Watch LIVE: KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, streaming available for 24 hours after the show

The 25th Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show is streaming LIVE right now. If you don't know what any of that actually means, the important fact is that Modest Mouse, Imagine Dragons, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins and No Doubt are all performing and you can watch them live via the KROQ livestream link.

Los Angeles is home to KROQ, an alternative rock radio station. Its annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show is something of a tradition. You can follow along with the KROQ live blog while you watch the show. Tonight's lineup is as follows: (All times are Pacific Standard)

5:30pm – Vance Joy
5:55pm – Alt-J
6:20pm – Interpol
6:50pm – Modest Mouse
7:25pm – Imagine Dragons
8:05pm – Tears For Fears
8:45pm – Weezer
9:25pm – Smashing Pumpkins
10:05pm – No Doubt

If you miss the livestream, the performance will be available to stream on the KROQ website for 24 hours after it ends. Merry Christmas y'all!

Tears for Fears cover Radiohead’s "Creep" in session

Tears for Fears no less have covered Radiohead's classic track "Creep" in a session for Spotify, it even included the band dissecting the songs before they play it and giving in depth analysis of their history too.

Skip to the 33:01 mark for "Shout" - You can listen to the Radiohead cover via Spotify below.

Crystal Fighters cover Tears For Fears' "Change"

The London based band have covered Tears For Fears' "Change". The track, taken from their 1993 album "The Hurting", has been turned into an electronic anthem with Crystal Fighters putting their own Basque flavoured sound on top to create something new!

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Stream / Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave

Lorde covers Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

The New Zeland teen - yes I know 17! Amazing right! - has covered Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" for the Hunger Games soundtrack, the singer joins The National Coldplay and The Lumineers on the compilation, you can listen to the song below!

The OST will be released 19 November, three days before the film itself.

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Tears For Fears cover "Ready To Start" by Arcade Fire

The band that is most famed for recording "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" have recorded a lovely cover of Arcade Fire's "Ready To Start".

You can listen to the very electronic cover below.

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Daily Download... Foals - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

An incredible cover of Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World recorded in one take straight onto vinyl at Metropolis Studios. This was on the Record Store Day vinyl last year, so be quick to download it!!!





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