The singer had hinted at his plans for an album of new material back in 2009 when speaking to Absolute Radio at that year's Q Awards.
The tour, which was Johnson's first since the final Frankie Goes to Hollywood shows in 1987, marked the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's debut album Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
I'd pile my vintage synths into the back of the car, head over to Mark's place, and we'd be up half the night making this record.
"[3] Europa also features contributions from Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Vini Reilly of Durutti Column, Frankie Knuckles and Eric Kupper.
The album was described in an official press release as "a euphoric, often-electronic-led return, celebrating love, dance... and chronicling exactly what Holly Johnson has been up to these last fifteen years."
Johnson soon arrived in Paris and was taken to an underground studio, which had been converted from a concrete bunker on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne.
In an interview with The Arts Desk, Johnson recalled: "I sang the vocal and Roman Polanski turned up with a young Emmanuelle Seigner and a posse of choreographers.
Having retained the original recording on DAT, Johnson later rediscovered the song and decided to re-record it: "It took me two years to track Vangelis down.
Johnson explained: "Great Britain, with its constant rain and history of war seemed to be dissolving in a miasma of celebrity culture and reality TV: fading, dripping, national identity washed away with globalisation and European directives.
[10] At the end of June the Knuckles and Kupper remix of the song was played for the first time on BBC Radio 6 Music by Nemone.
The song features one of the final last remix collaborations by Frankie Knuckles, along with Eric Kupper, before his death in March 2014.
In addition to this, Johnson offered a limited batch of 50 test pressings of the 12" vinyl single, autographed and hand numbered, on his website.
The music video for "In and Out of Love" was shot in mid-July, and was directed by Chris Shepherd, and produced by Alex Bedford.
[23] Following the "Dancing with No Fear" tour in October, Johnson released his first live album in December 2014, titled Unleashed From the Pleasuredome.
He commented: "Johnson's voice is still the wonderful combination of big and warm that it's always been, while his songwriting is still a mix of fascinated, strong-willed, and wise.
[25] David Quantick of Q commented: "Johnson has returned to pop with an album that reflects the best moments of his solo debut, Blast, and adds a new-found optimism.
"[26] Terry Staunton of Record Collector considered Europa to be a "fine album", with Johnson "in tremendous voice on a series of uplifting songs that sparkle with electronica dance rhythms without forgetting to add attractive, engaging melodies".
He concluded: "Thankfully there are a few moments, like the impassioned "You're in My Dreams Tonight" that possess real passion, proving, as if proof were needed, that Holly Johnson is still a quite breathtaking vocalist.