The Ben Folds-yMusic juggernaut rolls on into 2016, with the previously-announced tour of the United Kingdom in June, and new dates in the United States and Canada in April and May.
Shows featuring Folds and the Brooklyn-based sextet are at a variety of halls and theatres ranging from small standing-only clubs to grand auditoriums including the Kennedy Center. The tour visits a number of rarely, or never-before, visited cities including Montreal, where Ben last performed in June of 1997, and Hampton, New Hampshire, a small seaside resort town with about fifteen thousand residents.
A feature of the tour is the availability of a limited number of Soundcheck packages at a premium price (somewhere north of $200 per ticket), but which include admission to the pre-show sound check, seating in the first few rows, a pre-show cocktail reception and a post-show meet & greet, an autographed So There CD and a signed print of one of Ben’s original black and white photographs.
The lineup includes:
- Oklahoma City, April 13
- Dallas, April 14
- Austin, April 15
- Houston, April 16
- St. Petersburg, April 20
- Melbourne, Fla., April 21
- Jacksonville, April 22
- Mobile, April 23
- Nashville, April 24
- Washington, D.C., May 3
- New York, May 4
- Philadelphia, May 6
- Boston, May 7
- Hampton, N.H., May 8
- Montreal, May 9
- Toronto, May 11
- Detroit, May 12
- Chicago, May 13
- Springfield, Mo., May 14
- Denver, May 16
- Los Angeles, May 18
Tickets for most of these shows go on sale Friday, December 11. The Dutch singer-songwriter Dotan Harpenau will open at most shows. Full details are on the Tour Dates page.
