Ben Folds and his band are set to tour Australia in May 2011 in support of his latest album, the acclaimed Lonely Avenue, a collaboration between him and bestselling novelist Nick Hornby, which was released on Nonesuch Records in September.
Folds will play Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth in May 2011. Tickets go on sale beginning at 9 AM local time on Tuesday, December 14. The Ben Folds Fan Club will have the opportunity to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, December 8, at 2 PM AEDT. For more information about joining the fan club, visit www.benfolds.com/members-only.
Ben Folds first found mainstream success in Australia as leader of Ben Folds Five, who ranked #3 on triple j’s Hottest 100 of 1996 with the song "Underground," from their self-titled debut. Their second album Whatever and Ever, Amen went platinum. From inciting the wrath of Midday Show's Geoff Harvey (Folds threw a stool at Mr. Harvey's piano on daytime TV, prompting a week long on-air rant from Harvey), to selling out four consecutive nights with the Sydney Symphony at Sydney Opera House, to penning an ode to his once hometown of Adelaide (called "Adelaide," of course), Folds has remained part of the Australian popular culture scenery for more than a decade.
Folds' Australian collaborators have included Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke, and Ben Lee.
