"It’s us covering everyone else’s hits."WeezerWeezer have surprised fans by releasing a 10-track covers album, only months before dropping their next original record. ‘The Teal Album’ was released on Spotify late last night and sees the cult US band giving their take on seminal 80s hits – including Tears For Fears &...

Japanese Breakfast played a hometown show at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve. They closed out the night by inviting opening act Gabby's World onstage to cover "Run Away With Me," the instant-classic opener from Carly Rae Jepsen's 2015 album E•MO•TION. According to John Vettese, who uploaded footage to YouTube, Carolyn Hayne...

Let's hope they don't get their baps outThe band will hit screens on Christmas DayThe Darkness will perform their 2003 Christmas hit ‘Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)’ on The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special on Christmas Day. The single reached number two in the UK singles chart back in 2003, beaten ...

It's a very very.... Lily AllenLily Allen has recorded her own soulful take on Tears For Fears‘ ‘Mad World’ as part of Spotify’s Singles series. The track, which is available now, sees the singer offering a stripped back version of the track. Characterised by Allen’s haunting vocals, it isn&#...

Tears For Fears' 1983 hit "Mad World" is one of the few songs from the synthpop era that has completely escaped from its original context. A lot of that has to do with the haunted, stripped-down version of "Mad World" that Gary Jules and Michael Andrews recorded for the Donny Darko soundtrack in 2001. (The…