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…

They'll be back soon with new dates and a new albumTears For FearsTears For Fears have rescheduled their upcoming UK and Ireland arena tour due to “unforeseen health concerns and doctor’s orders”. …Continue reading »The post Tears For Fears reschedule UK and Ireland arena tour due to ‘unforeseen health concerns...

Later this month, the comedian and LCD Soundsystem collaborator Reggie Watts will take over bandleader duties on new host James Corden’s version of The Late Late Show. For now, he’s still holding down bandleader duties on IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!. And in a new sketch he teams up with ’80s synthpop kings fo...

We’ve heard Tears For Fears cover Arcade Fire and Hot Chip this year, recordings the band undertook to warm up for the making of their first new original LP since 2004′s Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. You can add a third modern indie titan to the list now that the duo has unleashed a cover [...]

The track will appear on 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' soundtrack