Tears for Fears at FCC Charity Ball
MANILA, Philippines - Tears for Fears performs at the 14th Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong (FCC) Annual Charity Ball on Oct. 10 at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
A black tie event, the FCC Ball is one of the highlights of Hong Kong’s social calendar with 1,300 local and overseas guests and attended by Hong Kong’s movers and shakers in the business, corporate and social world.
Ball guests can dance and sing along to the band’s top hits from the ‘80s like Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Head Over Heels, Mad World and many more.
Tears for Fears fans who fly in from the Philippines to attend the FCC Ball will receive posters personally signed by band front men Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. They can also participate in the bidding during live auction to win exclusive Tears for Fears collectibles with Curt and Roland’s signatures.
The FCC Annual Charity Ball is the major fundraising event of the FCC Charity Fund that has raised more than HK$ 77 million (over P431 million) to help educate Hong Kong’s neediest children. The FCC Ball is supported by individuals and corporate sponsors like UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Cathay Pacific, Macquarie Bank, Georgina Hope Foundation, BlackRock, Savills and many more.
Tickets for this year’s FCC Ball are priced at HK$2,888 (P16,170) inclusive of pre-dinner cocktails from 6 to 8 p.m., four-course gourmet dinner with wine and entertainment from Tears for Fears. All drinks are complimentary courtesy of the charity ball’s wine and liquor sponsors: French wines from Cru Bourgeois, Italian wines from Distilleria Bottega S.p.A, Patron tequila, Snow Leopard vodka and LIK whisky.
Tears for Fears Philippine fans can email Boots Moyer to reserve their FCC Ball tickets and avail of special hotel rate subject to room availability at moyer.boots@gmail.com.
