Ben Folds Five Reunion

The Unauthorized ~~Biography of Reinhold Messner~~ Reunion of Ben Folds Five
Best Fucking News Ever / Seth Freilich

Trade News | September 4, 2008 | Comments (19)

Mother fucking Ben Folds Five is playing a reunion concert on September 18!!!

The trio — made up of Ben Folds, Darren Jesse and Robert Sledge — will play at UNC-Chapel Hill, performing their final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, in its entirety. Folds recently spoke of this reunion, albeit secretively, saying:

There will be those who shit. I know I will. Very excited….

…I’m not saying I just shit myself, but I might’ve just dropped a little poo. Folds has a new album coming out in a few weeks which I’m very excited for, and then I’ll be seeing him in LA in November, which I’m way excited for (he’s my favorite live performer ever, don’t you know?). But the prospect that there could be a recording of this reunion concert on the ol’ bittorrent in a few weeks (I hope!) or that it could lead to a larger-type reunion?

…Damn it, that’s more poo. I gotta go.

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"...I'm not saying I just shit myself, but I might've just dropped a little poo. .."

Aaaaaaaaaaand we manage to lower the bar, yet again.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 4, 2008 10:42 AM

What bar??

Posted by: Wormer at September 4, 2008 10:44 AM

Damn, we seem to have BURIED that bar. In poo.

Posted by: nancy at September 4, 2008 10:45 AM

I come for the reviews, I stay for the class....

Posted by: meaux at September 4, 2008 10:47 AM

Stay classy, Pajiba

Posted by: tt_marie at September 4, 2008 11:07 AM

This is awesome! I wish I could go to this show. Ben Folds is also my favorite live preformer. i am bummed because he is not coming to Pittsburgh during this tour. I wish he would!

Posted by: Erin at September 4, 2008 11:23 AM

"Mother fucking Ben Folds Five is playing a reunion concert on September 18!!!"

Impossible, Mr. Freilich. Although not yet released to the public, I've got pretty solid evidence that prior to album release, Mr. Folds will be shipped to the Department of Alternative Fuel Development, where his gigantic head will be shaved off and converted to a more economic source of energy.

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at September 4, 2008 11:55 AM

My sister and I saw Ben Folds in NJ a few years back playing a double headliner with Tori Amos somewhere just off of the freeway at an amphitheater. He played about an hour and a half's worth of music that was the soundtrack to my growing up and then left. I almost cried. When Tori hit the stage we quietly tried to make our exit.

As we walked down the rows of seats to an isle, two girls with dayglo earings, stylishly torn coverals and sporting matching "womyn rock!" t-shirts stopped making out long enough to gush to us, "OHMIGOD! You're going to miss TORI!"

No shit. I still left and did NOT miss Tori at all.

Posted by: Roaddog at September 4, 2008 12:09 PM

I see what's going on here. Either Skittimus Maximus has devised a new plan to economically cope with the ridiculous number of mini-posts on the New and Improved Pajiba™, or we are seeing the rise of a frightening new technology:

Skittimus Spambottimus

Posted by: Che Grovera at September 4, 2008 12:13 PM

I wonder if any of the current students at my beloved alma mater even remember BF5. Lucky little shits...

Posted by: Kivrin at September 4, 2008 12:27 PM

I've seen Ben Folds four times and he is hands down the best live performer I've ever seen.

(I'm almost positive I've left this comment on here before, but whatever.) When he was performing the second or third time I saw him, which was at least five or six years ago, all the power went out and he didn't just leave, he stood on top of his piano and sang Rockin' The Suburbs a capella and it fucking rocked.

I also really like it when he throws things at the piano or plays the inside of it with mallets. Ohmygodhesawesome.

Posted by: Kash at September 4, 2008 1:50 PM

I am a student at UNC Chapel Hill and I will definitely be trying to get tickets to this Monday. The buzz around here is incredible. AND, if I do succeed in getting tickets, I'll be sure to let all of you Pajibans know how it goes.

Posted by: Andy at September 4, 2008 3:24 PM

Who are they again? Didn't they sing that Crash Into Me song?

Posted by: Lucas at September 4, 2008 5:49 PM

@Lucas: Who are they again? Didn't they sing that Crash Into Me song?

HERETIC!! Back to the foul depths from whence you came!

Posted by: eddie walker at September 4, 2008 6:12 PM

Lucas...you son of a bitch.

Posted by: Brett at September 4, 2008 6:16 PM

You americans get all the fun. I can't wait for the new album, if the sole single I've heard from it so far is anything to go by, it's going to be fan-fucking-tastic!

Posted by: Chugga at September 5, 2008 1:07 AM

He's coming to Austin for the first time in years with this tour. Of course I'll be stuck at home with a 3 week old new born!! Damn babies and their neediness!!

Posted by: Amy at September 5, 2008 2:15 PM

Seen Ben Folds perform 6 times total now. 2 of them were with the Five way back in the day. Cool news - sorry I'm thousands of miles away.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 5, 2008 2:35 PM

I too have seen Ben Folds four times, and basically worship him.

Coolest thing I saw him do: He stayed on stage long after he was supposed to have left. Eventually a woman from the theater came out and said that if he wasn't off the stage in five minutes they were going to charge him ten thousand dollars. He still played one more song.

If I could get off work to go down to NC, I'd be there in an instant.

Posted by: Lucy at September 7, 2008 4:54 AM

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