It's time to "shout, shout, let it all out" in person. Today (Aug. 29), new wave pros Tears for Fears announced its first North American tour in three years, surrounding its headlining set at the new Project Pabst Music Festival in Portland.
According to Consequence of Sound, the English duo will set off on five West Coast tour dates before taking on Portland on Sept. 27.
Tears for Fears will begin its five-date U.S. tour in Austin on Sept. 17. The "Mad World" band will then hit up Thackerville, Okla., Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., before playing the PBR-curated music festival in the West Coast land of hipsters.
Tears for Fears will be headlining the Project Pabst Music Festival alongside Modest Mouse. Phosphorescent, Violent Femmes, Lord Huron, Speedy Ortiz, Guided By Voices and more will also be playing the Sept. 26-28 fest.
Check out Tears for Fears 2014 tour dates below:
09/17: Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hal
09/20: Thackerville, OK @ Global Event Center
09/23: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
09/24: Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
09/27: Portland, OR @ Project Pabst Music Festival
As CoS points out, the new U.S. tour precedes the release of Tears For Fears' seventh studio album, which the band is currently recording in the studio. It will be the band's first album in 10 years - they last released Everybody Loves a Happy Ending in September 2004.
