 will return to the UK for the first time since Christmas 1999 playing 8 shows in the UK and Ireland. The tour is scheduled to begin in Bristol on November 23. Ben, Robert and Darren first got back together last summer […] "'Pin It")
BEN FOLDS FIVE ANNOUNCE SEVEN-DATE UK TOUR – STARTING IN BRISTOL
This winter, original members of Ben Folds Five (Ben Folds, Darren Jessee, Robert Sledge) will return to the UK for the first time since Christmas 1999 playing 8 shows in the UK and Ireland.
The tour is scheduled to begin in Bristol on November 23. Ben, Robert and Darren first got back together last summer to record three new songs for a career retrospective 3-CD set released in October of last year. Finding it to be fun and feeling that old magic, the three original members decided to go the distance and record a full new album at Ben’s Nashville studio earlier this year.
The reunited band will debut this summer in the States playing just 4 major gigs in June at Mountain Jam in upstate New York, Chastain Park in Atlanta, the Bonnaroo festival, and wrapping up at Milwaukee SummerFest. Following the upcoming August release of the album, Ben Folds Five will play a full North American tour in September-October, drop down to Australia and then begin the UK/Ireland run of dates.
Full dates:
November 23 Bristol O2 Academy
November 24 Nottingham Rock City
November 26 Dublin Vicar Street
November 29 Manchester O2 Apollo
November 30 Glasgow O2 Academy
December 1 Leeds O2 Academy
December 3 Birmingham O2 Academy
December 4 London O2 Academy Brixton
Tickets go on sale on Friday 4 May at 10am from www.ticketweb.co.uk / 0844 477 2000
Photo by Chris Boland / www.distantcloud.co.uk / via Flickr
