Ben Folds Adds Midwest Tour Dates

Out in support of his latest release with English novelist Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue (Nonesuch), Ben Folds has announced additional tour dates in the Midwest.

Lonely Avenue has received praise from all over for its combination of Folds’ unique pop songwriting sensibilities with Hornby’s insightful prose.

Ben Folds’ tour dates are the following:

12/14 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
1/23 – Minneapolis, Minn. – First Avenue
1/25 – Champaign, Ill. – Assembly Hall at Univ. of Illinois
1/26 – Athens, Ohio – Memorial Auditorium at Ohio Univ.
1/27 – Madison, Wisc. – Overture Center
1/28 – Milwaukee, Wisc. – Riverside Theater

Folds’ Dec. 14 date at the Beacon Theatre in NYC caps off his current East Coast tour, after which he will embark on the recently added Midwest dates.

You can catch Ben Folds as a judge on NBC’s reality contest The Sing Off, Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST.

By Zach Wolk Posted in News Ben Folds, Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, Nonesuch Records