The Tipping Point World 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 abruptly concluded at Floors Castle in Kelso, Scotland, on 8 July 2022. The tour was supported by American band Garbage in the United States, and English singer Alison Moyet of Yazoo in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

The Tipping Point World Tour
Tour by Tears for Fears
Tour poster for North American dates
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated albumThe Tipping Point (2022)
Start date20 May 2022
End date8 July 2022
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 22 in North America
  • 6 in Europe
  • 28 in total
Supporting acts
Tears for Fears concert chronology

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 tour were eventually cancelled on 15 July 2022.[3][4]

Set list

This set list is from the concert on 2 July 2022 in Warminster. It is not intended to represent all shows from 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
  17. "End of Night"
  18. "Change"
  19. "Shout"

Shows
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts
Date City Country Venue Opening act
Leg 1 — North America
20 May 2022 Cincinnati United States Riverbend Music Center Garbage
21 May 2022 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
24 May 2022 Irving The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
25 May 2022 Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre
27 May 2022 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
29 May 2022 Denver Levitt Pavilion
1 June 2022 Concord Concord Pavilion
2 June 2022 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
4 June 2022 Inglewood Kia Forum
5 June 2022 Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
9 June 2022 West Palm Beach iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
10 June 2022 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
12 June 2022 Alpharetta Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
13 June 2022 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
15 June 2022 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
16 June 2022 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
17 June 2022 Noblesville Ruoff Music Center
19 June 2022 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
21 June 2022 Philadelphia TD Pavilion at the Mann
22 June 2022 Boston Leader Bank Pavilion
24 June 2022 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
25 June 2022 Wantagh Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Leg 2 — Europe
1 July 2022 Telford England QE II Arena Alison Moyet
2 July 2022[lower-alpha 1] Warminster Longleat House
4 July 2022[lower-alpha 2] London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire —
5 July 2022 Aylesbury Waddesdon Manor Alison Moyet
7 July 2022 Newcastle upon Tyne Utilita Arena
8 July 2022 Kelso Scotland Floors Castle

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, reason for cancellation, and ref.
Date City Country Venue Reason Ref.
9 July 2022[lower-alpha 3] Lytham St Annes England The Proms Arena "Serious rib injury" sustained by Curt Smith [3]
12 July 2022 Derby The Incora County Ground [7]
14 July 2022 Leeds Millennium Square [8]
15 July 2022 Warwick Warwick Castle
16 July 2022 Scarborough Scarborough Open Air Theatre
19 July 2022 New Milton Chewton Glen Hotel and Spa Recovery from rib injury [4]
20 July 2022 Canterbury The Spitfire Ground
22 July 2022 Hove The 1st Central County Ground
23 July 2022 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Castle
24 July 2022 Hatfield England Hatfield House
26 July 2022 Exeter Powderham Castle

Notes
  1. The show on 2 July 2022 was part of the "Live at Longleat" concert series.[5]
  2. The show on 4 July 2022 was an extra date announced in February 2022, and did not feature Alison Moyet.[6]
  3. The cancelled show on 9 July 2022 was part of Lytham Festival. Additional act Natalie Imbruglia and "special guest" Alison Moyet still performed.

References
  1. Strauss, Matthew (12 November 2022). "Tears for Fears Announce 2022 Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. Robinson, Ellie (12 November 2022). "Tears For Fears announce The Tipping Point World Tour for 2022". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. Aubrey, Elizabeth (9 July 2022). "Tears For Fears pull out of headline performance at Lytham Festival". NME. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. @tearsforfears (15 July 2022). ""We must cancel the remaining shows of The Tipping Point UK Tour"" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. Owen, Dave (16 June 2022). "Guide to Live at Longleat 2022 - line-up, parking and tickets update". WiltshireLive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. Kettle, Emilia (21 February 2022). "Tears For Fears announce London show - get tickets". Enfield Independent. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. Ash, Joseph (11 July 2022). "Tears for Fears concert in Derby cancelled". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. @tearsforfears (13 July 2022). ""We sadly are unable to perform at this week's shows in Leeds, Warwick, and Scarborough"" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 July 2022 – via Twitter.
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