Ben Folds is celebrating Independence Day with the shock launch of a brand new album, Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra. Stream it beneath.
The discharge was formally introduced this morning (July 4th) with a particular in-store launch occasion and livestreamed Q&A session at Washington, DC’s Byrdland Data.
Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra options the artist performing fan favorites and new music, joined by the National Symphony Orchestra performed by Principal Pops Conductor of the NSO, Steven Reineke. Particular visitor artists on the album embody Regina Spektor and Tall Heights.
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“This album all of a sudden now feels a lot larger,” Folds defined in a press assertion. “I knew we had been making one thing particular with the NSO. I didn’t understand it’d be a time capsule of the final second earlier than all of it acquired torn down… I nonetheless consider there’s extra good than not. However you should work for it. You must say one thing. Particularly now.”
Folds recorded the album on the sold-out Live performance Corridor of the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on October twenty fifth and twenty sixth, 2024. These exhibits occurred simply months earlier than he resigned from his place because the first-ever Inventive Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), in response to President Trump taking management of the Kennedy Middle. Folds formally put in his resignation at 1:59 pm ET on February twelfth, 2025 — precisely one minute earlier than President Trump’s administrative regime change of the Kennedy Middle formally took maintain.
“I had my assertion up by 2:01,” Folds mentioned in an unique interview with our personal Kyle Meredith. “The takeover was at 2:00. I needed no a part of what was coming.”
Folds is ready to assist the brand new album with an in depth US tour that can discover him performing solo exhibits in addition to symphony concert events with a few of the prime orchestras within the nation. See the complete itinerary beneath, and get tickets here.
Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra Paintings:
Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra Tracklist:
01. However Wait, There’s Extra
02. Fragile
03. Kristine from the seventh Grade
04. Effington
05. The Luckiest
06. Able to Something
07. Nonetheless Combating It
08. You Don’t Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor)
09. Landed
Bonus Tracks
10. Nonetheless
11. Cologne *
12. Moments (feat. Tall Heights) *
13. Gracie *
14. Not the Identical *
* = Digital version bonus tracks
Ben Folds 2025 Tour Dates:
07/22 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre *
07/23 – Rockport, MA @ Shalin Liu Performing Arts Middle *
07/25 – Simsbury, CT @ Simsbury Performing Arts Middle (w/ the Hartford Symphony)
07/26 – Groton, MA @ Groton Hill Music Middle *
07/27 – Cranston, RI @ Park Theatre and Occasion Middle *
08/07 – Menlo Park, CA @ The Guild Theatre *
08/08 – Folsom, CA @ Harris Middle *
08/09 – Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn – Encore Theater *
08/11 – Grand Junction, CO @ Asteria Theatre *
08/13 – Large Sky, MT @ Warren Miller Performing Arts Middle *
08/14 – Jackson, WY @ Jackson Gap Middle for the Arts – Middle Theater *
08/16 – South Jordan, UT @ Rio Tinto Kennecott Stage at America First Sq. *
09/05 – Louisville, KY @ Whitney Corridor (w/ the Louisville Orchestra)
09/06 – Terre Haute, IN @ Hatfield Corridor *
09/08 – Iowa Metropolis, IA @ Hancher Auditorium *
09/09 – Manhattan, KS @ TBA *
09/10 – Sioux Metropolis, IA @ Orpheum Theatre (w/ the Sioux Metropolis Symphony Orchestra)
09/12 – Denver, CO @ Boettcher Live performance Corridor (w/ the Colorado Symphony)
09/13 – Denver, CO @ Boettcher Live performance Corridor (w/ the Colorado Symphony)
09/16 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK @ Tower Theatre *
09/17 – Little Rock, AR @ The Corridor *
09/19 – Abilene, TX @ The Paramount Theatre *
09/20 – New Braunfels, TX @ Brauntex Theatre *
09/21 – Fort Price, TX @ Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Corridor *
09/24 – Lafayette, LA @ Heymann Performing Arts Middle *
09/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Corridor (w/ the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
09/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Corridor (w/ the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
10/04 – Grand Rapids, MI @ DeVos Efficiency Corridor (w/ the Grand Rapids Symphony)
10/05 – Dayton, OH @ Schuster Middle *
10/07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Corridor for the Performing Arts (w/ the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
10/10 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (w/ the Asheville Symphony)
10/11 – Winston–Salem, NC @ RJ Reynolds Auditorium (w/ the Winston–Salem Symphony)
10/15 – North Bethesda, MD @ Music Middle at Strathmore *
10/16 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ F.M. Kirby Middle for the Performing Arts *
10/18 – Erie, PA @ Warner Theatre *
10/19 – Rochester, NY @ Beston Corridor *
10/21 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Corridor *
10/23 – Brookville, NY @ Tilles Middle for the Performing Arts *
11/06 – Rockford, IL @ Coronado Theatre *
11/08 – Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theatre *
11/10 – Champaign, IL @ Virginia Theatre *
11/11 – Marion, IL @ Marion Cultural and Civic Middle *
11/14 – Flint, MI @ FIM Capitol Theatre
11/15 – Shipshewana, IN @ Blue Gate Performing Arts Middle
11/16 – Newark, OH @ Midland Theatre
11/18 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Gaillard Middle
11/20 – Fort Myers, FL @ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Corridor
11/21 – Coral Springs, FL @ The Middle – Coral Springs Middle for the Arts
11/22 – Ponte Vedra Seashore, FL @ Ponte Vedra Live performance Corridor
12/02 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Live performance Corridor (w/ the Oregon Symphony)
12/04 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Corridor (w/ the Seattle Symphony)
12/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Blue Notice Los Angeles *
* = Solo present
