Las Vegas Mixtape v26: Tears For Fears “Rule” The Fontainebleau, “Miss Behaving” at the Plaza, and More

Track #1: Tears For Fears @BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas

On the second of three sold-out shows at the BleauLive Theater at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Tears For Fears—Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith—proved to be as musically and socially relevant as ever. The duo’s finely etched hits and heady insights kept coming on strong in a well-paced show highlighted by “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” “Shout,” and the neo-psychedelic “Sowing The Seeds of Love,” which contains the pointed wake-up-call lyrics: “Time to eat all your words/Swallow your pride/Open your eyes.”

With a kaleidoscopic stage production enhancing the group’s big guitar/synth mix and lush vocal blend, the show celebrated Tears For Fears’ legacy and the strength of four new studio songs. Of these, it was particularly easy to fall for the musically soaring “Emily Said” (about searching for personal transcendence) and the lyrically dark-if-hopeful “Say Goodbye To Mum and Dad,” which advocates opting out of a broken society: “It’s no life, this island of fear/When tomorrow comes/We’ll brave the wild frontier/Get out this place.”

Tears For Fears are already on track to return to the Fontainebleau early next year with four shows: January 31 and February 1, 5, and 7.