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Tears For Fears - Radio 2's Piano Room Month

Tears For Fears - chart-topping rock band - perform live at Maida Vale for Radio 2's Piano Room Month accompanied by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Popmaster is back at 10.30.

Tears For Fears - chart-topping rock band - perform live at Maida Vale for Radio 2's Piano Room Month accompanied by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. The band was formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith and is the 16th out of 20 acts to join the station's biggest celebration of live music in a decade. Other artists still to come this month include Emeli Sande, Jamie Cullum and Ed Sheeran.

Tears For Fears' debut album, 1983's The Hurting, reached number one in the UK and produced three international hit singles - 'Mad World', 'Change' and 'Pale Shelter'. They enjoyed further success before they split in 1991, and Curt went on to collaborate with several other artists and producers before Tears For Fears reformed in 2004.

However it's only now - seventeen years later - Curt and Roland have finally got round to making their follow-up album 'The Tipping Point'. The title track was heavily playlisted on Radio 2, and the album is described as "one that vividly recalls the depth and emotional force of the group’s earliest triumphs." Their latest single off the album is 'Break The Man' co-written by Curt Smith and Charlton Pettus.

The iconic duo recently announced 'The Tipping Point World Tour', which starts in the US in May moving to the UK in July with support from Alison Moyet.

Radio 2 delivered live music to listeners throughout the lockdown with House Music sessions - launched in 2020 - featuring some of the biggest names in music, including Rag N Bone Man, Barry Manilow, Melanie C, Cliff Richard, Ronan Keating, Travis, Aloe Blacc and Nell Bryden, with many accompanied remotely by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra.

Ken also has the daily love song plus another round of PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Feb 2022 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • George Ezra

    Anyone For You (Tiger Lily)

    • Gold Rush Kid.
    • Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Sorry

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 11.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Carolina GaitΓ΅n, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & [Disney]

    We Don't Talk About Bruno

    • Encanto O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Record of the Week

    • Clean Bandit

      Everything But You (feat. A7S)

      • (CD Single).
      • Atlantic.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • Kiki Dee

    Amoureuse

    • The Very Best Of Kiki Dee.
    • Rocket.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Everything's Electric

  • Vanessa Carlton

    A Thousand Miles

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Thelma Houston

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    • Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition).
    • SoulMusic Records.

  • Father John Misty

    Funny Girl

    • ChloΓ« And The Next 20th Century.
    • Bella Union Records.

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Brighter Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

  • Paul Simon

    50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

    • Paul Simon - Negotiations & Love Song.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 6.

  • Album of the Week

    • JP Cooper

      Holy Water

      • (CD Single).
      • Island.

  • Red Box

    Lean On Me

    • Red Box - The Circle & The Square.
    • Sire.

  • Tears for Fears & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022)

  • Tears for Fears & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    The Tipping Point (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022)

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022)

  • Simple Minds

    Waterfront

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Feb 2022 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2