation for a number of people (musicians and road crew) and the transport of a bunch of instruments, sound and lighting gear.

In order for it to make economic sense for us to play a date, there has to be an offer from a promoter … that means we don’t end up spending more money to get to and play the show than we’re going to get in return.

That’s one of the reasons we try to cluster tour dates in a given geographic area…

…It almost never makes sense to take all that equipment and a dozen or more people and hopscotch all about the country or do a standalone show. A notable exception would be the Tears show in Los Angeles later this month; we’ll all be in town rehearsing for the April-May tour anyway, so it makes good sense to do a date here while we’re at it.”

So if you really want to get them to play in your area perhaps letting a promoter know or seeing what you can do to get someone who can organize an event will work. In other words if you realllly want to see them reaaalllly reeeally bad see what you personally can do to make it happen.

Curt Smith also explained what he meant about time and that he has made commitments to his family which in truth are more important and we agree.

While his career and performing are important a man’s family is more important than either of those things.

He says:

“I’ve made a commitment to myself and my family that I won’t ever spend more than a few weeks away from them, even when on tour. (I’ve done the touring-for-a-year-nonstop thing more than once, and believe me, I’ve no inclination to repeat it.) So any tour has to be set up such that I can come home for a bit after a few weeks, or that we have enough of a break while on the road for my family to join me for a few days.”

He also says that he does enjoy touring and the following bit explains about that:

“… we’re musicians and enjoy performing. I expect TFF will continue to tour – and that I’ll play solo shows closer to my Los Angeles home – for as long as folks want to hear us play. Maybe not exactly where or when some of you might like, but we’ll do our best as the economics and timing allow. In a nutshell, please understand that we have families and have to make a profit, otherwise we can’t continue to do what we do. It may seem glamorous but we have to think of our families (emotionally and financially). …”

If you’d like to read the full post direct from Curt Smith’s official website it can be found in the post titled It’s not that we don’t love you on his official website.

The following list is the latest information we have on a bunch of Tears for Fears tour dates in the US:

12-Aug Detroit, MI Sound Board at MotorCity Casino 19-Apr 10:00am
13-Aug Lockport, NY Molson Canal Concert Series N/A Free Show
14-Aug Orillia, ON Casino Rama Entertainment Centre TBD
16-Aug Boston, MA House of Blues Boston 16-Apr 10:00am
17-Aug Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom TBD
19-Aug New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom 23-Apr 10:00am
20-Aug Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues 1-May 12:00pm
21-Aug Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre 2-Apr 12:00pm
23-Aug Washington, DC 9:30 Club TBD
26-Aug Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre (TBD In June)
27-Aug Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte 16-Apr 10:00am
28-Aug Orlando, FL WMMO Downtown Concert Series (radio show) N/A Free Show
31-Aug Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts 14-May 10:00am
1-Sep Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall TBD
3-Sep Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues – Myrtle Beach 16-Apr 11:00am
4-Sep Norfolk, VA Norva Theater 2-Apr 10:00am
5-Sep Richmond, VA The National 2-Apr

Hurry and get your tickets!

Venue: Araneta Coliseum

Website: http://www.aranetacoliseum.com

Event Date/Time:
May 2, 2010 | Sunday at 8:00PM

Seat Plan:

The concert is scheduled for Saturday August 21st at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair NJ.

You can get your tickets at their website.

All concert dates and venues will be posted as we get them.