The Tipping Point World Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:The Tipping Point World Tour
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Artist:Tears for Fears
Album:The Tipping Point (2022)
Start Date:20 May 2022
End Date:2 August 2023
Number Of Legs:2
Last Tour:Rule the World Tour
(2018–2019)
This Tour:The Tipping Point World Tour
(2022–2023)
Next Tour:...

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.

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

This set list is representative of the 2 July 2022 show in Warminster. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

  1. "No Small Thing"
  2. "The Tipping Point"
  3. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
  4. "Secret World" (with elements of "Let 'Em In" by Wings)
  5. "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
  6. "Long, Long, Long Time"
  7. "Break the Man"
  8. "My Demons"
  9. "Rivers of Mercy"
  10. "Mad World"
  11. "Suffer the Children"
  12. "Woman in Chains"
  13. "Badman's Song"
  14. "Pale Shelter"
  15. "Break It Down Again"
  16. "Head over Heels" / "Broken"
Encore
  1. "End of Night"
  2. "Change"
  3. "Shout"

Shows

Date! scope="col" style="width:11em;"
CityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
Leg 1 — North America
20 May 2022CincinnatiUnited StatesRiverbend Music CenterGarbage
21 May 2022Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
24 May 2022IrvingThe Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
25 May 2022Sugar LandSmart Financial Centre
27 May 2022PhoenixAk-Chin Pavilion
29 May 2022DenverLevitt Pavilion
1 June 2022ConcordConcord Pavilion
2 June 2022Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
4 June 2022InglewoodKia Forum
5 June 2022Chula VistaNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
9 June 2022West Palm BeachiTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
10 June 2022TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
12 June 2022AlpharettaAmeris Bank Amphitheatre
13 June 2022CharlottePNC Music Pavilion
15 June 2022ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre
16 June 2022Tinley ParkHollywood Casino Amphitheatre
17 June 2022NoblesvilleRuoff Music Center
19 June 2022ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
21 June 2022PhiladelphiaTD Pavilion at the Mann
22 June 2022BostonLeader Bank Pavilion
24 June 2022HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center
25 June 2022WantaghNorthwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Leg 2 — Europe
1 July 2022TelfordEnglandQE II ArenaAlison Moyet
2 July 2022WarminsterLongleat House
4 July 2022LondonO2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
5 July 2022AylesburyWaddesdon ManorAlison Moyet
7 July 2022Newcastle upon TyneUtilita Arena
8 July 2022KelsoScotlandFloors Castle
Leg 3 — North America
23 June 2023HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts CenterCold War Kids
24 June 2023UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena
26 June 2023New York CityMadison Square Garden
29 June 2023TorontoCanadaBudweiser Stage
30 June 2023LavalPlace Bell

Cancelled shows

Date! scope="col" style="width:11em;"
CityCountryVenueReason
9 July 2022Lytham St AnnesEnglandThe Proms Arena"Serious rib injury" sustained by Curt Smith[3]
12 July 2022DerbyThe Incora County Ground[4]
14 July 2022LeedsMillennium Square[5]
15 July 2022WarwickWarwick Castle
16 July 2022ScarboroughScarborough Open Air Theatre
19 July 2022New MiltonChewton Glen Hotel and SpaRecovery from rib injury[6]
20 July 2022CanterburyThe Spitfire Ground
22 July 2022HoveThe 1st Central County Ground
23 July 2022CardiffWalesCardiff Castle
24 July 2022HatfieldEnglandHatfield House
26 July 2022ExeterPowderham Castle

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tears for Fears Announce 2022 Tour . . 12 November 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Strauss, Matthew.
  2. Web site: Tears For Fears announce The Tipping Point World Tour for 2022 . . 12 November 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Robinson, Ellie.
  3. Web site: Tears For Fears pull out of headline performance at Lytham Festival . . 9 July 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Aubrey, Elizabeth.
  4. Web site: Tears for Fears concert in Derby cancelled . . 11 July 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Ash, Joseph.
  5. tearsforfears . 1547335814652350471 . 13 July 2022 . "We sadly are unable to perform at this week’s shows in Leeds, Warwick, and Scarborough" . 14 July 2022 .
  6. tearsforfears . 1547974310857388034 . 15 July 2022 . "We must cancel the remaining shows of The Tipping Point UK Tour" . 15 July 2022 .