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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News He went solo in 2000, but Ben Folds had lot more than his keys for company on Saturday night as he played to a sold-out Heinz Hall audience in Pittsburgh, PA, backed by the city's own Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The resulting revamped tunes ranged from too sparse to too cluttered, with a few striking a perfect balance. That dichotomy struck a chord before a note was played. As the orchestra was tuning, sitting quietly in formal wear onstage, an audience member in the [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Lollapalooza got off to a rainy start on Day One on Friday, but prolific piano man Ben Folds (accompanied by his four-member backup band) did his best to the diffuse the clouds with his brand of sunny pop music. Folds opened with the upbeat 'Bitch Went Nuts' from last year's album 'Way to Normal,' and later allowed the crowd to take a turn at singing on another new one, 'Landed.' The song's melody juxtaposed with the ominous lyrics was fitting [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive While you were in your dorm room sleeping off last night's hangover, there's a good chance the kid down the hall was singing Ben Folds songs a cappella in a college-sponsored club. There are more than 1,200 a cappella groups on our nation's campuses, many of which -- surprisingly -- cover Ben Folds. When Folds found this out, he started a contest: he invited college a cappella groups to submit these covers via YouTube for review. He traveled to the winners' colleges to record their [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive Spinner.com : A little over a week ago, piano vixen Regina Spektor took some time away from working on her new album, to join Ben Folds in Los Angeles on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'There, the two dueted on 'You Don't Know Me,' off Fold's latest effort 'Way to Normal' --... Read more

Filed under: Video , Exclusive Spinner.com : Indie rock piano man Ben Folds is readying his third solo album, titled 'Way to Normal.' The album's first single, 'Hiroshima,' is brought to stop-motion animated life in a video that features Folds living large with a go-go dancing Kewpie doll,... Read more