Tears for Fears founding member Roland Orzabal has an autobiography on the way. Welcome To Your Life: Love, Death, And Tears For Fears is billed as an “astrological memoir,” and it’s out through Little Brown on August 4, making it a Leo.
Per a jacket description, Welcome To Your Life will survey Orzabal’s life and career, tackling the 1980s formation of Tears for Fears and their rise to fame, the ups and downs of his relationship with Tears for Fears co-founder Curt Smith, and the death of his wife, Caroline, in 2017. “Roland uses astrology, a life long passion, as narrative tool to underpin the storytelling, teaching readers the power of the stars and how his life has been moved by where he was in his astrological chart,” an announcement for the book, shared to Tears for Fears’ social media on April 8, read.
Tears for Fears released their most recent album, The Tipping Point, in 2022. At the time, it was the band’s first new music in 17 years, following 2004’s Everybody Loves a Happy Ending. They brought the record on tour in 2023, alongside opener Cold War Kids.
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